the new Nativity and Wise Men sets

[Birdie]

I think they mean the food thingies for the animals (futter > fodder)

[bonniebeth]

The giant baby is too big. If I used that one I'd have to have Mary passed out on the floor.

  That cracked me up!

I wonder what a chuck piston is?

Who knows!? Could it be the corn cobs, maybe?

[Indianna]

I have to disagree. Examine the picture closely: http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Product-Show?pid=5588&showSpareParts=false&cgid=Weihnachten#cgid=Weihnachten&start=7 - there doesn't seem to be any cardboard background, the star looks 3D, and there is almost certainly a clear plastic support for the star.

Thanks for the link, Macruran - I have to agree with your disagreement!    I was looking at the older nativity set on the .de site and I completely missed the new set as I didn't think that there would be 2 nativity sets at the same time.  My bad.   

[leefert]

I wish that they would redo the sheep now to match the new lamb... I think the Shepherd's flock needs an upgrade

[Ismene]

Maybe we can use the little baby for Christmas and the big baby for Epiphany. 

I want to get the wise men because I'm on a quest to have a whole troop of wise men. It's harder to justify a 2nd nativity, but that stable is tempting (I have the 1st version with the cardboard stable). The lantern looks a bit anachronistic.

[Macruran]

Yes the lantern is definitely an anachronism, they would have done better to have an light-up cooking fire or something.

[Baron Marshall]

Maybe next time the wise men will have ipods to appeal to the "target consumer" 

[Macruran]

Who knows!? Could it be the corn cobs, maybe?

Wait a minute - corn cobs?!?!? How much more anachronistic could they possibly get?

Did you ever think "Why doesn't PM just hire me as product consultant. I'd work for room and board!"

[bonniebeth]

Yes the lantern is definitely an anachronism, they would have done better to have an light-up cooking fire or something.

They probably would have had what looks sort of like a genie lamp, for lack of a better way to describe it.

Wait a minute - corn cobs?!?!? How much more anachronistic could they possibly get?

Did you ever think "Why doesn't PM just hire me as product consultant. I'd work for room and board!"

I know!!! But remember, they aren't really corn cobs, they're chuck pistons, so that makes it ok.

[tahra]

I wish they'd stop putting the only gorgeous peasants available in the same repeating set - an expensive one. The "real" stable is a lot better than the card one, but still, more stuff we could do without - besides ANOTHER winged kid, like stars, stupid blinky winkies, cribs of straw, and a freaking palm tree! Besides, and though I like cowies - or bullies (the bull kind! ) - and donkeys, I could do without the added price increase. Also, why can't they make a separate set with the shepherd (an even MORE gorgeous one this time  )?! 

End rant. For now.