diy playmobil figures

[Baron Marshall]

What sort of pirate? it would depend... Francis Drake was a pirate and could be a good test of capabilities if done up properly.

[tahra]

Well I am very curious since they also list that the can make leblon sized figures for about $10 each

Really?!

[cachalote]

i knew it - there's nothing like a little suggestion of ilegality to make things work. 
we could start by deciding that it will be a seafaring figure.
who's in favor?
against?
approved by unanimity (pirates have their own interpretation of democracy).

i have some portuguese candidates besides francis drake (a great idea).

"we" were the ones that went farther into the unknown sea back in the 15th and 16th century, so i start with the 1st one - gil eanes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Eanes

he was the first to sail beyond cape bojador, a place believed to be populated by monsters and also believed to be the end of the sea (boats would fall down to a void as if it was the end of a chart).

i think that whoever gets chosen, he (or she) should be the "owner" of a powerful iconographic image

[tahra]

I really don't see the interest in creating a bootleg figure.... If (big IF) the quality is acceptable, the interest would be for some specific parts that really don't exist, not a complete figure..

For example, the booted speedo legs would be of interest, before playmobil FINALLY made them (only the gods MAY know why it took them forever to do so).

A large klicky could be different.. but that is a whole different "realm".

[Baron Marshall]

Well that guy is fabulous... do you have one made up in playmobil form already? I would suspect that would be the easiest way for the production to be done right would be to provide pictures of exactly what was wanted... of course my interest is mostly in what sort of quality these would be.

[Baron Marshall]

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Custom-resin-wholesale-playmobil-toys_1432158763.html

Here is the link to the leblon sized one

[tahra]

Here is the link to the leblon sized one

Thanks!

Ah.. 500... Not doable. And again, they show existing ones..

[cachalote]

come on tahra, we've all heard your concerns about quality. 
this is something we can do for fun - we (at least i) am not interested in producing playmobil-quality figures.
that's what playmobil already does.

what i thought was that a try in producing one - a kind of prototype - would be a funny adventure.

if, in the end, we could surpass playmobil designers creating a new figure that everybody would want, the fun would be even greater.

instead of simply giving them ideas we could just say - here's one, we want 5.000 just like it but with better quality, please.
yes, a special release with a cocktail in zirndorf would be welcome (and fair) and one month to produce the figures is acceptable. 

[cachalote]

another proposal.
bartolomeu dias, the first navigator to reach the southern tip of africa in 1488 (and thus entering the indian ocean coming from the south).
(regardless of the error in the sextant) there is already a lego custom of him. 

[Rasputin]

I am listening, keep going........