diy playmobil figures

[Baron Marshall]

Make it a generic man-at-arms and I could use 100 easily.

[tahra]

Make it a generic man-at-arms and I could use 100 easily.

If not the same we get from playmobil... and depending on quality... yes.

[Rasputin]

Make it a generic man-at-arms and I could use 100 easily.

I have been wanting to do this for years and now it is becoming quite economically feasible. Chinas quality in the past also was quite low.

What would we be ordering ? A complete klicky with no accessories? Could we order just parts of klickies? The heads are easy to get, the internal skeleton is easy to get, there are so many legs out there, arms are in most colors, and hair is very diverse now. Can we order just custom torsos with special prints?

Or are we able to design a truly unique klicky, special legs, arms etc......

How complicated of a design can we design?

[Ismene]

One difference

Play big is for profit
For fun is not for profit

I can make an iPhone all day long, I just can not sell it.

But you won't be making these figures. You'll be ordering them from a company that makes them for profit.

It sets a bad precedent to show Playmobil that collectors are willing to buy bootlegged figures from China.

[tahra]

It sets a bad precedent to show Playmobil that collectors are willing to buy bootlegged figures from China.

Yeah, there's that.

Though.... if they don't want our money, someone else does. But you are right - it IS different from buying klicky parts from ebay sellers.... very very different.

[henry_martini]

But what is the point in trying to make bootleg existing parts?

Just a cheap and simple test. A combination of rather rare parts (like the merchants hat). Maybe color variants (the clown hat in blue or black). It could be ordered fast (I think we would have to provide 3D-models of new parts). It would still be 'our' ali baba figure.

Btw what  about a 1001 nights theme later? 

[tahra]

Just a cheap and simple test.

Wouldn't a cheap and simple test of non existing parts be better? Or am I missing something? (I admit I dind't read any conditions, TOS, and what not  )

Though different colors would be enough for some parts, I suppose.

[Rasputin]

But you won't be making these figures. You'll be ordering them from a company that makes them for profit.

It sets a bad precedent to show Playmobil that collectors are willing to buy bootlegged figures from China.

And geobra would have to legally peruse them for copyright issues.

It lets geobra know we are willing to go elsewhere if they keep with their controll issues. Geobra was more than willing to do the same to us, going to china. Nothing personal just business.

We ask, beg, plea geobra to make certain things. The bell tower for example. Geobra made the tower and stupidly left out the part that makes the whole set, a bell and support. Now if we showed them, "ok you made on overpriced tower with out the part we wanted so here is the part in large quantities " as a company they would have to take notice and perhaps that would help persuade them not to make the same mistake next time, we have options and choices. I would want Chinese bell parts over nothing. Who knows, maybe we all could have a mississippi boat and roller coaster in the future. Maybe we could create our own designs? It opens the door to many possibilities

[cowabounga]

I said I could use 1000 hoplites, not that I really need them.

I agree with Tahra: what's the point in making bootlegs of existing parts? I see this as an opportunity to have my 3D designs mass produced!

[tahra]

I see this as an opportunity to have my 3D designs mass produced!

Now you're talking!!