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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2015, 16:18:07 »
PCC team was very claer about this: They EXCLUSIVELY made and sold all to the Nürnberg tourist office.

On KW there was also someone, who showed a picture made at the Museum in Koblenz of the PCC contingent (Prussian Soldier) being ready for shipping back to the PM-HQ ;-) So this also is evidence, that all these sets are made and sold to the customer.
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2015, 16:39:01 »
Quote from: PlayMoto on June 21, 2015, 16:18:07
PCC team was very claer about this: They EXCLUSIVELY made and sold all to the Nürnberg tourist office.

On KW there was also someone, who showed a picture made at the Museum in Koblenz of the PCC contingent (Prussian Soldier) being ready for shipping back to the PM-HQ ;-) So this also is evidence, that all these sets are made and sold to the customer.

 ??? i dont quite understand

Was this the fastest selling playmo set due to collectors demand or did a church swoop in and buy them all up to scalp them  8} ?
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2015, 00:21:45 »
i think they bought them, just as all the ebay scalpers, from the Nürnberg tourist office and not through Playmobil.
So, if this is the case, it's not an official PM thing, but just a reseller.
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2015, 01:19:06 »
Quote from: PlayMoto on June 22, 2015, 00:21:45
i think they bought them, just as all the ebay scalpers, from the Nürnberg tourist office and not through Playmobil.
So, if this is the case, it's not an official PM thing, but just a reseller.

So it's was a reseller who caused the item to become "fastest selling set" and they are now using that line to sell them?

A church caused all of this just to scalp? Seriously? Are there real facts to back this up, maybe at KW? Weirdest problem yet for not being able to get a set or at least delayed. Thank (not their God) for Daniella

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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2015, 04:39:12 »
Well let's not jump to conclusions without hard numbers. Obviously it sold a ton in Germany, Luther is less well known in the States, so I would be surprised if this company caused the sellout. Also, they clearly are getting the second printing, not the first, so they can't be the original cause of the sellout. Most likely they saw a news article about it and said "Hey let's sell that!"

That would be my hypothesis.
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2015, 04:40:32 »
Quote from: Tiermann on June 20, 2015, 18:45:55
Very interesting. Their marketing is a bit odd to me. Little Luther?? Take him to a beer fest??  Not the most conservative faction of the Lutherans I guess.

I just googled -"martin luther" beer - and got a lot of results. It seems he was a big fan of the stuff. So perhaps they just know their history!
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2015, 21:58:25 »
I ordered one a month ago, using Amazon or Ebay, from a dealer from Germany. I received a USPS notice today that it's waiting for me at the post office, so I think I get it tomorrow. Tomorrow's my birthday, so it's a nice gift.
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2015, 23:50:16 »
At the lame duck Amazon sale I saw the Luther for $23. Seems everyone is on the scalping road

http://www.amazon.com/Playmobil-6099-Martin-Special-Reformation/dp/B00TKDX9LU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437090444&sr=8-1&keywords=Luther+playmobil

Happy birthday and glad you were able to get a nice rare blue box for yourself. A very nice choice indeed
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Re: Luther for sale on a US company's webstore
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2015, 03:18:55 »
My mother mentioned this over the phone because she saw the actual catalog. We're not Lutheran, but she works for a Lutheran church. If I knew her coworkers would want a Luther klicky, I would have joined the co-op. Oops.

It's not a church, though they have connections to the Missouri Synod; it's a publishing house that sells to churches, church staff, etc. So it's the churches and church members who are paying too much for Luther klicky. The publishing house must have had someone in Europe to buy a bunch. The LCMS is over 6,000 churches. ELCA churches are also receiving this catalog. That's another 9k+ churches.
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