NEW Back to the Future Sets (Truck and Hoverboard chase)

[AgeOwns]

Just got these in. I'm a huge Back to the Future fan and I love what playmobil is doing with these.
The attention to detail is fantastic. I'm absolutely thrilled holding a playmobil hoverboard in my hands. While the love and attention to detail is there (the Mr. Fusion is fantastic) I do have one or two criticisms. I wish the hoverboards actually clicked into place on the clear stands. They just rest on it and it takes a little bit of doing to get it to stay on. I also wish Marty and Griff could hold their hoverboards. It's interesting how they tackled Marty's color-change hat. I may try some custom options.

The added bonus postcards are great. In the 2015 set  you get a lenticular postcard of the 2015 USA Today that switches between GANG JAILED and YOUTH JAILED. With the truck you get a recreation of the famous movie poster.

To me, the most amazing thing is that the 2015 set includes a plug-in Mr. Fusion. ANY other toy company on the planet would release the version 1 car, and then if you wanted the flux capacitor, you'd have to buy a whole new car, you'd never get just the one little accessory. It would be easy too, people would buy the newer DeLorean if that was the only way to get it.

Overall I had a ton of fun with this set, it's pretty essential if you're a BTTF Fan.

Check out my thread in the PHOTOGRAPHY forum, I took my BTTF playmobil to Los Angeles and visited a few Back to the Future filming locations
https://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=17448.0




truck_09 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

truck_10 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

truck_17 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

truck_22 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

hoverboard_10 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

truck_14 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

truck_29 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

[tahra]

Thank you for the details

Those do look great!

The girl in grey is painted, right?

(and shouldn't the Almanac be a BOOK, not a flyer?)

Those postcards are indeed amazing!

[AgeOwns]

Yes I painted the little blonde girl. She was from my custom VVitch playset.
She was one of the twins. https://youtu.be/r4OXikot7Ow

Yes, the Almanac should have been a book, but I think he can hold it better this way.

hoverboard_15 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

hoverboardtunnel by Andy Jones, on Flickr

[Joshua D]

Great pics AgeOwns! how does the police officer and her sky bike look?

[tahra]

Yes I painted the little blonde girl. She was from my custom VVitch playset.
She was one of the twins. https://youtu.be/r4OXikot7Ow

Thanks for the confirmation

Yes, the Almanac should have been a book, but I think he can hold it better this way.

And again.. I thought it was a book. Silly to make it a leaflet, imo..

how does the police officer and her sky bike look?

She looks fit to do a bachelor party, from the pics I saw..   

Don't know about the bike..

[AgeOwns]

truck_18 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

truck_20 by Andy Jones, on Flickr

So, the Hill Valley police officer and hover bike is an interesting decision. Clearly playmobil wanted to get more "plastic" in the box to justify the overall price, however they didn't need any new tooling. This hover bike is a redeco from the Top Agents line (that one was white and grey and had missiles)

At first I didn't understand why they picked the officer, there are lots of other 2015 residents it would have been fun to have, but the lenticular postcard of the USA Today newspaper features the officer arresting either Griff or Marty Jr. So it does tie all in.

I would love to see more members of Griff's gang, Mart Jr (with clip-on extended sleeves), Old Biff. Maybe in a future set.

[tahra]

At first I didn't understand why they picked the officer, there are lots of other 2015 residents it would have been fun to have, but the lenticular postcard of the USA Today newspaper features the officer arresting either Griff or Marty Jr. So it does tie all in.

Thank you for the pics - I think the bike looks great - and the explanation! There is an amazing level of attention to detail in these.

[Macruran]

lol I remember that VVitch set and advert, brilliant work!

[PMatt]

Brilliant photos – thanks for the detailed look at the new set!