New licenced theme: ASTERIX, from 2022

[Bolingbroke]

One gets used to progress, my friend.

Remember how resistant everyone was at the thought of licensed sets, only a couple of years ago?

And look now, everyone, here and in the FB groups, looking forward to getting these sets in hand 

[GrahamB]

If those preposterous moustaches are indeed attached with a peg in a hole, big noses could have been done that way too. I love the theme as it appears so far, but the lack of big noses is a real shame.

[Oliver]

Personally I'm glad they didn't give them noses - if they gave them 'proper' head sculps then I'm not sure that I'd think of it as Playmobil. I'd say the figures are the main consistency across Playmobil, and I'm not keen on them messing around with them too much.

[Bolingbroke]

You’d get used to them y’allllll. Like you got used to licensed sets 

As I said, Lego used it to great effect with themes like Lego Simpsons etc, and it would never cross anyone’s minds that those weren’t Lego minifigures.

Anyway, just a thought …

[Speedyben]

I am a big fan of the Asterix theme, especially the houses, they are an awesome addition to my History collection!!

[Macruran]

Remember how resistant everyone was at the thought of licensed sets, only a couple of years ago?

And look now, everyone, here and in the FB groups, looking forward to getting these sets in hand 

I still dislike the licenses, I just don't complain about them because it adds nothing. But the old PM is gone and is not coming back, and I wish it wasn't so. 

[Bolingbroke]

The old PM is gone, yes, but not necessarily because of licensing.

The poorly thought-out and extremely uninspiring themes, the half-baked ideas for TV shows and films, the terrible QC … all of these have nothing to do with licensing and yet there they are. It’s such things, rather than licensing, which have turned PM into such an unappealing prospect for parents and children alike.

If anything, licensining has helped bring new blood in, and has increased the exposure of the brand tenfold.

[Macruran]

My point isn't that licensing doesn't have positive sides from some perspectives. My point is that licensing was not a part of the old PM, and I like the old PM better than the new PM. 

[Bolingbroke]

My point isn't that licensing doesn't have positive sides from some perspectives. My point is that licensing was not a part of the old PM, and I like the old PM better than the new PM. 

Old PM is still there then, isn’t it? it never went away.  Although I’m not sure if and how the current knights lineup is better than something like Asterix as regards to play value, inventiveness etc.

[Macruran]

No, old PM isn't still there.