If I could point to anything I don't like about Playmobil in the last year, it's how Disney has taken over the Junior line. I did buy a couple of Disney sets that I like, but I wish there were some more standard options. Everything that isn't Disney in the Junior launch was a palette swap of an older toy, or not available in Canada due to being attached to Tinti.
I also don't like how some Playmobil sets seem to be built with a setting in mind, but don't give you anything to make it look like that location. There was a recent line of city cleaning sets that really caught my attention, but I knew better because I'd been tricked by the boxes before. It was this box in particular that caught my attention really hard, and then disappointed me when I thought about it.
Look how great this set looks on the box! Too bad there's no city or park to clean.They should always include a cardboard standee to at least give you the back drop they used on the box. When I look back at older Playmobil boxes, they didn't seem to be as misleading with elaborate backgrounds. I have to wonder how many kids feel ripped off when they open a Playmobil set and find out that the box was such a huge lie.
The pricing seems really arbitrary at times too, and I've been passing on sets I genuinely want because they just cost too much. It's part of why I ended up gravitating toward 1.2.3, because the toys cost less and do more. The klickies aren't as articulated or varied in design, but the toys they come with are often way better than anything in the regular line.