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What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« on: November 20, 2007, 03:22:47 »
I'm wasting words because Geobra isn't going to do it, but if you could redesign the horse, would you give it moveable legs?  I like less the wolves and camels with the moveable legs, because they almost don't look playmobil.  On the other hand, if the horse's legs could move, some modeling problems would go away.  Playmobil kind of clings half to tradition with the horses (only neck moves) and half to the "new wave" (it has a fancy look like the new line).

Can we get an executive on the line????

How difficult is it to get a job with Geobra?  As extensive as the PM collectors community is, why haven't we managed to sneak in a few moles?

Surely, Geobra doesn't do a sort of collectors' screen-out test?

Tester: "We're going to start a new knight's line with samurai swords and boomerangs, because we produced too many samurai swords for the carry-along pirate set in 2006.  The kids won't care.  What do you say to that?  Would you like to be on the team?"

Job Applicant: "I...  I... You can't... You...  Oh, my gosh...!"

Tester: "Gotcha!  He's a collector.  Get him out of here."

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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2007, 08:50:29 »
Bart who set up and ran the Collectobil site for many years eventually got a job with Geobra.
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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2007, 13:14:12 »

Tester: "Gotcha!  He's a collector.  Get him out of here."

Hello, Tim ...

Unfortunately, your little scenario isn't very far from the truth.

Collectobart is a rare exception!

BTW, Bart still runs Collectobil, even though he doesn't have as much time to devote to it as he once did .. ;)

It is probably safe to say, "Zirndorf loves our ideas, but is not very interested in hiring us."
(Or, as my grandmother use to say, "Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free?") ...  ;D

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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2007, 07:42:27 »
Your link doesn't work, Rob - access forbidden it says.
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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2007, 08:09:41 »
Strange, if i click on it i get to see those horrible looking playbig horses??



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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2007, 13:39:53 »

Your link doesn't work, Rob - access forbidden it says.

Hello, Rob ...

I got the same message that Gordon got.

It doesn't appear that Claudia wants anyone to link to her. I guess she got tired of all the eBay sellers helping themselves to her graphics.

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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2007, 14:37:16 »
I think they look OK.  No worse than the camel or zebra.

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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2007, 14:45:37 »
Wait till you get to see them in real life, theyre awful!
The body is made up of two halves and their feet dont stand where you want them to.

Its strange that the link only works fine for me??

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Re: What if Playmobil horses had moveable legs?
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2007, 15:47:35 »

Its strange that the link only works fine for me??


Strange? Maybe it's because Claudia likes you, Rob ...  ;D