Donmobil has some great ideas! Below are my modified suggestions for Playmobil.
First, I would definitely buy a brown and black monk blister pack!
Second, regarding the British redcoat and French bluecoat soldiers for the pirates, I think the best thing would be to produce one blister pack with one British redcoat private (no arm chevrons, thank you, as, like Donmobil, we all have WAY too many sergeants and not enough privates!). The British redcoat could look similar to the current one except I'd give him regular black boots (not the high ones like in the current redcoats) and silver cuffs instead of the current white ones. The French bluecoat private could stay mostly as is with his red collar, epaulettes, and cuffs, but I'd give him white trousers with regular black boots, not shoes. Both privates should have brown hair in a ponytail, brown mustaches, a black tricorne hat and a musket with bayonet. I would buy dozens of these!
In addition to the above blister pack, Playmobil could add the following to their Direct Service Add-Ons. They could offer both a British Redcoat and a French Bluecoat 3-man Direct Service Add-On package. Each would consist of one corporal with a fife, one corporal with a drum, and one sergeant with a flag. Make them identical to the privates above, except give them the appropriate chevrons (silver for the British and gold for the French), eliminate their crossed shoulder belts, muskets, and bayonets, and give them a black shoulder sword belt with a silver sabre.
Finally, Direct Service could have two Add-On "leader" packages. The British redcoat officer could have the torso from 30 00 0542 (red coat with black folded back edges and gold buttons), the legs from 30 00 4162 (white trousers and high black boots with gold tassels), black cuffs, gold epaulettes, a gold shoulder sword belt, a gold sabre, a white ponytail wig, a black mustache, and a black tricorne hat with decoration and white feather. The French bluecoat officer could be identical to the British redcoat officer except with the standard French bluecoat torso and gold cuffs.
These simple blister and Add-On packs would be easy for Playmobil to produce and would be huge sellers with not only children but also the the adult crowd who collect the pirate themes and like wargaming. Add some Native Americans from the Western sets you've got an instant Seven Years War army!
I guess I'll keep dreaming.
