new sets - april 2009

[Richard]

Yoyei allows for larger image size at the Playclicks Playforo, so if you want to see a better picture of the Water Buffalo, click HERE.

[Richard]

Or, HERE, if can't see the Water Buffalo at Playclicks. (You may not be able to see it if you're not a member of the Spanish forum.)

[aleon]

hi, you can see the pictures in spanish board. you don't need to be member.
If any wants to see any big picture of any animal or anything please let me know.

[LHAAP]

  Thank you Aleon and Richard for these pictures. They are wonderful

[Richard]

Hello, Aleon ...

hi, you can see the pictures in spanish board. you don't need to be member.
If any wants to see any big picture of any animal or anything please let me know.

Thank you very much for your kind and generous offer.

I think that many of us would like to see bigger (and clearer) pictures of sets 4832, 4833 and 4834.

Thanks again and all the best,
Richard


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[CountBogro]

  WOW they look better as I hoped they would do!!!

AAAARGH - definitly another theme I need to have 

Bogro

[Timotheos]

Is it me, or are the Playmobil animals getting better and better? These new animals are stunning - just as the animals in the underwater theme ... 

The new animals are definitely getting better and better!    

I buy non-playmobil safari animals for my daughter.  With the exception of Schleich and Papo's high-quality molded animals, the non-playmobil safari animals on the market are ill-fitted, distorted wretches.

It's good to see that PM is bridging that gap with a high-quality series of its own. 

(now if only it would give us orangutans!)

[Rasputin]

Now if playmobil would make the hut that you can see in the background of the picture of the water buffalo . round system X with the thatched roof 

[Richard]

Hello, Rasputin ...

Now if playmobil would make the hut that you can see in the background of the picture of the water buffalo . round system X with the thatched roof 

Hmmm ... You must be thinking about the round huts in a Zulu or Masai kraal. Interestingly, the first Safari sets from Playmobil were from the Masai Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. (also see map attachment)

The first Playmobil Ngorongoro Safari sets (Steck-System) were produced in the early 1980s (see attachment). It's somewhat fascinating that more than twenty years later Playmobil is revisiting this same theme. Maybe this time Playmobil will complete what they started so long ago. (However, it's really too bad that Playmobil seems to NOT be using either Steck or System-X anymore)

The good news is that with the introduction of the Masai Special (4685) , there may be a good possibility that those round huts that you saw in the background may actually be part of a new Playmobil Masai village to be released late next year. Who knows?

We'll all just have to wait and see ... And, as Rasputin said (visually) ...

All the best,
Richard

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[cachalote]

thanks to purifra  from klickywelt, we have some new images form the 2009 catalogue.