sceneries from old catalogues

[matchboxluc]

the catalogue of 1989/90:

[matchboxluc]

and finally the catalogue of 1990/91:

[Meg]

MBL,
Thank you so very much for sharing these dioramas.
I also like the older scenes better than the new ones.

There is one adventurous eskimo (Inuit ?) for he pops up in two scenes where Eskimoes would not normally be.

I also like the simple scenery additions.  In some of the early western scenes, they used paper cutouts for cacti.

I was disappointed to see that the two western sets I am looking for were not pictured in your catalogues.  I suppose they were only issued for a year or two, and then retired.

Thank you again.
I am glad you picture posting problems have been worked out.

Meg

[matchboxluc]

Which western sets are those then?

[Meg]

The original (?only?) bank.  It came with a safe.
It has been rereleased by Antex, but I would really like an original.

There is also a Wells Fargo Building.  It is red, and very hard to find.

[matchboxluc]

According to the Playmobil Collector they are both extremely rare (thus expensive). The bank was retired in 1981/82 and the Wells Fargo set in 1979/80. So they were gone before the pictures in the catalogues.

[Meg]

Thanks for doing the research on the buildings.
I appreciate it.

meg

[Tiermann]

I notice in the wstern scene in
cat87881.jpg there is a rescue helicopter in the top of the picture for some reason...

[Meg]

The stars in the western movies wanted to have medical help there if they were hurt.

[Psyche]

This are so very cool Luc! I made a list of favorites as I viewed them but it got a bit long!

I much prefer these types of photos to the new slick catalogues. They show the toy in creative setting a "real" person (even a child) might dream up and aren't so full of advertising.  I like that the focus is on the Playmo and not on the graphics.

That said, I'll list my (edited) favorites:

84/85   Princess and Ghost
84/85   Brawl Outside the Western Saloon
85/86   Eskimo/Inuit Setting (I must find more eskimos!)
85/86   Safari with Volcano and Awesome Monkey Tree
87        Pile up on the highway! 
87        Safari Scene (beautiful)
88/89   Circus with Elephant Act and Clowns
88/89   Artic Scene with Fishing Trawler (very cool integration of themes)
88/89   Western Train
90/91    Deep Sea Diver with Wrecked Yacht
90/91    Pirate Cave

Thanks for sharing these! (Glad you can post lots of photos now. )