« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 5   Go Down

Author Topic: playmobil's new design trends?  (Read 15747 times)

Offline cachalote

  • x
  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1896
  • Gender: Male
playmobil's new design trends?
« on: January 21, 2009, 11:29:43 »
roberto_carlos in klickywelt was invited to a playmobil press conference taking place in a few days (28 jan.).  :yup:
he is showing a leaflet that came with the invitation and, as far as i (babel-fish) could tell, our german friends are shocked with what it shows.  :o
could this represent a trend in the new design ideas playmobil will be offering in 2009/2010?  :hmm:
i hope not.  :(
my main concern stays with pirates where this gothic/dark/fantasy design has alredy been introduced with the new "geisterpiraten".
will all the themes turn "geister" as this leaflet seem to suggest?  8}
will there be "geister"-firefighter sets and "geister"-supermarket ones?  8}
Logged
    honni soit qui mal y pense

Offline CountBogro

  • desperate poet
  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1438
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2009, 12:14:51 »
To give you some hope, Cachalote, perhaps it will only be a "dragon theme ???


But I like to think that the magic theme will be revived, in a way. Somehow I have the feeling there will be three main themes:
  • The world today (firefighters, dollshouse, ponyranch, etc...)
  • Historical (Egyptian, Romans, etc. ...)
  • Fantasy (Knights, Merfolk, Ghostpirates, etc. ...)

I for one realy like the new dragons - and I know someone else who will as well.
I think they open up a whole new world.

But then again; that's just me  ;)
Bogro
Logged
... and then dusk came and brought despair.

Offline Martin Milner

  • Eugene, Oregon, USA
  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 2754
  • Gender: Male
    • An Englishman in Eugene
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2009, 13:09:29 »
Interesting reptilian eye design on that shield...puts me in mind of the eye of Sauron.

 I hope the dragons are better at keeping their limbs intact than the red chicken dragon.

I think someone has suggested this before, but maybe futuristic/fantasy combat is more palatable to some parents because it's more obviously not real.
Logged

Offline Customizer

  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1127
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2009, 13:15:15 »
*LOL* your very fast Cachalote !!

thx for sharing this pictures here !!

greetings

Andi
Logged

Offline Timotheos

  • Visitor
  • Playmo Addict
  • ****
  • Posts: 958
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2009, 13:40:03 »
Quote from: Martin Milner on January 21, 2009, 13:09:29
I think someone has suggested this before, but maybe futuristic/fantasy combat is more palatable to some parents because it's more obviously not real.

Oh, god, Martin, I hope the majority of people aren't that sissy.  There is nothing like the hypocrasy of fools, soothed by euphemisms.

Seriously, I'd wager Playmobil is leaning toward fantasy because the designers perceive that's what is popular.  Or, they believe the knight theme needs rejuvenation, and they have made the decision that the fantasy element, in line with fantasy fiction and video games, will draw more children than the historical realism.   

I like the look of the new dragons, even if the theme itself strikes me as a little dopey.  Playmobil excels at imitating things.  When it imitates realism, it looks great.  When it imitates other people's fantasy or science fiction worlds, it looks less inspired.
Logged

Offline mi-chi

  • Playmo Fanatic
  • **
  • Posts: 118
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2009, 13:40:50 »
Thanks for the pics - I can imagine that there is a mixed reception. It is just not what people hoped for but it is not completely unappealing. There is Barad-Dur mixed with Eragon and blended with Flash Gordon. I am putting my hopes on the smaller details rather than big sets. The tower maybe....but if this is it then, I will suffer no insomnia until September.
Logged
Cheers
Michael

Offline cachalote

  • x
  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1896
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2009, 13:53:14 »
i confess i am a bit sad with the way playmobil seems to take advantage on not-that-newly released movies.  :'(
fantasy knights - lord of the rings...  ;)
geisterpiraten - pirates od the caribbean...  ;)
and they don't pay any kind of royalties to the people that really created the design atmospheres that they seem too much to be copying.
maybe when they try to produce an entire series od klickies dressed in bat costumes they will finally have to deal with a lawsuit.  :yup:
Logged
    honni soit qui mal y pense

Offline Jimbo

  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1396
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2009, 14:38:49 »
I too like the look of the new dragons...hope their wings and landing gear stay attached ;D
The castle-rock structure in the background is interesting as well.

Thanks for posting the pics, Cachalote


Best regards,
Jimbo

Logged

Offline Gepetto

  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1776
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2009, 18:06:32 »
Is that flying bat knight actually carrying a bazooka? :doh:


Gepetto
Logged

Offline Jimbo

  • Playmo Master
  • *****
  • Posts: 1396
  • Gender: Male
Re: playmobil's new design trends?
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2009, 18:25:52 »
Quote from: Gepetto on January 21, 2009, 18:06:32
Is that flying bat knight actually carrying a bazooka? :doh:

My thoughts exactly! ;D ::)

Jimbo

Logged
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 5   Go Up
« previous next »