2011 ?

[Luis]

the fewer new appealing new themes/sets they release next year the better for my wallet

ok call me crazy, but I still need to catch up the the themes that I didn't get sets from all the time I was absent

[bonniebeth]

That is really exciting, Gaston! Looking at a small picture online just isn't the same as picking up a huge box and really examining it up close to see all the details. The only thing better is opening the box!  I always get really excited to see sets I want in the store, even if they have been available to me online forever. Even if I was never interested in a set before, sometimes I end up getting it anyway after I see it "live."

[Wesley Myers]

So doing the maths.... in almost 2011 Im getting sets from around 2006..., when will a get the sets from 2011?? 
I better go to Europe soon .... 

By the time you get to buy all the sets you want from 2006, it will be time to buy the stuff from 2007 and then 2008 and you will be getting all you want that way and then the 2011 stuff will arrive when you need it. 

Playmobil, really does have SO much out there that it is very hard to be able to buy it all.

Hmm, I wonder if that has anything to do with how much they are getting rid of.  There are only so many dollars floating around that parents can use for toys and they buy only so much.  If there are 30 really good sets out there and you can only afford to buy 4 or 5 of them, they other 25 or 26 get left and sales drop. 

Maybe Playmobil should really reduce the amounts of sets they have and themese and just have fewer, but with more effort put into them to make them the best they can be.

[bonniebeth]

Yes, but no toy company would expect every family to buy every toy they make. The wider selection is more to account for different tastes in what appeals to each child. I think what they try to do is have sets parents can afford.

Out of curiosity, are there any collectors who buy every set playmobil makes?

[tonguello]

Axel.....I think.
Am I right? 

[CountBogro]

nope - you;re wrong.

Axel relies on Geobra for the new sets and on other collectors for the rest.

Bogro

[tonguello]

oh!
there was a thread not long ago about a collector who has ALL sets....a sweedish guy maybe? does someone remember what am I talking about?

[BlueWizard]

oh!
there was a thread not long ago about a collector who has ALL sets....a sweedish guy maybe? does someone remember what am I talking about?

There is a collector from Norway who has most - if not all - of the sets every made - at least that is his reputation!  I forget his name and if he is here at Playmofriends but he's a regular at klickywelt.

[bonniebeth]

Who's Axel?

[tonguello]

There is a collector from Norway who has most - if not all - of the sets every made - at least that is his reputation!  I forget his name and if he is here at Playmofriends but he's a regular at klickywelt.

yes that's the one..... does anybody know him?