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Offline cachalote

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playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« on: January 08, 2010, 03:46:19 »
8} in another thread - http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=3924.0 - i posted a very strange 4424 (wich is an european ref.) set being sold at playmobil's u.s.a. site for 15 000 u.s.d..
 ;) it seemed to me then that the new year's party at playmobil headquarters might have been a little "heavy".
 :lol: ... but now they have gone totally mad.
if you look at the "special" page - http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Search-Show?cgid=Special - you can see a lot of old sets being announced as novelties.
- the 4517 royal king from 1995.
- the 4548 captain peg leg from 1997.
- the 4616 blue knight from 2003.
there is also a 4581 pirate and skull from 2000.
 :o what the hell is happening?
did they find a lot of these sets lost in the basement and decided to sell them now.
are they re-issues of incredibly successful past specials?
do they even exist outside playmobil's virtual reality.
are they a product of excessive l.s.d. consumed in new year by the person running u.s. playmobil's site?
 :) we need answers.
 :) we demand answers.
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Offline Martin Milner

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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2010, 04:50:34 »
Quote from: cachalote on January 08, 2010, 03:46:19
If you look at the "special" page - http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Search-Show?cgid=Special - you can see a lot of old sets being announced as novelties.
- the 4517 royal king from 1995.
- the 4548 captain peg leg from 1997.
- the 4616 blue knight from 2003.
there is also a 4581 pirate and skull from 2000.
 :o what the hell is happening?
did they find a lot of these sets lost in the basement and decided to sell them now.
are they re-issues of incredibly successful past specials?
do they even exist outside playmobil's virtual reality.
These were up on 1st Jan, but you can't order them, just note them for an email when they become available. It's odd they should label them as "NEW" when we all know they're either re-issues, or as you say, a spare lot they found tucked away somewhere.
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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2010, 06:43:39 »
Alright, who's going to call Playmobil & inquire about the $15,000.00 Pirate ship & report back to us  :lol:? At that price you could buy a real ship  :hmm:!
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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2010, 06:51:35 »
The funny thing is, here in Belgium both the 4548,4616, and the 4581 have been available from several outlets sometime now.They are clearly american boxes (green/blue). And go for the nice price of 1,99 euro.
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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2010, 07:45:39 »
The $15,000 ship is inexplicable, but I suspect Playmobil has someone new in charge of marketing.  As evidence: 

-  The "Collect Them All" on the face of the blisters to encourage people to become collectors and buy more product.
-  Reissues advertised as new, probably in the hopes that new collectors would not know or care.  From a marketing standpoint, the word "new" is more sellable than "reissue."  The word "reissue" implies that you can hold off on buying something now because the company may reissue it later.  (On one hand, I think it's false advertising; on the other hand, I hope they continue to reissue some old sets no matter how they label them since I am new to Playmobil and would love to own the old Medieval sets without having to bid for them on eBay.  I'm hoping they reissue the big Steck castle; I don't care if they call it new or old or reissue or classic.  I just want it!)
-  The establishment of more fantasy-themed sets like Ghost Pirates and Dragon Knights.
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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2010, 08:16:56 »
There are the same old. discontinued Specials on the UK site too.
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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2010, 09:04:34 »
Hi all,

The "new" logo could simply be a limitation of the playmobil website where every product that is added gets this tag for a fixed period of time.

Cheers,
Marc
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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2010, 12:46:07 »
:hmm: i've heard from a reliable source that all these sets were recently released from a f.b.i. warehouse where they were kept in connection with the activities of gambino crime family.
apparently all these sets were locked inside a "suspicious" truck and were apprehended as evidence against carmine agnello...  ;)
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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2010, 14:31:00 »
Quote from: cachalote on January 08, 2010, 12:46:07
:hmm: i've heard from a reliable source that all these sets were recently released from a f.b.i. warehouse where they were kept in connection with the activities of gambino crime family.
apparently all these sets were locked inside a "suspicious" truck and were apprehended as evidence against carmine agnello...  ;)

Hi Cachalote  :arrr:

   Yes that would be your pirate brain at work. You may be on to something though as one of these "Suspicious Trucks" contents may have made its way to an auction site. This "haul" still is unexplainable  :hmm: Just a theory = What if there were large loads of containers that went missing. Some were stashed away in storage facilities and some were found. We know where one missing one ended up. Maybe Playmobil recovered some other ones and put them back up for sale. I do not know why they would be on 2 continents but I am just grabbing at straws here¿

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Re: playmobil u.s.a. gone mad
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 17:49:11 »
all those special where available at target not so long ago... target (or any other big chain store including toys r us) dont sell specials anymore, so, they are selling it in playmobil.com there u have it!!!

(and in target they where "pals" nos special)
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