New video on how Playmobil is made

[playmofire]

This has appeared on playmobil.de:

http://www.playmobil.de/on/demandware.store/Sites-DE-Site/de_DE/Link-Page?id=QUALITY2010

Thanks to irnm2001 on LG for posting it first.

[Rasputin]

Hello Gordon

What is he saying 

PS: I really liked at screen shot

@ 00:48, how would you like your lobby to look like that. I wonder if some FatCat who works for Geobra decorates his spare space with X-large Klickies and now castles & Dragons .

@ 03:00, the big guy is there just to rip the toys apart 

Interesting video Thank you Gordon and Mad Nick, I wonder if there is a way to translate ?

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[pingo]

PS: I really liked at screen shot

@ 00:48, how would you like your lobby to look like that. I wonder if some FatCat who works for Geobra decorates his spare space with X-large Klickies and now castles & Dragons .

@ 03:00, the big guy is there just to rip the toys apart 

  Hi Rasputin you screen shot 

Pingo

[AndrewL]

Hello Gordon

What is he saying 

Interesting video Thank you Gordon and Mad Nick, I wonder if there is a way to translate ?

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

I can't promise anything, but I could try to do a rough transcription/translation -- my German is just about up to it. Not something I could do quickly, though -- sorry.

One thing that did strike me as slightly curious was the complete and utter lack of children anywhere in the description of the design and testing of new products.

The video seems to me to be aimed far more at marketing executives for distributors, rather than the ultimate consumers or collectors of the products. A lot of the video is not so much about how Playmobil is made (though obviously there is a good deal of that), but more about how safe the toys are, how thoroughly they are tested, how the production is very modern and hi-tech, and how this is all emphatically not done in China.

Cheers,

AndrewL

[playmofire]

I can't promise anything, but I could try to do a rough transcription/translation -- my German is just about up to it. Not something I could do quickly, though -- sorry.

Thanks for the offer of the translation, Andrew.  I, for one, would very much appreciate it when you have the time - just a rough summary of each stage would do.

One thing that did strike me as slightly curious was the complete and utter lack of children anywhere in the description of the design and testing of new products.

Maybe they have come in after that stage, especially as they are concentrating on a tried and tested theme, the fire brigade and, as usual, basing the design on actual designs, in this case Rosenbauer.  (OK, the storage compartment openign may not be an actual design, although there is some evidence that it may be.)

The video seems to me to be aimed far more at marketing executives for distributors, rather than the ultimate consumers or collectors of the products. A lot of the video is not so much about how Playmobil is made (though obviously there is a good deal of that), but more about how safe the toys are, how thoroughly they are tested, how the production is very modern and hi-tech, and how this is all emphatically not done in China.

I think it is probably very much aimed at parents in the German market who may not be the ultimate consumers but are the ones who buy for the ultimate consumers and want reassurance as regards quality in its widest sense.
Cheers,

AndrewL

[playmofire]

Interesting video Thank you Gordon and Mad Nick, I wonder if there is a way to translate ?

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

I wonder if there is a way to save it to my hard disk?

[Bill Blackhurst]

Thanks for the link to that interesting video Gordon & Mad Nick  ! I'm glad to see the new Fire Department theme getting so much recognition in this marketing video for once  !

[playmofire]

Thanks for the link to that interesting video Gordon & Mad Nick  ! I'm glad to see the new Fire Department theme getting so much recognition in this marketing video for once  !

Here's an advert for the new range, Bill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1321bc9iquc&feature=related

[Martin Milner]

One thing that did strike me as slightly curious was the complete and utter lack of children anywhere in the description of the design and testing of new products.

I wondered about that. I guess it's still possible they test new designs with a focus group of children before going into full-blown production, but they didn't show it.

I was amused at the idea of a mum quietly reading a book while four children all ten or under play happily with the fire engines. Maybe in Germany, but I doubt the kids are this quiet in the UK or USA. 

[pingo]

I wonder if there is a way to save it to my hard disk?

Hi playmoire you can use RealPlayer SP from Apple

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