New Antex Sets !!

[Ronastoo]

Wow!  Eskimos with the igloo!   The originals sell for high prices on Ebay.  I wonder how well the Antex sets will sell there.

[Wesley Myers]

These photos all look faked.

I am sure they just used a green screen background and then photoshopped in the backgrounds to go with the sets.


Maybe they are trying to corner the collector market?

[Ali Baba]

These photos all look faked.

Faked as in trying to be something they are not? They are on the Antex site.

I think they are just a very crude photoshop-job.

[Customizer]

Hi Friends,

hmm yes the quality its really ugly but i must say !!

Its not a FAKE !!

Antex Andina are the last of this world who produce Playmobil.
Before 2 Years Antex had a official License to produce.
Today i dont know if Antex have a License or produce illegal looks like Lyra
at the end of days.

Why this old stuff, i think Antex have old moulds from the License and cant produce
new one.

Only the print and colors are changed !!

world greets

Andi
 

[playmofire]

Here's a link to their pretty basic website:

http://www.antexandina.com.ar/

click on the Playmobil logo along the top row.

There is a certain innocence in the figures etc which reminds me of the early days of Playmobil, and understandably as the sets are often reproductions from the early days just updated a bit.  I especially like the van type fire engine and the firefighters in their red uniforms.

[playmofire]

There's a bit of humour here in the camion mudanza, a removals truck, with the night time setting.  Obviously someone doing a moonlight flit as they can't pay the rent!   

[playmo1989]

Maybe they are trying to corner the collector market?

what do you mean??

[Andy R]

Not sure about most of the sets (I’m pretty sure none of the molds are new), but the last set is NOT new. Even the picture is early ‘80’s (I had that set, it was the first large set I purchased, before I even knew what “Playmobil” was).

[Rasputin]

Hello

Thanks for the interesting news

As a collector of all themes I must say even with their lower quality I would buy these sets. It is very hard and expensive to get some of these in original Playmobil so any company who makes them now is welcomed news to me. The only problem is people on ebay exploit these facts and charge very high prices . I need some friends abroad.

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[Wesley Myers]

what do you mean??

Well, as we have all seen, I'm sure, Playmobil's DS brings out an old set or two every year that is obviously intended just for collectors.  As per the examples below from Playmobil.ca:

http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-CA-Site/en_CA/Product-Show?pid=7466&cgid=Ds_Bau

http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-CA-Site/en_CA/Product-Show?pid=7655&cgid=Ds_Bau

http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-CA-Site/en_CA/Product-Show?pid=7872&cgid=Ds_Fahrzeuge_und_Boote

http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-CA-Site/en_CA/Product-Show?pid=7428&cgid=Ds_Western

I was thinking that maybe that same market share is what Antex was going for.