Can that be true? Can they really intend NOT to release this set in a market rich with budding Paleozoologists?
Well, I do not think that this is a "marketing strategy" of playmobil to first serve the german market. It is a marketing strategy of "Idee & Spiel" (a consortium of middle sized toy stores) to have something special and exclusive to compete against giants like TRU and similiar.
So they sit together and discuss about how to make a fancy exclusive one without too much expenses... Cool, something with dinasaurs... ...Well, take only existing moulds, rerelease it with slightly new colors and... ...okay... ...invest in a few new tampons to get them a new pattern... They even recycled the box design...
And Playmobil is in contract with them to produce these items exclusively. So I am not sure if the club will make it easier to get these sets...
Well lets see... I like the set, even though I will not buy it as I have all the old dino sets...
best,
socrates