Playmobil School Bus

[Wesley Myers]

I guess this is goes in this section. 

Anyway, with the school that Playmobil has out now, they seem to be lacking one essential item for it.  A school bus.

What about past offerings?  Did they ever make a decent school bus?  Or bus that could be converted/painted to make a school bus?

[tonguello]

 Did they ever make a decent school bus? 

is there a school bus at all? I mean decent or not ....  I've never seen one......

[flatcat]

There have been a few variations of schoolbuses

The German one:

3521 - School Bus][URL=http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3521]3521 - School Bus


They also did a yelow/black one (which is the one I have):

3170x - Schoolbus


There have also been others produced for other countries such as Spain

Damo

[Wesley Myers]

Getting over my laziness I googled and this is all I could find.  The 3521.  Doesn't look like any school bus I've ever seen.  More like an ambulance that got a new sticker ...

Okay, there's also the 3170, which looks like the same one(?) but with a different colour plastic.

[Wesley Myers]

There have been a few variations of schoolbuses

The German one:

3521 - School Bus][URL=http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3521]3521 - School Bus


They also did a yelow/black one (which is the one I have):

3170x - Schoolbus


There have also been others produced for other countries such as Spain

Damo

Thanks for the quick reply!  Is it any good? 

Yeah, I know it's Playmobil, so it should be good, right.  We all know that one (but do we  --  thinking of the Chicken dragon and the firetruck in the usa)

[flatcat]

Thanks for the quick reply!  Is it any good? 

Yeah, I know it's Playmobil, so it should be good, right.  We all know that one (but do we  --  thinking of the Chicken dragon and the firetruck in the usa)

It's ok, but I don't really like it

The whole design just isn't right. The actual van itself is nice, I like it. But when you go and put seats in the back it just doesn't do it for me. It looks more like a plane/space shuttle inside rather than a bus.

I would very much like to see an updated version

Damo

[Bill Blackhurst]

Excellent idea for needing an updated school bus! Hopefully there will be a new introduction of one before the new school house series is retired!

[Wesley Myers]

Excellent idea for needing an updated school bus! Hopefully there will be a new introduction of one before the new school house series is retired!

Is there anything we, as consumers, could do? 

I know I have seen pictures children have drawn at Playmobil HQ that the design team goes over and gets influence from.

[Bill Blackhurst]

Is there anything we, as consumers, could do? 

I know I have seen pictures children have drawn at Playmobil HQ that the design team goes over and gets influence from.

We may be able to send a request through the Playmobil Collectors Club pilot program here. Based on which of the new vehicles already in production should it be designed from?

[tonguello]

wow...i've never seen any of these sets.

there are some vans in argentina that takes kids to school (that would be a private service) that looks like the orange and white one.... 
The buses hired by schools are of course big buses but also white and orange.