More info about Playmobil Figures in Surprise Bags...

[bonniebeth]

About a week ago, I was at my local Toys 'R' Us. On the Playmobil aisle, I saw tags on empty hooks for the Fi?ures  . There was also a paper with stocking instructions that listed Fi?ures and Top Agents. However, when I was there three days ago, the tags had been removed and other things had been put on the hooks. There were no Fi?ures at Toys 'R' Us.
I think that the Fi?ures and Top Agents are coming, but just not as soon as Toys 'R' Us expected. I'll be checking back next weekend.
Ace 

  This is a valuable piece of information! You'd make a good spy, Ace. So TRU will be carrying them!

[gloobey]

:: swooning ::  oh my... eight boxes of surprise figures!   Are you going to let your customers stand there and feel the parts through the packaging to figure out which figure it is?

It's absolutely encouraged! I have whole families currently doing just that with the LEGO figures. I'll be doing a bit of it myself as I practice up and get acquainted with these new figures. I'll be posting pics on my facebook page on Monday when they arrive.

[Baron Marshall]

I got my pink case and my blue case yesterday... and was going to wait to open them... but they beat me... Pink case had 4 of each... but the Blue case had 5 Zorro's, 7 Uncle Sams  3 Joggers and only 1 Rocky (boxer)... 4 of everything else...  oh and I can confirm that these are in fact Maltese figures if anyone is still curious.

[bonniebeth]

Seven uncle sams? That kind of stinks. It would be better to have seven knights and one uncle sam. At least you got some of everything, though!

[Baron Marshall]

I will probably end up turning the uncle sams into a circus band or something

[kenc]

What about Belgium? I heard nor Fun nor Bart Smit will carry them 

[playmogal]

I got my pink case and my blue case yesterday... and was going to wait to open them... but they beat me... Pink case had 4 of each... but the Blue case had 5 Zorro's, 7 Uncle Sams  3 Joggers and only 1 Rocky (boxer)... 4 of everything else...  oh and I can confirm that these are in fact Maltese figures if anyone is still curious.

Baron,
The 5203 and 5204's are great fun to play with, aren't they! We finally get some pieces to mix with those 12 plain old figures in the set from US DS. It does take a lot of figures to get enough parts to make something, so let's hope that they make a lot of these little buggers.
Glad that yours arrived! Pgal

[Birdie]

What about Belgium? I heard nor Fun nor Bart Smit will carry them 

I haven't seen them around here and I've been to quite a few big toystores in the last few weeks... 

[Jay]

I''m going to check a few stores that still carry themm today. Do those codes actually work or is it mostly the feel method?

[playmogal]

Sorry I have not found a code that works...too bad they did not just introduce them as specials so we know what we are getting. Would save a lot of grief INHO!

I have identified over half of them by touch, but it is difficult. The easiest guys 5203 are:

-3-the boxer's cape
-4-the mummy's crutch
-5-zorro's hat
-6-the chef's tray
-8-Uncle Sam's tophat
-9-the Grim Reaper's scythe
-10-the athlete's trophy cup
-11-the knight's wings
-12-the axman's hlemet

Among the ladies 5204,

-1 and 12 from the queens' huge skirts
-2-from the fairy's wings
-5-from the winter walker's two walking sticks
-6-from the forestwoman's bag of loot
-8 the witch's tophat and broom
-10-the mermaid's webbed feet

This takes a lot of time, which is a waste. It would be better if the store would just cut them open, label them, and tape them up to save us time. Any takers out there? We do know that they WILL sell!!!!

These will make wonderful presents for anyone but The Grinch, and even he might smile opening one. But my relatives are going to have a very long wait!!! Pgal