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Offline Bill Blackhurst

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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #20 on: May 28, 2011, 22:41:10 »
Quote from: playmo1989 on May 28, 2011, 22:29:22
 
well there is a problem though  ::) ::) ::) ( exept the economic) how will we communicate?  :hmm: :hmm:

If we could come up with the multimillions of dollars to become share holders & advisory board we could all move to Germany to oversee how things are done! ;)
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Offline Giorginetto

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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2011, 00:04:35 »
though i am an optimist i think when Hans is gone , things are most likely to be bad for the playmobil toy line for a numebr of reasons. so , my advice  is

buy playmobil as much as possible !!!!!!!!!!





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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2011, 01:35:35 »
Quote from: Giorginetto on May 29, 2011, 00:04:35
though i am an optimist i think when Hans is gone , things are most likely to be bad for the playmobil toy line for a numebr of reasons. so , my advice  is

buy playmobil as much as possible !!!!!!!!!!

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:lol: Great advice! At least you will have what you want that is still good quality, if not for an investment. Just look at how much Playmobil from the 80s and 90s goes for  8}
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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2011, 02:06:16 »
Maybe turn it into an worker owned company to try and preserve it for as long as possible.

As much as I enjoy buying all the playmobil I can get my hands on I enjoy the fresh aspect of this collection hobby. By fresh aspect I refer to the ever changing themes and sets of neat design.

I view Geobra who is a rare example of a toy company that has not entirely sold out to current trends.

 I too wish stecks would come back but not in the castle form. The gray stecks are very easily obtained on auction sites where as the western stecks are becoming harder and harder to find especially the 1/2 tall foundation pieces.
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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2011, 02:53:33 »
Quote from: Giorginetto on May 29, 2011, 00:04:35
though i am an optimist i think when Hans is gone , things are most likely to be bad for the playmobil toy line for a numebr of reasons. so , my advice  is

buy playmobil as much as possible !!!!!!!!!!





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 buy what ? ??? these junk that are available spys,clip sy castles etc... etc...
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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2011, 03:45:01 »
Quote from: playmo1989 on May 29, 2011, 02:53:33


 buy what ? ??? these junk that are available spys,clip sy castles etc... etc...

This is a toy that need to sell to its real clients, kids. All of my boys have not stopped talking about how they are going to play with the spy theme. I have been showing them old Sean Connery 007 films to get them ready. Our gadget son really wants the RC SUV w/camera. 

They have not yet fully seen the new space theme but they will surely enjoy adding it to the large collection of the 90's space sets they play with. The cave man theme, which I like, they are not very interested in. 

While the castle building system is not the best the new colors and designs of the knights to me look stunning. After seeing Mac Guyvers new chrome army I can not wait for them to get here.

You seem to like the Victorian them from a specific time and I could not agree that those were up to date the best ones. We collect every theme and so my kids and I look forward to new themes.
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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2011, 03:52:26 »
Quote from: Rasputin on May 29, 2011, 03:45:01

You seem to like the Victorian them from a specific time and I could not agree that those were up to date the best ones. We collect every theme and so my kids and I look forward to new themes.

 i'am talking about playmobil in genural was better then not only the victorian theme ,the ships the castles ,western ....etc 

 actually i think the spy theme for kids is good and the box design is good !!! but almost all themes now cannot be compared with the old ones
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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #27 on: June 01, 2011, 16:00:19 »
The only job that would take me out of this country would be to work for playmobil ...
(Then again, what would a guy like me do there, this is another matter ::) )

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Anyway, "Advice for Geobra"?

They should come up with at least two lines of toys: Historic and KIDs. (Maybe even three .. Historic, KIDs & Girls (or "normal lifestyle", including marriage, dollhouse, school & firefighters & police, which is more boys-like .. anyway, you get the thing).

Playmobil has great potential for really doing historical toy/collectible. Not that children wouldn't like/want/play with historical line, but adults (usually) don't like kids' playmo so much, but we enjoy deeply the realistic aspect of the toy, and, as we aren't main target, there's no way we can have our wishes fulfilled :(

(Not only in lines, but even in catalogue style. For example, I'd love to see the Historic Section of the site with the lines grouped chronologically ...)

For instance, playmobil almost produced Renaissance playmo (see attachments), but never actually made it :( With a Historic line, this would be attended. (Not to talk about what have been discontinued, Vikings, Romans, Victorian (originally "1900", that never produced, for example, an airplane :love: )

The original 1900 collection was made in pink boxes, aiming to reach girls, but there could be two kinds of "dollhouse", a pink girly one, and a blue box Historic 1900 collection, and they would even complete each other, in a way, however would be done for different publics, and, obviously, with different features, being the Historic more turned to miniature accuracy, and not, and all aspects of life, not only dollhouse (but, for example, old style firefighters, police, &c -- that would of course be complementary to whomever would play with that period -- and not only, because when you play, you don't care about periods, vide the Series of Unfortunate Events movie, based on the book series ...).

Also, this might open ways to take Steck System back and invest in medieval miniature castles & life, making new connectors to allow different shapes for the castle, &c, &c ...

These are a few ideas.

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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2011, 16:29:20 »
I Agree, a revised steck system fully compatible with the old will be ideal and i am certain will do better than the system x monumental failure and the clip system fiasco..........
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Re: Advice for Geobra
« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2011, 13:35:48 »
I thouroughly agree with the discussion on the ugly colours in the latest sets.

When I was a little girl, all the children I knew (friends, classmates, my sisters, my cousins) loved the Playmobil that looked realistic in a way, wether it was western, indian, medieval or city/farm-life.
We simply adored the entire 'pink' Victorian collection, not for the girly colour of the box, but for the beautiful clickies and their clothes, the impressive houses, the detailed furniture... It made us feel like our toys were precious.
We didn't act out historical scenes, of course. If I remember correctly, the clickies who lived in the Victorian houses were the 'rich ones'  :lol: It didn't matter to us that they were supposed to be from the 1900's.

I'm just saying: just because they're young, doesn't mean children want their toys in loud, unrealistic colours and wacky themes.
Maybe I'm completely out of touch with what modern day kids really want. That is a real possibility, I admit. But I have a hard time imagining they really prefer fluorescent orange sofa's to the stylish velvety red or blue ones from the Victorian theme (for example).

On that note, I also think some of the new hairstyles and clothes on the clickies are absolutely hideous  :-\

Other than that, I still adore Playmobil, of course  8-)
 
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