FunPark Visit

[bonniebeth]

Um... I htink I know what you mean. There is something kind of strange about her.

[playmogal]

There were a lot of animals on the Fun Park play tables, and we wanted to stop and spend some time with them but were too busy shopping! So we took pictures instead.

Cheers, Pgal

[flatcat]

Um... I htink I know what you mean. There is something kind of strange about her.

I think it's her head - it looks a little small compared to the rest of her body!

Damo

[bonniebeth]

I think it's her head - it looks a little small compared to the rest of her body!

Damo

Yeah... that might be it. Very odd.

I really like the way they have the animal clinic stuff set up. Reminds me I need toorder that extra fencing. I'm using it for my petting zoo.

[playmogal]

Not sure about her proportions...whether the head is too small or the chest is too prominent in white. Anyway the huge Clickies were a treat to see.

Here are more photos of the houses on the play tables in the Fun Park. It was really cool watching the parents play with the kids like it was normal for everyone to play with PM!

One dad said he bought the house for his daughter (about age 4...maybe too young to appreciate it alone) and she only plays with it when they visit the Fun Park. Must be too much fun at the FP!

Cheers, Pgal

[bonniebeth]

Oh, I love the life-size princess table and chairs!

[playmogal]

The huge princess/house play table was quite impressive. It enables many folks to play and chat with each other. Would be a great place to take a bunch of 6 year old girls for a very fun afternoon.

I took photos of the FP Clickies available on Sunday. There were 11 different ones that day, and I bought 4 of each because we have young houseguests arriving soon. They cost $1.50 each in a plastic drink cup. Evidently they cannot sell the Clickies alone for some reason.

Enjoy, Pgal

[playmogal]

There were two holiday sets at the Fun Park that ended up in our trunk. It was the first time I had seen 4891 and 4892, and I love the small parts in both sets. Ended up buying multiples for that reason. These parts sell for too much on eBay, so this was a way to acquire them at a reasonable price. They will look great in the PM houses waiting at home.

Cheers, Pgal

[Luis]

thanks pgal for the review - looks like an interesting place!

i love the fact they get the new German releases earlier

as for the displays - those maquettes (if you actually can call them that) are extremely easy to make - actually PM would make prettier ones back when they did the art work on back of boxes (they would make that kind of displays for stores too, using architecture material)
if you ask me i find these ugly

Is it me or does the giant klickie in the las pic look a bit... odd?

her head is smaller and it doesn't match the rest of the body size

[Martin Milner]

There is no outside play area at this FunPark. It is basically a store with a large inside play area.

That's a great shame, I know it gets hot in Florida but surely with shading trees and water features the heat could be moderated? It seems silly to pen the kids up indoors. Is this Fun Park a permanent arrangement, or a pro tempore thing while they build a proper PLaymobil Park?

If the latter, it might excuse the abysmal lack of simple advertising. I searched websites for South Florida attractions, then Palm Beach attractions, and the Fun Park did not appear until I did a specific search on one of the Palm Beach sites, and then it was only a link to Playmobil's Website. Come on Playmobil, it's not rocket science...



I'm put in mind of a line from Herr Brandstätter himself, that "...once a child has got hold of its first pirate it will demand a ship during the next year and so on."  So why is there so little effort to get that first klicky into a child's hand? Indeed with the Specials (and blisters) vanishing from the shelves in most department stores toy areas, it's becoming harder than ever to get hold of single klickies.