new argentinian antex sets

[Hadoque]

(i hope nobody spoke about this earlier)

I briefly mentioned the fishing trawler ("Susanne") being released by Antex in the "DS-Add-On-2012-collectors' choice-thread" 

[Rasputin]

I hate to dissapoint you all, but from the few antex sets I have the quality of the klickies is very bad... I have a few playmospace antex sets and although the vehicles are very good, the klickies and a few accessories are horibble...

those are the parts that are easy enough to drop in the parts bin and forget about. The vehicle in this case is the important part.

Even if the vehicle is bad I or the kids would not be playing with them as though they were brand new, easy to replace Geobra sets. Really to be honest my kids are very gentle but some of their young friends have not been taught by their parent to be gentle with toys  I now need a replacement TAXI trunk lid as one of these munchkins snapped off a hinge 

[Wesley Myers]

those are the parts that are easy enough to drop in the parts bin and forget about. The vehicle in this case is the important part.

Even if the vehicle is bad I or the kids would not be playing with them as though they were brand new, easy to replace Geobra sets. Really to be honest my kids are very gentle but some of their young friends have not been taught by their parent to be gentle with toys  I now need a replacement TAXI trunk lid as one of these munchkins snapped off a hinge 

Very true. I recall well going to buy some used Playmobil and the mother opened and closed the back hatch on the police station wagon I was sure she must have broken it. It was all I could do to restrain myself from yelling at her ...

(I realised I had not paid for it yet and I was in her house)

[Luis]

I have considered buying antex versions of the old eskimo theme, because I would really like to have it, and because I'd like to see for myself what the quality is like. But I hardly think it's a substitute for getting actual re-released sets from geobra.

Bonnie, what eskimo sets are you looking for?

[bonniebeth]

Any and all. They come up on ebay every now and then but they are usually rather expensive, and I'm not supposed to be spending right now. It's one of those put-on-the-back-burner things.

[Luis]

Any and all. They come up on ebay every now and then but they are usually rather expensive, and I'm not supposed to be spending right now. It's one of those put-on-the-back-burner things.

oh ok - i might consider sell/trade my duplicates (they're all german, not antex) if i end up not using them for a project

[bonniebeth]

When and if you do decide to, PM me. I may be interested.

[tonguello]

Well... Antex quality is weird to say the least. Vehicules and let's say big parts are great, but small accesories are very bad, and clickies are horrible, almost dispousable.
The quality of the plastic is NOT THE PROBLEM, that is great. What is really bad is the "looks" of things. They are badly finished, with marks and holes, colors often don't match the box, the theme or the set. The hands have wrinkles, are smaller than they should be and weird looking. Of course the molds are really old, the shoulders are too squared and give the clickies a "frankenstein" look. Weird  is the key word.

Now if you put up with all that, there is the matter of the price. IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE for what you get.
The Sussane is 180 dollars, too much if you consider only the ship and not the clickies nor the fishes, nor anything else (I wouldn`t care for the sails nor the strings either which probably are a piece of plastic and in the wrong color).
So unfortunatly (I say this with much sorrow for my hurt national pride)it doesn't worth it unless you care only for vehicules and a few accesories and price is not an issue.

 

[Clong]

is the price in US dollars $180  .

[Giorginetto]

I want to buy a Suzanne !! i have the original, mint and i bought it when it was released , what a superb set this is , surely as Sir Wolf said the klickies can easily be replaced but the trawler is a gem !!!