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Hirsch, André (20 November 2017). "Martin Luther ist die beliebteste Playmobil Figur". playmorama.de (in German) . Retrieved 19 November 2023. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team [ citation needed] are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors. [ citation needed] Collector activities extend beyond collecting and free-form play and include customization, miniature wargaming, and the creation of photo stories and stop motion films, or simply as decoration. [ citation needed] Early Playmobil figure of a woman History [ edit ] At the same time, the latest PLAYMOBIL series experience starts on October 8 on YouTube and YouTube Kids. The intrigue:When the enigmatic Bat Fairies suddenly appear and, led by Bat Fairy Noxana, begin to steal crystals from Ayuma's magical energy source, the idyll in the fairy forest is in great danger.Will the young fairies manage to protect their world. [30] Barnhardt, Adam (7 December 2019). "Playmobil: The Movie May Set Record for Lowest Box Office for Film Opening in Over 2K Theaters". ComicBook.com . Retrieved 8 December 2019. Dan Schreiber, James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray (20 February 2015). "No Such Thing as a Pokémon-Playing Goldfish (Episode 48)". No Such Thing As A Fish (Podcast). Quite Interesting Ltd. Event occurs at 20:30 . Retrieved 19 November 2023. {{ cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

Playmobil hands were designed to be capable of gripping and holding objects. Earlier figures had arms of one piece. Since 1982 all figures have hands that also rotate at the wrist. [3] Almost all Playmobil figures are unnamed, thus allowing children to invent their own characters. Exceptions to this include the many characters from the three Playmobil-inspired computer video games produced by Ubi Soft Montreal between 1998 and 1999, such as Alex, Hype and Laura, the protagonists from their respective games. The first figures used a chiseled out hairpiece with a button shape for adding headgear, until a later redesign gave the hairpiece a more natural rounded shape, also prompting a redesign of the headgear. The first female figures were distinguished by hairstyle and a wider chestpiece suggesting a skirt, until a redesign replaced the chestpiece with more displayed breasts, smaller waists and slightly thinner arms. On 4 November 2020, a CGI animated TV series titled Novelmore launched on the Playmobil YouTube channel and on YouTube Kids. Comprising 26 episodes, the series centres around the Knights of Novelmore and their battle for a magical armour. [28]Playmobil toys bring together real life themes and cheery figures for imaginative play and construction fun. One Man's Tiny Plastic Universe". Christian Science Monitor. 1997-10-07. ISSN 0882-7729 . Retrieved 2018-11-07. Wilson, Jason (9 October 2015). "The Playmobil Conundrum". The New Yorker . Retrieved 2 April 2021. In early 2019, a prototype for a product named Playmobil Pro was posted on LinkedIn. The product line introduced the Playmobil figure into corporate settings, targeting adult professionals in place of children. The concept aimed to rival Lego Serious Play, by incorporating the Playmobil figure into a modelling kit used for corporate creative workshops. The Playmobil Pro figures differ from classic Playmobil figures by their white colouration and simple designs. Playmobil Pro was made available in the United States in January 2020. [10] Licensing [ edit ]

Bootleg sets also have been manufactured in China. These sets are not marketed as Playmobil, though they are identical in terms of appearance (but not in regards to quality). Sets include a "Noshery" (fast food eatery), "Pirate Island", and medieval figures. [12] European factories [ edit ] Playmobil Park, Malta. Playmobil's CGI series Novelmore to land on YouTube with new play-sets en route". ToyNews . Retrieved 2021-07-29. The fastest selling Playmobil figurine is of Martin Luther. It was released to commemorate 500 year anniversary of Ninety-five Theses, which sparked the start of the Reformation. The first edition of 34,000 figurines sold out in three days. [14] [15] [16] FunParks and FunStores [ edit ] The life-sized Playmobil pirate ship in FunPark in Zirndorf, GermanySchenk figures, like the early Playmobil figures, do not have moveable hands, and unlike the Playmobil horses, the Schenk horses do not have moveable heads. Schenk figures also bear different colors from their Playmobil counterparts. They were also made with inferior plastic. Following the collapse of communism, a 1995 court ruling forbade the manufacture and distribution of the Schenk figures. The owner of Schenk, Károly Schenk, was allowed to sell off his remaining toy figures only in Hungary until March 1996. However, Schenk bootlegs may still be available in toy shops in Hungary. McNary, Dave (May 6, 2016). "Open Road Joins 'Playmobil' Animated Movie". Variety . Retrieved August 12, 2016. Keslassy, Elsa (November 6, 2014). "AFM: On Ent. Plays With Wild Bunch, Pathe on Playmobil Pic (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved July 22, 2015.

Playmobil Dino Rise series launches ahead of new range". Toy World Magazine | The business magazine with a passion for toys. 2021-05-04 . Retrieved 2021-07-29.Adventures of Ayuma: it's going to be magical!". Mynewsdesk.com (in German). 2021-10-08 . Retrieved 2022-01-09. The first Playmobil sets were themed around Native Americans, construction workers and knights. [8] Over the years, some proposed sets have included Chinese Railroad Workers and a Grave Digger for the Western theme, as well as a Medieval Torture Room. Prototypes were made. However, these sets were considered insensitive and inappropriate for young children, and were never released. [9] There are however sets including ghosts and a mummy containing a skeleton. a b c Rubin, Rebecca (9 December 2019). "Box Office Bomb: 'Playmobil' Flops in Historic Fashion". Variety . Retrieved 9 December 2019. Blakemore, Erin (11 June 2015). "A Playmobil Figure of Martin Luther Has Become the Fastest-Selling of All Time". Smithsonian Magazine . Retrieved 19 November 2023.

Shortly after the weekend, Grayson responded that STX would use variable pricing in their future projects: "we have already learned from this experiment. And we will continue to learn more and will tweak it for the future so it can be the benefit to the industry that we know it can be." [26] While the film's several worldwide distributors recouped TV sale money, they also financed it via pre-sales and thus face losses. [26] Rebecca Rubin, a Variety writer, attributed the low box office to the Playmobil brand being far less popular than Lego. [26] TV series [ edit ] Playmobil has been a major competitor to Lego toys. [7] Examples of directly competing toys in both their product lines are not hard to find. Within the limitations of the Playmobil toy world, the Playmobil toys are usually realistic, and present accurate representations of arms, armor, costumes, and tools from a recognizable time period. Especially notable for their fine attention to detail [ citation needed] are the modern construction and city life toys (automobiles, cranes, fire engines, trains, boats, etc.). a b "Everything revolves around the Figure". playmobilusa.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-19 . Retrieved 2012-08-27.In 2004, BMW licensed the familiar Playmobil look and feel to release an exclusive BMW Z4 done in Playmobil scale. It also came with two Playmobil passengers. Originally, the only way to get one of these Z4s (available in deep red or blue) was to take a test drive at a BMW dealership in Germany. Shortly thereafter, versions in a pale yellow or eggshell blue were available in European toy stores. Though not manufactured by Playmobil, they were officially licensed. Playmobil pop-up books, in which buildings and settings corresponded to the height of actual Playmobil figures, were sold for a time, as well as a series of comic books, coloring books, and puzzles. In 1978, Schenk [ hu], a German-Hungarian firm, began reproducing bootleg Playmobil figures. They had not received any authorization or license from geobra Brandstätter. Schenk produced exact copies of the original toy, though some sets were modified to create new types of sets, usually military, from Hungarian history. Thus, Schenk produced the Hussar (Huszár), from the period of the Hungarian War of Independence as well as the Hungarian hussar series (Magyar huszár sorozat). Other sets included the Austrian soldier (Osztrák), Turkish soldier (Török), William Tell (Tell Vilmos), and the Hunyadi series (Hunyadi sorozat). Playmobil ( / p l eɪ m oʊ ˈ b iː l/) [1] [2] is a German line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group (Geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co KG), headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5cm (3.0in) tall [3] (1:24 scale) human figure with a smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. ITVS GE signs with Playmobil for Super 4 animation | Latest news from the licensing industry | Licensing.biz". Archived from the original on 2016-01-30 . Retrieved 2014-04-12.