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The First Playmobil® Sets Enter the Market". collectobil.com. Collectobil Collector's Guide. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19 . Retrieved 2020-02-01. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) 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 ] Adventures of Ayuma: it's going to be magical!". Mynewsdesk.com (in German). 2021-10-08 . Retrieved 2022-01-09.

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. 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. 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 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 ] 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, Germany

Wilson, Jason (23 December 2019). "Playmobil's Plan to Infiltrate Your Workplace". The Washington Post Magazine . Retrieved 2 April 2021. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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Hirsch, André (20 November 2017). "Martin Luther ist die beliebteste Playmobil Figur". playmorama.de (in German) . Retrieved 19 November 2023. McNary, Dave (May 6, 2016). "Open Road Joins 'Playmobil' Animated Movie". Variety . Retrieved August 12, 2016. Playmobil toys bring together real life themes and cheery figures for imaginative play and construction fun. Schenk 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. 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.

Wilson, Jason (9 October 2015). "The Playmobil Conundrum". The New Yorker . Retrieved 2 April 2021. A number of different companies were licensed throughout Europe and Latin America to produce and distribute Playmobil figures:From 1976 to 1980, Playmobil was licensed by Louis Marx and Company in the United Kingdom and sold under the brand name Playpeople. 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. There are a number of Playmobil amusement parks, called FunParks, that feature play areas and events themed around Playmobil toys. There are also FunStores within FunParks and, formerly, in other locations. FunStores are dedicated Playmobil shops that carry full lines of current Playmobil releases. a b c Rubin, Rebecca (9 December 2019). "Box Office Bomb: 'Playmobil' Flops in Historic Fashion". Variety . Retrieved 9 December 2019. Playmobil's CGI series Novelmore to land on YouTube with new play-sets en route". ToyNews . Retrieved 2021-07-29.

The first Playmobil sets were themed around Native Americans, construction workers and knights. [8]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).