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Playmobil

September 2022

  • Playmobil’s Twitter post on Thursday night

    Class or crass? Brands walk a fine line in marking Queen’s death

    Posts by Playmobil and Legoland Windsor provoked comment, as did the Queen Elizabeth II workout

November 2021

  • The Playmobil Star Trek Enterprise comes with a wire to suspend it from the ceiling, suggesting it is designed to be looked at.

    Toymakers target ‘kidult’ Christmas lists with high-end collectibles

    Lego and Hasbro also among those hoping to cash in as pandemic drives up purchases that ‘spark joy’

August 2019

  • A scene from Playmobil: The Movie.

    Playmobil: The Movie review – a fake plastic copy

  • Playmobil: The Movie.

    Playmobil: The Movie review – borderline dopey kids' adventure

September 2017

  • The Playmobil cone which was taken out of the man’s lung.

    'Cancer patient' finds lump was toy traffic cone inhaled in 1977

    Medics find long-lost Playmobil plastic traffic cone inside lung of 47-year-old man who had suffered from persistent cough

October 2016

  • Playmobil Norman knights at Hastings

    The battle of Hastings – as re-enacted in Playmobil

    Time was when every schoolchild knew about 1066 and all that. Nowadays, 70% of pupils don’t know who fought in the battle of Hastings – which took place 950 years ago today. But fear not, parents, for Playmobil is at hand

June 2016

  • This means war … a Playmobil figure and film producer Harvey Weinstein.

    Playmobil film producers hit back at Weinstein Company

    In a row over distribution rights, team behind forthcoming animation say new lawsuit is designed to conceal the Weinsteins’ precarious finances

October 2015

  • ‘Merkel’s pets’ … German Chancellor Angela Merkel in holding Greek politicians on leashes.

    The meltdown of Europe – as told by toys

    A Greek artist is retelling the European crisis through Playmobil. And the toy company wants him to stop
  • Playmobil Sunshine preschool

    Playmobil accused of 'perpetuating ugly stereotypes' by UK parent

    Merseyside teacher complains to toy firm at centre of US racism row about negative depiction of non-white figurines
  • playmobil racist toy

    Playmobil says 'racist' toy is meant to be a pirate who is a former slave

    German toy company offers an explanation after a California mother sparked outrage on Facebook about a toy character that comes with a neck shackle

September 2015

  • Playmobil's bestselling Martin Luther figure

    The toys are coming: Playmobil to follow Lego on to the big screen

    Shrek 2 and Puss in Boots animator Bob Persichetti will make his directorial debut on the latest toy-based project to graduate to the cinema

June 2015

  • Horst Brandstätter, who has died aged 81, with some of his much-loved creations

    Top five
    Top five: Playmobil products – in pictures

  • Horst Brandstatter in his office, Zirndorf, Germany

    Toymaker behind popular Playmobil figures dies aged 81

February 2015

  • Playmobil's Martin Luther figurine

    Pass notes
    Why Martin Luther is the answer to Playmobil’s prayers

    More than 34,000 figures of the German Protestant Reformer have been sold in 72 hours

August 2014

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    Move over Barbie: the cool kids are playing with Lego paleontologists

    Zoe Williams: This week, Lego unveiled its first range of female scientists. The set sold out in three days. But is this really the end of the tyranny of pink, when little girls can pretend to be paleontologists instead of princesses?

May 2014

  • Playmobil 40th anniversary celebrations

    Breaking! Playmobil characters in dashing rescue attempt – in pictures

    This week, London's Camden Market was the scene of a daring rescue, as a noble Playmobil knight scaled the Pirate Castle's walls to rescue a princess from the dastardly clutches of a grizzled pirate

April 2014

  • Playmobil characters

    Playmobil at 40 - in pictures

  • 14 Playmobil figures (eg nurse, American Indian, gardener)

    Classic design plastic: Playmobil comes of age

August 2011

  • Playmobil figures invented by Hans Beck

    Playmobil launches unassembled mystery toys in a bag

    Playmobil's UK commercial director, Graham Brennan, says mystery bags have become 'big business'

May 2011

  • Playmobil figures invented by Hans Beck

    Playmobil's theme park in Malta has captured children's imagination

    In Malta, Playmobil makes 2m of the tiny precision-moulded figures every week – five times the rocky islands' total full-size population

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