>>11669710My biggest issue with Playmobil, and this is a problem I've had since I was a kid, is because the figures themselves kind of suck. They're less articulated then Lego people and can't even be popped and swapped about. Their playsets and vehicles are fantastic, but without good figures to interact with them, you can't really have fun playing with them.
Last year I went hard in collecting a line called Gashapon Quest, a bunch of 3"ish articulated buildable fantasy figures that come from capsule machines. I enjoyed them so much I started looking for similarly sized figures and accessories to go with them. I found myself some similarly sized Goblins and Orcs, Re-ment has a lot of closely scaled accessories, Schleich's Eldrador line has tons of cool monsters that can work with the line. But I also found Playmobil's stuff scaled *perfectly* with these guys.
So far I have pic related for my villains to sail about and I managed to track down most of a used Castle set to be the Adventurers main hub. I also plan on grabbing a second pirate ship for a similar line called Link Travelers that made a wave of pirate and sailor figures, and might even grab an evil tower or something if space allows it. But despite the sets and vehicles being so nice and working so well, sadly I just bin the figures and their gear because they're just not fun to play with.
If Playmobil had better figures, I feel the entire line would be far more popular with both kids and collectors.
>>11671672My kid loves playing with the giant castle I got. It's currently sitting on my kitchen table since i lack space in my toy room for it right now, and she spent all afternoon with some little princess figures who scale really well with it just having adventures. But even she didn't want to use the actual figures who came with the castle. Except the skeleton, she liked playing with that one.
