>>6126918>Well this was unexpected!You say as you post an article almost a year old. We knew about these since the Toy Fair, nothing unexpected by this point. Un-wanted, yes, but no longer unexpected.
>>6127218>>6127314>>6127383>>6127652I think Playmobil is experimenting right now. They were always more of a niche, speciality line of toys for kids compared to Lego, but the way the market is going for kids toys they can no longer afford to rely on their niche.
They either have it in the works or just barely released it, but they do have full normal playmobil Ghostbusters sets. Out of the properties Funko is doing in their playmobiul figures, Ghostbusters is the one line Playmobil can be confident will sell to kids definitely. Maybe they will hit gold and it and the Funko stuff will sell very well amongst collectors as well, thus allowing them to get more risky with licenses.
Whatever the case is, this is their first step towards focusing on the power of a license name to sell product.
Also something to point out that I am curious about is I have had a decent number of normal playmobil accessories work with 6 inch scale figures. Playmobiul has a weird scale system where certian objects need to be bigger then they normally should be to fit in the hands of the playmobil figures or on their feet. I have gotten scuba flippers onto a Shinki before, and playmobil makes tons of interesting accessories including alcohol related items. Will be interesting to see how these six inch playmobil accessories will scale.
