Inventor of Playmobil has died

[stinkymonkey]

RIP Mr Playmobil. Is it wrong that I am now imagining a little Playmobil funeral set?

Awwww - I shall have to tell all ds's Playmobil people. Norman the foreman will drink a toast to him in tea.

my dd1' hero

I just told ds, and told him Hans Beck was quite old and had retired. He asked "Did he still play with Playmobil though?"

If only he knew how much fun we've had with our Playmobil....

What a great invention.

I DS2 has that peg-legged pirate he is holding in the pic. We will re-name him Cap'n Beck

playmobil is well loved in this house

inappropriate at playmobil funeral.

The sad thing is I can picture it perfectly. Chap in black with top hat & black ribbons, a horse drawn hearse, plastic coffin with working lid and removeable lining with body-shaped recess, wreath with flowers that fall off, roadsweeper with brush and shovel following behind ...

Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if it gives the Playmobil designers an idea...

Norman and his mates are all standing around looking solemn now.

Awww...

But yes, black carriage, black horses with plumage, optional hearse with slide out tray for coffin, plastic wreaths, black tophats on black-suited figures. I can definately picture the funeral...

Actually I am surprised they haven't produced a Playmobil corpse before. After all, they do a devil, a vulture, several criminals and many other figures that you don't usually find in toy version. Which is why we love it so.

Also their little hands are well-shaped for hauling coffin handles.

hey sobits i found evidence of your local police mis-behaving again!

I have only just realised that the female playmobil figures have long hair and breasts
How long has that been going on??

And roffle re coffin-carrying-shaped hands. So true!!

I just have a horrible mental image of a Playmobil coffin and the undertakers taking a week to put it together.

RIP ....Long live Playmobil

stinkymonkey, they do a playmobil skeleton, I will search a picture.

skeleton
they also do a vampire and ghost.

DH wants to know if he choked on a small piece of plastic...

what a shame.
but what a legacy!
Thanks Hans!

surprised at 2bn men worldwide

last count chez nous were 1.9 bn underfoot!

We have the skeleton!

I am talking about an actual rotting corpse. Bet they do it as a Halloween special. Playmobil zombies would be v popular.

lol at DuckyFuzz's DH

The funeral set could also involve a wake scene with teeny bottles of whiskey etc.

Ooops! SEA - that looks about par for the course in our house! I wonder if poor old Hans ever knew what some of his creations got up to?

We still have some of my brothers playmobil from the 1970's. It is amazingly durable and my children and my nieces still play with it. What a legacy Mr Playmobil has left though, how many millions of hours have been happily spent by children lost in the world of Playmobil ?

Gone to the great big plastic Playmobil building site/ airport/castle in the sky...

I will be thinking of him tonight, while ds's Playmo-people are tucked up in their beds.