Author Topic: Uh oh! another Playmobil pirate ship... (Read 6446 times)

warrenpeace · « **on:** 04 September 2008, 03:38:26 AM »

Just noticed that Playmobil came out with another pirate ship...

http://store.playmobilusa.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-US-Site/en_US/Product-Show?pid=4290

It would require some modification for 28mm gaming, but would be useful.

Stéphane · « **Reply #1 on:** 04 September 2008, 11:02:24 AM »

It's the new one. It's available in 2007 in Germany.

But if you love that you could find two another :

yet available in Europe

and the next christmas you could have some zombies pirates :mrgreen: :

Stéphane

Argonor · « **Reply #2 on:** 04 September 2008, 11:14:50 AM »

Is that a glow-in-the-dark monkey..?

JollyBob · « **Reply #3 on:** 04 September 2008, 11:21:20 AM »

There's a giant clam with a cannon in it!

That's fantastic. I want a job on their product development team.

Argonor · « **Reply #4 on:** 04 September 2008, 11:51:57 AM »

Quote from: JollyBob on 04 September 2008, 11:21:20 AM

There's a giant clam with a cannon in it! That's fantastic. I want a job on their product development team.

Yep... 'Kanonenmuschel' = 'Cannon-clam'

NECROSTONE · « **Reply #5 on:** 04 September 2008, 12:20:53 PM »

Kanonenmuschel
What a fabulous idea. Add a small furnace and a rudder, and have units of them!!!
IF you were into that kind of thing....ahem....

Maksim-Smelchak · « **Reply #6 on:** 04 September 2008, 01:41:50 PM »

Awesome!

Now, I just have to finish my existing pirate ship projects...

Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
http://6mm-minis.blogspot.com/

Schweizer · « **Reply #7 on:** 10 September 2008, 05:43:11 AM »

I had a slightly different version of this (though the scale is the same, it was one of these two-masters they keep reformatting), and it was invaluable to my childhood. I had a small river/large creek near my house and I would take it down there and float it.

Not that long ago, I found the playmobil sloop at Target on sale for twenty (it's usually around thirty) and replaced the sails with canvas, put on some guns, and relaid the deck with balsa strips. It was a great basis for a medium-sized ship... this one, with modifications, would be perfect for a galleon. You could stage most of the game on the deck, I should think.

Stéphane · « **Reply #8 on:** 10 September 2008, 10:01:01 AM »

Quote from: Schweizer on 10 September 2008, 05:43:11 AM

Not that long ago, I found the playmobil sloop at Target on sale for twenty (it's usually around thirty) and replaced the sails with canvas, put on some guns, and relaid the deck with balsa strips. It was a great basis for a medium-sized ship... this one, with modifications, would be perfect for a galleon. You could stage most of the game on the deck, I should think.

Have you got some pictures for us?

Stéphane

Schweizer · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 September 2008, 02:17:41 AM »

I don't (and no longer have the ship), but I'm going to be doing a similar technique with a paper-model ship that I just ordered - I'll post those as soon as I've got them.

theoldschool · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 September 2008, 08:24:38 PM »

Yo ho ho and a bottle of sugar-free fruit juice

Orkdung · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 September 2008, 08:46:19 PM »

It's good to see other grown men who enjoy Playmobil.

Ive got the Pirate ship from the mid ninetys.

fastolfrus · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 September 2008, 09:13:14 PM »

Quote from: JollyBob on 04 September 2008, 11:21:20 AM

There's a giant clam with a cannon in it! That's fantastic. I want a job on their product development team.

You should visit their HQ at Zirndorf (outskirts of Nurnburg).
They have a Playmobil park there that is awesome - including a ship that's big enough to walk around on. (Favourite quote from the staff : "Try not to fall in the lake"). We had a hugely enjoyable day there. Good value for money too.

I wouldn't mind working there....