Playmobil. An alternative to Model Buildings.

[casey jones snr]

Low profile buildings.

For a lot less than normal model structures.

 

[casey jones snr]

A great variety of buildings.

 

[bigjack]

I know some people moan about them, but, personally, I think they do the job nicely.

 

[chris m01]

They don't do anything for me.

Maybe if they were repainted and weathered a bit they would look the part.

 

[yb281]

Great for the kids - I used to spend hours looking through the catalogue with my daughter, but not my cup of tea for my railway now I'm afraid.

 

[korm kormsen]

if i would live in europe, i would use them, after buying some roofs as spare parts.
i often thought about it.
adding/changing some details plus some colouring...

 

[Bram]

Great for the grand kids but not for me

 

[stockers]

A bit bright - needs an aerosol or two. A bit too basic for my taste.

 

[dunnyrail]

I do not agree that they are short on detail. I think that they fit the bill perfectly, however they would certainly be lifted with a repaint.
JonD

 

[Richie]

Sorry not to my taste too plastic looking tend to build mine out of wood .

 

[stevedenver]

i love playmobil-
have admired the stuff since my son arrived some 20 yrs ago and have a basement full of knights, cowboys, and pirates- and more!


but i too of am the camp that even with paint

-the style is unique -
simply too different from everything else-trains as well as other buldings-there is something too simplified

even the bags, bottles, barrels, chests, etc all look over scale or out of proportion-and i have very low standards!

i do think that having a consistent playmobil set up-with playmobil trains could be charming in its own right, (as i think the lego trains are)
that way you create a 'world' of its own in a certain style

-its the mixing that doesnt work for me

 

[Elmtree Line]

I do tend to like the construction stuff alot along with the boats, but the rest i tend to leave to the kids. If its animals or farm type stuff i tend to go with Schleich. for long lasting kids toys though there is little to beat Playmobil.

 

[Walts-Playmobil]

It is what I use on my Playmobil layouts

 

[stockers]

It is what I use on my Playmobil layouts

 

[Spule 4]

They used to do some nice half-timber houses and the like...

http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/sets.pl?theme=Old+Houses&sortby=setnum&focus=all

I could see some options with these.