Playmobil Toys: School $67, Fairy Tale Princess Castle $96, Western Fort $102, Pirate Adventure Island $70, Pirate Ship $51 & More + Free Shipping on $49+

ToysRUs via Ebay has Great Prices on Select Playmobil Sets. Save an additional 15% on your entire purchase with code CTOYSRUS. Shipping is free on orders over $49. Thanks boazb
Coupon is single use (up to $30 savings) so it is best to combine all of your purchases into one order.

• Playmobil School $66.93
• Playmobil Fairy Tale Princess Castle $95.62
• Playmobil Western Fort $102
• Playmobil Large Horse Farm with Paddock $95.62
• FAO Schwarz 150th Anniversary Playmobil Victorian City Life Set $82.87
• Playmobil Pirate Adventure Island $70.12
• Playmobil Secret Agent Headquarters With Alarm $63.75
• Playmobil Pirate Ship $51
• Playmobil Treasure Hunter with Metal Detector $15.29 (+ $6 S/H)
• Playmobil Treasure Robber's Crawler $11.04 (+ $5.50 S/H)
• Many More

Gee, this stuff is pretty expensive.

Thank you! My kids love Playmobil. :-)

Repped! Playmobil stuff is very rarely sold below MSRP, making this slicker than it looks.

Note: The prices on eBay appear to be the same as the recently-lowered sale prices on toysrus.com, but the coupon makes it superslick.

Also note: The coupon maxes out at 15% off $200 ($30 max discount).

Quote from flecko : Gee, this stuff is pretty expensive.

Quote from SlickD-AndyE : Repped! Playmobil stuff is very rarely sold below MSRP, making this slicker than it looks. Note: The prices on eBay appear to be the same as the recently-lowered sale prices on toysrus.com, but the coupon makes it superslick. Also note: The coupon maxes out at 15% off $200 ($30 max discount).

Just because something rarely goes on sale does not make it slick. (Example a 55 LG TV rarely goes on sale, so does that make it a good deal when its $200 off when a Sony 55 is on sale for $1250?)

My point is, what about competition or toys that are like these toys? Are you buying a toy or the brand?

This is not a troll, more need more information please as I need to buy a toy for my niece for Christmas and I do not have children. Thank you in advance.

Thanks OP! Repped!

My kids loved playmobil when they were younger and I still buy it for my neices and nephews. I don't know of other toys like it to be honest. I may be buying a 'brand' but the toys are wonderful, and worth the money IMO. To each their own.

Quote from ParticleJG : Just because something rarely goes on sale does not make it slick.

It does when you're shopping for those exact items for your kids, and the sale price is lower than it's been all year!

Quote from ParticleJG : My point is, what about competition or toys that are like these toys? Are you buying a toy or the brand?

We recently got into Playmobil, and have found that they do a wonderful job of fostering imaginary play for our young children. The toys have an amazing amount of flexible and open-ended interactivity crammed into a small package, even at the low end of the price range - cannons that fire, treasure chests that snap shut full of dozens of tiny gold coins, little doctor carts with working drawers that you can put tiny tools in, boats that float, swimming pools that you can fill with water that have tiny little working water pumps so you can give the swimmers a shower, etc. All of these little details help "kick start" imaginary play for littler kids who need to be guided a bit more when engaging in imaginary play.

If you are curious, this blog post my wife did does a nice job of explaining our family's recent Playmobil epiphany, and there are some good pics if you haven't seen Playmobil stuff up close (hopefully this won't get flagged as "self-promotion"):

http://testyyettrying.blogspot.co...-lego.html

My son LOVES Playmobil. I've had good luck buying some things used. If you are ever in Florida near West Palm Beach it is worth it to go the store there (I think that is the only one now - the one in Woodbridge, NJ closed a few years back). When we were there they were giving 50% coupons when you spent $25 so worth it to buy something small and get 50% off one of the big items.

Good point re: used...I've had some luck with Craigslist as well, although the sellers there are often..."proud" of what they're selling and the deals aren't always slick.

thanks!!

I bought the school but then looked at it again. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like the school is not the Playmobil 4324 school building that is linked but is actually a toysrus exclusive one -playmobil 5923. The reviews on amazon are positive for 4324 but mixed for 5923.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/in...Id=4107130

Quote from ParticleJG : Just because something rarely goes on sale does not make it slick. (Example a 55 LG TV rarely goes on sale, so does that make it a good deal when its $200 off when a Sony 55 is on sale for $1250?) My point is, what about competition or toys that are like these toys? Are you buying a toy or the brand? This is not a troll, more need more information please as I need to buy a toy for my niece for Christmas and I do not have children. Thank you in advance.

Your questions are fair and I used to be the same way. But Playmobil is in a league of its own. The quality is far better than I've seen in other toys and can take a beating (and I mean a BEATING) and not break at all. If by some feat you manage to break a piece, Playmobil will ship you a replacement for free. They are made in Germany, not China, and are designed by engineers who spend years on each product. and it shows. Many have innovative cool parts, hidden trap doors, etc. these will actually work and not break unlike other toys which usually end up only causing frustration. Playmobil toys win a slew of toy awards every year.

Give a child a Playmobil toy and you will find they are capable of a new level of imaginative play that can last for hours (especially if it is a mid sized set or larger or multiple smaller sets.

In terms of prices, I couldn't get over how expensive they were at first. But in time I felt it was worthwhile (something I rarely believe). Unlike Legos (another great but expensive toy), TRU doesn't inflate the price of the Playmobil MSRP before the sale discount. And Lego sales are more common as well.

Also, to answer your main point - "it isn't a slickdeal just because it is on sale when it usually is not.... " well it is when you want that item and even more so when you want it and might have been willing to pay full price for it. Plus not only do these rarely go on sale. But when they do, it is usually only something like 20% off the MSRP and free shipping over a $100. This is a much better sale. The school for instance is normally $185. Best sale might get it for you at $148 (20% off). Here is it about $67! That's unheard of. The other items are really good as well.