As Playmobil turns 50, the German company behind the popular plastic figures is hoping that pop megastar Taylor Swift can help it shake off a slump in fortunes. Playmobil has in recent years lost ...

The moulding section of the Playmobil factory in Dietenhofen Credit: CLARA MOLDEN Plastic pellets which are melted down to make Playmobil figures. 17,000 tones of the stuff is used every year Credit: ...

Germany's Horst Brandstätter Group already had a long business history in 1952 when it switched from making metal toys to plastic ones. It brought the Hula Hoop to and fiberglass water skis to Germany ...

Playmobil, Germany’s iconic brand of play figures, is becoming an Official Licensee of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga. Under the motto “Your World. Your Stadium” a unique collection of play figurines ...

The National Hockey League just wrapped up a couple of Game 7 Conference Finals match-ups and is set to start the Stanley Cup Final on June 3. However, the NHL is wasting no time in between. Today, ...

WWE and Playmobil are starting a new partnership with figures based on four top stars in WWE history set to release next year. WWE continues it's global expansion, as the long-running wrestling ...

Stepping into the park is like waking up to find you've shrunk and, yes, the toys have taken over. They're manning the fort, playing sheriff in a full-size Wild West township and sailing that pirate ...

From Martin Luther narrowly missing a lightning strike to his 95 theses, children in Germany have replicated scenes from the reformer's life - using Playmobil. They are on show to mark 500 years since ...

It is the stuff of imagination: Vikings, pirates, spies, flying horses, an alien crime lord, fairy godmother, robots, a Roman emperor, even a hungry T. rex. Playmobil: The Movie, which premieres this ...

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