Play People/Busy Bodies

[Kiop]

I used to love these figures. I had Play People Knights and Play People Hospital. Had the Busy Body Lollipop Man. I understand they became later known as Play Mobil ? (eek). I always remember that the Busy Body was taller than the Play People.

These got lost through moving home, I suppose they would be worth a mint now. :cry:

Many hours of fun, did anybody else have any of the Play People/Busy Body range? What memories do you have of them?

[Heather74]

Re: Play People/Busy Bodies

We use to have some great adverts/pictures for these toys on site, sadly the links expired though

[Derekflint]

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I used to love these figures. I had Play People Knights and Play People Hospital. Had the Busy Body Lollipop Man. I understand they became later known as Play Mobil ? (eek). I always remember that the Busy Body was taller than the Play People.

These got lost through moving home, I suppose they would be worth a mint now. :cry:

Many hours of fun, did anybody else have any of the Play People/Busy Body range? What memories do you have of them?

Had quite a few - they actually made American Civil War ones! They were quite fantastic - came with removable backpacks with a detachable (though they didn't open up) bedroll, rifles and revolvers, with the anorexic horsie for some figures too.

I actually bought a new figure about 10 years ago - I'd gone for an interview at a toy store to work in their buying department, and on the way out, I spotted a NYPD figure - I thought it was novel (at that point, I'd forgotten the Civil War stuff and figured Playmobil as PC by then) so I picked it up. Then chucked it in a cupboard without opening the box (not a collector thing, just didn't want to ruin the packaging).

May give it a look over later...

[Richard1978]

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Me & my brother had some Play People which got passed onto my sister. She also got some new Playmobile sets, including a figure in a hospital bed.

I got into trouble for using them to demonstate why it wasn't a good idea to take a horse into a hospital.

[Sculpher]

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As I understand it - Playmobil is the original brand name - they were renamed 'Play People' then they were introduced to English speaking countries in 1975.
Playmobil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Richard1978]

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A bit like Boss Cat, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles & Potsworth & Company.