This Ayuma training camp is the strangest set I have ever seen. A great thing about it is it doesn’t have a single color scheme (lets say all pink), hence it can be used with any playmobil set.
Above is the front of the box of Ayuma Playmobil set 70805, introducing two new characters with their spirit animals.
Above you can visualize all of the accessories that comes with this set. Several tools, a little knife and a bow and arrows. A cool looking target, to practice your arrow skills and a base for the training station to take place.
This is another Ayuma Playmobil set, numbered 70804 released in 2021. The Fairy Hut, shaped as a tear drop. This little house can be hung on a Christmas tree like an ornament, or anywhere in your house, but specifically it was made to be hung on the Community Tree.
This isn’t the only hut of its kind, Playmobil recently announced another wave of Ayuma sets to be released in 2022, one of them is a dark evil Fairy Hut just like this one above.
Above you can watch the video review of the playmobil set 70804 Ayuma fairy hut, by PlaymoBello on Youtube.
This set comes with a vew accessories, including a fairy with her spirit animal. One pillow, a few books and a handkerchief.
This is a small little set from the Ayuma theme, Playmobil set 70806 from 2021. In this box you get a fairy dressed with leaves and a deer.
Another set that can be merged with any knights or castles, even Novelmore. Maybe someday playmobil will do a animated crossover with both worlds, Ayuma and Novelmore / Violet Vale.
Above you can watch the full video review of the Playmobil set 70806 Ayuma fairy of the woods with a spirit animal. By PlaymoBello on Youtube.
Above you can see all the accessories that comes with this Ayuma set 70806. A pink basket a large staff with green emerald in the middle of the tip and some food for the spirit animal.
This is one of the coolest sets released by the EverDreamerz theme, the Playmobil set 70579 Magician’s Traveling Wagon.
The EverDreamerz theme seems to have been halted by Playmobil in the past, we don’t know why, but still, this Wagon looked awesome and a lot of Playmobil fans were looking forward to it. Retail price set to around $40.00-50.00 USD.
This is the new James Bond 007 car, the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Edition, a deluxe set from Playmobil, number 70578, introducing four playmobil characters, including James Bond himself.
This is absolutely a glorious design by Playmobil and probably a dream for every fan out there, regardless of age. Playmobil done a great job to launch this set!
This car is already out, at the official Playmobil store in the US. Selling for a retail price of $89.99 and if you wait for a 25% off sale or coupon, you will be paying just $67.00 US Dollars.
This is one epic set released by Playmobil, set 70752 Skeleton Surprise Box, Sal’ahari Sands (Series 1). This set is filled with little plastic sands that can be used with the Sal’ahari Sands Temple.
If you buy 12 of these, you end up with a mountain of sand! There is so much sand in these skull boxes you won’t believe it!
Watch the review above of the playmobil set 70752, the Sal’ahari Sands skeleton surprize box. PlaymoBello opens 12x of them, revealing several unique and awesome looking Sal’ahari Skeletons.
Above you can view the official rooster of skeleton warriors you can get with the surprise box. Unfortunately there is no way to “feel” the box to predict what character you will get. This set is entirely by chance and luck.
This set introduces a whole new Sand Temple to the world of Novelmore. With it, three new characters, Sul’thamath, Andowan and Dmagus. The first character is a powerful Necromancer who can raise an army of skeletons!
The temple is structured by white pillars made out of skulls and green flames. The coolest thing about this set is that every character can have their eyes glowing, by just charging it inside the Sal’ahari Sands Temple.
Above is a video review of the playmobil set 70751, Sal’ahari Sands Temple, from NovelmoreViolet Vale.
Here are all the accessories from the playmobil set 70751 Sal’ahari Sands Temple, including all three new characters and some spiders.
Above you can see the back of the playmobil box, showcasing some of the functions of the Sal’ahari Sand Temple.
This set features the Air Magician: Astrathor. He holds green bolts and one hell of an awesome staff. His airplane is propeled by magic, some sort of purple fire turbine.
Yet another great set by Playmobil designers, releasing unique and fun Novelmore themes for a third consecutive year.
Watch the full review of the playmobil set 70749, Air Magician from Violet Vale. Youtuber Playmobello has reviewed all the Novelmore sets, including Violet Vale.
Above is the complete set of accessories that comes with this set 70749, a cool looking staff, green lightning bolt, the epic airplane and Astrathor, the Air Magician from Violet Vale.
This set looks intriguing, a mixture of the wolven canon carriage from Novelmore, just missing the horses! Playmobil set 70748 introduces two new characters: Flamathor and Demonthella, as well as another little demon creature.
The main question here is, what is “Violet Vale”? A knight faction? A kingdom of Novelmore? Are they fighting for the good or bad? Playmobil has released several animated episodes on Youtube that can answer those questions.
Above you can watch the full review of the playmobil set 70748 Demon Patrol, Violet Vale, by PlaymoBello on Youtube.
Above you can see all the accessories from the playmobil set 70748 demon patrol, violet vale. The wagon, two new characters and a little demon.
This set comes in a smaller box, with a rocky formation, plants and a skull on top of it. The new Violet Vale playmobil character look like a Druid Voodoo to me – his name is Vegithor, the Plant Magician!
Vegithor may have great magical powers. I guess you will have to watch the original Novelmore animated series to learn more. Next you can watch PlaymoBello’s Youtube review of the Pant Magician set 70747.
Below you can visualize all the accessories that comes with this Violet Vale set 70747, Plant Magician.
Violet Vale is one of the most unique and great looking knight sets released by Playmobil in the recent years. Novelmore is a fantastic world to play with!
This playmobil set 70746 brings forth the Demon’s Lair, with two knights: Umbrathor and Vermithor, both Violet Vale’s warriors. If you look at the left side of the box, there is a strange little demonic creature that jumps out of a coffin.
Below you can watch the full playmobil review of the Violet Vale set 70746 Demon’s Lair from Novelmore.
This demon looks very unique and well designed, a mixture of a Dragon with strong humanoid features.
Above you can view all the accessories that comes with this set 70746, and there are a ton of it!
This is yet another unique Novelmore set designed by Playmobil, Violet Vale, the Wizard’s Tower. This set comes with three new characters. The entryway reminds me of a Hobbit hole, with a round doorway, the rest looks a little elvish. Definitely eye catching and shoots up anyone’s imagination.
This seems to be the main building of the Violet Vale wizards, where they gather to defend themselves from the Sa’ahari Sands Skeleton Knights.
Above you can watch the full review of the Playmobil set 70745 Violet Vale Wizard’s Tower by PlaymoBello on Youtube.
Above you can view all the accessories that comes with this set 70745, including the three brand new Playmobil characters.
Is this true? There are photos leaking in some areas of the internet, including the Playmobil Reddit forum of a Startrek Enterprise. Some toy sites are actually requesting pre-order payments, up to $499 USD!
Could this be a well made scam or did Playmobil actually design this Enterprise?
With a total of 7 characters and a neatly made trekkie stand, this set comes loaded with accessories and rooms.
The Enterprise is supposed to be very large, as a collectors item, and of course, still functioning as a toy.
This photo of the cabin is very exciting, even those who are not fans of the Star Trek series, would understand how awesome it would be to actually own one of these.
I never imagined Playmobil would ever make a set worth $500 dollars, unless it was as large as two Grand Novelmore Castles put together, and even so, that would still add up to $400 dollars.
This is a very different approach to franchise launch, I guess it is a major collector’s item. Here is hoping Playmobil will release a Lord of the Rings series, that doesn’t follow this idea, so we can all own and enjoy the LOTR sets without having to break our wallets!
There are two new Novelmore sets on the horizon, 70538 and 70539. They have been released in Europe, but not in the USA. These sets are making us Playmobil fans, worried as it has been a while since the release in Europe.
Here is Playmobil Novelmore Defense Squad, set number 70538, released in the year 2020 and discontinued (it seems?) in 2021.
This set 70538 has a brand new character, Taylinn, she seems to be some sort of Bow-Lady, with an awesome ballista that shoots a hook with a rope attached to it, for castle invasions, and Norman reappears in this set, with different accessories, as well as a defense wooden wall.
70539 Burnham Raiders Fire Ruin
Here is Playmobil set 70539, Burnham Raiders Fire Ruin, also released in Europe in the year 2020 and discontinued in 2021. A large set with 139 pieces, introducing a half wizard tower, just like back in 1995 when Playmobil released some of their first vintage Knight sets.
This awesome tower shows some aging from battles and time, comes with four characters: Francis, Shiko, Flinton and Lucifex. Set 70539 also has several accessories, like a large beer keg, cannon, treasure chest, and cool looking staves (look at the doorway).
A Playmobil Conclusion
Here we are, hoping to definitely see these two sets 70538 and 70539 in the Playmobil.us site in the near future, so we can pay a nice retail price, instead of over infatuated eBay rates from European sellers!
Here you can visualize all the Playmobil Special releases per year, taken straight from the official Playmobil Catalog. The first box of the series was released in the year 1994.
This was the first wave of Playmobil Special boxes, that came with a single unique character inside. They started with set number 4501 to 4512.
4501 Sherlock Holmes 4502 Night Guard 4503 Vulture with Skeleton 4504 Native American Hunter 4505 Noble Prince 4506 Dracula Vampire 4507 Cat Burglar 4508 Sax Player 4509 Tennis Player 4510 Go-Kart 4511 Cruise Ship Captain 4512 Guitar Player
4537 Pixie Princess 4538 Boy on Scooter 4539 Mandarin Prince 4540 Norse Warrior (Viking) 4541 Indian Wolf Hunter 4542 Ruffian Redcoat 4543 Kite Flyer 4544 Bandit 4545 Sea King 4546 Egyptian Queen (Cleopatra) 4547 Blue Prince 4548 Captain Peg Leg
In 1998, Playmobil released 12 brand new little sets of single characters called: Playmobil Special. Each featuring a random theme, like theone of the three Musketeers, an astronaut, roman soldier and even a mermaid.
Note: The Santa Claus Playmobil Special was not released in 1998, it was just placed there in the catalog to get extra attention.
4549 Girl with Ducks 4550 Midnight Witch 4551 Musketeer 4552 Native American Scout 4553 Space Explorer Astronaut 4554 Ninja Warrior 4555 King’s Tournament Knight 4556 Biker Boy 4557 Mermaid 4558 Red Pirate 4559 Game Warden 4560 Roman Centurion
In the year 1999, Playmobil released 12 brand new sets, featuring sets as the Little Devil, Red Riding Hood, one of the Three Musketeers, a neat Phantom Pirate and others.
4561 Little Devil 4562 Red Riding Hood 4563 Dog, Cat and Mouse 4564 Tribesman Warrior 4565 Cavalier 4566 Clown Felix 4567 Sir Polkadot 4568 Royal Hornsman 4569 Wolf Tracker 4570 Flower Maiden 4571 Child with Foal 4572 Phantom Pirate
Looks like Playmobil won’t stop releasing new awesome Novelmore sets! Here we are again, with another round of new sets, reaching a count of over 30+ Novelmore boxes! This theme definitely makes it the largest set released by Playmobil to date!
These are the pages of the Playmobil Catalog from 2021 (Germany). We are getting a brand new surprise box, numbered 70752, with 12 different skeleton knights!
Looks like Playmobil won’t be releasing them in plastic packages, now they are inside a skull-shaped can. Definitely an absolute awesome packaging, but how are we going to figure out what kind of skeleton is inside? 😀
So far there is no known way to do that, but with each skull countainer you get a ton of plastic sand to play with, so it is definitely worth its price!
There are the six brand new and unique sets:
Playmobil – Violet Vale Wizard Tower, set number: 70745 Playmobil – Violet Vale Demon Lair, set number: 70746 Playmobil – Violet Vale Plant Magician, set number: 70747 Playmobil – Violet Vale Demon Patrol, set number: 70748 Playmobil – Violet Vale Demon Air Magician, set number: 70749 Playmobil – Violet Vale Sa’ahari Sands Temple, set number: 70751
This is yet another unique set designed by Playmobil, the Wizard’s Tower, with three new characters. The entryway reminds me of a Hobbit hole, with a round doorway, the rest of the Tower design looks a little elvish. Definitely eye catching and shoots up anyone’s imagination.
This seems to be the main building of the Violet Vale, where the Wizards gather and defend themselves from the Sa’ahari Sands Knights – a army of skeletons from the desert?
This seems to be the lair (or tower) of the Demon – so far unamed – with his knight Umbrathor and a Violet Vale dwarven knight called Vermithor. Included in this set is a strange looking creature (look to the left of the box).
Also note two flying platforms, what are they? Maybe a breakeable floor?
This demon looks very unique and well designed, a mixture of a Dragon with strong humanoid features. Possibly the villain of this new line of Novelmore sets. Here is hoping for new epic episodes of Novelmore Animation!
This set comes in a smaller box, with a rocky formation with plants and a skull on top of it, sounds like Druid Voodoo to me – his name is Vegithor, the Plant Magician! He carries one epic unique fancy staff.
Vegithor looks like a Druid, with magical forest powers, but as of today, everything is just a guess. Playmobil hasn’t released much information about the Violet ValeNovelmore sets.
This set looks intriguing, a mixture of the wolven canon carriage from Novelmore Knights set, yet this faction seems to use green and purple to represent their kingdom. Who are they? Violet Vale? It introduces two characters, Flamathor and Demonthella, as well as some form of creature (left side of the box art).
The main question here is, what is “Violet Vale”? A knight faction? A kingdom of Novelmore? Are they fighting for the good or bad?
This set features the Air Magician Astrathor, so far that is all we know about him and his airplane. He holds green bolts and one hell of an awesome staff.
Judging by the colors of the flames from the rear of his airplane, I would risk saying he belongs to, or is allied to the Novelmore Knights. But as of now it is only a guess.
This set absolutely introduces a whole new structure to the world of Playmobil. With it, three new characters, Sul’thamath, Andowan and Dmagus, probably some sort of Necromancers who raise skeleton armies? Who knows!
The temple is structured by white pillars made out of skulls and green fires everywhere. We also get two brand new staves, with different designs.
Playmobil just released a new series called Dino Rise! A total of six dinosaurs armed with weapons and armor, alongside a neat animated series on YouTube.
This Playmobil set 70624, introduces the character Ian, the T-Rex Dinosaur fully armored and weaponized, alongside a giant Robotic Mech Suit! Hence why it was titled: “Battle of the Giants”. Plus a tiny Dino with two projectile launchers.
On this Playmobil set 70625, you get Samu and Ayla, with the Dinosaur Spinosaur. Officially titled “Double Defense Power”; I mean, just look at those rocket launchers!
This Playmobil set number 70626 features the character Milow and the Dinosaur Saichania. This set was officially titled: “Invasion of the Robot”, why? Well, because it also includes a magnificent looking Mech Suit Robot!
On this Playmobil set 70627 you get Jaden riding a Triceratops. This set was officially titled: “Battle for the Legendary Stones”, includes a rock cage and a cool net launcher that actually works!
On Playmobil set 70628 we get a neat flying Drone with the character Kaidan and his Dinosaur Pteranodon carrying a net to catch enemy units. This set was titled: “Drone Strike”.
And last but not least, for Playmobil set 70629 we get a Dinosaur Deinonychus with two rocket launchers on his back, plus Uncle Rob, with his tools, as titled: “Ready for Battle!”
Playmobil is about to release a new unique set called: “Adventures of Ayuma” consisting of eight boxes numbered from 70799 to 70806! This set is scheduled to be released (officially) in October of 2021.
Set 70799 introduces the main Tree of this whole set, where the village of Fairies live: The Community Tree. From the Playmobil Theme: “Adventures of Ayuma”.
Introducing the theme “Adventures from Ayuma”, here it is the Energy Fountain from Playmobil set 70800. Includes three Crystal Fairies with a Blue Winged Unicorn.
This is the Tree of Knowledge! With a Crystal Fairy and her spirit animal, the Fox! This is Playmobil set 70801.
This is set 70805, the Training Encampment. Featuring two Crystal Fairies with two spirit animals – the Bear and the Blue Parrot.
Behold the Crystal and Bat failries, with their animal spirits. This is Playmobil set 70803 from the theme “Adventures of Ayuma”.
This is the Waterdrop House, with a Fairy and her spirit animal (an owl). The house was built of a waterdrop. Not much space but yet as cozy as it can be! This is playmobil set 70804.
And last but not least, the Crystal Fairy with her spirit animal, the Deer, as of Playmobil set 70806.
The year 1996 wasn’t much of a strong year for fans of the medieval knights sets. Playmobil only released five new boxes with this theme, but, they were all absolutely eye catching and awesome to own, probably some of the most wanted and coolest vintage sets to date.
This is the coolest Siege Tower ever made by Playmobil, as shown here with set 3887. This was released just a couple years after the Medieval Castles from 1993, sets 3666 and 3667. The above shows somewhat of a different faction, the red eagles, but I believe they belong to the Castle Knights faction from set 3666, because their coat of arms uses the main colors green and yellow. (See their flag below).
As mentioned above, the Castle Knights follow the colors yellow and green, which could indicate that the Eagle Knights belong to their kingdom. You can play in any way you wish, doesn’t really matter! This set 3888 is another genius design by Playmobil: An invasion Tower with ladders and ropes to break into enemy castles. Not only it comes with eight knights, but also connects to castle set 3666 or 3667.
Playmobil set 3889 brings a platoon of four arrow and crossbow men, fortified with a mobile wooden wall, to barricade themselves from enemies projectiles. Fantastic display of medieval strategy with this set.
In this set we have a Baron, or heavily armored knight, Playmobil set 3890, with his loyal companion, a black dog. He seems to carry a coat of arms of a Black Eagle that doesn’t belong to any of the factions from 1993 sets.
I call this set the “Traveling Lady Merchant” but the official title for this Playmobil set 3891, is “The Ox Cart”. You can do a lot with it! The lady can be a traveling doctor, or just a helping girl, that can aid wounded knights by bandaging them. The set comes with a head and arm bandages for the soldiers. She is also in the trade business, with tables, a wine (or beer) keg, and a goat.
Playmobil released these sets, of wooden folks and bowmen, with trees and owls, portraying maybe a medieval Robin Hood scenery, as seen with Playmobil set 3626. You get even mushrooms and bunnies with 3626.
In this box, you get what seems to be a party in the woods, Playmobil set 3627, with a giant beer keg (or wine) musical instruments, a lady, a priest and a few soldiers.
Playmobil set 3628 adds three dogs, more wooden soldiers and a cool looking tree, plus a bird that looks like an Eagle or Falcon.
This is a forest hunter, he rides his horse and shoots animals with his bow and arrow, having the dogs chase the dying prey. Playmobil set 3629.
This is the traveling Monnk, he carries his few possessions in that blue bag, numbered Playmobil set 3631. This Monk can bring healing knowledge to the Playmobil villagers or just some insight into Philosophical meanings.
This set is called: “Dancing Bear Act”, as of Playmobil set 3632. Seems like they are entertainers from medieval days, who trained a bear to do some tricks, including some dance moves. That is why the bear has a chain and they are dressed with musical instruments. You can always make it a bear of war, that joins the armies of playmobil to invade castles.
Playmobil set 3633 is a funny one, as this guy is often refered to as “Hobo, or Homeless Man”, and I just don’t know why, maybe because he carries a white bag and a stick? He seems well dressed for the medieval days.
Starting with the Playmobil Tournament set 3652, we have a magnificent tent for the prince and princesses to watch knights fighting for a reward – that being a golden sword, a title or the hand of a lady.
In addition, Playmobil set 3654 introduced a new knight for the tournament set, the Swam Knight, accompanied of an assistant. The Swam Knight comes with a neatly furnished tent and a rack full of weapons.
With set 3659, Playmobil released the King and Queen of the Royal (Red) Knights, among them a messenger, two Royal Guards, a little prince, a Lady and a Trumpet man – and why not a little puppy?
Playmobil set 3665 was underrated back in the 90’s, some toy companies (other countries) didn’t even release this tower, yet it is the best looking and most awesome tower ever made by Playmobil: The Red Baron’s tower!
Playmobil set 3666 remains as the coolest vintage castle ever made! So large you can sit inside of it (if you are small enough). This magnificent fortress comes full of accessories and characters. This set includes two royal castle guards, a vagabond and his son. The kid is shown training with wooden swords on the cover of the box art.
This castle is gigantic, with several rooms to play in, a throne room, dining room and even a cellar. Set 3666 also connects to set 3667 and 3888 making it the largest Playmobil castle to date.
Playmobil set 3667 is one of my personal favorite castles. Perfectly nostalgic, following basic castle construction and strategy, plus it includes five characters fully equipped with weapons of war.
There is no Tournament without training. So here is Playmobil set 3668, the training knights. You get one knight of each faction: The Castle Knight (Green), the Royal Knight (Red) and the Swam Knight (Blue), all of them ready to train using a rotating dummy. They are all allies and live in the large Playmobil castle 3666.
A mysterious purple and black knight comes into play, as of Playmobil set 3669, giving the Red Baron’s kingdom a Knight to participate in the tournaments. A fully equipped knight and two assistants, increasing the numbers of soldiers to protect the Dragon Tower.
The Prison Chariot, Playmobil set 3674, with two Royal guards to ensure the prisoners can’t escape, much less be rescued by a small army. This set has a horse and a cage to transport criminals from one castle cell to another in safety.
Playmobil set 3651 comes in a very small box, a single yet awesome character: The Lion Knight Archer! He introduces the first version of the tower shield and a cool eye patch.
Playmobil set 3317 is a neatly cool glow in the dark Ghost! Not just that, but Playmobil realized that old medieval castles are so old, they should be haunted by ghosts as well. The ghost carries an actual chain and heavy metal ball around his feet.
1998 Playmobil Add-On
The images below show the three options for Add-Ons that Playmobil released in 1998 to complement the soldiers of each castle 3665, 3666 and 3667
We have the Lion Knights Leader, set 7665 and three lion knights soldiers, set 7664. Totaling in four new knights to add to the castle set 3667.
Above we have the Golden Dragon Leader from set 7672, and three golden dragon soldiers, from set 7671 to increase the population of the Red Baron’s tower, Playmobil set 3665.
And at last, above we have the Knights Captain set 7674, with three new soldiers, set 7673, each matching one of the allied factions of the Playmobil Castle Set 3666.
Hans Beck was born in Greiz, Thuringia, from the small town of Zirndorf. A giant man, not by height, but by achievement as he invented the Playmobil. The best toy ever created in the world! Playmobil is famous for being indestructible, as it is made with good quality plastic, it rarely breaks.
As taken from the Wikipedia of Hans Beck: “In 1971, Brandstätter asked Beck to develop toy figures for children. Beck spent three years developing the figures that would eventually be known as Playmobil. He said, “I looked around to see what was on the market” but found only tin soldiers that had been produced since the 1800s, which were unable to bend or move.
Hans Beck developed a new figure that measured just under three inches and could move its head, arms, legs and hands.
With the new figures, he conducted research with children. “I would put the little figures in their hands without saying anything about what they were,” Beck remarked. “They accepted them right away… They invented little scenarios for them. They never grew tired of playing with them.”
Brandstätter was not initially convinced by Beck’s idea, but allowed the inventor to continue developing the product.”
When did Playmobil first release their toys? “In 1974, the company launched Playmobil at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. Some toy wholesalers initially did not like the new toy line. Beck commented, “People didn’t realize how much you could do with them”. However, a Dutch firm subsequently agreed to buy a whole year’s production. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975.”
From the official Hans Beck Obituary; “Hans Beck, creator of the colorful plastic Playmobil toy figures that sold by the millions around the world, has died at age 79. Geobra Brandstaetter GmbH & Co., which owns the Playmobil brand, said in a statement that Beck died Jan. 30 after a long illness.
A trained cabinetmaker and passionate model builder, Beck became a pattern developer for Horst Brandstaetter, the owner of Zirndorf-based company, in 1958. Beck once said his main rule for toy designs was “no horror, no superficial violence and no short-term trends.”
The year 1999 wasn’t much of a strong year for medieval knights fans, Playmobil only released one set: 3030 Knights Castle Adventure Set.
Another awesome half castle, this time with a large gate, resembling the gate from castle 3667, with a catapult, two mounted knights, a tree with rocks and several accessories. Not to mention six new characters!
Re-launch: Double Knights Set 3123
This Playmobil double set 3123 was released in 1999, revealing the option to buy both, Siege Tower and Castle Defense sets 3887 and 3888 in one single box.
Everything is the exact same from the original sets, they are just re-launched in a new larger package.
