People are all different. Sure, there are some people that look a lot like other people (aka, doppelgangers), and identical twins, but each of us is unique in our own special way.
Some people love to change up their looks with different hair styles and hair colors, colored contacts, tattoos or other body modifications. Others (like myself) wish they could pop off our worse features and replace them with better ones (I wouldn’t mind popping my head off and putting it on a different body, ha ha).
PLAYMOBIL recently came up with a new line of toys that allows children to creature their own unique PLAYMOBIL characters with their My Figures sets.
In this totally unique new theme featuring four different playsets, kids get to use their imaginations in a totally new way as they create their own one-of-a-kind PLAYMOBIL figures.
Each of the My Figures playsets contain a play scene and a bag filled with six PLAYMOBIL figurines as individual pieces (arms, legs, bodies, and heads). The people can be assembled as a “standard” character, or they can be configured in any way that you child wants. It’s up to them and their imagination. They can swap heads, arms, hair, accessories, what ever they want. They can also take the pieces apart and start all over again.
The combined sets offer over 1000 figure configurations.
It’s all about letting kids use their imagination in a whole new way.
I love this idea. While it’s nice to have figurines already created for you, I love that you can mix and match to create your own. I’m surprised the brand didn’t think of this ingenious idea earlier.
I was sent two of the My Figures sets to review. I received the The Magical Dance set and the Horse Ranch set.
PLAYMOBIL My Figures – The Magical Dance Set
This is such a cute set. There are so many pieces and accessories. I love that it can be played with so many different ways. It can be a set based on dancing, or a magical tea party, a playset where the king and queen are entertained my fairies over a fancy dinner… the sky is the limit.
This set comes with a dance floor that reminds me of an ice skating rink. Maybe it’s the snowflake like stickers that adore the dance floor and dining area.
What impressed me a lot about this set is the amazing details – right down to the tiny cupcakes.
The people in this set resemble royalty and fairies, however, it’s entirely up to a child how they want to assemble to figures.
Attaching the pieces is easy. You have to make sure you have both arms in before you insert the body part, otherwise it won’t catch properly and the arms will fall out. It’s hard to explain, but when you see the pieces in person you’ll know exactly what I am talking about. If “I” can assemble them, anyone can. I’m not always good with stuff like this but I had no problems at all.
The heads just pop on and off, and the clothing/accessories are self explanatory.
The only issue I had was making the people into fairies. I had trouble with the wings. But that was just me.
The wings are seen below, along with a few random accessories such as jewelry, a staff, a spoon, a chef’s hat and a violin.
I appreciate that the body parts come in different skin tones too.
As with any PLAYMOBIL set, the details on the pieces is exceptional, right down to the sprinkles on the cupcakes. This is why I am such a huge fan of PLAYMOBIL.
They even included yellow inserts for the drinking glasses to give the impression that there is a beverage inside, instead of just leaving the cups empty. They really thought of everything.
The other set I received to review was the horse ranch. I LOVE sets that have animals.
PLAYMOBIL My Figures – Horse Ranch
This set also comes with mix and match pieces to create different people. You can even have a bearded character.
You can assemble the girls to be farm hands and the boys to be riders, or vice versa. This set also comes with pieces of different skin tones, which I think is wonderful.
I “dropped the ball” on taking photos of this set as far as the people are concerned and assembling to create different characters. My apologies for that. I was so enamored with the details of this of this set that I should have taken more photos of the people and how to mix and match them.
Yes, this set has impressive detail to it. Just check out the various pieces.
Another great feature about the My Figures Sets are that you can mix and match pieces from the various sets, meaning you can take faces from one My Figures set and use it with another My Figures set, as well as bodies, limbs and accessories. Plus accessories from other PLAYMOBIL sets can be used with these sets as well.
The beauty of PLAYMOBIL is that every piece can be used in any of the sets. Everything is perfectly sized for the figures, no matter what set you are playing with.
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Kimberly
*I received free product samples to review. There was no compensation. The opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.