Playmobil
Playmobil is a toy. It is recorded from 1974.
Contents
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to Playmobil is held.
Playmobil CD DEMOs: Hype The Time Quest, Laura's Happy Adventures, Alex Builds His Farm (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Alex Builds His Farm - Pentium 3 (Chinese) -Playmobil - 阿历的欢乐牧场 P3 (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Playmobil Double Pack 1 (2009) (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Playmobil Egypt Greek CD-ROM (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Playmobil inline skates is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Playmobil Robocop Head is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
The identifiers under which Playmobil may be traced in institutional catalogues.
Playmobil is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q160719.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Playmobil® pro zum Mitmachen, Play at Work, 2025. The Playmobil mystery, Putting Two and Two Together, 2021. Ein Vorwort vom Playmobil® pro-Team, Play at Work, 2025. Enriching Students’ Cross-Cultural and Multilingual Communication: The Serious Play Approach Utilizing Playmobil Pro Figures, IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024. PLAYMOBIL® WILTOPIA: “Conócelo, Quiérelo, Protégelo”, Responsibility and Sustainability, 2023.
Digitised editions and texts
10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive, DataCite (Zenodo) and DataCite (Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)).
Playmobil Double Pack 1 (2009) (2009) — Internet Archive. Alex Builds His Farm - Pentium 3 (Chinese) -Playmobil - 阿历的欢乐牧场 P3 (1999) — Internet Archive. Playmobil inline skates — Internet Archive. Playmobil Robocop Head — Internet Archive. Playmobil: Hype - The Time Quest (1999) (1999) — Internet Archive. HYPE - The Time Quest (Playmobil Game) PC CD-ROM EN (1999) — Internet Archive. Playmobil CD DEMOs: Hype The Time Quest, Laura's Happy Adventures, Alex Builds His Farm (1999) — Internet Archive. Playmobil Egypt Greek CD-ROM (2009) — Internet Archive. Logopädie Therapie mit Playmobil Teilevaluation dreidimensional inszenierter Spielsequenzen für Kinder von 4-6 Jahren mit spezifischen Spracherwerbsstörungen - Förderschwerpunkt Syntax (2016) — DataCite (Zenodo). FSPlay. Familienskulptur mit Playmobilfiguren (2025) — DataCite (Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)).
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 32 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 42 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 7 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Further recorded particulars
Identity. What the record establishes about Playmobil.
Playmobil is recorded as founded by Horst Brandstätter. Playmobil is associated with Germany. Playmobil is classified as a toy. Playmobil is recorded from 1974.
Naming and authority record. This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (300681992). Those registers additionally record the form Kleine Stücke zum Entdecken.
In detail
Recorded constituent parts are Playmobil railway, Playmobil 1-2-3, Playmobil 1900 and Playmobil-Luther.
It is associated with Germany. The record gives 1974 as its date of establishment or first appearance.
Its recorded founders are Horst Brandstätter. Its recorded seat is Zirndorf.
Chronology
- 1974Playmobil first recorded.
- 1974Playmobil is recorded from 1974.
- 1999Playmobil CD DEMOs: Hype The Time Quest, Laura's Happy Adventures, Alex Builds His Farm (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1999Alex Builds His Farm - Pentium 3 (Chinese) -Playmobil - 阿历的欢乐牧场 P3 (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1999Alex Builds His Farm - Pentium 3 (Chinese) -Playmobil - 阿历的欢乐牧场 P3 digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1999Playmobil: Hype - The Time Quest (1999) digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1999HYPE - The Time Quest (Playmobil Game) PC CD-ROM EN digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2009Playmobil Double Pack 1 (2009) (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 2009Playmobil Egypt Greek CD-ROM (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 2009Playmobil Double Pack 1 (2009) digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Playmobil”
Institutional database · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Ein Vorwort vom Playmobil® pro-Team, Play at Work, 2025
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Facial pipeline in playmobil, ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Talks, 2019
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
- 5.
The Playmobil mystery, Putting Two and Two Together, 2021
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
The world according to Playmobil, Semiotica, 2009
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 10 articles naming Playmobil.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 300681992, Playmobil.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 9.
Internet Archive, 57 digitised items catalogued under Playmobil as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q160719: Playmobil
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 11.
“Playmobil”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.

Women's Sprint test event at the 2021/22 Oberhof Luge World Cup
Sandro Halank , Wikimedia Commons · Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Self-photographed · CC BY-SA 4.0
The picture record
City of Hechingen. The walkway "Am Rain" with the "Lower Tower". A gate tower from the 16th century of the former city fortification. The tower was also used for the earlier penal system of incarceration (tower punishment).
W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
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