German toy manufacturer Horst Brandstätter Group, best-known as the maker of the popular Playmobil toys, is aiming for a rebound with new products, the company's boss said on Monday. "We definitely ...

Playmobil had an excellent showing at New York Toy Fair this year, bringing new themes to their popular figure line, along with a new focus on collectors using everyone's favorite Playmobil licensed ...

A solemn moment has passed over the otherwise joyous atmosphere of childhood playtime: Horst Brandstaetter, the billionaire founder of toy-maker Playmobil, died last week. He was 81. Playmobil, which ...

The conflicts in war-torn Syria and Iraq have brought an influx of immigrants to the U.K. and it’s often difficult for children from different countries to settle into school. However psychologists ...

On a dreary, cool spring day in Zirndorf, Germany, I finally realized a childhood dream of visiting the Playmobil headquarters. The feeling was relatively bittersweet, as I ate a Wiener schnitzel for ...

The Horst Brandstätter Group, owner of the children’s toy brand Playmobil, has announced plans for a data center campus in ...

Shrek 2 and Puss in Boots animator Bob Persichetti will make his directorial debut on the latest toy-based project to graduate to the cinema An $80m animated film based on the German toy line ...

Hans Beck, 79, a toy inventor who created the Playmobil line of three-inch pirates, cowboys and knights, which found a vast audience worldwide, died Jan. 30 at his home near Lake Constance in southern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mother whose 5-year-old son got a Playmobil pirate ship as a birthday present is raising questions about one of the toy set's ...

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