– His expression: neutral, but neither indifferent nor insensitive.
– Its body: a head, arms and legs that articulate (with rotation effects).
– Its height: 7.5 cm (perfectly adapted to the hand).
– Its age: 35 years old, but it hasn’t aged a bit!
– His distinctive sign: always equipped with all kinds of accessories.
– His living environments: the valiant knights, the circus, the cowboys, the explorers, the Indians, the animal world, the northerners, the pirates, the Vikings, the city…
“Once upon a time PLAYMOBIL”, from December 10 to May 9, 2010, at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris (in the toy gallery), is none other than the very first exhibition of the Little Man of a Thousand Stories, conceived in 1974, in the middle of the oil crisis, by Hans Beck, as an alternative to the production of the “Hula Hoop” which had become too expensive.
Since its creation, more than 3,000 distinct Little People have been created and almost 2.2 billion figurines have been produced.
Children and adults are welcome to this “exhibition – saga” to discover the kingdom of PLAYMOBIL, to revive their memories of yesteryear, or even to create new ones…
And for those of you who are in love with the Little Man and would like to push the vice a little further, you can now offer yourself (or have someone else offer you) Mister in earrings. Indeed, PLAYMO*** earrings are already on sale at BALTHASARD (www.balthasard.com).
NB: In addition to making you beautiful ears, this man never makes a face…
Elisa Palmer
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