Playmobil Security Check Point

SefacHotRodder · Jan 26, 2009

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002CYTL2

Read the reviews. They're great

DrStranglove · Jan 26, 2009

Oh that's genius! Reminds me of the Harry Potter vibrating broom toy and the stupid lego shaped gummy blocks!

GuyIncognito · Jan 26, 2009

we've already had some fun with it

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=227902

senna21 · Jan 26, 2009

Hilarious!

Gilles27 · Jan 26, 2009

The posted reviews are hilarious:

I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger's shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly fingernail file underneath the passenger's scarf, and neither the detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said "that's the worst security ever!". But it turned out to be okay, because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to hijack it, she was mobbed by a couple of other heroic passengers, who only sustained minor injuries in the scuffle, which were treated at the Playmobil Hospital.
The best thing about this product is that it teaches kids about the realities of living in a high-surveillence society. My son said he wants the Playmobil Neighborhood Surveillence System set for Christmas. I've heard that the CC TV cameras on that thing are pretty worthless in terms of quality and motion detection, so I think I'll get him the Playmobil Abu-Gharib Interogation Set instead (it comes with a cute little memo from George Bush).
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Thank you Playmobil for allowing me to teach my 5-year old the importance of recognizing what a failing bureaucracy in a ever growing fascist state looks like. Sometimes it's a hard lesson for kids to learn because not all pigs carry billy clubs and wear body armor. I applaud the people who created this toy for finally being hip to our changing times. Little children need to be aware that not all smiling faces and uniforms are friendly. I noticed that my child is now more interested in current events. Just the other day he asked me why we had to forfeit so much of our liberties and personal freedoms and I had to answer "well, it's because the terrorists have already won". Yes, they have won.

I also highly recommend the Playmobil "farm fencing" so you can take your escorted airline passenger away and fence him behind bars as if he were in Guantanamo Bay.
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My family was planning a vacation to Europe, so I purchased this item to teach my twins about what to expect at the airport and hopefully, alleviate some of their anxiety. We also downloaded the actual TSA security checklist from the American Airlines website and then proceeded with our demonstration. Well, first we had to round up a Barbie and a few Bratz dolls to play the other family members, so that cost us a few extra bucks at the Dollar General and it is aggravating that the manufacturer did not make this product "family-friendly." Of course, since the playmobil Dad could not remove his shoes or other clothing items, unlike the Barbie, the playmobil security agent became suspicious and after waving her wand wildy a few dozen times, called her supervisor to wisk the Dad into a special body-cavity search room, (which incidentally led to quite an embarasing and interesting discussion with my twin daughters about personal hygiene and a slight adjustment to the rules we had them memorize about touching by strangers). But worst of all, since the suitcase did not actually open, the baggage inspector made a call to the FBI and ATF bomb squads which then segregated the family's suitcase (which btw was the only suitcase they provided for our educational family experience) and according to the advanced TSA regulations, had to blow it up, (since they could not otherwise mutilate the luggage, break off the locks and put one of those nice little advisory stickers on it), which we had to simulate out in the backyard with a few M-80s and other fireworks. The girls started crying. They became so hysterical by the whole experience that we could not even get them in the car when the time came to actually take our trip, and so we had to cancel the whole thing at the last minute, losing over $7,000 in airfare and hotel charges that we could not recoup do to the last minute cancellations. We've now spent an additional $3,000 to pay for the girls therapy and medication over the past year since this incident occurred, and the psychologists have told us that this will affect them for life, so much for their college fund and our retirement. Then, to top it all off, when we tried to use to playmobil phone to call the company to ask for reimbursement, as you might expect, of course the damn thing didn't even work; neither did our efforts to e-mail them using the computer screen on the baggage checkpoint; and our real-life efforts to contact them to obtain re-imbursement have also likewise been ignored. Worse yet, we had the product tested and found out that it was positive for both lead paint and toxic chemicals, having been manufactured in China by workers holding formerly American jobs, so now we all have cancer and have been given only another year or so to live. My advice - educating your kids about airport security with this toy may actually be more harmful to them than just packing them in the damn luggage with some bottled water & hoping they survive.
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WJHMH · Jan 26, 2009

Keeping the toy world safe from those evil Lego terrorists.
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AustinMartin · Jan 26, 2009

Loved playing with Playmobil when I was a kid!

PeterS · Jan 26, 2009

What's next, 'The Playmobil crack Hood'? Some of thie pieces may be difficult to make, such as crack pipes, rocks and dime bags of weed

DrStranglove · Jan 26, 2009

WJHMH said: ↑

Keeping the toy world safe from those evil Lego terrorists.
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Wow, he has a Mauser C96??

TexasF355F1 · Jan 26, 2009

AustinMartin said: ↑

Loved playing with Playmobil when I was a kid!
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Same here. They went together great with Legos and Lincoln Logs.

The comments are great!

SefacHotRodder · Jan 26, 2009

AustinMartin said: ↑

Loved playing with Playmobil when I was a kid!
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Same. Playmobil and Lego

Far Out · Jan 26, 2009

SefacHotRodder said: ↑

Same. Playmobil and Lego
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+1

I think playing with Playmobil and Lego helped developing my creativity A LOT. Building cable cars with Lego and parts of a broken video recorder was WAY better than playing with Turtles action figures!!!

PeterS · Jan 26, 2009

Far Out said: ↑

+1

I think playing with Playmobil and Lego helped developing my creativity A LOT. Building cable cars with Lego and parts of a broken video recorder was WAY better than playing with Turtles action figures!!!
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+2 Throw in the Erector Set, which was one of my favorite toys. Not sure if they are even made today! I'd buy one for fun! regarding this, I watched a Discovery show a few weeks ago in which a scientist had to build a model of a thing he was trying to create (Can;t remember what it was). Since he had kept the set he had when he was a kid, he built a model to prove his theory, which worked in real life!

Too bad it did not help with your grammar!!!! " I think playing with Playmobil and Lego helped developing my creativity A LOT "............

sorry, I could not resist that one

beast · Jan 26, 2009

PeterS said: ↑

Throw in the Erector Set, which was one of my favorite toys. Not sure if they are even made today!
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Still avaliable but they are made by a company in France and China now. http://www.erectorusa.com/

Far Out · Jan 27, 2009

PeterS said: ↑

Too bad it did not help with your grammar!!!! " I think playing with Playmobil and Lego helped developing my creativity A LOT "............

sorry, I could not resist that one
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Tell me if you're ever around a German forum, I'll be happy to point out your mistakes there

PeterS · Jan 27, 2009

Far Out said: ↑

Tell me if you're ever around a German forum, I'll be happy to point out your mistakes there
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Hell no, I'd be eaten alive!

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