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Gameloft’s Playmobil Pirates is now available from the App Store. This free-to-play title, which will be released subsequently on Android devices, takes place in a fun-filled environment based on the Playmobil line of pirate-themed toys.
Playmobil Pirates is currently available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPad Touch, and the Android version will hit the Google Play store soon.
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More than 700 buyers from around the world attended the Toy Industry Association’s Fall Toy Preview 2012 in Dallas. This is a 3 percent increase in total buyers who attended to look at the new toys and games for Holiday 2013. A 10 percent increase in foreign buyers was also noted. The top five foreign countries represented by buyers were Canada, the UK, Mexico, Australia, and Hong Kong. Roughly 348 companies exhibited their latest product lines, including Alexander Doll Company, American Plastic Toys, Famosa, Hape, Inc., Melissa and Doug, Playmobil, Ohio Art, Blip Toys, Safari Ltd., and Razor USA. In sponsorship with Techno Source and presented by Carlin West Agency/NFL Rush Zone, the opening night party for the event raised funds for the Toy Industry Foundation and allowed participants to meet with Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware.
Gameloft and Playmobil have partnered for the development of the Playmobil Pirates game for smartphones and tablets. In Playmobil Pirates, players can meet up with the toys from the pirates range, from the classic figurines to the newest additions. Users must build their own pirate camps and recruit crew members while completing quests and mini-games. Playmobil Pirates will be available for free on iOS and Android devices by the end of this year.
This post was originally written by Ali Mierzejewski and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.
It may be hot outside, but The Toy Book just got a preview of Playmobil’s holiday lineup. New from the company are Playmobil Figures, which will be available in August. The line offers 12 different boy figures and 12 different girl figures, which come in a surprise mystery package.
The figures come unassembled in the package, allowing children to put them together themselves. Children can interchange the parts on various Playmobil figures to make new characters with the pieces they get in the package. The figures retail for $ 2.99 and are for ages 5 and up.
Apple’s latest product is as simple as a toy! Playmobil and the technology giant have teamed up to produce the Apple Store Playset, equipped with tiny iPhones, Macbooks, iPads, and its own Genius Bar.
Kids can place “Steve Jobs” in the Keynote Theatre and brainstorm new inventions. Or, buy the Line Pack and simulate a product launch. Is that Woz on a Segway? You bet!
The set includes the store, an Apple Store staff, and more than 60 accessories. The ground floor features product demo tables, software shelves, and a kids’ corner. The top floor includes the Genius Bar and a Keynote Theater with a mini Steve Jobs figure. Those with an iPhone 4 can download a presentation from the Playmobil website, and use it as a screen behind Jobs.
For more information on the Apple Store Playset from Playmobil, click here, and watch the video above. Pictures after the jump.
