Should the Children be Playing with Matches?
“Ladybird, ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children are gone,” – traditional English nursery rhyme.
The theme for "Looking Close… on Friday" for the 29th of November is "matchsticks". At first, I was going to create a pattern on black using matchsticks to show up their red heads, but then I was suddenly struck by the old warning that "children should not play with matches" and I very quickly created this tongue in cheek tableau using pieces from my Playmobil collection. I think this is a time when we might be happy for the children to play with matches. What do you think? I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile.
Two of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil are their vibrant colours and the array of different items that are produced.
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.
Should the Children be Playing with Matches?
“Ladybird, ladybird fly away home,
Your house is on fire and your children are gone,” – traditional English nursery rhyme.
The theme for "Looking Close… on Friday" for the 29th of November is "matchsticks". At first, I was going to create a pattern on black using matchsticks to show up their red heads, but then I was suddenly struck by the old warning that "children should not play with matches" and I very quickly created this tongue in cheek tableau using pieces from my Playmobil collection. I think this is a time when we might be happy for the children to play with matches. What do you think? I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile.
Two of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil are their vibrant colours and the array of different items that are produced.
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.