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Author Topic: Playmobil Security Check Point Playset  (Read 1886 times)

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Playmobil Security Check Point Playset
« on: February 11, 2009, 10:31:46 pm »
Amazon Product Page.  Make sure you check out the user reviews. 





What do you guys think?  A practical reflection of the times in which we live, or a tool of the authoritarian police state? 

It should be pointed out that Playmobil is, in fact, a German company, though the toys are popular and widely available in the US. 
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Re: Playmobil Security Check Point Playset
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2009, 12:07:53 am »
The reviews are genius.

The toy itself has me looking carefully at the URL to make sure it's not some kind of spoof. It would be perfect in The Onion.
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Re: Playmobil Security Check Point Playset
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2009, 11:05:59 pm »
Quote from: jay-ell on February 11, 2009, 10:31:46 pm
What do you guys think?  A practical reflection of the times in which we live, or a tool of the authoritarian police state? 
While I don't think Playmobil is in cahoots with Big Brother, I'm pretty sure the heat just picked up a couple degrees on the pot of water our Frog of Liberty is in.
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Re: Playmobil Security Check Point Playset
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2009, 12:59:16 am »
Unfortunately, it seems like Playmobil isn't making this anymore. But when i checked , someone was selling one one eBay for really cheap, obviously not realizing he possessed an important piece of Internet folklore. I was sorely tempted to buy it.
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