Ginerva and her Pet Piranha - a photo on Flickriver

            The naughty Sea Witch, Ginevra, commands her pet piranha to go and chase the good merfolk of the City of Seabed.  And all because they did not want her as their Queen, preferring their existing and kind Queen Melisandre.

The theme for Saturday 19th of September’s “Smile on Saturday” is “fish”.  I don’t have a great deal of the merfolk “Magic Ocean” Playmobil, but  have started gathering a few bits and pieces as I think about photographing Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid” using Playmobil figures, as I have done for many other faerie tales by the Brothers Grimm.

The Sea Witch in my tableaux is what is known as a “Playmobil Special” which is a limited edition figure with accessories sold in its own box.  Released in 2010, she is Playmobil set 4816, known as the “Sea Witch”.  Like the “Black Queen” (Playmobil set 4591 released in 2001) her face is painted differently to standard Playmobil figures to suggest that perhaps she is wicked, or mischievous at least with her shifty brown eyes with dark eyelashes!  For this reason, she is highly sought after by collectors and is quite expensive to acquire. I thought she and her pet piranha were perfect for the theme.  I hope you think so too. 

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.

Taken on: September 17, 2020

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