Mick Kehoe’s Playmobile Figures form part of a large collection of Playmobil figures, playsets and related childhood stories from the 70s to the present day, currently being photographed and researched by Lauren Kavanagh at the Museum of Childhood Ireland.
Playmobil
Invented by Hans Beck, the ‘Father of Playmobil’, playmobil is a line of toys that have been produced by Geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co KG in Germany since 1974.
The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm (3.0 in) tall and 1:24 scale) human type figure with a smiling face.
A wide range of accessories, buildings, vehicles, and 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. Collector activities extend beyond collecting and free-form play to include customisation, miniature wargaming, the creation of photo stories, stop motion films and home videos.
Child’s homemade Playmobil film of a daring, snowy mountain top, helicopter rescue! 1990s, Co Dublin. Credit/copyright: Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmobil
