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April 17, 2009An Uncomfortable Toy Story
Playmobil, after threatening to sue a German pastor over his toy Bible diorama website, said it would try to "work with him to find a way he can keep the site without violating the company's rights," reports the Associated Press.
Markus Bomhard has been making Bible dioramas of Playmobil characters for two years and posting them to his website.
The company's press release says their problem isn't with customizing the figures, but "that they were created by manipulating the toys in an unsafe manner," such as melting Playmobil Jesus' hands so they could be nailed to the cross.
Gisela Kupiak, a Playmobil spokesman, told The National Post
the pastor was violating the company's commercial rights for his own benefit.
"We are quite tolerant if this is done in the privacy of the home but if someone crucifies a Playmobil figure, or, as in the case of Eve, glues on breasts, then this is a completely different dimension," she said.
Bomhard said his scenes were created to teach children about the Bible. However, when compared to atheist Brendan Powell Smith's Lego Bible scenes, it's difficult to tell who's kidding. Playmobil smiles can be ghastly in the wrong place.
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