In this household we love Playmobil. We also love the Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon movies and TV shows. So, I’m sure you’re not surprised to learn that I was ridiculously excited when I first found out that there are Playmobil How to Train Your Dragon playsets!
Toys based off of the How to Train Your Dragon shows? Cool dragons? Characters from my kids’ favourite movie/cartoon? I mean you’ve got me right there. And then add in the fact that it’s Playmobil? How could this not be a win?
Disclosure: As always my words and opinions are my own. Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase I earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These toys were sent to us by Playmobil to review (except, also featured in photos are Astrid and Stormfly which we purchased on our own).
I was totally thrilled when they announced that new toys based on the latest film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, would be coming out, and even more excited when Playmobil agreed to send us a few sets to check out.
We are huge How to Train Your Dragon fans. From the books to the films and TV shows, my kids love the franchise and so do I. (Heck, I even wrote up a guide on what order to watch all of the various HTTYD movies and TV episodes in).
So it’s not surprising that these toys would be a hit with my kids. I knew they would love them and I loved being able to be the “cool mom” that handed this box of joy over to them. We even made an unboxing video, just for fun:
And check out how sweet these figures are! (Ok, yes, I get genuinely excited about this stuff. My dirty secret: I loved Playmobil, and collected some pieces as gifts from my husband, long before we had kids of our own).
Little viking kid figures — too cute! My children were totally enchanted with the fish. They loved that the fish were all different sizes, that they had a wee bit of bend to them and that they could feed them to the dragons.
Hiccup has a flaming sword! He also has two sets of hair, so you can swap between flowy-hair-looking hair and indented-around-the-sides-so-he-can-wear-a-helmet hair.
The dragons are adorable, of course. The large dragons have wings that pivot and flap (much like the Playmobil pegasus figures). At first, after my girls put it together, the wings would fall out. You need to get a grown up to really snap the wings in and then you’re all set.
I have mixed feeling on the fact that this toy takes batteries and lights up. The grumpy part of me feels that Playmobil shouldn’t need batteries. But… this is one cool looking dragon and my kids love taking Toothless into a darkened room and making him swoop around.
I also have mixed feelings on toys that include projectiles. But… these are well designed, pretty harmless, and again my girls sure do seem to enjoy playing at having their dragons target various inanimate objects.
Fishlegs! In Playmobil form! He even has shorter legs than the average Playmobil figure, to make him more… er… Fishlegs-shaped. That wee baby gronckle is so darn cute. I love how the armor snaps on and off. So much play value here for such a low price point set.
So, what do you guys think? Are these playsets not fantastic? My kids have been having so much fun with them. As always, Playmobil is one of the few toys where my daughters will 1)use their big imaginations to fuel wild adventures and 2) actually play together and not just bicker.
What about you folks? Do you already have any of the How to Train Your Dragon Playmobil sets? Are you going to be picking up any of the new Hidden World toys? (Check out the Playmobil website to see the whole HTTYD line up.)
WIN IT
One lucky Maple Leaf Mommy reader
is going to win their choice of either
Playmobil Set 70037 (Hiccup and Toothless with baby Light Fury)
or
Playmobil Set 70038 (Light Fury with baby dragon and children)
This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only.
To enter, tell me who your favourite How to Train Your Dragon character is.
We love Hiccup
Astrid is my favourite HTTYD character. 🙂
We love Astrid Hofferson!
My youngest is obsessed with these toys! They’re her absolute favourites. She likes Hiccup, and even dresses up like him. i thought Ruffnut was pretty funny in the third movie.
Hiccup is our favorite!
Astrid is a favorite of my Granddaughter!
I thought Tuffnut was cool but I also enjoyed Astrid.
We love Playmobile and hiccup is our hero but the new light furry is the dragon to get. She is just so cool.
Hiccup & toothless are tied 😉
Gah I can’t pick just one favourite! Astrid rocks but I love Hiccup and there is not one dragon that I don’t love.
Light Fury is my favourite! Thank you! I always loved playmobil too.
Hiccup is our favourite character in How To Train Your Dragon.
Light Fury is my favorite 🙂
Toothless is awesome!
Toothless will always be the star of the show/ brand for me.
We love Hiccup!
My daughter likes Astrid.
Hiccup of course 🙂
Hiccup is the kids favorite
I like Fishlegs!
Toothless is so darn adorable!
He is indeed.
As a parent – I love Gobber 😉
Toothless is our favorite character, thanks!
My favourite character is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.
I love that you used his full name, Linda. 😀
Little one really likes Hiccup
I love Astrid!!
Super cutie Toothless is our favourite How to Train Your Dragon character.
I like Astrid
Love Toothless
My favourite How to Train Your Dragon character is Astrid!
Always liked Hiccup!
Love Astrid
My granddaughter likes toothless.
My daughters say Hiccup is their fave HTTYD character. Thanks for the chance to win!
My daughter says Light Fury is her favourite character.
I love Toothless
light fury is our favourite.
One niece loves Toothless and my other niece loves Hiccup. I’ve never seen a dragon I didn’t like.
I would have to say that Hiccup is the favourite.
Fishlegs is cute!
I like Tuffnut. He’s unique
My favourite character is toothless.
hiccup is my favourite, shows kids it is okay to be different
greatgrandson would love this toy
I love Toothless!
No favourites
Hiccup is a big favourite!
Astrid is our favourite.
toothless is my very favourite
We love hiccup!
Hiccup is cool
Hiccup is my favourite, the name alone is super. 🙂
Our favorite character is Hiccup.
Astrid is my favourite character! I love that she’s kind, but no nonsense!
We really like Hiccup!
I like Astrid as my granddaughter is named after her.
Hiccup is our favourite.
We love Hiccup
Hiccup is our favourite!
Hiccup is the favourite around here! 🙂
Hiccup is my favourite character
Toothless
My daughter’s favourite is Hiccup
Hiccup for sure.
My favorite character is toothless
My family likes Hiccup
My favourite character is Hiccup.
I like Hiccup and Toothless
Astrid is my fave. I like that she’s tough and fair!
Our favourite character is Hiccup.
We love Hiccup – also because his name is a sound effect, which goes over very well with the 7 year old.
Toothless for sure here . We have yet to watch the last movie even now.
Hiccup of course!
I love toothless! He’s the best!
Toothless! He’s our favourite 🙂
Astrid!
Stormfly is my favourite character. I love how she can change colours depending on her mood, just like a mood ring! Thanks for the super giveaway opportunity!
My daughters favorite is Hiccup!
Hiccup is the favorite for the grandchildren
Definitely Hiccup!
My favourite is Hiccup.
Hiccup for the win! Thanks for the chance!
I like Hiccup
Our favourite is Hiccup
Hiccup is our favourite.
Hiccup is our favourite
We adore this series! My boys would be over the moon to win!
We love these movies, we live Hiccup
Toothless
My favourite is Toothless.
I like toothless and hiccup to. The movie was awesome!
Toothless.