Hans Beck, the inventor of Playmobil dolls and matching model cars collected by millions of children worldwide, has died at the age of 79.
When toy company Geobra Brandstaetter asked him to design a collectible toy, it expected him to propose a range of scale-model cars. But instead he devised Playmobil, in which all the vehicles and buildings are scaled to accommodate the dolls. It was launched in 1974. Beck, who lived in Germany near Lake Constance, died on Friday last week after a serious illness.
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That's too bad, he had a great idea. I loved Playmobil as a kid, I had the big dollhouse, a couple little cars, and lots of dolls and their sets. It was great fun, I'll pass it on to my kids someday.
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