Change- Product development - Playmobil

Change happens whether you need it or not.  Here is a change that was absolutely needed.  Look at these two shoes.  They look the same but they are not.  The blue one is hard plastic and the yellow one is made out of rubber.    I don't know how long it took Playmobil to figure out that rubber is a doll's best friend but Polly has known about it for years...

Here are Polly and Anna showing how the clothes look. I know Anna looks like an hispanic cowgirl but those jeans are the only thing of Polly's that would fit. 

As Anna and her friend Polly happily demonstrate the various wardrobe items from Polly's closet I would like to tell you that getting those jeans on Anna was not easy.  It was almost as hard as getting skinny jeans on a normal sized human.. but the jeans didn't tear which says something about my ability to get what I want.

But I digress.  They have so much potential and I would love to design clothes for them.   I'm tired of having 100 dolls all stuck in just one outfit... At least Anna can wear jeans and doesn't have to run around in a swimsuit when the weather is cold.

Another issue with Polly's wardrobe is that Anna can't fit into any of Polly's shirts cause her hands are HUGE which are good for grabbing bags but horrible for sharing wardrobes.  This is where a knit sweater may come in handy OR wider sleeves or a slight alteration in the hand design.

Also,  Notice in the photo of Polly and Anna... Polly is being held up by Anna and a piece of tape..she can't stand on her own.  Anna is the independent one standing on her own two feet.  Now as an independent girl who can chase dragons and fly helicopters, I think Anna deserves a shirt on her back and her own pair of jeans plus maybe 101 pairs of shoes...

As a side note totally off topic, why doesn't barbie have replacement hair?  I read a blog yesterday where a women showed her barbies where she had cut their hair and my daughter has cut most of her polly pockets hair.  Why don't they make the heads different on barbie so you can flip off the hair like a wig... take a hint from playmobil which lets you pop off the hair... 

I love looking at products and the companies that design them and see where they can make them better...  such a fun thing to do and that is how the mind of an entrepreneur works.. sometimes it is frustrating, sometimes it is pointless but sometimes if you hang in there, there will be an awesome idea that makes your heart flutter and the cash register go kaching.