There was a brief period about twenty years ago when I became obsessed with Playmobil. There was a little boutique kids store in my hometown that had a whole wall of them and I found them adorable and cheap (they cost about $2.50 at the time). It was a quickly passing fad for me though and I soon passed on my small collection to my young relatives. Then a few years ago Playmobil started releasing their blind bag Fi?ures series and my interest was renewed. I've collected a few random figures here and there, but my favorite overall theme is to collect witches and evil queens. My inability to find the Series 6 Maleficent figure was the only reason I didn't do a big group review this past Halloween. This Sea Witch figure (also known as Magical Ocean Queen) is one of my favorites. There's nothing like a good evil mermaid. She was a part of a fantastic series called Waterworld which consisted of Mermaids, Mer-men, Underwater Ghouls, Sea-Beasts, etc. Let's check out the Sea Witch below!
The circular eye template is visible when up close. I'm assuming most Playmobils with non-dot eyes look like this.
It might be hard to tell in these pictures, but she has a black mermaid fin instead of feet.
The Magical Ocean Queen comes with a Seahorse, a Seaweed Harness, Electrical Bolts, an Eel, and a Sharp-Toothed fish.
Here are some snapshots of the pack-in catalog insert.
Time for a Comparison Shot!
Cheers!
Playmobil have made some really great characters and they do right by their girls too, without focusing only on princesses and faeries (but they have those too!) I have a Maleficent but really need the polkadot dress wearing gal from the latest wave so I can make a 50s Harley Quinn. Hit me up if you want to talk trade!
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I didn't even realize I had her until I was going through a box of stuff to sell on ebay. If you want to swap her for Maleficent I'm totally in!