| AFP | |
| Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | |
creator dies of
playmobils  |
The maker of Playmobil toys, Hans Beck, died Friday at age 79, said the German company that manufactures the famous toys worldwide.
Beck died Jan. 30 after suffering a serious disease, "said a statement of the firm.
The first Playmobil, plastic figure of 7.5 inches tall, the size ideal for the hand of a child ", was marketed in 1974, the company recalled Geobra, with headquarters in Zirndorf, in the province of Bavaria, south of the country.
since been sold around the world approximately 2,200 million Playmobil toys.
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