I struggled to find any information about these figures which appeared during the 1970s. Play Flixies are similar to Playmobil but with flexible / bendable limbs. Characters came with accessories and included cowboys and indians, construction workers, emergency service personnel and astronauts. If anyone knows any more info please let me know. Below is a Danish advert from 1976.
Denmark. Anders And & Co. 1976.
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
Hello YMCA….sorry I mean TVTA! It is a catchy tune. These figures are intriguing and indeed similar to Playmobil. Maybe the limbs were a weak point in their design which is why Playmobil were solid plastic?
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Hi FT. Now I’m singing: ‘It’s fun to stay at the T.V.T.A, it’s fun to stay at the T.V.T.A’ 🙂
I wonder if Play Flixies inspired in some way the Star Wars early 90s Bend-Ems figures??
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Quite probably, they could also have inspired the WWE range of figures too. And I think there was another toy called “Stretch Anderson” but these weren’t 3.75 inch figures. And sorry about the singing. 🙂
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I didn’t know about the WWE figures. It’s one line I need to get some ads for. Are you thinking of ‘Stretch Armstrong’? I have a nice post about this character here: https://thevintagetoyadvertiser.org/category/stretch-armstrong/
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Yes Stretch Armstrong! I was just about to correct myself but it seems either my laptop is having issues or WordPress is, When I try to load the Reader page none of the recent blog posts appear, just blank placeholders that faintly flash. That’s why it’s taking awhile for me to reply!
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WP is so cranky lately. Pages today are taking an age to load.
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Ah thanks for the confirmation. I was worried my computer was failing. I just had a look at Stretch Armstrong and you are correct (though I was referring to the updated version) I also saw those fantastic TCR slotless racing track sets…those were above and beyond any Scalextric set. I had the basic TCR figure 8 set with the tilting jump, jam cars and I purchased a pair of extra Peugot 205 GTi rally car models. Awesome!
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Hi again FT, I didn’t manage to get WWE ads but did find some really cool WWC ads by Galoob. New post: https://thevintagetoyadvertiser.org/2018/01/25/wcw-action-figures/
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These toys are not familiar to me, but with the combination of police officer, cowboy, indian, and construction worker, perhaps they inspired the 1970s disco group the Village People.
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Haha, yes. They just needed the army guy and the guy in leather for the full set 🙂
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Wow! What a flashback! I’m sure I had one of these as a child.
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As soon as saw the ad they looked familiar to me, though I don’t think I had any. Maybe some friends did, or we had them at school for toys and games play when it was raining during break.
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Ha! Play Flexies! I bought my first one in March 1978 and bought them until 1980. I have a tin of them. I will make a video soon for YouTube
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Enjoyed watching those two Playflixies videos 🙂 Great fun thanks for sharing.
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