... no doubt you can oblige from your extensive collection of Playmobil figures?

Never heard of the bloke, although of course I played with Playmobil as a kid. RIP anyway.

Shame I don't have this guy listed on my Dead Pool. Could've earned a few sneaky points on this one.

Oh, and what's the IT Angle, exactly?

we need a playmobile reconstruction of this guys funeral :)

Rest In Peace Dude :)

were playmobil figures "playpeople" or "busybodies" ?

Mine is now in the bin full of Red Bull!

Well said Sarah I approve of your suitably Anglo Saxon response. Truth be told I mainly come to El Reg for the Odds and Sods section (I can't help being shallow I am both in Marketing and Management). If he needs an angle try the following:

1. Regularly used by El Reg for reconstructions, so can be argued it is hardware of a sort

2. I am sure Hans Beck owned a computer or used one once

3. Finally if he needs an angle, I suggest he prints the article off, folds it until it consists of the maximum number of angular corners and then inserts it into a suitable orifice upon his person.

Paris because I am sure she would enjoy particpating in option 3....

Sarah well said couldn't have said it better myself!

Never had it myself as a kid, I had the other stuff you know "lego", I know deprived childhood..

I do love it that he was asked to design a collectable toy, and look what it spawned. I look forward to the "recontruction"

@Garath go crawl back under your rock.

Thank you.

A pure toy, something that your imagination ran with, creating your own little villages, and then suddenly a towering dinosaur, nom nom.

It's a shame that creators of such toys aren't lauded over, he is deserving of all our respect(s)

a memorial post haste!

rip hans thanks for the happy memories of my jumbo jet

Can we have a ODFO icon please?

A clean sweep, methinks.

Mines the one that solid polypropylene, articulated only at the shoulders...

(But before I go: well said moderatrix.)

Pithy.

From the tag line, I was expecting to see a picture of the playmobil people saluting... would've been a fitting tribute.

Where's the IT angle? Have you not read the reg lately? Everything IT has a playmobil connection - particularly us admins!

(although I think Sarah phrased it better than me)

Have a look through a decent number of El Reg articles to see how it may be of interest to El Reg readers.

Also, it's under bootnotes so doesn't have to be IT related.

Also, listen to Sarah.

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I second/third/whatever-th calls for a playmobil funeral.

You are why I read the comments.

Please keep up the good work.

Best wishes to his family and friends, long live Playmobil.

(Re: RIP Herr Playmobil, Well said Sarah)

Using RIP icon for obvious reasons.

..but I can't help feeling that the following item has subverted playmobil from it's original aims:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002CYTL2

If we get a playmobil reconstruction of his life, what happens when he invents playmobil? It'll be weird and recursive and make the universe collapse..... or not.

It's actually a shame that his name wasn't really that well known but he affected so many kids lives for the better.

Short, sweet and straight to the point - well done.

>>Oh, and what's the IT Angle, exactly?

>Oh do fuck off.

If that had been in capitals it could have been FotW.

....not by natural causes.

I suspect the CIA was involved using a natural causes drug to murder him, as playmobil was clearly used by many terrorists (admittedly, as young childred in kindergarden) to plot many horrors and atrocitites..

However, to many, it was used as a freedom-of-speech tool by the ordinary person and El Reg.

This sad event cries out for, nay, demands a widescreen, technicolor, no-holds-barred, umpteen-panel tribute to the man and his innovative product line.

Stop dawdling and get into the studio!

Damn straight.

Cheers Gareth; ruined a period of mourning- black armbands all round, though yeah, a reconstruction of the funeral, or some sort of moment would be great

...the teacher said "fuck"!!!

"Can we have a ODFO icon please?"

Seconded!! And since we will have a 3rd row of icons to choose from we will have to have a competition for the new 11 new icons to join the odfo one.

I'm hoping for good/bad JesusPhone (the big J himself talkin on his phone, ).... a Playmobil one... obviously.... and what else..... oooo, a happy looking Bee, and an angry looking Bee impaling a commentard through the head with it's sting (it's a big bee!), it can be used to predict how you will react to peoples comments.... fun times...

Paris... because she's been impaled in the head at least twice...

I love you... you never fail to make me smile :)

I would much prefer to see a nice celebratory wake for our fine friend.

@Sarah - does your mother know your hands talk like that?

Some El Reg items kick off the usual banter and bikering, we all have come to expect that and sometimes things may go a bit far but I do think Sarah has now given everyone a new way of shutting up pedants and for that deserves much praise...

RIP Hans Beck, The King of Playmobile is Dead... I am sure Reg will keep the Playmobile dream alive...

Had never heard of the guy, but I'm a little sad anyway. Lots of fun playing with his creations, during the 80s, good times...

This heart looks like a Playmobil face.

Short, sweet, to the point.

Well Said Sarah

Imagine a job where one can tell a member of the public ODFO.

Just a single Playmobil guy/gal, in black, standing with his/her head bowed.

PS: Yay Sarah!

Break out the black bombazine and beat the drum slow.

Sarah, we worship the ground you walk upon, but please let us have an ODFO icon.

I'll explain. Have you got a mirror handy?