Hans Beck Hans Beck Hans Beck (6 May 1929, Greiz – 30 January 2009, Markdorf) was the German inventor of Playmobil toys. He is thus often called "The Father of Playmobil". Born in Greiz, Thuringia, Beck grew up in the town of Zirndorf. He trained as a cabinet maker and made small toy vehicles and figures for his younger siblings. He presented his model airplanes to Horst Brandstätter, owner of local toy company Geobra Brandstätter, who took him on, and asked him to develop toy figures for children. As a hobby Beck built ultra-lightweight model aircraft for flying indoors. He competed in
Toy Soldiers (2010 film) it on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme. The Monte Carlo TV Nominated, nominated for Prix Jeunesse International Munich. In the Church of England Newspaper on 12 February 2012 they remarked that "In Toy Soldiers has featured some of the 175,000 children whose parents work in the armed forces, including Aiden who father died while trying to safely dispose of a bomb … this series is not to be missed." Toy Soldiers (2010 film) Toy Soldiers is a British documentary for BBC by John Walsh. of Walsh Bros Ltd. For the first time on television children reveal what life is