Illustrated below are 209 fairies, including all those issued up to May 2023. Pictures of some of the more recent issues are from playmobil.de. I will add my own pictures when I have them.
The first Playmobil fairies appeared in 1995 in sets 3836 and 4520, but these had no wings. The first wings appeared two years later in set 4537. There has been a great variety of adult female fairies with various skirt/leg combinations and different wings (more details below).
Child fairies first appeared in 2007. Most have a ‘flip hem’ top or a ‘standard’ top and tutu or mini-skirt. Most have medium-length shorts and a couple have curly-toed footwear. Many child fairies have lovely hats shaped like flowers or fruits.
Male fairies appeared in 2017. Super4 fairies and fairy babies are also recent additions to the PM fairy world. The Ayuma theme, launched in October 2021, has so far seen the appearance of 30 new sets (including magazines and an advent calendar) and 44 figures, including a centaur.
Fairy figures are found in several themes, apart from the obvious one (Fairy World). The following list shows the number of fairies in each theme up to May 2023:
- Christmas 9 (advent calendars 4158, 5492, 70188 and 71030)
- Easter Eggs 8 (7 sets)
- Fairy Tales 8 (7 sets)
- Fairy World 140 (86 sets) including Ayuma; 36 in 23 sets
- Mystery Figures 15 (15 sets)
- Gift Series 6 (6 sets)
- Leisure 1
- Magazines 7 (7 sets)
- Magic 5 (4 sets)
- Promotional 2 (2 sets)
- Quick 7 (7 sets)
- Special 12 (12 sets)
- Super 4 3 (2 sets)
Total 223 (209 unique) in 160 sets
I have included any fairies I could find which were of more ‘limited release’, such as seven Playmobil Magazine figures, seven Quick restaurant figures, a couple of give-aways and a toy shop single figure bag 30797543.
In the pictures, I have shown the front and back of each fairy figure and included accessories such as cloaks, bracelets and headgear which were in the original set. Sometimes I have included a wand or other accessory, but I have not attempted to show the whole contents of the set from which each figure came.
I have given the set numbers for each fairy. Eight figures came in more than one set. Some fairies are based on the same figure as others, but with different wings. Most fairy figures have a known part number (e.g.30 14 1050) but I have not included these- they can be found by looking up the set on PlaymoDB.
I have put the pictures in groups depending on the wing and leg/skirt types.
Wing attachment; 2 methods
1. A wing holder or collar which fits over the shoulders, with two pins on the back to which a pair of wings fit. Adults have either ‘standard’ (rounded) or ‘long’ wings. Child fairies have smaller wings and a short wing holder, or a longer one which clips onto the lower edge of the torso. Some child fairies have longer, dragonfly-like wings. Super4 fairies have the pins for the wings on their torso.
- Plug-in wings; one piece with a System-X style ‘plug’ that fits into a hole in the back of a fairy’s torso. These will only fit if the hole is present. There are four types of plug-in wings which I have called lobed, butterfly, pointed and dragonfly.
Adult female fairy skirt/leg styles:
- Two types of standard long skirts (most but not all have a recessed centre panel)
- long skirts with asymmetric hemline (raised on the left) and pleated fishtail (unable to sit)
- long skirts with asymmetric hemline (raised on the left), no fishtail
- long skirts with asymmetric hemline (raised on the right), plain fishtail
- flared long skirts (unable to sit)
- midi skirts with a zig-zag hem (unable to sit)
- trousers and boots
- ‘speedo’ legs with a tutu, mini-skirt or neither.
Group 1 Adult Fairies without wings (7)
I included these because they have the word ‘Fairy’ in their PlaymoDB name, but without wings, are they really fairies? The wingless fairy in 3896 appeared later with wings in 7463.
3836
4520
3896
5756
4917
5352
5354
Group 2 Adult Fairies with wing-holders, standard (12) or long (1) wings and standard long skirts (13)
3098 4537 5756
4986
5762
4199 5623 5872
4056
4158
4676
4919
Color Fairy 2008
5873
7463
4338
Quick 2015#2
Group 3 Adult Fairies with wing holders and long skirts with asymmetric hemline (raised on the left) and fishtail (unable to sit) (6)
5447
5445
5538f
6841g
70167 Feeninsel
70865
Group 4 Adult Fairies with wing holders, standard wings and tutu skirt (8) or mini-skirt (2)
5440
5449
5450
5351
5459h and 70149
6829
6561c
March 2021: 70655
July 2018: set 9444 Mystery Figures Series 14 Girls
March 2021: 70658
Group 5 Adult Fairies with wing holders, long wings and tutu skirts (11)
5442
5448
9137
5475
5597
6055
Quick 2005#4
December 2017: set 9330 Fairy Garden Play Map
15 March 2019: Set 70056 Fairies Pull String Flyer (1 fairy)
August 2020: set 70555
December 2020: 70529
Group 6 Adult Fairies with wing holders, long wings, ‘speedo’ legs with or without mini skirts (10)
5381
9132
Quick 2005#3
March 1st 2018: set 9447 Winter Fairies Duopack 9447
July 2020: 70299
March 2021: 70656
March 2021: 70657
March 2021: 70659
70865
Group 7 Adult Fairies with wing holders, standard or long wings and zig-zag hem midi skirt (5)
5444
5446
9135
Quick 2005#1
9333
Group 8 Adult Fairies with wing holders and flared-hem or straight skirt (cannot sit) (4)
5064
9133
15 December 2018: Set 70000 Romantishes Feenboat
August 2020: set 70555
Group 9 Adult Fairies with plug-in lobed wings and standard long skirt (13)
4008
4148
4927
4128
5204
4936
5208
4977
5279 5995
5645
30797543
9208
70001 Fairy Forest House
Group 10 Adult Fairies with plug-in pointed wings and standard long skirt (2) or very long legs (1)
5441
6179
February 2021: 70599
Group 11 Adult Fairies with plug-in dragonfly wings and standard long skirt (2)
5444
5370
Group 12 Adult Fairies with plug-in lobed wings and long skirts with asymmetric hemline (2 raised on right, 1 raised on left) (3)
5285
5492
2022; 70981 My Figures set
This set contains a number of interchangeable body parts. One possible combination shown on the box is as follows:
Group 13 Adult Fairies with plug-in butterfly wings and long skirts with asymmetric hemline (14 raised on right with plain fishtail, 1 raised on left) (15)
5443
The wings on 5443 come in lighter or darker tints.
5451
5461
5645
This fairy and 5461 above are identical apart from the arm printing on 5461.
5353
The fairies from sets 5353, 5661 (below) and 5645(above) differ in the presence or absence and colour of their collars.
5661
9133
Quick 2015#5
Quick 2015#6
Girls Magazine No.9
Give-away Fairy
March 1st 2018: set 9447 Winter Fairies Duopack 9447
1 February 2019: Set 70026 Mystery Figures Series 15 Girls
July 2017: set 9242 PLAYMOBIL Figures Girls (Series 12)
June 2018: Set 9438
Group 14 Adult Fairies with plug-in pointed wings and long skirts with asymmetric hemline (3 raised on the right with plain fishtail, 1 raised on the left) (5)
5158
5445
9132
5599
December 2017: set 9330 Fairy Garden Play Map
Group 15 Adult Fairies with plug-in dragonfly wings and long skirts with asymmetric hemline (raised on the right with plain fishtail) (3)
5208
6528
6842
Group 16 Adult Fairies with plug-in dragonfly wings and trousers (2)
6841k
9134
Group 17 Adult Male fairies with wing holders and long wings (6)
6561
9132
9133
15 December 2018: Set 70000 Romantishes Feenboat
March 2021: 70659
2022; 70981 My Figures set
This set contains a number of interchangeable body parts. One possible combination shown on the box is as follows:
Group 18 Super-4 style fairies, pegs for wings on back (4)
6688
6688
6689
Quick Super4 Fairy
Group 19 Child fairies without wings, 1 boy, 2 girls (3)
Again, are they really fairies?
4194
4197
4934
Group 20 Child fairies with wing-holders and no skirt (15 girls, 1 boy)
4195
4195
4196 [6671 9502 not fairies]
4197
4198
4199 4008 5623 5645
4056 5873
4158
7463
4751
5492
6398
6398
6398
5661
6561
70001 Fairy Forest House (very similar to 6055 below, with no tutu and different wings and wing holder)
Group 21 Child fairies with long, scalloped top (2)
6561
9105 9208
June 2018: set 9823 Children Fairies with Unicorn Carriage
Group 22 Child fairies with skirts or tutus (13)
4199 5872 5623 70167
5492
4158
7463
4692
6055 (same klicky appears in 70001 without tutu and with different wings and wing-holder)
6055
6467
9138
9139
9140
9141
December 2020: 70529. Also in 9823
Group 23 Baby fairies (2)
9135 70379 9852
9135 70188 9869
Group 24 Ayuma fairies issued October 2021 on
70799
70800
70801
70802
70803
70804
70805
70806
70807
70808
70809
70825
70905
More Ayuma fairies, 2022-2023
80815 January 2022
80816 March 2022
80818 July 2022
80819 September 2022
71029 September 2022
71030 October 2022
71031 October 2022
71032 October 2022
71033 October 2022
80822 November 2022
80732 January 2023
71180 March 2023
71181 March 2023
71182 March 2023
71215 March 2023
71235 March 2023
71236 March 2023
71349 September 2023
pictures to follow
71350 September 2023
pictures to follow
Updated 4 May 2023