Global toy manufacturer Playmobil has announced the record sale of 55 million toy sets worldwide in 2011, representing an eight per cent increase over the previous year. Playmobil’s sales in Malta also grew, by nine per cent over 2010. Playmobil Malta is the exclusive producer of Playmobil’s figures, which are found in almost every package sold worldwide by the company. Some 100 million figures were produced by the local plant in 2011. Two and a half billion made-in-Malta Playmobil figures have been distributed to playrooms around the world since 1974.