The big news in Playmobil land is the sellout in 72 hours of the first-production run of their latest figure: a smiling Martin Luther, the famed 16th-century reformer. Most of the 34,000 figures were sold in Germany. Cheeky commentators have been suggesting additions such as an historically accurate beer stein in Martin’s hand and a little Playmobil rabbi for him to persecute.