Plastic 'em up: Playmobil set re-enacting a bank robbery goes on sale at Toys R Us

The Bank and Safe set costs £34,99 and is suitable for children aged 4-10

Toy comes with safe filled with valuables and armed robber figurines



Anti-gun campaigner Danny Bryan said the set was 'horrendous'



A Blond robber in dark glasses casually points a gun at a terrified bank manager as she claims a stack of gold bullion.

It may sound like the kind of scene you would hope to shield youngsters from – but this is actually a toy set aimed at children from four to ten.

Anti-gun campaigners have hit out at Playmobil over its Bank and Safe pack, which comes with all the pieces needed to stage a violent heist, including a safe that opens to reveal a haul of valuables and armed bank robber figurines.



Smash and grab: The set, now on sale at Toys R Us, has raised eyebrows among the anti-gun community about the message it is sending our children

Heist at home: Aimed at children, the set is suitable for four to ten-year-olds but anti-gun campaigner Danny Bryan said it was 'horrendous'

A description of the set on The Early Learning Centre website read: ‘Watch out. The bank robber is after all the money in the bank and is demanding the key to the safe - what will the bank manager do?’

The centre writes that the set is not suitable for children under four-years-old - due to small parts, never mind the re-acting of a violent crime.

A Toys R Us spokesperson was unavailable to comment.

German company Playmobil has caused controversy before, manufacturing construction worker play sets which come complete with shovels, tools and three crates of what appears to be beer.

And this is not the first time toys have been considered controversial and inappropriate before.

Impressionable age: Mr Bryan said it is 'horrendous that young people are given all these images to shape them'

Last year police swooped on a shopkeeper’s business and seized a cache of gun-shaped calculators because they feared they could be used in a robbery.

The 30 calculators were among a haul of toy guns confiscated by police in a raid on a warehouse in Sherborne, Dorset, which is owned by shopkeeper Mark Ashley Miller.

Mr Ashley-Miller, who runs the gift shop The Present Finder, was stunned when officers descended on his warehouse and confiscated £1,140 of stock.

They were seized after someone saw the toys on sale on The Present Finder’s website and made a complaint to firearms police.

Back in 2007 Lego upset fans by giving some of its play figures, including stormtroopers, robots and Batman characters, realistic-looking guns and pistols.

Could be used for crime: Last year police swooped on a shopkeeper's business and seized a cache of gun-shaped calculators because they feared they could be used in a robbery





