Did you ever get the sense that there is a lot more going on in the Playmobil world than your local toyseller is telling you about?
Search for 5425 - Playmobil Alpine Cow Festival on eBay, where it looks to be $34.99 and up, shipped from Europe [ebay via @ianbogost]
Try to buy the Playmobil Alpine Cow Festival on Amazon, where it's slightly more [amazon]
Awww ... love this. Reminds me of this American regional fabulosity: http://www.laffnet.org/Queens.htm
Awesome! My husband wrote his MA thesis on botched/inverted ritual slaughter motifs in the stories of Poe. Now we can play this at home!