The painted figures category soon became more than it was originally intended to be. Basically any figure that was not entirely composed of original untouched PLAYMOBIL® parts were referred to this fifth category. Standard PLAYMOBIL® heads were remolded into bald heads, to create a PLAYMOBIL® version of Kojak. And an upper body of a PLAYMOBIL® figure was combined with the lower parts of the new PLAYMOBIL® horse to create a PLAYMOBIL® Centaur.

Despite the heavy competition from all the re-engineered figures, the jury has awarded the first place in this category to David Hammer's "Von Adlers Regiment", a plain and simple but well executed painting job entry that was rewarded with a record-breaking 115 points. David also scored a second time with his submission of the "Napolionic Marshall" (108 points).

Andreas Manner came in third with his PLAYMOBIL®-ized rendition of the Star Wars Character "Darth Maul". It is another fine example of how PLAYMOBIL® would be better suited than Lego to be converted into popular merchandise for blockbuster movies.