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Quote from: Sunset on October 01, 2018, 08:36:22 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on October 01, 2018, 07:38:59 AMQuote from: Sunset on October 01, 2018, 06:28:34 AMI just don’t know that the stores are going to want to provide the space for a large play set. My Target can hardly be bothered to find space for the ponies themselves. The waterfall might be a possibility since it could be broken down into a similar sized box as the Pretty Parlor.Oh I'm sure some Targets can. The one closest to us carries playsets. The Spirit Riding Free Stable is sizable. There are several dollhouses of varying sizes, including a new Jumbo sized Barbie playhouse that is a little taller then my waist. (I'm 5'1) the Pretty Parlor, shopkins playsets, Calico Critters.I didn’t mean playsets in general. I meant playsets for a niche line like retro toys.A playset is a playset. Retro or otherwise.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on October 01, 2018, 07:38:59 AMQuote from: Sunset on October 01, 2018, 06:28:34 AMI just don’t know that the stores are going to want to provide the space for a large play set. My Target can hardly be bothered to find space for the ponies themselves. The waterfall might be a possibility since it could be broken down into a similar sized box as the Pretty Parlor.Oh I'm sure some Targets can. The one closest to us carries playsets. The Spirit Riding Free Stable is sizable. There are several dollhouses of varying sizes, including a new Jumbo sized Barbie playhouse that is a little taller then my waist. (I'm 5'1) the Pretty Parlor, shopkins playsets, Calico Critters.I didn’t mean playsets in general. I meant playsets for a niche line like retro toys.
Quote from: Sunset on October 01, 2018, 06:28:34 AMI just don’t know that the stores are going to want to provide the space for a large play set. My Target can hardly be bothered to find space for the ponies themselves. The waterfall might be a possibility since it could be broken down into a similar sized box as the Pretty Parlor.Oh I'm sure some Targets can. The one closest to us carries playsets. The Spirit Riding Free Stable is sizable. There are several dollhouses of varying sizes, including a new Jumbo sized Barbie playhouse that is a little taller then my waist. (I'm 5'1) the Pretty Parlor, shopkins playsets, Calico Critters.
I just don’t know that the stores are going to want to provide the space for a large play set. My Target can hardly be bothered to find space for the ponies themselves. The waterfall might be a possibility since it could be broken down into a similar sized box as the Pretty Parlor.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on October 01, 2018, 08:39:22 AMQuote from: Sunset on October 01, 2018, 08:36:22 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on October 01, 2018, 07:38:59 AMQuote from: Sunset on October 01, 2018, 06:28:34 AMI just don’t know that the stores are going to want to provide the space for a large play set. My Target can hardly be bothered to find space for the ponies themselves. The waterfall might be a possibility since it could be broken down into a similar sized box as the Pretty Parlor.Oh I'm sure some Targets can. The one closest to us carries playsets. The Spirit Riding Free Stable is sizable. There are several dollhouses of varying sizes, including a new Jumbo sized Barbie playhouse that is a little taller then my waist. (I'm 5'1) the Pretty Parlor, shopkins playsets, Calico Critters.I didn’t mean playsets in general. I meant playsets for a niche line like retro toys.A playset is a playset. Retro or otherwise.But they are only going to afford so much room for retro MLP. Spirit is a toy line that is current and has its own sizable space on the toy isle. Retro mlp is stuck on an end cap with a bunch of other items. And not even all Targets even give them that much space. Making room for a large retro playsets would mean less room for other items. Not to mention that large playsets tend to shelf sit a lot because they are both big and costly. Nostalgia might be great for pocket money items like a $10-20 dollar item. But I don’t think nostalgia for the non-collector will cause them to buy anything larger. And I don’t think Target will gamble on it either.
My Amazon order for the rainbow ponies was canceled My closest Target is about 45 minutes away and the last time I was there (right around the time the rainbow ponies popped up) all they had was an endcap with a few lonely collector's pose ponies and a couple pretty parlors. I saw on Basic Fun's website that Walmart is listed as a distributor of their MLP line. Has anyone seen them in Walmart in the US yet? As far as I know they've only been seen in Target.
The box for Lullabye Nursery box was pretty big. I’ve got a picture of it somewhere.
It's probably an academic answer from me since apparently they can't get the certification even for the Parlour here! But I would be surprised to have any bigger playset. A nice display one would be the Waterfall...but then the original was so delicate, would they want to risk it?I suppose they might do Dream Castle as a piece de resistance of the line - but I'm not sure. The Grooming Parlour is easy and small and compact. Other than the other parlour/BMBB and the Kitchen (not in the US and full of tiny fiddly bits), there aren't any others that really fit those categories. School of Dance is the only one that might work in that vein...?
They were specified to *not* be sold at Walmart, even though Hasbro's normal mlp toys are sold there. Walmart tends to force companies to sell their product for very low prices to Walmart and I can totally understand Basic Fun not wanting to make less to sell more.
Quote from: Khoufu on October 01, 2018, 10:09:27 PMThey were specified to *not* be sold at Walmart, even though Hasbro's normal mlp toys are sold there. Walmart tends to force companies to sell their product for very low prices to Walmart and I can totally understand Basic Fun not wanting to make less to sell more.They were, but their site does in fact now say that they're available at Walmart. I haven't seen them there yet myself though.http://mlpretro.basicfun.com/#ponies