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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: toyjunky on July 30, 2018, 11:20:35 PM
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I know these are just starting to show up in stores so many people have not had a chance to get them yet, but since I was able to get one today I wanted to compare the two and thought I'd share the pictures. Unfortunately some of my G1 items are misplaced at the moment (darn me for being a disorganized child and mixing up my toys, now I will have to go searching) but I made notes about those items in the description section if you click on the individual pictures. My original G1 pretty parlor was the version sold without Peachy.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157328369@N02/albums/72157698028841121
The biggest difference in regards to accessories is that the 35th Anniversary Pretty Parlor does not come with a blanket, ribbons or additional name plates for any other ponies.
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That's a wonderful comparison, thank you very much for the pictures! I'm delighted how close it is to the original
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ohhh I really don't have room for a whole playset, I told myself I wasn't getting this but I am impressed by how good this looks! It's so close to the original, and they even included accessories and Twinkles! Seeing as I don't have an original pretty parlor maybe I won't end up passing this set by :P I'm excited to see what else Bridge Direct will do for My Little Pony, they've been much more lovingly crafted the the Hasbro 25th sets
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Aw, twinkles is adorable xD Thanks for sharing! I really hope I can find this set :lovey:
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* gasp* Omg how did you ever find one! I love how similar they are! I wish the kitty were a little more accurate but they can be cute distant cousins :P Thank you so so much for taking pictures <3 <3
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Thank you for this! I love the new Twinkles - she has such a cute face :) She won't be confused with Vintage Twinkles either, and I like that too.
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Awesome comparison! Thank you! This will tide me over until I can find it / afford it. ;)
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Wonderful comparison! I'm actually really tempted by this.
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Twinkles is just straight up orange Custard.
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Tiny me would have flipped out.
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Twinkles is just straight up orange Custard.
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Tiny me would have flipped out.
And delicious
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ohhh I really don't have room for a whole playset, I told myself I wasn't getting this but I am impressed by how good this looks! It's so close to the original, and they even included accessories and Twinkles! Seeing as I don't have an original pretty parlor maybe I won't end up passing this set by :P I'm excited to see what else Bridge Direct will do for My Little Pony, they've been much more lovingly crafted the the Hasbro 25th sets
I would be ecstatic if they produced the Fancy Swirl prototypes! I know I'm trying onavoid buying more pnies, but I REALLY love celestial ponies!
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Oh my goddddddd, look at Twinkles!!
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This is awesome! Nice pictures. I got it for Christmas when I was a kid. Loved it so much. I'll have to think about getting this new one. I kept all the parts but the parlor turned green and it got donated.
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* gasp* Omg how did you ever find one! I love how similar they are! I wish the kitty were a little more accurate but they can be cute distant cousins :P Thank you so so much for taking pictures <3 <3
I ordered it online at Target's website, searched for a local store that had it in stock and picked it up in store. The Pretty Parlor is listed at $19.99 plus tax. From the website you can search to find a local store that has it in stock. I did notice that the few stores that had it listed in stock only had ONE. Not sure if that is because it is so early or if they will only get in limited amounts.
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Thanks for the pics. I never got the G1 Pretty Parlor growing up and was wondering how the reproduction playset compared to the original. I think it looks really good although the new Twinkles (while very cute) doesn't look very accurate.
I really want a Pretty Parlor now. :)
Ponyfan
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Wow! I am impressed- it really is almost identical! They did such a great job-
The missing blanket is no big deal- I recall the material was that ultra cheap thin felt, I think a substitute could be made easily if it were wanted.
I guess they got lazy and decided nobody would notice if they made Twinkles a re-color of the re-issue Custard instead of using his own mold. Ah well, at least he's included I guess.
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Thanks for the pics! Wow, Twinkles is very different...but super cute, too. :)
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Thank you so much for this toyjunky!
Loved seeing the comparisons and can't wait to get mine, I preordered 2 and thinking of adding a 3rd (2 to display on different shelves and 1 to keep boxed). It's a timeless playset and they did a splendid job with the building's reproduction.
Peachy seems darker isn't she?
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the new Twinkles is so cute!... love the whiskers.
How much does this set cost?
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Wow, what a nice comparison! Alt. Twinkles aside, why did they feel the need to change the clovers art?
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* gasp* Omg how did you ever find one! I love how similar they are! I wish the kitty were a little more accurate but they can be cute distant cousins :P Thank you so so much for taking pictures <3 <3
I ordered it online at Target's website, searched for a local store that had it in stock and picked it up in store. The Pretty Parlor is listed at $19.99 plus tax. From the website you can search to find a local store that has it in stock. I did notice that the few stores that had it listed in stock only had ONE. Not sure if that is because it is so early or if they will only get in limited amounts.
Thank you! ❤ I found it on Targets website and bought one! :D Although for some reason it was so hard to find on my laptop, all I had to type in on my phone was " retro my little pony" and the pretty parlor came right up but on my laptop it wouldnt. You have to actually type in My little pony pretty parlor playset for it to even register as being on the website I dont know why. So for anyone else having trouble finding it on targets website try typing the whole name in. :3
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It's a timeless playset and they did a splendid job with the building's reproduction.
Peachy seems darker isn't she?
I never had Peachy since mine was the mail order version without her. She is one of the reasons I bought the set. Ironically, I never had any of the original ponies whose name tags came with the pretty parlor. I had other G1's I used with it. When I was unboxing it yesterday I was impressed with the similarity of the two. They did a really good job in faithfully recreating all the subtle details. Some of which are not visible in the pictures such as the molded heart design on the stage.
In regards to the Target website, I found it just by searching with the words "pretty parlor".
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Lovely! They did a really good job on this one. Thank you for sharing. :)
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I'm disappointed they didn't address the weak door hinge problem. The G2 reissue that used the PP base managed to put a more durable door on it, why couldn't they have done the same here? :c
The screws on the inside are ugly and no painted details on the hat? On the plus side Twinkles is cute.
It's a pass from me though.
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I found it at Target.com and you can order it online and have it shipped to you. :biggrin:
https://www.target.com/p/my-little-pony-retro-pretty-parlor-playset-figure/-/A-53442445?ref=tgt_email_IB807301&emseq=460449911927052903&elnk=Trigger
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Thanks for the comparison! It looks great, and so does the new cat - she's got more character to her.
Now on to a reissue of the baby buggy *hope hope*
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Wow, thanks for the photos! It looks great!! Kinda a shame about the unpainted flowers on the hat, but w/e that's easily fixable, I guess. Also omg Twinkles is so CUTE!! I need her!!! She looks very different (so they just straight-up reused the SSC mold? Lazy :P but I can't really blame them, tbh), but I really like this new one so I'm not bothered ^_^ Plus it'll be easy to tell the two apart, that's always nice.
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I really wish they had included the name cards for the other ponies too. Especially, because they just made all of them... Also, don't mind that they used Custard's mold, but wish they would've added her stripes. Otherwise, I like it. I hope it is not as fragile as the original though given the fact that it broke so easily.
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I really wish they had included the name cards for the other ponies too. Especially, because they just made all of them... Also, don't mind that they used Custard's mold, but wish they would've added her stripes. Otherwise, I like it. I hope it is not as fragile as the original though given the fact that it broke so easily.
I think it would have been cool if they'd included a name card with each individual pony. Like, if you bought Parasol then she would have a little "Parasol" card in her box. Well . . . maybe I'll make my own. ;)
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Awesome comparison, thanks!
I plan on getting the playset, but I never saw the original one, being born too late and not collecting G1s til recently. The new anniversary set looks really nice!
It's just a little disappointing to see the updated cat look so different and... dare I say more cheaply made? I'll have to see for myself. I'm excited though!
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Thank you so much for putting together this comparison guide! Being stuck in Australia means that none of these 35th Anniversary products have been sold in stores here, so I've been relying on the internet to keep me updated.
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I really wish they had included the name cards for the other ponies too. Especially, because they just made all of them... Also, don't mind that they used Custard's mold, but wish they would've added her stripes. Otherwise, I like it. I hope it is not as fragile as the original though given the fact that it broke so easily.
I thought the lack of name cards was also interesting since they were all just released. I will admit as a kid I did not have any of the ponies that matched the name cards so I never used them. Reusing Custard's mold I am okay with, I understand that as a cost saving move on their part, but I do wish it had the stripes. I unboxed everything else first and looked at the cats last so I was actually very surprised it didn't.
My G1 pretty parlor is still in one piece with the exception of the door being off the hinges. I do have a small concern that the new one may not hold the test of time in regards to the hinges. I carefully popped it together to take pictures and then I very carefully popped it back apart and boxed it back up for now except for Peachy, she went to live with the other reissues.
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Maybe they didn't release it with name tags because they got confused about how many potential name tags there are. Someone mentioned the photo looked like the tags they had were European or UK, not the US ones for the CP set, maybe they didn't want to do tags for ponies they weren't going to release or didn't know about yet. And in the broadest sense, there are SO MANY tags across different places for this parlour, right up to 1987 range of characters (including Mountain Boys here)...so I can see why they kept it simple.
It comes with Peachy, so Peachy is enough :)
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I found the Pretty Parlor at Target today on the same endcap as the retro Rainbow ponies.
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I also think the other name cards weren’t included either to keep production costs lower or because Bridge Direct thought that it would be too complicated to include different tags for each release. Do many of the G1 tags still exsist or were they something that got easily torn/broken?
Ponyfan
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I think they were easily lost, being cardboard.
There's a picture of a Bridge Direct display, from 2018 Toy Fair I believe, that shows an original(?) Pretty Parlor with original name tags (DEFINITELY original, they were all beat up) and the tags were actually some of the Euro ones--for Posey and some other ponies that never got tags in the US.
Which raises the interesting possibility that TBD might have thought all Pretty Parlors came with those tags, and therefore didn't make them because what's the point of making a "Posey" tag when Posey isn't available?
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WOW! That is so close to the original one!
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I think they were easily lost, being cardboard.
There's a picture of a Bridge Direct display, from 2018 Toy Fair I believe, that shows an original(?) Pretty Parlor with original name tags (DEFINITELY original, they were all beat up) and the tags were actually some of the Euro ones--for Posey and some other ponies that never got tags in the US.
Which raises the interesting possibility that TBD might have thought all Pretty Parlors came with those tags, and therefore didn't make them because what's the point of making a "Posey" tag when Posey isn't available?
That's an interesting idea :ohyeah: I can see Bridge Direct becoming easily confused over which tags to include (especially ones for ponies that they might not be considering for reproduction right now.
Even as careful as I was with my toys I lost some of the party pack birthday party invitations. It sounds like the Pretty Parlor tags are made of the same cardboard as the Baby Bonnet dance signs. I know mine got messed up just putting them in/taking them out of the plastic sign so I can see how the Pretty Parlor tags got torn easily.
I love how the new Pretty Parlor has the 35th anniversary logo on the front of the box.
Ponyfan
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I just ordered the Pretty Parlor and 35th Anniversary version of Cotton Candy today. Now all that's there for me to do is just wait a few days for the two to arrive. Then I'll see what they are really like. You know, I would be thrilled if the series include the re-release of the Show Stable and the original Pegasus and Unicorn ponies and the Dream Castle.
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Oh wow!! thanks you all for the pics!! so cute !! so happy and excited to see it in real here in France!!
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I found the Pretty Parlor at Target today on the same endcap as the retro Rainbow ponies.
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I also think the other name cards weren’t included either to keep production costs lower or because Bridge Direct thought that it would be too complicated to include different tags for each release. Do many of the G1 tags still exsist or were they something that got easily torn/broken?
Ponyfan
Ponyfan that pic deserves a thread of its own, seriously.
Can all G1 collectors take a moment and realize that there are actual boxed G1s sold in stores right now? Even though these photos are from the other side of the planet, I'm still finding it surreal!
We need a topic for pictures like this to document their return.
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Fantastic comparison pictures :) Thank you so much for sharing these.
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Wow, what a nice comparison! Alt. Twinkles aside, why did they feel the need to change the clovers art?
you have such a good eye! i didnt notice that until after you said it. That is a very odd decision, indeed.
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They used an earlier draft of the art.
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I'm glad you like my pic Gizmo. :) Finding G1s again in the stores is great and I got really excited when I saw the 35th anniversary Pretty Parlor on the shelves. I noticed today that my Target actually has the Pretty Parlor in the spot with a price tag that says $39.99 even though the correct price and tag are on the shelf below.
Ponyfan
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This is fantastic!! I love the new version of the Pretty Parlor. Oh, how I hope Bridge Direct can do the Show Stable, The Dream Castle, and the original Pegasus and Unicorn ponies as well!
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Oh, how I hope Bridge Direct can do the Show Stable, The Dream Castle, and the original Pegasus and Unicorn ponies as well!
It would be nice if they made sea ponies, big brothers and another playset for next year, and then after that etc...but my wallet would probably disagree. :D
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Oh, how I hope Bridge Direct can do the Show Stable, The Dream Castle, and the original Pegasus and Unicorn ponies as well!
It would be nice if they made sea ponies, big brothers and another playset for next year, and then after that etc...but my wallet would probably disagree. :D
Then your wallet must pay the price. :devious:
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If there was a 35th anniversary Dream Castle in stores I might yell excitedly just before I grabbed it and ran for the register. :lovey: :lovey: :bolt:
I like how the new Peachy is different from the G1 Peachy.
Ponyfan
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If there was a 35th anniversary Dream Castle in stores I might yell excitedly just before I grabbed it and ran for the register. :lovey: :lovey: :bolt:
I like how the new Peachy is different from the G1 Peachy.
Ponyfan
Yeah. I'm surprised they didn't go with that. Dream Castle is a bit more iconic. Does that mean we would have gotten Majesty and Spike? If wishes came true, I'd love for them to bring the unmade Flutter Hideaway into reality. :lovey:
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I actually had a dream that they made a 35th Anniversary Dream Castle! I stumbled upon it in Toys R Us. I'll be so happy if this happens. .
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I think someone mentioned that the original Pretty Parlor with Peachy was one of the cheaper G1 playsets? There are armies of Peachys so I guess a lot of people did have the Pretty Parlor and Peachy in their childhood herds. Maybe that’s why Basic Fun decided to start with Peachy and the Pretty Parlor, although I agree that Dream Castle is more iconic. :) I’d also love to see a retro Lullabye Nursery.
Ponyfan
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I agree that it would be neat to see the castle in stores but I don't think I'd purchase it. I already have the vintage one and I've already run into the problem of trying to find space for the playsets I have. I bought the parlor mostly because it was cheap, small and I didn't have it already.
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I too had a dream that they remade Dream Castle!!
I hope it happens but I'm a little skeptical that it will because Dream Castle has sooo much plastic and was such a spendy playset to begin with (my family could never afford it), and I'm a bit afraid to see what it would cost today.
But man, imagine an easy-to-get Majesty with NICE HAIR and NO BALDING PATTERN. Mmmm!
Edit: I would honestly be content if they released Majesty and Spike on their own in a fancy box made to look like a castle or something. In my years of collecting I've come across so many Majestys, but never really nice one. Which is frustrating.
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I think the price point for the dream castle would have to be right at $49.99. Anymore costly and it would turn potential buyers away.
Dream castle..... :drunk: :heart: :heart: :heart:
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I think the price point for the dream castle would have to be right at $49.99. Anymore costly and it would turn potential buyers away.
I agree . . . I wonder if it's possible. The original Dream Castle was around $27 or $28 according to the old Sears Wishbooks etc. Which in today's money would be $67 or so. Maybe if they left out some accessories . . . ? But original Majesty was also pretty bad quality (sorry Majesty, but your uneven scraggly hair kills me) . . . Would original DC have cost more if Majesty had the same degree of quality as 80s Peachy or Lemon Drop, I wonder.
I mean, Basic Fun did manage to make the Pretty Parlor for $20, which is essentially cheaper than it was in the 80s (after inflation) so maybe it could happen??
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My parents also said Dream Castle was too expensive in the 80's. That's probably why I had so many more ponies than playsets. I agree that a retro Dream Castle would probably have to cost no higher than $50 today.
I wonder if the Basic Fun might also make a retro Waterfall or any of the other playsets that are based on the Pretty Parlor design?
Ponyfan
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Now, if they made a Waterfall I don't think I'd be able to resist that!
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Now, if they made a Waterfall I don't think I'd be able to resist that!
Me either. Wonder if we could beg them for Cascade? I'd kiss their butts in whatever lipstick color they wanted for that.
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Now, if they made a Waterfall I don't think I'd be able to resist that!
Me either. Wonder if we could beg them for Cascade? I'd kiss their butts in whatever lipstick color they wanted for that.
I'd love Cascade even more! and the Euro version of the Waterfall!
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I'd want the US version of the Waterfall with Sprinkles. I like the idea of it being up in the clouds more than it being on a hill, and Sprinkles is another pony who got a sub-par release, a lot of them having the same crappy hair as Majesty.
Sprinkles would also make more sense for the nostalgia factor. She was released not only in the US, but also the UK and at least some European and South American countries. (Not sure exactly where all she was released, but at least Brazil, France, and Italy.)
She was a frequent character in the UK comic, while Cascade appeared only once.
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I also suspect Dream Castle would be too big/expensive - shelf space is a major selling point for many retailers. It's also big for customers, and I'd be worried they'd ignore the hinge issue again. DC is notorious for it's weak, poorly engineered hinges. They're frankly even worse than the PP, and that's saying something.
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idk maybe they're trying to like "work up" to the Dream Castle? If that makes sense? It'd be pretty expensive to even produce, I'd imagine, let alone how much they'd be selling it for.. Maybe they want to see how much of a market there is for these repro ponies/how popular they are/etc before risking making something like that. Y'know, start off small and work up to the bigger things.
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I wonder if the Basic Fun might also make a retro Waterfall or any of the other playsets that are based on the Pretty Parlor design?
Ponyfan
The UK Kitchen would be nice, and since it does reuse the basic building shape that would be a money saver for them. I am going to place my money on a modified Show Stable possibly in the future. Course they could go for a wild card and make a modified Megan's Place with Megan and Sundance as included figures.
If we base this on how the Strawberry Shortcake line went, I doubt we will see very many playsets and more of a focus on the ponies themselves. There were only two playsets made for the retro Strawberry Shortcake line; the Berry Bake Shoppe (which was not like the original, more inspired by it) and the Berry Happy Home which is not even close as the original is huge and very different. Nowadays smaller playsets are more ideal for both manufacturers/retailers as well as parents even. Ultimately it also comes down to what pony sets/playsets Hasbro is willing to license to Basic Fun.
Now if we really want to dream big here, give me a retro Paradise Estates! :D
I'd be more than willing to shell out the $100 for it if it was done with the same level of detail as the Pretty Parlor was to the original.
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I'd love to see the UK kitchen! It's so cute.
This may sound weird, but Paradise Estate doesn't feel like a "classic" playset to me. I think because it doesn't come with a pony. I was never interested in any of the playsets without ponies--Perfume Puff Palace, etc. (Kitchen is an exception because it's so dang cute, lol.)
Nowadays smaller playsets are more ideal for both manufacturers/retailers as well as parents even.
This is a really good point. Most of the playsets I see today are either small, or they fold up to be small. Which I totally get. I honestly don't know where some families were able to keep all their toys in the 80s if they had Dream Castle AND the Show Stable AND She-Ra's castle AND Castle Greyskull AND Snake Mountain . . . The 80s was the era of huge castles!
Man, I can barely find room for playsets as a collector, I can't imagine being a parent and having playsets all over the floor.
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Oh wow! Thanks a lot for gorgeous pictures. I sooo want to get this set!
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I'd love to see the UK kitchen! It's so cute.
This may sound weird, but Paradise Estate doesn't feel like a "classic" playset to me. I think because it doesn't come with a pony.
It should have done here :'(
Re the Kitchen - all the tiny accessories might put them off.
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Most of the playsets I see today are either small, or they fold up to be small. Which I totally get. I honestly don't know where some families were able to keep all their toys in the 80s if they had Dream Castle AND the Show Stable AND She-Ra's castle AND Castle Greyskull AND Snake Mountain . . . The 80s was the era of huge castles!
Man, I can barely find room for playsets as a collector, I can't imagine being a parent and having playsets all over the floor.
That is so true about the 80's castles/houses/playsets/large robot toys etc. There were some really big playsets then. My Strawberry Shortcake Berry Happy Home took up the entire floor space under my bedroom window as a kid. Then on the other wall, Barbie Town House. Add in the MLP Lullabye Nursery and a bed and a dresser and a large doll crib/cradle (for Cabbage Patch Kids and baby dolls) and that pretty much took up most the floor space.
Taffeta:
"Re the Kitchen - all the tiny accessories might put them off."
Yes, I thought about that, but it is really cute.
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I guess it depends on whether they need all the moulds for all of them to replicate them authentically as it would be difficult. It might be that a reissue would include fewer or different accessories, which to me isn't really the Kitchen at all.
But it would be cool if they did release it and included the yellow cat...I never knew why that never got made.
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But it would be cool if they did release it and included the yellow cat...I never knew why that never got made.
I'd guess either structural issue with the basket being attached to the door, or cost cutting. The Kitchen does have a ton of pieces, so my bet would be the latter.
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I didn't think The Dream Castle was that big. I know that the Paradise Estate was indeed big. But not the Dream Castle, The Lullaby Nursery, or the Show Stable.
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I would be ecstatic if they produced the Fancy Swirl prototypes! I know I'm trying onavoid buying more pnies, but I REALLY love celestial ponies!
They look amazing and I want them so badly. :cloud:
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But it would be cool if they did release it and included the yellow cat...I never knew why that never got made.
I'd guess either structural issue with the basket being attached to the door, or cost cutting. The Kitchen does have a ton of pieces, so my bet would be the latter.
Probably. Like dropping Paradise from the estate. A shame though...
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What about the schoolhouse? I really like that Playset! And it doesn’t have the same amount of accessories as the kitchen either. I would think the safer bet is on the smaller play sets- they are both cheaper to make and easier the sell. If either the kitchen or the schoolhouse will be made I’ll buy them in an instant!
I had Dream Castle as a kid, my sister had Lullaby nursery. One friend had the Show stable, another friend had Paradise Estate. I remember getting Dream Castle- it was a huuuge thing for me. We never got expensive toys! I don’t remember kids having too many play sets though- none of the kids I grew up with gmhad more than one or two play sets (meaning if you had the Barbie house you probably didn’t have Dream Castle too).. If any at all. We used to share a lot when playing - it was nice!
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Id buy a mommy and baby w/ a buggy for $24.99! Thats what Id love to see :drunk:
I think thats a fair price point... maybe alittle on the higher end. But it would be higher cost due to it being a new production. To make pricing a litte more attractive maybe $21.99 ;)
I had just bought my 3yo daughter a barbie w/ a stroller which had a mommy & baby dog for $24.99! She only wanted the stroller and dogs.... I couldnt understand it and thought it was way too costly >_<. But id pay that much for a pony combo in a heartbeat ^.^
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Thanks for the great comparison photos! I'm really liking the new Pretty Parlor. 20$ is reasonable, IMO. The door hinges seem a bit weak and the quality of accessories is secondary to the originals, but otherwise I'm very pleased with this playset. I don't even mind the Twinkles the cat re-mold, I think he's cuter than the original. :) I really hope the rest of the earlier playsets & Megan/Sundance get re-released too!
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What about the schoolhouse? I really like that Playset! And it doesn’t have the same amount of accessories as the kitchen either. I would think the safer bet is on the smaller play sets- they are both cheaper to make and easier the sell. If either the kitchen or the schoolhouse will be made I’ll buy them in an instant!
I had Dream Castle as a kid, my sister had Lullaby nursery. One friend had the Show stable, another friend had Paradise Estate. I remember getting Dream Castle- it was a huuuge thing for me. We never got expensive toys! I don’t remember kids having too many play sets though- none of the kids I grew up with gmhad more than one or two play sets (meaning if you had the Barbie house you probably didn’t have Dream Castle too).. If any at all. We used to share a lot when playing - it was nice!
The schoolhouse would be great! Especially since it was re-issued for G2; that mold has already been recreated or the old one survived just fine. Being able to use it because it belongs to another company may be an issue, perhaps? But who knows!
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What about the schoolhouse? I really like that Playset! And it doesn’t have the same amount of accessories as the kitchen either. I would think the safer bet is on the smaller play sets- they are both cheaper to make and easier the sell. If either the kitchen or the schoolhouse will be made I’ll buy them in an instant!
I had Dream Castle as a kid, my sister had Lullaby nursery. One friend had the Show stable, another friend had Paradise Estate. I remember getting Dream Castle- it was a huuuge thing for me. We never got expensive toys! I don’t remember kids having too many play sets though- none of the kids I grew up with gmhad more than one or two play sets (meaning if you had the Barbie house you probably didn’t have Dream Castle too).. If any at all. We used to share a lot when playing - it was nice!
The schoolhouse would be great! Especially since it was re-issued for G2; that mold has already been recreated or the old one survived just fine. Being able to use it because it belongs to another company may be an issue, perhaps? But who knows!
The Schoolhouse doesn’t belong to Hasbro? I didn’t know that. But if that is so, it probably complicated thing with re-issuing it. I’m still hoping though!! :P
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What about the schoolhouse? I really like that Playset! And it doesn’t have the same amount of accessories as the kitchen either. I would think the safer bet is on the smaller play sets- they are both cheaper to make and easier the sell. If either the kitchen or the schoolhouse will be made I’ll buy them in an instant!
I had Dream Castle as a kid, my sister had Lullaby nursery. One friend had the Show stable, another friend had Paradise Estate. I remember getting Dream Castle- it was a huuuge thing for me. We never got expensive toys! I don’t remember kids having too many play sets though- none of the kids I grew up with gmhad more than one or two play sets (meaning if you had the Barbie house you probably didn’t have Dream Castle too).. If any at all. We used to share a lot when playing - it was nice!
The schoolhouse would be great! Especially since it was re-issued for G2; that mold has already been recreated or the old one survived just fine. Being able to use it because it belongs to another company may be an issue, perhaps? But who knows!
The Schoolhouse doesn’t belong to Hasbro? I didn’t know that. But if that is so, it probably complicated thing with re-issuing it. I’m still hoping though!! :P
I suppose it does belong to Hasbro, but what I meant was that it's Bridge Direct who is recreating the molds and such - not Hasbro themselves. But maybe the collaboration is more than just licensing out G1, so I could be wrong about it being complicated.
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I'd imagine if Hasbro still has access to any originals or casts, Bridge Direct would be interested in leveraging them to speed the manufacturing process. However, given the disaster that was the 25th anniversary set it may not be too likely that any such exist. I'd wager they're reverse engineering directly from vintage toys (legally).
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Yeah, for the pony toys they definitely reverse-engineer them and I imagine they do the same for the playsets.
I believe most of the Hasbro's 80s molds are lost or were melted down to create new molds back in the day (after the G1 toyline ended). After all . . . they never expected to use them again! I remember this being a reason that Hasbro didn't do certain G1 Transformers reissues for a long time (like the combiner Predaking.)
Although, we do know that Hasbro had the Pretty Parlor mold available in the late 90s because they used it for G2 My Little Pony and also Littlest Pet Shop. So who knows.
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I do remember Kirk Hindman saying that Hasbro has little archives from that time, which is why prototypes end in in the hands of collectors or employees. And that molds wear out, so they would probably deteriorate over time if they were the originals.