I don’t want any of those. I want the unreleased snow cone playset:
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:Sweet-ice-delight-cottage.jpg
Judging from the furniture, it looks like a full sized pony playset. It was listed in one of my brochures, but never released. I spent years staring at the picture and trying to find it in stores.
*shakes fist*
I don’t want any of those. I want the unreleased snow cone playset:
http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/File:Sweet-ice-delight-cottage.jpg
Judging from the furniture, it looks like a full sized pony playset. It was listed in one of my brochures, but never released. I spent years staring at the picture and trying to find it in stores.
*shakes fist*
Would you also accept a new separate-sale Paradise?
Probably because those were towards the tail end and selling them sans pony kept the price down.
Would you also accept a new separate-sale Paradise?
I would actually prefer it. So long as it was a proper Paradise, not the SS.
Not that SS Paradise isn't proper, but you know, proper regarding what was advertised and never sold.
The school and the kitchen didn't have ponies either - although I'm fairly certain the school was meant to have Lady Lessons, for some reason she also never happened.
Wondering why the Kitchen and the Schoolhouse didn't make the poll. I'm guessing because BF are only focusing on what the US line had?
Wondering why the Kitchen and the Schoolhouse didn't make the poll. I'm guessing because BF are only focusing on what the US line had?
I didn't include those because I used my g1 collectors guide which is us based. Should I still include them?
I like the idea of having the opportunity to own things that were never produced more than just reissues of things I can get or already have. I’d love for them to do the Cosmic ponies or some of the never produced prototype ponies.Those would be neat... But just because you can get existing sets and ponies doesn't mean everyone can get them. And of course, the reissued ponies are $10 for a new-condition pony with accessories included; you're not getting that kind of deal shopping secondhand on eBay.
I think the Dream Castle would be the best choice from the playsets that were already released. It’s really popular, very iconic, it won’t cause too many space issues(though if they wanted to do the lavender version, I would not complain), and it could probably be made to retail at a decent price.Oh, probably, especially after seeing what the original price ($24.99) adjusts to in today's dollars ($62.01) and further factoring in something noted further down.
I don’t think the Paradise Estate would work at all. It’s huge. It’s actually shockingly huge in person. I used to win all my hide and seek games well into my teenage years because the empty PE box was in the basement, and I could fit inside. It takes over whatever room it’s in. I don’t remember what the price tag in the 80s was, but if the reissue Parlor is $20, a reissue PE has to be over $200 in today’s dollars. Unless they figure out how to make an Ikea flat packed version of the playset for cheap, I can’t see that one working.Mind you, several G1 playset boxes seem to have been designed such they you could stuff the playsets in them fully assembled, which is decidedly not the case with the reissue Pretty Parlor.
I like the idea of having the opportunity to own things that were never produced more than just reissues of things I can get or already have. I’d love for them to do the Cosmic ponies or some of the never produced prototype ponies.Those would be neat... But just because you can get existing sets and ponies doesn't mean everyone can get them.
Honestly, I don't have room for playsets, so... none. :P Or something new. Haha can I vote for the prototype Kitchen with the little yellow kitten? I want that!
(Also I want Lady Lessons to be "real", too. She's so cute.)
But if I had to pick, Dream Castle :) Or Paradise Estate. I love Dream Castle.
Honestly, I don't have room for playsets, so... none. :P Or something new. Haha can I vote for the prototype Kitchen with the little yellow kitten? I want that!Do you have a link to an image of that prototype Kitchen? I couldn't find it on MLW.
(Also I want Lady Lessons to be "real", too. She's so cute.)
But if I had to pick, Dream Castle :) Or Paradise Estate. I love Dream Castle.
visitors can't see pics , please register or loginThanks! I'd definitely buy it if they did this set, if only for the kitty. :)
I would be over the moon if they re-released Paradise Estate.As would I - I do not have it yet, and it's rather costly on eBay (and that's if there are any listings for the Estate itself, rather than just accessories and sections).
I'd like to know more about that set.
Half of me wants to say Paradise Estate, but practicality dictates that I wouldn't be able to afford it, and I've no place to put it.
The other half says Show Stable.
The unrealistic half demands the Flutter Hideaway.
Half of me wants to say Paradise Estate, but practicality dictates that I wouldn't be able to afford it, and I've no place to put it.
The other half says Show Stable.
The unrealistic half demands the Flutter Hideaway.
Unrealistic because it's a third half? XD
I voted Paradise Estate. I'm not really a fan of the original playsets though.Oh? Why not?
I know the company is going for nostalgia, but I'd really like to see a new and different playset. I like the idea of Paradise Estate, but maybe something a little smaller along the same lines.Something a little smaller wouldn't work as well, and would be very disappointing to most of us pining to get a hold of one. The whole point of Paradise Estate is to be a big house that can host lots of ponies at once; it even has a pool you could put the Sea Ponies in. Shrinking it would cut down on that ability.
Wondering why the Kitchen and the Schoolhouse didn't make the poll. I'm guessing because BF are only focusing on what the US line had?
I didn't include those because I used my g1 collectors guide which is us based. Should I still include them?
Time to get a new collector's guide, since US based = incomplete, and for a European collector, comprehensively irrelevant in most areas.
But BF are only working from the US line, so probably they wouldn't be included in projected production.
The thing is, if you wanted to include all the G1 playsets in the poll, then obv. they should be included.
Why would they not be just because they weren't sold in the US? I mean that's just geography, right?
They're still mainstream G1 pony playsets.
Wondering why the Kitchen and the Schoolhouse didn't make the poll. I'm guessing because BF are only focusing on what the US line had?
I didn't include those because I used my g1 collectors guide which is us based. Should I still include them?
Time to get a new collector's guide, since US based = incomplete, and for a European collector, comprehensively irrelevant in most areas.
But BF are only working from the US line, so probably they wouldn't be included in projected production.
The thing is, if you wanted to include all the G1 playsets in the poll, then obv. they should be included.
Why would they not be just because they weren't sold in the US? I mean that's just geography, right?
They're still mainstream G1 pony playsets.
I think I'll just leave it. It's too late to change it now. At least people can talk about in the comments :)
While Paradise Estate is my all-time favourite playset and would love to see what they can do with the concept of it today, with the current trend and costs of playset design I'm afraid a toned down PE would be just a flat facade with basic shelving on the back...I think all the molds have a strong chance of still existing, frankly. I wouldn't expect they'd be recreating molds from scratch, so I'm dead certain the Pretty Parlor's mold still exists at the very least.
I do wonder what the price point would be of a re-release Paradise Estate nowadays. Back in the eighties, where I lived, it was around the equivalent of 100 euros (approx. 110 dollars)
EDIT: The School playset was re-used for the G2 line; the mold could still exist today.
Wondering why the Kitchen and the Schoolhouse didn't make the poll. I'm guessing because BF are only focusing on what the US line had?
I didn't include those because I used my g1 collectors guide which is us based. Should I still include them?
Time to get a new collector's guide, since US based = incomplete, and for a European collector, comprehensively irrelevant in most areas.
But BF are only working from the US line, so probably they wouldn't be included in projected production.
The thing is, if you wanted to include all the G1 playsets in the poll, then obv. they should be included.
Why would they not be just because they weren't sold in the US? I mean that's just geography, right?
They're still mainstream G1 pony playsets.
I think I'll just leave it. It's too late to change it now. At least people can talk about in the comments :)
Why would they not be made by Basic Fun?
I voted Paradise Estate. I'm not really a fan of the original playsets though.Oh? Why not?I know the company is going for nostalgia, but I'd really like to see a new and different playset. I like the idea of Paradise Estate, but maybe something a little smaller along the same lines.Something a little smaller wouldn't work as well, and would be very disappointing to most of us pining to get a hold of one. The whole point of Paradise Estate is to be a big house that can host lots of ponies at once; it even has a pool you could put the Sea Ponies in. Shrinking it would cut down on that ability.
Also, I'm pretty sure that these reissues are being made with the original molds as much as possible.
I voted Paradise Estate. I'm not really a fan of the original playsets though.Oh? Why not?I know the company is going for nostalgia, but I'd really like to see a new and different playset. I like the idea of Paradise Estate, but maybe something a little smaller along the same lines.Something a little smaller wouldn't work as well, and would be very disappointing to most of us pining to get a hold of one. The whole point of Paradise Estate is to be a big house that can host lots of ponies at once; it even has a pool you could put the Sea Ponies in. Shrinking it would cut down on that ability.
Also, I'm pretty sure that these reissues are being made with the original molds as much as possible.
Honestly, I have a hard time imagining them making Paradise Estate these days. It's massive! I guess I'd like for it to *exist*, but I wouldn't buy it - no room. I imagine a lot of parents'd feel the same way.
I'd like a smaller option :B.
There's a few reasons I don't like them: The furniture is not pony-sized. Few of the playsets look big enough to hold more than a couple ponies. I like the idea of PE but it's too big and has the aforementioned furniture issue....So, you dislike how few of them seem to be big enough for more than a couple ponies at a time, yet dislike Paradise Estate for definitely being big enough? :huh:
I'd like to see a playset along PE lines that built upwards like an apartment building so as not to use so much floor space.Then it wouldn't really be along the lines of Paradise Estate now would it? :P
^Yeah, Paradise Estate actually ends up being on the smaller end of things as far as dollhouses in general are concerned thanks to being made for 4" ponies instead of 12" dolls.
And hey, if they can put out 2' guys who turn into bases for Transformers, I don't see why we can't get a reissue of the piece de resistance dollhouse of MLP. Especially since there's less labor cost with MLP playsets and Basic Fun actually tries to be space efficient with their packaging (unlike Hasbro in the '80s).
Agree with Taffeta that the kitchen and the school should be on the poll.There's a few reasons I don't like them: The furniture is not pony-sized. Few of the playsets look big enough to hold more than a couple ponies. I like the idea of PE but it's too big and has the aforementioned furniture issue....So, you dislike how few of them seem to be big enough for more than a couple ponies at a time, yet dislike Paradise Estate for definitely being big enough? :huh:
I agree about some the furniture being ill-suited to ponies. Especially the chairs. Although at least with G1 you have Megan and Molly.I'd like to see a playset along PE lines that built upwards like an apartment building so as not to use so much floor space.Then it wouldn't really be along the lines of Paradise Estate now would it? :P
Thing is, going for that sort of design restricts the play/display space available on each floor. And it would also require designing a new playset from scratch and cutting new molds, instead of digging out and refreshing existing molds from the 1980s. Although if you want such a playset... Are you of much of an arts-and-crafts bent?
Ohhh, PE as an apartment building would be so much better! Or even a two story house (that takes up half as much floor space.) Kids love elevator features and balconies, it's kind of strange that they denied themselves both those elements by making it a ranch style house.I can think of some reasons why they went with that
To be honest, PE doesn't hold that many ponies either.Well, it did become her default outfit in-show starting with the movie, probably because it's the most farmgirlish of the produced outfits.
Not comfortably. Just saying.
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Edit: I just realised for the first time in 30+ years that that advert is also lowkey promoting the elusive 1987 M&S set with Country Jamboree.
Random note, I'm pretty sure the teal outfit that Megan wears in the show was originally "Picnic in the Park", and at some point the name was accidentally switched with the denim dress with the white shirt with little hearts on it, which was originally Country Jamboree.
That's how they were labeled in the brochure I had as a kid (denim = Country Jamboree, teal outfit = Picnic) and it would fit better, because in the backcard art of the teal outfit, Megan is sitting on the ground with a picnic basket, feeding Sundance a carrot.
It's true that the backcards are always labeled the opposite, but in my heart the denim one is Country Jamboree. :P (Denim feels more "country" to me, too.)
I often wonder why there ever was a green waterfall.I kinda like Cascade's Waterfall a bit better, because of how the green changes the base from a pool in the clouds to a pool amid mossy rocks or grassy hillocks.
It doesn't make an iota of sense, not really.
"Everywhere else they're selling this white one so let's spend money and make a green one just to sell in the UK".
Why, Hasbro? ><
It also used to be much easier to ship those abroad. Then they changed the postage dimensions and made it more tricky. I traded quite a few overseas in the old days, but now I'm not sure how easy it would be.
I often wonder why there ever was a green waterfall.
It doesn't make an iota of sense, not really.
I often wonder why there ever was a green waterfall.
It doesn't make an iota of sense, not really.
I kind of assumed it was because most of the early pegasi didn't get released in the UK. Meanwhile nearly all of the early earth ponies were part of the UK line, so it seems logical they wanted the playset to be more "earth based" rather than among the clouds. That way the playset feels more compatible with most of the ponies Hasbro UK were offering at the time. (As to why they didn't seem to want to release many unicorns/pegasi in the beginning, that's harder to think of a plausible explanation for)
This is sensible.I often wonder why there ever was a green waterfall.
It doesn't make an iota of sense, not really.
I kind of assumed it was because most of the early pegasi didn't get released in the UK. Meanwhile nearly all of the early earth ponies were part of the UK line, so it seems logical they wanted the playset to be more "earth based" rather than among the clouds. That way the playset feels more compatible with most of the ponies Hasbro UK were offering at the time. (As to why they didn't seem to want to release many unicorns/pegasi in the beginning, that's harder to think of a plausible explanation for)
Ohhh, PE as an apartment building would be so much better! Or even a two story house (that takes up half as much floor space.) Kids love elevator features and balconies, it's kind of strange that they denied themselves both those elements by making it a ranch style house.I can think of some reasons why they went with that
1. They had done multilevel playsets the previous two years (Dream Castle and the Lullabye Nursery), so a ranch style house was a way to mix it up a bit.
2. A ranch-style house probably seemed thematically-appropriate to them
3. Occupying a lot of floor space was considered impressive (and there are dollhouses that take up a fair bit more, as well as more vertical room), and they wanted to give MLP a playset that was impressively huge (it's not the most extreme example from Hasbro either; that would be the 7' long USS Flagg of G.I. Joe fame).
4. Going with a large-footprint design let them work in a courtyard and swimming pool.
I wonder if the flutter hideaway didn't happen because the wings were so delicate and it was seen as an own goal - that the ponies would break more easily inside a playset than outside of one. PE had more space.
I have always believed the reason we didn't get Paradise here is because we basically didn't end up doing our own PE production. The very small amount of evidence I have seen over the years suggests a US box here, which means that US boxed ones were probably imported and distributed and thus Paradise never happened.
But I imagine once they committed to making it, this was the best way of making it pay.
The movie introduced the flutter ponies so I would think it was the same year, at least. You'd think it would make more sense to cancel the huge PE, which was less likely to sell as many units and took up more shelf space.
More than a minute.The movie introduced the flutter ponies so I would think it was the same year, at least. You'd think it would make more sense to cancel the huge PE, which was less likely to sell as many units and took up more shelf space.
True... but the movie very prominently featured PE. Maybe they weighed up the pros and cons and decided to go ahead with the one they'd advertised so much in the cartoon? Flutter Valley's only in the movie for like... maybe a minute at most.
More than a minute.The movie introduced the flutter ponies so I would think it was the same year, at least. You'd think it would make more sense to cancel the huge PE, which was less likely to sell as many units and took up more shelf space.
True... but the movie very prominently featured PE. Maybe they weighed up the pros and cons and decided to go ahead with the one they'd advertised so much in the cartoon? Flutter Valley's only in the movie for like... maybe a minute at most.