I've been buying online like crazy. I miss flea markets and thrift stores, but the chances of finding g1 ponies in the wild these days are pretty slim anyways.... At least I can be more selective buying online.

I've owned most of the US playsets at one time, so here are my personal opinions of them (mini playsets too!) from least favorite to favorite:

Waterfall:
This is the one playset I never had, which is why it's last for me. From what I understand it's quite fragile, but I love the design and idea! Sprinkles the pony and her duck friend are pretty darn cute too.

Sweet Dreams Crib: Eh... It's a crib. Nothing remarkable here, and also a bit big for what it is.

Pretty Parlor/Brush Me Beautiful Boutique:
The later variant has a prettier color scheme, but ultimately I found this playset sort of boring. I would have prefered barrettes, a better brush (the long soft bristles just sort of frizzed out the hair...) and maybe some more "glammy" amd less "horsey" accessories. Bonus points for the cat.

Rock-A-Bye Bed: It's... A giant rocking bed, with a day/night cloud wheel headboard thing. Cute design. The little diary and bedtime accessories are cute but... What can you do with such a huge bed? It takes up almost an entire Paradise Estate Room...

Perfume Puff Palace:
The design is pretty cute. I loved the scented perfume spritzer, but I found it a bit awkward and the accessories were sort of boring. Again, more glammy accessories would have made this much better. Like, take away the messy lipstick/nail polish and replace with some of those cool dance n prance earrings or more ponywear and pretty-up type stuff. Bonus points for the faux-fur boa.

Baby Buggy/Princess Baby Buggy:
Cute, but a little fragile. The buggy was also rather large, so it had to be disassembled to really fit "in" the nursery. I think they could have done better with this. I much prefer the updated color scheme of the Princess buggy, but both are kind of mediocre to me.

Scrub-A-Dub-Tub:
I actually really like this playset but again, where in the Paradise Estate, or any other playsets does it really fit? The bath accessories and clawfoot seapony legs are adorable but the rest of the structure is rather fragile and breaks easily.

Show Stable/Megan's Place/Home Sweet Home:
This playset has grown on me. The one I had as a kid didn't have any accessories other than the bed, so I'm sure had I had them I would have enjoyed this more. To me it was just sort of... A barn. Back when they made this they obviously had intended MLP to be more "horse" like, given all the showy horse tack accessories. I guess I prefer my ponies more fantasical than realistic... The updated color schemes didn't really do it for me either, but I guess I prefer the original Show Stable colors. Bonus points for Lemon Drop, who I love.

Paradise Estate:
Getting this playset for the first time was a dream come true! Mine was missing a roof and a few minor things, but all in all I think it was a pretty cool playset. The pool was really cool, and the seapony statues were the selling point for me I think. It's unfortunate that all the furniture is really for the Megan and Molly dolls and that it's so... Huge. This should have come with Paradise the pony for the price this sold for but for some reason they sold it without her. It's unfortunately just too big and hard to display without breaking up the structure.

Baby Bonnet School Of Dance:
This was a really fun playset! I never had any of the adorable little accessories like the tutu or the bunnies, but I loved making my ponies "dance" on the little platforms. I would re-enact the Baby Lickety Split dance disaster from MLP the Movie almost religiously. Very cute design.

Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe:
This is a really cute and somewhat odd design, and I love that ice cream is the main theme here. (I LOVE ice cream!) Again, the ponies can't really use the table and chairs but they're perfect the Megan and Molly. I love the little ice cream sodas and sundae accessories, and lets just admit that there's really nothing cuter than Scoops behind that little ice cream counter with her hat and apron.

Perm Shoppe:
Okay, I admittedly just got this but wow! Aside from the messy make-up and terrible hairspray/mousse product, I really love the accessories here. The sink with that adorable flower spray nozzle that sprays real water (better to wash out the awful hair gunk) and the salon chair is too cute. Fifi is adorable too, and I love the vanity mirror you can put on top. Too bad the make-up stuff stained the ponies...

Lullaby Nursery:
What an adorable playset! I love the design and the accessories. My only complaint is the door doesn't "open" but the swing more than makes up for it. Honestly I think it should have come with 2 swings, one for inside and one for the detatchable canopy out the back, but honestly the swing is the best part of this playset! I played with this so much as a kid, and I recently got a near complete playset and everytime I'm near it I give Baby Tiddly Winks a little push in the swing.

Dream Castle:
By far, hands down, the best G1 playset. The accessories are great, I love the little wine glasses and revolving mirror. Majesty and Spike are awesome too! My only complaint is how fragile it is and how the 2 main turrets don't stay on well. I don't think I've ever seen one with the doors still attached, unbroken but I love this playset none the less. Bonus points for the drawbridge! 

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Boy am I glad I beheaded them... Eew!

Oh no, that's awful! If it's any consolation, I deboxed my new Glory and as soon as I took that weird plastic thing off her hair, several of the bottom plugs of her mane just came right up like an unraveling sock. Factory errors happen, maybe try e-mailing them. Best wishes.

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bumpity bump added new stuff! Gorgeous Fairy Tail birds!

Hi all! Could anyone in the loop tell me what Argie green Rockin' Beat unicorn is going for these days? I am considering selling mine who is in great shape with only *very* minor frizzing to a part of her mane. Hair still very crimped. Any help appreciated!