Buildings, vehicles and accessories in G3

[Artemesia's Garden]

Hi ponies, I now have quite a sweet little collection of G3 ponies and I'm desperate to start trawling the car boots and listings for some nice buildings and accessories. First thing I notice though - too many motorised vehicles! MLP in my head do not do motorised vehicles like scooters and ice cream vans.  A steam train might be OK, possibly! So, can anyone recommend cute G3 buildings and play sets please?

[invaderhorizongreen]

I really like the gen 3 cotton candy cafe, and the surf shop, and the flower shop is just wonderful.

[BlushingBlue]

I don't know what you consider cute, but if you're interested in more fairytale-esque vehicles, the bird-drawn carriages of Cute Curtsey and Pretty Parasol might be to your liking. The many hot-air balloons are another low-tech option.
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As far as G3 buildings go, even though it's just a recolor of the Celebration Castle, I think the Rainbow Princess Castle is the prettiest. But that may just be jealousy talking since it was an overseas exclusive. As a bonus, it also comes with the prettiest hot-air balloon!

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I think the Frilly Frocks Boutique is loveliest and most underrated of the G3 "businesses".
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Crystal Crown's wishing well and Applejack's tree stump are charming.
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The Crystal Rainbow furniture sets are pretty adorable.
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If you're after brighter colors, the Rainbow Wishes Amusement Park and Butterfly Island are hard to beat, but they take up a lot of room.
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[gabumon]

as mentioned above, there's a whole "towns worth" of G3 houses that are the same size and go together as a theme.  Surf shop, etc.   I won't say they're "little" though... they're sized for G3 and I bet they're each a foot tall? 8" wide? 6" deep?  My daughter has a few, maybe we'll take a fresh pic for you.

[Artemesia's Garden]

Awh, thank you so much for the ideas and lovely photos! This has given me a really great start.

[HelloGoodbye]

Butterfly Island is my favorite G3 playset!!  I don't have any pictures of mine right now because it's packed away, but I really like it.  It was my favorite playset as a kind, too.  I always loved playing with it because it was so detailed and pretty with so many moving parts and such.  I liked the castles, too, but the Island and the theme park were always my favorites.  Oh, and the Cotton Candy Cafe!  It was so cute and I loved all the tiny foods!  Someday, I hope I can unpack all of my playsets and display them properly again!

[gabumon]

Here are the ones my girl has:

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we've had a couple others over the years but have parred down to save space (for G4 playsets, LOL!)

[Raindrop]

There was a dress-up room or something like that sold with Rainbow Dash (I think it was a Euro-only release) that I have wanted for a while....

[Artemesia's Garden]

Oh nice! I just saw Crystal Crown's Wishing Well on ebay and I love the cute mechanism...

[HoustonCollector72]

I have 2 g3 Castles, Crystal Rainbow Castle  that opens up with a wand and unfolds into a 3 story Castle
the Celebration Castle has music and manual turn table for the ponies to be showcased, it has 2 display sides for the ponies
vehicles I only have the scooters that you push back and they go forward on their own
plus the RC plane and the plastic car for g3.5  that came with Pinkie G4

[hathorcat]

Hot Air Balloon remains one of my favs (but you cant have a pony collection without an airplane surely? )

[Artemesia's Garden]

I'd love a G3 hot air balloon. I'll start looking soon and let you know how I get on