Please help a My Little Pony novice!

[Tory79]

My ds4 has recently got sooooo into this. I want to get him some kind of play set for Christmas. He has the pony figures, and his favourite is twilight.

What is good?! It all looks the same to me!

All the playsets get really bad reviews and look the definition of "plastic tat". Dd loves them too but I can't bring myself to spend so much money on them so we're just sticking with the figures.
If I were to get one I think The Rarity boutique looks best quality/value.

My niece got Twilight's castle playset and it was awful, fell apart if you looked at it funny.

The figurines fit well into our Playmobil castle though!

I know this doesn't help or answer your question, but only today I sent the My Little Pony Dream Castle and Show Stable from the 1980s to the tip. 30-odd years of joy they brought and lasted pretty well considering. I still remember how excited I was unwrapping that Show Stable. I hope you DS has fun with whatever you get!

Yes they look like plastic tat to me too! Although I'm sure that's half of what Christmas is really about

Just wondering if there were some bits that were better than others!

Just bought Playdoh make and style My little Pony set for my niece - looks good.

My DD only really played with the ponies often on her Playmobil pony farm. Play sets for us were a waste of money.

I think stick to the blind bag My Little Ponies figures. My DS loves them the most. They are £1.99 each. They sell them at Argos.

The princess twilight castle does fall apart but I superglued it all together and that seems to work. DD tends to just play with her all the ponies tho, the small ones are normally around £4.99 but you can get them buy one get one half price from toys r us. DD (4) really wants the equestria girls dolls from Santa.

I also wouldn't waste money on the playsets, just stick with the ponies.

booksandchoc ( love the name) Amazon have really good deals on the equestria girls - bought recently for my DD and put away for Christmas. Both Trixie Lulumoon and Twilight Sparkle apropos £22-£24 in Toys r us!

www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Equestria-Rainbow-Twilight-Sparkle/dp/B00HX8NR5W/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1446740503&sr=8-18&keywords=Equestrian+girls

www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Equestria-Girls-Trixie-Lulamoon/dp/B00F11F7V0/ref=pd_bxgy_21_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KYH62QARVM5RQHNRR5J

Start off with the plastic figures with brushable mane & tail, about the fiver mark.

There is a smaller, older playset still available that is a tad stronger than the bigger ones.

www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/fashion-dolls/c-505/my-little-pony/p-10826/my-little-pony-crystal-empire-playset/

Make way for the expert!

We have all the castles and playsets. Yes I mean all. The twilight castle is the worst it falls apart constantly. There is a pop ponies twilight castle which is tucked away for Christmas and should be sturdier.

Failing that anything except the normal twilight castle. Anything. Trust me on this one.

I wish I had kept my original grooming parlour from the 80s though

The only thing we had that DD played with regularly was the train set one with the figure 8 track, and pinkie pie's train. We had the castle (pap) and a billion ponies.

We've got a lot of use out of a set of My Little Ponies from Aliexpress. Doubtless not branded, but it's under a fiver for a full set of characters.

The wedding castle player is pretty sturdy, but yes, the Princess Twilight crystal palace one is a massive nightmare.

My problem is that all the players seem to come with ponies and you end up with duplicates. We have 4 Pinkie Pies! And 4 Twilights. Pretty sure a cull is needed.

But, LauraChant, you tipped a G1 playset? Please etell me it was completely falling apart and not in any way salvageable?