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Canterlot Castle Miniature Playset

  • Writer: Caden Dickinson
    Caden Dickinson
  • May 6
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 4

CHARACTER(S): Princess Celestia, the Storm King

RELEASE DATE: 2016

PLACE OF PRODUCTION: Indonesia

MANUFACTURING COMPANY: Hasbro

TYPICAL PRICE ONLINE: $25 - $30 USD

OTHER COMMENTS/INFO:

Release Info:

  • From the Canterlot Story Pack in the Friendship is Magic Collection

  • The Friendship is Magic Collection was a series of minifigures using the mainline blind bag style, but with new molds that were generally more show accurate, often higher quality - It was aimed more towards older collectors and FiM fans than the usual blind bags. They were not packaged in blind bags, but instead in visible packaging, and were sorted into "Sets" based on a theme.

    • Each set typically included one pack that had a miniature playset, titled the Ultimate Story Pack, instead of a "Single" story pack - For the Canterlot Story Pack, it was Canterlot Castle

  • A second version was released, in a different box and only including Celestia - devoid of the heavily 'MLP: The Movie' advertising.

    • This version looks to be essentially the same, although it lacks the gold trim/decor on the roofs of the castle. This version is currently still being sold new on Walmart and Amazon. Amazon lists the 'date first available' as January 18th, 2020


General Info:

  • This set is packaged with figures of Celestia and the Storm King

  • The accessories included were a table, a cake, a tray of cupcakes, a box, books, a telescope, and Celestia's phoenix, Philomena

  • Does not open and close - It just has no back. This is fair enough, but one Amazon review just says "Sent back piece of small plastic with no back", which is a little funny


Other:

  • There are lots of negative reviews on Amazon from people saying they didn't know it was for minifigures & it wasn't advertised for minifigures, "Doesn't fit the ponies", etc. People complain of it being overpriced, with some saying it was $40-$45 and some saying $50 or even $60 - It is now $27 which means the price probably just lowered increasingly over time. Love the review that has a picture of G4.5 Fluttershy failing to get herself through the door

    • This is the case for both versions of the set

    • One person shows it next to a much larger, but poorer quality (less details, worse plastic, less structure) castle to compare, complaining that the bigger castle was half the price. I do think this is an interesting example of merchandise marketed more towards collectors creating conflict, due to it being priced high but often not what parents are looking for when buying for their children

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