Play Family Caste

#993

c1974-1977

If you were to ask 10 collectors what their favorite Little People set is, 9 out of 10 would probably tell you without a second thought: the Castle. Introduced in 1975, the castle was the most detailed--not to mention the heaviest--Little People set to ever be created. It was undoubtedly also the most expensive to produce, something that might explain the mere two years in production despite the overwhelming popularity. Trap doors, dungeons, sliding stairs, working drawbridge, dragon chambers--all of this added up to a lot of fun for children at the time...and a lot of headache for people who have to clean a base now.

As with the #930 Garage and #952 House, The Castle was sold with a cardboard box to hold the set contents. The cardboard box is marked "993 Castle" and designed (red ink) to looks like a castle turret. This is very hard to find! We don't know if this was sold only one year, or all years that the Castle was made.

After a decade of being out of production, Fisher-Price issued the "Classic Edition" castle in 1988 with the same model number. It followed the original playset very closely, with few alterations. The main difference was that the building no longer had a spring and flag on top of the turret, and all of the figures were all-plastic, oppose to the wood-plastic figures used in the '70s.