Pete's Expert Summary
My Human, in her infinite and often misguided wisdom, has presented a new plastic effigy for my consideration. This one, a product of the Mattel toy empire, is a gaudy pink carriage that, through some manner of unsettling plastic origami, unfolds into a miniature castle. It’s clearly intended for the tiny humans, filled with small, lose-able furniture and an assortment of miniature plastic creatures—a crab, a bird, and other trifles far beneath my hunting dignity. The carriage wheels offer a brief moment of potential for a satisfying "push-it-off-the-table" game, and the castle's many nooks could serve as temporary ambush points. However, the true, and perhaps only, saving grace of this entire contraption is the mention of two *spinning* dance floors. While the rest is a monument to wasted space, a spinning object warrants, at the very least, a cursory investigation before I declare it entirely useless.
Key Features
- With the Carriage to Castle Playset, kids can whisk away their Disney Princess small dolls to the next adventure and dance the night away at the castle—with one amazing playset
- Start out in carriage mode, with a regal carriage that really rolls and can fit Disney's Aurora doll and 3 more Disney Princess friends inside (One doll included. Others sold separately.)
- Carriage transforms into a castle with 6 play areas: bedroom with bed and blanket, bathroom with sink, kitchen with oven, a ballroom and 2 spinning dance floors. Pull-out stairs and slides add to the fun
- The 2-in-1 theme doubles the fun The kitchen turns into a crafting space, complete with art table, and the bathroom becomes a dressing room, complete with vanity
- Playset has signature Disney touches throughout and includes 4 character friends from popular Disney films: Sebastian, Pascal, Lumiere and one of Snow White's bluebirds
- Transformation between the two playsets is quick and easy, and kids will love re-creating movie moments and imagining new stories in both
- Fans can look for other Disney Princess dolls and playsets for the ultimate adventure Each sold separately, subject to availability
A Tale from Pete the Cat
It arrived in a box that smelled of distant factories and disappointment. The Staff, my primary human, wrestled it free from its cardboard prison and set it on the floor. A carriage. Pink, pearlescent, and positively preposterous. I gave it a wide berth, circling it with the cautious disdain I reserve for the vacuum cleaner. It rolled when she nudged it, a feature that earned it a single, unenthusiastic bat from my paw before I retired to a nearby sunbeam to groom a perfectly clean shoulder. It was, I had decided, an unworthy offering. Then, the cataclysm began. With a series of sharp clicks and groans that set my ears back, the Human began to dismantle the carriage, not into pieces, but into a new and horrifying shape. Walls folded outward, a tower telescoped upward, and a staircase materialized from its flank. From my low-to-the-ground vantage point, it was as if a building were being violently born in the middle of my living room. I retreated under the coffee table, a low growl rumbling in my chest, and watched this architectural monstrosity take its final, garish form. A castle. My territory had been invaded. Once the unsettling construction ceased, a tense silence fell. I crept out, belly low to the ground, to inspect the new landscape. I sniffed at a tiny bed, batted a minuscule plastic crab under the sofa for later, and peered into its hollow rooms. Pointless. All of it. Then, the Human’s finger descended from on high and touched a small disc on the floor of the "ballroom." It began to whir, spinning in a smooth, silent, hypnotic circle. My cynicism evaporated. My pupils dilated to black pools of predatory focus. All thoughts of naps and inferior plastic crabs vanished. There, in the heart of this ridiculous pink fortress, was a perfect, endlessly rotating target. A tribute. I crouched, my tail giving a slow, deliberate twitch. The castle was an absurdity, an insult to good taste. But this spinning circle… this was worthy. This, I could work with. The Human could keep her castle; the dance floor was now my personal shrine.
