As a baby, I had a few SST toys manufactured by Illco Toys, including their version of a neighborhood playset, with Hooper's Store and 123, connected by a piece of cobblestone and a tunnel entrance in the shape of the carriage horse garage doors and such.
I was wondering though, is this particular playset rare? I mean I hardly ever seen one up for auction on eBay, and there's no page about it on Muppet Wiki... and I also wonder, which came first, the Illco set or the Playskool, and did one copy from the other? Both sets have some of the same accessories like the lamppost (only that the Illco set omits the street sign), the sets have the same designed fire hydrants on the sidewalk, both of the Hoope's Store buildings have the exact same plastic awnings, and very similar green and yellow checkerboard stickers, etc.
I was wondering though, is this particular playset rare? I mean I hardly ever seen one up for auction on eBay, and there's no page about it on Muppet Wiki... and I also wonder, which came first, the Illco set or the Playskool, and did one copy from the other? Both sets have some of the same accessories like the lamppost (only that the Illco set omits the street sign), the sets have the same designed fire hydrants on the sidewalk, both of the Hoope's Store buildings have the exact same plastic awnings, and very similar green and yellow checkerboard stickers, etc.