Get Better Center

File:Get-better-center-2006front.png|Standard (front).
File:Get-better-center-2006back.png|Standard (back).
The Get Better Center is a large playset that was produced in 2006, 2007, and 2008 with six known releases.
===2006===
Its first appearance was in 2006. The building is pink with a lighter pink carrying handle and pet door, blue-framed windows, a purple awning, and green rooftop scale. The playset unfolds to reveal a bench, shelving, storage drawer, and examination table with an overhead light. Pets can sit in the weigh-in basket, which triggers the rooftop scale hand to move. A separate x-ray table was also a part of the playset; an x-ray picture would pop up by sliding the flower-shaped lever back and forth.
An assortment of 9 accessories were included: a cast, Elizabethan collar, clipboard, Magic Motion bottle, bed, medicine jar, stethoscope, syringe, and band-aid sticker sheet.
The back of the packaging displayed the open playset and the following description:
“When your pets aren’t feeling well, the Get Better Center is just the place to get them smiling again. Bandage their boo-boos, feed them their 
File:111-112-Get-Better-Center-Kohls-2.jpg|Kohl's exclusive.
File:111-112-Get-Better-Center-Bonus-1-2.jpg|Unknown exclusive #1.
File:Get-better-center-2007bonus.png|Unknown exclusive #2.
medicine, and most of all, give them lots and lots of love!”
Its standard set included three pets: LPS Gecko #111, German Shepherd #112, and Persian #MM1. The gecko contained a heat-activated feature, in which the package exclaimed, “Help Gecko get better! Hold him in your hands, his spots ‘disappear’!” These red spots disappear by reacting to the heat of one’s palm, and reappear once the temperature returns to normal.
The Magic Motion Persian also had a unique feature, explained by the package: “Kitty ‘drinks’ from her bottle! With real drinking and licking motion! To activate Magic Motion kitty: Place kitty in her cozy bed, then hold water bottle to her mouth.” The pet’s movement is triggered by the bed, which requires two AA batteries. The bottle functions similar to other disappearing-liquid baby bottle toys. 
File:Get-better-center-2008front.png|2008 Version 1.
File:491-Fanciest-Get-Better-Center-Playset-2.jpg|2008 Version 2.
File:Get-better-center-2008back.png|2008 backing.
===2007===
Along with the standard set, three exclusive versions were released with extra bonus pets, which released in 2007.
The Kohl’s exclusive set included four bonus pets: Beagle #016, Longhair Cat #020, Persian #060, and Maltese #065.
Another bonus set, found at Sears and Kmart, included these same bonus pets but replaced Maltese #065 with a different variation of the pet.
The last bonus set, which was sold at Toys R Us and Walmart, included Rabbit #014, Shorthair Cat #027, Parakeet #043, and Husky #068.
===2008===
In 2008, the Get Better Center was given a recolor with brand new pets. The pink building was redone with a purple basecoat, blue handle and pet door, pink-framed windows, light pink awning, and yellow rooftop scale. It included the same accessories–excluding the Magic Motion bed and bottle–which were also repainted. The back of the package maintained the same written description.
The new rendition of the Get Better Center replaced the old pets with LPS Persian #490, German Shepherd #491, and Gecko #492. The Persian was a standard pet unlike the original Magic Motion one, but the Gecko still had the heat-changing feature that could make its spots disappear.
A second version was released with only German Shepherd #491; this may have been due to the pets’ production quantity factor.
==Value==
The original retail value of both versions of the playset was $19.99 in 2006 and 2008.Internet Archive. LPS Catalog, 2 July 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060702010508/http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.17192/dn/littlestpetshop/default.cfmInternet Archive. LPS Catalog, 13 Sep 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913050608/http://www.hasbro.com/littlestpetshop/default.cfm?page=Products/Detail&product_id=21340
Its NIB (new in box) packages tend to sell anywhere from $60-$70, with prices as high as $100 for the bonus sets. Out of the box with all pets and accessories accounted for, it is valued at $20-$30 (varies based on pets included). The building all by itself is only worth about $10. Please see the pets’ pages for their individual values.
==Citations==
Category:Littlest Pet Shop
Category:LPS
Category:Merchandise
Category:Toys
Category:Playsets
Category:Large Playsets
Category:Get Better Center