There seems to be a problem serving the request at this time. Fisher-Price spent years building toys for pre-school children before introducing it popular line known as Little People. The small vintage Fisher Price Little People figures were released in dozens of different sets and styles.

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Little People is a toy brand for children ages 6—36 months and to ages 3 and up, originally produced by Fisher-Price, Inc. The current product line consists of playsets, mini-sets and accessories, books, CDs, and DVDs focusing on various configurations of 5 characters named Eddie, Tessa, Mia, Koby, and Sofie. Mattel reports that since the brand's launch, over 2-billion Little People figures have been sold in over 60 countries. The "Little People" name, registered and trademarked by Mattel and Fisher-Price in , came from Mattel following the lead of consumers who referred to the early Play Family playsets as "those little people". Little People started in with the "Looky Fire Truck" and three round-headed fire men attached permanently to the toy.
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Note: This article may feature affiliate links to Amazon or other companies, and purchases made via these links may earn us a small commission at no additional cost to you. Find out more here. At the time, the little dolls were made of hardwood and had plastic hair and accessories. The first play set was the Lacing Shoe toy, which helped teach kids how to tie their shoes and helped preschoolers learn fine motor control. Take a trip back in time to see these classic toys once again!
Be that as it may, the origins and history of the Little People products is not only interesting, but surely ranks as a classic American success story, and certainly exemplifies the true spirit and character of the company logo "Our Work is Child's Play". Further details on each of these eras can be found further below. Made for one year only Then, beginning in , we begin to see more and more toys introduced that builds upon this original design In this very popular toy, you can really see the fundamental shape, size, and facial features of what was to become, almost a decade later, the "Original" Little People. Following the success of this toy, the company quickly developed the Super-Jet and the ever-popular Racing Rowboat toys, both of which were for sale during More toys followed, developing upon the same theme and style, all of which culminated with the introduction, in , of the Safety School Bus , which not only carried on the same tradition of human character features, but also, for the first time, had figures that were removable from their vehicles, thus greatly increasing their play potential and possibilities. The rest, of course, is history! The Original Little People went through six major styles of body base configurations You can get more information on the Little People Body Styles page for the complete low-down on this subject, but for right now here's the basic breakdown: 1.