#LITTLE PEOPLE PLAYSETS SERIES#

#LITTLE PEOPLE PLAYSETS SERIES#

This video series centered around two children named Timmy and Penny and their Baby Sister, their parents, Cousin Marvin and their dog Lucky.

In 1988, Marvel Productions made an animated series of six Little People videos such as Favorite Songs, 3 Favorite Stories, A Visit to the Farm, Fun With Words, Jokes, Riddles and Rhymes, and Christmas Fun, which were released by New World Video, which the deal was signed in August 1987. Little People characters had by then been also produced with plastic products exclusively.ĭuring the late 2010s, a line of celebrity Little People was launched with playsets including Kiss Little People and The Beatles ' Yellow Submarine' Little People. Soon after, the Little People Discovery Airport, a hospital, and a school would also be released. In the mid-1970s, Fisher-Price produced the Sesame Street town, with different Sesame Street stores, a bridge with stop lights and Sesame Street characters such as Bert, Ernie, and the first Little People toys modeled after non-celebrities: Loretta Long (Susan), Roscoe Orman (Gordon), and Will Lee ( Mr. Eventually, the toys encompassed a wide range of playsets, furniture packs, and accessory packs. The Play Family dollhouse was introduced in 1969, with other playsets to follow, including a firehouse, an airport and a service station. Also at this time, the figures were made with plastic bodies instead of wood. In 1968, Fisher-Price introduced the first Little People playset, the famous Play Family Barn with barn doors that made a 'moo' sound when opened. The bottom portions of the bodies were indented slightly (allowing for placement in the corresponding holes in other furniture, cars and other vehicles, in which the figures were able to 'sit'). Adult women had a kind of hourglass-shaped upper body. By 1965, the Little People consisted of a small cylindrical base and a wider cylinder shape for boys and men and a conical upper shape for the girls. All of the people had a basic cylinder body with the female figures only identifiable by the addition of slanted, oval eyes and eyelashes. A few years later, the typical smiley face of the traditional Little People introduced in a 'straight-body' format. By 1961, the figures were produced with wood plastic was used for their vehicles and buildings. The original Little People went through six major styles of body (base) configurations, and even within each major classification there may be one or more minor style variations. 'Original Little People' figures Body style variations īy 2019, more than two billion Little People figures had been sold in more than 60 countries. The 'Little People' name, registered and trademarked by Mattel and Fisher-Price in 1985, came from Mattel following the lead of consumers who referred to the early Play Family playsets as 'those little people'. In 2016, Little People was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Mattel reports that since the brand's launch, over 2-billion Little People figures have been sold in over 60 countries. 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. Little People is a toy brand for children ages 6–36 months and to ages 3 and up, originally produced by Fisher-Price, Inc.

From left to right: Eddie, Sonya Lee, Michael.

The Fisher Price Little People logo used beginning in mid-2007.

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