Fisher-Price Toy Box Playgrounds

We found three Fisher-Price Mall Playgrounds in the Carolinas.  Here are pictures of the boys (Presley & Ryker) exploring the giant Toys.  They are modeled on the newest versions of these classic favorites...a Little People Farm, a Rock A Stack, a Xylophone, and a Chatter Phone. These playgrounds were found in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hope you enjoy looking at the pictures as much as they enjoyed playing on the Toys!

Happy 45th Anniversary Walt Disney World

1980's Playmates Toys Disney Magic Kingdom Castle Playset with Fisher-Price Magic of Disney Toys from 2015

On this day in 1971 the Magic Kingdom

at Walt Disney World Resort opened. Happy 45th Anniversary

Walt Disney World!

Look at me in the rear view mirror while we enter the Toll Plaza at Magic Kingdom

Me and My parents were born in California so we did not go

to Walt Disney World till I was 10. When I was little I used

to go to Disneyland all the time. My first trip was during

the Disneyland 50th Anniversary celebration in 2005, I was 4

months old! 

With my Grandma on my first trip to Disneyland in 2005

Disney World is very different from Disneyland,

it is much bigger. We have stayed at the Pop Century Resort.

The theme of the resort is the 20th Century and it has

amazing giant props and toys all over it.

With some friemds at Disney's Pop Century Resort in Florida

Today we are

talking about the Magic Kingdom!  To get to Magic

Kingdom you must first travel past other Disney Hotels and

theme parks. You have to take a ferry or a monorail across a

beautiful lake to get to the park. The ferry ride is one way

to take in that Disney Magic. We had so much fun and always

want to keep going back.

Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida

On our 1st trip we ate at the

Tortuga Tavern in Adventureland. The food was good, I had

the tacos because they are my favorite food. I gotta say my

favorite ride at Magic Kingdom is probably Space Mountain.

Outside Space Mountain in Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida

One of my favorite memories of going to the Magic Kingdom

was getting my embroidered Mickey Ears! On that trip it was

my little brother's first haircut, I joined him in getting a

haircut at the Harmony Barber Shop on Main Street USA.

Harmony Barber Shop, Main Street USA, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida

We found this 1980's Playmates Toys Magic Kingdom Castle

Playset a long time ago.

Box art for the Playmates Toys Castle Play Set

It is one of my little brother

Ryker's favorite toys. In these pictures we set it up with

New Fisher-Price Little People Magic of Disney Toys. 

Retro Fisher-Price Ferris Wheel

We found this at Target. It is based on the original Music Box Ferris Wheel.  Only this version includes "Chunky" style figures!  There is no grumpy carney on this toy...but one of the riders looks like one.  Check out your local Target for one today!

Fisher-Price Musical Ferris Wheel

 

 At the 2014 Fisher-Price Collectors Club Convention I found this Musical Ferris Wheel. The characters were mint in their wrapping from the factory, and it came with the original box! I had been wanting this one for a while, but I had not found one in good condition.  On our way to the convention we saw a rough one in a thrift store and they wanted a lot of money for it. I'm glad we waited because we found this nice one, in better shape and in it's box for a good price.

 

The #969 Musical Ferris Wheel was made from 1966-1972.  The one we got has straight sided figures, and the girl does not have plastic hair.  The doggie is an early figure and not the usual Lucky dog.  The newer versions have plastic figures but mine has wood figures. It is one of the oldest toys in my collection, I also have a Circus and a Huffy Puffy Train that maybe are older.

It has a price tag on it from Sears back when it was new it sold for $4.49!

 

Rockin the Adventure People Daredevil Van

With my Daredevil Van, North Woods Trailblazer, and Kitchen Set stove in Daddy's Den

I found this Fisher-Price Adventure People Daredevil Van #318 today at a second-hand store in North Carolina.  It is from 1978 and they were made until 1982.  This customized van cleaned up nice except for the worn away lithos :-( but at only $1.00 it was worth it! In the background you can see the kitchen set stove and my Adventure People orange North Woods Trailblazer Jeep! I have filled it up with items from the Little People, the Adventure People, and Imaginext collections. There were three different Van playsets in the Adventure People series, Daddy says he remembers when custom vans were all over the roads. This is the first of the Vans I have found.  I am still on the lookout for the TV Action Team set and the Motocross team van.

My new Daredevil Van and Adventure People rover robot

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Fisher Price Collectors Club Convention 2014!

With Buzzy Bee "Toy Fest Parade Float"

 Here I am in front of Fisher Price headquarters in East Aurora, NY.  They had old parade floats on display and I got to take pictures with them while I was there for this years toy convention.

Dr Duck "Toy Fest Parade Float"-in front of Fisher Price Headquarters

 This year at the toy show they had 10 vendors. I bought pieces to complete my A-Frame set, Herry Monster to complete my Sesame Street figures, an adventure people robot, a guide book to Fisher Price toys, a Children's Hospital, and a Ferris Wheel in the box with the little people still shrink wrapped from the factory!

With Daddy and Snoopy Sniffer "Toy Fest Parade Float"

It's always nice to see all the club members, this was the fourth year in a row I have been to East Aurora. Fisher Price Collectors Club Convention 2014 was great!  It was a good year!

Moving right along...

It's been a year since our last post :-( but we are back :-) In the last year we went on our yearly trip to the Fisher Price Collectors Club Convention in East Aurora, NY, and then we moved from living near Washington, DC in Virginia to Charlotte, North Carolina.



Loaded up and ready to move to Charlotte, NC



Here you can see my Play Family Pop-Up Camper all loaded up for our move. I got it at the Collectors Convention in 2012.

2013-Just a few Little People for Sale

2013 Dealers Table

2013-Fisher Price Collectors Club Toy Sale

At this years convention I got the Play Family Village, the Nursery School and lots of other goodies, it was a great convention.  I've been to 3 conventions now, and I want to keep going to them for the rest of my life. The dealers room is amazing, with toys of all ages.  It is so exciting to see so many Fisher Price Toys in one place. 


2013-East Aurora Welcome Sign

 When we are in East Aurora we always make a trip to Fisher Price Headquarters.  I like to imagine what it was like to design and make all the great toys there, how I wish I could have been one of the local kids to try out the new toys.  When I grow up I want to be a toy designer.        

2012 Fisher Price HQ Fountain

Vintage sign over the door of Fisher Price HQ



2012 In front of Fisher Price HQ



A-mazing A-frame!

Here is my favorite Little People house, the Amazing A-Frame! The Fisher-Price Play Family A-Frame # 990 is one of the coolest toys that Fisher-Price made. Dad bought it for me on ebay and I was so happy. It was waiting on our front doorstep and Daddy tried to pretend it was car parts. This was the 3rd A-Frame he tried to win on the same day, and finally got this one. he had kept it secret until it arrived! The lithos were in perfect condition and that is why we call it the Amazing A-Frame. I like to take this one on trips, and I took it to this year's Fisher-Price Collector's Club Convention, and will take it next year. I pack up my favorite figures and can play with it when we are traveling. My favorite part that goes to this set is the red jeep. We had found some parts before we got the A-Frame. We still need to get more pieces for this set, but we have plenty of pieces to furnish it. I love the blue color. It has a kitchen and a living room with decks, a bedroom with balconies. There is a door panel that becomes a nice garden area. We have a bbq grille for it, and use a table and chairs, a picnic bench from the zoo, a swimming pool and two beds. I put a miniature Fisher-Price Chatter Phone that came from a Toy Story 3 mini-figure set. It is from one of my favorite movies that has lots of Fisher-Price toys in it. I love the bell, it is so cool, like a cow bell.

Adventures with Adventure People

We found a Fisher-Price Adventure People Alpha Probe at a Goodwill. The Alpha Probe was one of Daddy's favorites when he was little. Daddy remembers waking up to find his Alpha Probe underneath the christmas tree. My Nannie sent me my first Adventure People toy, the Rescue Truck that Daddy played with. She also sent me an Imaginext Space Shuttle for Christmas because she remembered how much Daddy loved his. We told her about finding the Alpha Probe and she sent us pictures of Daddy with his Alpha Probe and in the pool with his Sea Explorer. She also sent the Sea Explorer! She lives in California so my Rescue Truck and Sea Explorer came across the whole country to join my collection. At an indoor flea market I found my orange North Woods Trailblazer Jeep, and the yellow North Woods Trailblazer Jeep at a thrift store. The raft and the people were thrift store and flea market finds. So here I am with my Adventure People and my Imaginext Shuttle- and here is Daddy with his Alpha Probe and Sea Explorer.

Weekend at Lake Little People...

We went to East Aurora, New York on July 27 and July 28 for the 2012 Fisher Price Collector's Club Convention. Here are some of the finds I got at this year's convention. I got a Pop-Up camper set, and a swimming pool set. At last year's convention I got the marina. My Daddy found the A-Frame on ebay, and the Happy Houseboat at a thrift store. I really wanted a Pop-up camper. It has a Jeep with a boat on the roof, a storage case for the furniture that goes on top of the camper. The camper has a kitchen and a table set- and two bed shelves. It is so much fun! We made the scenery from craft supplies, blue poster board for our lake, and green and brown construction paper for our trees. Our sky is a blue blanket and the meadow is a green blanket. On the first day of the convention we went to the Fisher-Price Headquarters and the company Toy Store, after that we went to the dinner. The next day there was a Toy Sale where I bought lots of sets, people, and pieces. I can't wait for next years show. Please join the Fisher Price Collector's Club. UPDATE: Today we found a Play Family Camper & a Castle Dragon! So we added a picture of our new finds enjoying a weekend at the lake.

Once upon a time...

...there was a Fisher-Price kingdom with happiness, sunshine, and joy! One day there was a knight from the future, and peering through the castle was a big, giant, little boy named Presley. The woodsman came back from the village market in the carriage to encounter the giant trying to take over the kingdom. The princess was trapped in the tower, while her friend Prarie Dawn was prisoner of Rex the dinosaur who was housesitting the dragon's lair. Will the knight defeat the giant and rescue the fair maiden in waiting? The retro King and Queen have permanent smiles because they hope for a happily ever after. Here is my Fisher-Price Play Family Castle, it was a gift from the Fisher-Price Collector's Club at last year's convention. I was so happy, I love my castle. At this year's convention I got the King, Queen, and Prince.

Mooooooooooooooooooo.......

Here are my four Fisher-Price farms. The first play family playset was the farm. My first farm was the one with the red loft doors where the hen lives- this farm has a Fisher-Price sticker on the roof and a green plastic base. I got this farm at a flea market in West Virginia. It had most of it's parts. We live in Virginia now- just next door. My second farm is the plder style with the masonite wood base. This farm was found at a thrift store in Maryland outside Washington DC without any parts. The third farm was a chunky little people farm with a larger green plastic base. It was missing parts & the doors when we found it at a Virginia thrift store outside Washington DC. On another trip to the same store we found one door. We think the door got lost or maybe it was put out later. Hopefully we will find the second door on our next trip there. On two other trips we found silos with parts in them for the second & third farms. I've been able to find parts and sets all across the United States of America. My newest farm has all of the pieces, even the silo and the original box! This is unusual to find close by where you live. This farm is the original style but with a green plastic base. We found it online, and it was nearby. A nice man was selling his grown-up kid's four Fisher-Price Play Family playsets- all in the original boxes withthe original pieces! They were in really good condition- A house, Farm, Fire Station & Western Town from around 1982. I will share those in another post.

Row, row, row your boat...

Here are a lot of little people friends of all shapes and sizes having a happy new years swimming party in a green sea. Maybe it is a swamp or the bayou. There is a retro Houseboat with 50th Anniversary (really big)little people and a vintage little people floating marina. I got my marina at the Fisher Price Collectors Club Convention. It had 2 extra blue boats. It needs the lighthouse and a red boat to be complete, this weekend we found the commodore but these pictures dont show him. The retro Houseboat was from Toys R Us. We printed a vintage ad from a great Fisher Price fan website Fisher Price Little People World, www.FPLPworld.com check it out sometime!