Life ring
Fisher Price
Category
Toys
Date
1979 - 1980
Materials
plastic
Measurements
33 mm (Diameter); 10 mm (thickness)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672013.4.5
Summary
A yellow U shaped life preserver / life vest (fits around the neck of a original little people figure) accessory for a Fisher Price Play Family Ferry Boat. This is a double-deck ferry boat with a fold-down ramp at the rear to load and unload the accessory cars, and with movable barricades to keep the cars from rolling. The Ferry Boat floats on water, or can be used as a pull toy (4 yellow plastic wheels on the bottom) with its yellow plastic string. This set was only made for a six month production run due to consumer complaints about the colours running off the lithographs when they got wet.
Provenance
Gift to the National Trust Museum of Childhood by Tim Joyce in 2017. Bought for the donor for birthday and Christmas presents by his parents and also played with by his sister Emily and later played with by their children.
Makers and roles
Fisher Price , manufacturer