Little People (toys)

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.

[1][7] The set included a school bus together with six independent figures made out of tall slimmer pegs of cardboard tubes wrapped in lithographs simulating clothes.

In 1960, Fisher-Price introduced two additional toys with removable figures; "Snorky the Fire Engine" and the "Nifty Station Wagon.

All of the people had a basic cylinder body with the female figures only identifiable by the addition of slanted, oval eyes and eyelashes.

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").

The Play Family dollhouse was introduced in 1969, with other playsets to follow, including a firehouse, an airport and a service station.

[10] This video series centered around two children named Timmy and Penny and their Baby Sister, their parents, and their dog Lucky.

In 1987 the company paid a $2.5 million settlement to the parents of Iain Cunningham after their son became physically and mentally disabled from choking on a figurine.

[11][12] In 1990, New York Attorney General Robert Abrams negotiated a settlement with Fisher-Price in which the company agreed to post a more specific choking hazard warning label on the boxes of Little People toys.

"[16] In 2010, Health Canada issued a warning that pre-1991 Little People toys should be disposed after a recent choking death of an infant.

The Little People characters were given distinct personalities and voices in a stop motion, animated series with Phil Craig, known for starring in The Time Traveller's Wife, Cinderella Man, and Spider; and Aaron Neville singing the theme song.