JHWP - Short light blue train engineer with a moustache, light blue "Puffy-style" engineer's cap, and an orange non-triangular scarf.3 Original Little People Figures - All figures have a wood body and a plastic head:.WB - Orangish-brown bear with a tan tummy and snout.XY - Brownish-orange monkey with a long curly black tail.XA - Blue elephant with dark grey ears and a long curled trunk that is designed to hold a Little Person.XC - Giraffe with black horns and orangish brown spots on neck and legs.5 Animals, each with a jointed head, arms, and legs:.FPT708 - Red caboose with a yellow top, white ends with stairs, yellow opening doors on each end, and a monkey litho on the sides.FPT705 - Blue flatcar with a lion head litho on the sides.FPT707 - Green cage car with a yellow top, a yellow fold-down door on the side, a lion litho on the sides, and no clown litho on the ends.Train's headlight is a 3-side PAPER LITHO (covers front and both sides). The pull-string attaches to a hole in the front "cow catcher". The train can be pulled by a plastic plastic pull string. Has a hook on back to attach other train cars. Rolls on 4 black wheels with piston-rod action. FPT280 - 2-Seat train engine with a YELLOW "push-button" on top that makes a "toot-toot" sound. ![]() The flatcar and the giraffe-who would later show up in the Animal Pals series-were omitted, and minor changes were instituted on two of the remaining cars and three of the remaining animals for a less appealing package. ![]() In 1979, for no apparent reason (except to save money), #991 was redesigned and downsized for the remaining seven years of it's run. The well-crafted, attractive animals (decendants of their #915 Farm cousins) helped make #991 a smashing success with kids, leading to a long run as well as a few spin-offs in the #135 Animal Circus and the #2581 Express Train. So it seemed inevitable there'd be a Little People circus set sooner or later, which finally came along in 1973. See a list of all Original Little People Parts, Pieces, and Figures sold in the sets.ĭescription: Fisher-Price had produced alot of popular Circus sets over the years, dating back to their first year in business, 1931's #201 Woodsy-Wee Circus.
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