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Little People is the name of a toy brand, produced since the 1960s, originally by Fisher-Price. Classic Little People figures have no arms or legs, their bodies and head shapes are circular, and they come in black and white skin colors. Little People toys also include dogs. Newer figures are larger and have more detail to their bodies, including defined arms and legs, while retaining an overall cylindrical shape.

History

Fisher-Price produced wooden toy dogs for four decades before deciding to try their new line of toys. The first Little People set included a school bus together with characters. The toy gained instant popularity and other sets soon came out. At first, Little People characters were produced with wood; plastic was used for their vehicles and buildings. In the middle 1970s, Fisher-Price produced the Sesame Street town, with various Sesame Street stores, a bridge with stop lights and Sesame Street characters such as Bert and Ernie. Soon after, the Little People Discovery Airport, a hospital and a school would also be released. Little People characters had by then been also produced with plastic products exclusively.

After Fisher-Price was bought over by Mattel in the 1990s, Little People reappeared on the markets, their figure slightly larger in size from the original Little People characters due to revised toy safety guidelines. These figures are called "chunky" by collectors. Later, the company revised the shape of the figures, making them much more detailed and focusing on various configurations of five characters named Eddie, Sarah Lynn, Maggie, Michael, and Sonya Lee.

Likenesses

Although Fisher-Price never actually reproduced the figure of a real-life celebrity with the Little People line, some have argued that many of the Little People toys, particularly during the 1970s, resembled super-stars of their era, more famously their Black female singer ( like Donna Summer) and a Black male whose face resembled that of famous boxer Earnie Shavers.

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-'''Little People''' is the name of a [[List of toy brands|toy brand]], produced since the [[1960s]], originally by [[Fisher-Price]]. ''Little Peoples'' have no arms or legs, their bodies and head shapes are circular, and they come in [[Black]] and [[White]] skin colors. ''Little People'' also include [[Dog|dogs]].
+'''Little People''' is the name of a [[List of toy brands|toy brand]], produced since the [[1960s]], originally by [[Fisher-Price]]. Classic Little People figures have no arms or legs, their bodies and head shapes are circular, and they come in [[Blacks|black]] and [[Caucasian race|white]] skin colors. Little People toys also include [[dog]]s. Newer figures are larger and have more detail to their bodies, including defined arms and legs, while retaining an overall cylindrical shape.
 ==History==
-''Fisher-Price'' produced wooden toy dogs for four decades before deciding to try their new line of toys. The first ''Little People'' set included a school bus together with characters. The toy gained instant popularity and other sets soon came out. At first, ''Little People'' characters were produced with wood; plastic was used for their vehicles and buildings. In the middle [[1970s]], Fisher-Price produced the ''[[Sesame Street]] town'', with various ''Sesame Street'' stores, a bridge with stop lights and ''Sesame Street'' characters such as ''Bert'' and ''Ernie''. Soon after, the ''Little People Discovery Airport'', a hospital and a school would also be released. ''Little People'' characters had by then been also produced with plastic products exclusively.
+Fisher-Price produced wooden toy dogs for four decades before deciding to try their new line of toys. The first Little People set included a school bus together with characters. The toy gained instant popularity and other sets soon came out. At first, Little People characters were produced with wood; plastic was used for their vehicles and buildings. In the middle [[1970s]], Fisher-Price produced the ''[[Sesame Street]] town'', with various ''Sesame Street'' stores, a bridge with stop lights and ''Sesame Street'' characters such as Bert and Ernie. Soon after, the Little People Discovery Airport, a hospital and a school would also be released. Little People characters had by then been also produced with plastic products exclusively.
-After Fisher-Price was bought over by [[Mattel]] in the [[1990s]], ''Little People'' reappeared on the markets, their figure slightly larger in size from the original ''Little People'' characters.
+After Fisher-Price was bought over by [[Mattel]] in the [[1990s]], Little People reappeared on the markets, their figure slightly larger in size from the original Little People characters due to revised [[toy safety]] guidelines. These figures are called "chunky" by collectors. Later, the company revised the shape of the figures, making them much more detailed and focusing on various configurations of five characters named Eddie, Sarah Lynn, Maggie, Michael, and Sonya Lee.
 ==Likenesses==
-Although Fisher-Price never actually reproduced the figure of a real-life celebrity with the ''Little People'' line, some have argued that many of the ''Little People'' toys, particularly during the 1970s, resembled super-stars of their era, more famously their Black female singer ( like [[Donna Summer]]) and a Black male whose face resembled that of famous [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Earnie Shavers]].
+Although Fisher-Price never actually reproduced the figure of a real-life celebrity with the Little People line, some have argued that many of the Little People toys, particularly during the 1970s, resembled super-stars of their era, more famously their Black female singer ( like [[Donna Summer]]) and a Black male whose face resembled that of famous [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Earnie Shavers]].