When I worked at Fisher-Price in the early 1990s, I began collecting the wonderful reproduction limited edition toys F-P released each year for their annual Toy Fest. Actually, Toy Fest was not a Fisher-Price event, but was put on by the community, through the Toy Town Museum. Fisher-Price has been located in beautiful East Aurora New York for over 80 years. East Aurora has been informally called 'Toy Town', for much of that time.
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| Me and my four kids at Toy Fest 1992. The theme that year was the Molly Bell cow- notice the kid's T-shirts. |
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| Molly-Bell, 1992 |
Each year, a special toy, chosen from among Fisher-Price's vast archives of amazing, traditional and colorful wooden toys, was authentically reproduced by Fisher-Price, and was the 'theme' of that year's Toy Fest. Giant floats, gifts, T-shirts, posters and other souvenirs were emblazoned with an image of that toy. The toys were available for sale for a limited amount of time, and then ceased production. Unlike a lot of 'limited and numbered' collectibles of the 80s and 90s, these toys have maintained a fairly high value. I believe this is due to the fact that they are simply awesome!
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| Snoopy Sniffer 1990 |
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| Jingle Elephant 1993 |
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| Grand-Pa Frog 1994 |
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| Squeaky the Clown 1995 |
Unfortunately, Toy Fest ceased in 2008. I'm sure there were a lot of reasons for stopping the tradition, but it's still sad. Along with the year's featured toy, there were several other limited edition toys created during the 1990s-2000s. I have the Snoopy Sniffer from 1990, and the Dr. Doodles from 1995. Dr. Doodles came on a lovely wooden stand. Including these two, I have a total of nine Toy Fest toys. I hope you enjoy my collection!
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| Dr. Doodle 1995 |
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| Close-up of the plaque on the wooden base. |
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| Raggedy Ann & Andy 1997 |
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| Elsie's Dairy Truck 2000 |
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| Woodsy-Wee Zoo 1996 |
that is pretty cool. How awesome to have a mom who worked for one of the best toy companies out there?!
ReplyDeleteMy mother has worked for Fisher-Price for 40 years and is still currently working there! What a childhood us kids had! I actually worked there for a few years myself. I also am lucky enough to have quite a toyfest collection spanning all the years thanks to my mother! Nice blog!
ReplyDeleteWould you like some of the others? I have several here that you don't list. They are yours fro the price of shipping from Ohio.
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