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#176 School Days Play Desk
Years Made:
Fisher-Price Toy Department
Department 1:
Audio, Visual, Musical, Educational & Electronics
1972-1990


Box #1:
1972-19??


Box #2:
19??-1990


Complete set w/ Box #1


Complete set w/ Box #2


Letter Tray & Letters


16 Stencil Cards

Description: This durable plastic play desk features a steel magnetic chalkboard, sliding doors that reveal a storage compartment for the accessory magnetic numbers and letters, and a storage area for the accessory cut-out cards. This wonderful educational tool introduces small children to the alphabet, numbers and small words. The desk has an attached carry handle for easy portability. Designed for children ages 3 to 8 years old.
Accessories:
  • 1972-19??:
    • B176A - Reddish-Brown plastic "School Days" desk with a white upper trim panel, green rectangular chalkboard, and 2 sliding doors across the top to store accessory pieces. Both sliding doors have a yellow paper litho with 6 pictures and words that match those on the #176 accessory stencil cards. The desk is marked "Fisher Price Toys" & "School Days Desk" in raised gold letters. The desk has a built-in carry handle under the chalkboard, and wood grain "ABC" paper lithos on the sides.
    • FPT1013 - Off-white rectangular hard plastic storage tray that has individual slots for each letter A-Z. The top row holds letters A-G.
    • 35 Letters A-Z, plus extra letters E, I, L, N, O, P, R, S, and T:
      • FPT971 - Red letter "A".
      • FPT972 - Orange letter "B".
      • FPT973 - Yellow letter "C".
      • FPT974 - Green letter "D".
      • 2 each - FPT975 - Blue letter "E".
      • FPT976 - Purple letter "F".
      • FPT977 - Red letter "G".
      • FPT978 - Orange letter "H".
      • 2 each - FPT979 - Yellow letter "I".
      • FPT980 - Green letter "J".
      • FPT981 - Blue letter "K".
      • 2 each - FPT982 - Purple letter "L".
      • FPT983 - Red letter "M".
      • 2 each - FPT984 - Orange letter "N".
      • 2 each - FPT985 - Yellow letter "O".
      • 2 each - FPT986 - Green letter "P".
      • FPT987 - Blue letter "Q".
      • 2 each - FPT988 - Purple letter "R".
      • 2 each - FPT989 - Red letter "S".
      • 2 each - FPT990 - Orange letter "T".
      • FPT991 - Yellow letter "U".
      • FPT992 - Green letter "V".
      • FPT993 - Blue letter "W".
      • FPT994 - Purple letter "X".
      • FPT995 - Red letter "Y".
      • FPT996 - Orange letter "Z".
    • 10 Numbers 0-9:
    • Chalk and Eraser (*See "Variations" below):
      • FPT1022 - Yellow rectangular hard plastic eraser with black foam on the bottom side. The top of the eraser is marked with a "FP" within circles imprint. The top of the eraser has a SMOOTH finish.
      • FPT1021 - Small blue box of chalk that holds 3 pieces of white chalk sticks. The box has a picture of a red-headed cartoon boy writing "CHALK ABC" within a red square beside him. The sides of the box are marked "FISHER-PRICE®" in white block lettering.
    • 16 cardboard cut-out Stencil cards (Dull White cards - white on both sides):
  • 19??-1990:
    • B176A - Reddish-Brown plastic "School Days" desk with a white upper trim panel, green rectangular chalkboard, and 2 sliding doors across the top to store accessory pieces. Both sliding doors have a yellow paper litho with 6 pictures and words that match those on the #176 accessory stencil cards. The desk is marked "Fisher Price Toys" & "School Days Desk" in raised gold letters. The desk has a built-in carry handle under the chalkboard, and wood grain "ABC" paper lithos on the sides.
    • FPT1013 - Off-white rectangular hard plastic storage tray that has individual slots for each letter A-Z. The top row holds letters A-G.
    • 35 Letters A-Z, plus extra letters E, I, L, N, O, P, R, S, and T:
    • 10 Numbers 0-9:
    • Chalk and Eraser (*See "Variations" below):
      • FPT1022 - Yellow rectangular hard plastic eraser with black foam on the bottom side. The top of the eraser is marked with a "FP" within circles imprint. The top of the eraser has a SMOOTH finish.
      • FPT1021 - Small blue box of chalk that holds 3 pieces of white chalk sticks. The box has a picture of a red-headed cartoon boy writing "CHALK ABC" within a red square beside him. The sides of the box are marked "FISHER-PRICE®" in white block lettering.
    • 16 cardboard cut-out Stencil cards (Bright White cards - back of the card is brown):
Variations:
  • The 1986 catalogue lists this set as having only 14 activity cards, opposed to 16. We do not know which two were omitted.
  • The 1987 catalogue shows a brown play desk and letter tray opposed to white:
    • B176B - Dark brown plastic "School Days" desk with a white upper trim panel, green rectangular chalkboard, and 2 sliding doors across the top to store accessory pieces. Both sliding doors have a yellow paper litho with 6 pictures and words that match those on the #176 accessory stencil cards. The desk is marked "Fisher Price Toys" & "School Days Desk" in raised gold letters. The desk has a built-in carry handle under the chalkboard, and wood grain "ABC" paper lithos on the sides. The wood grain on the paper litho is a lot lighter brown than the dark brown color of the desk.
    • FPT20211 - Brown rectangular hard plastic storage tray that has individual slots for each letter A-Z. The top row holds letters A-G.
  • B176C - Light brown (tan) plastic "School Days" desk with a white upper trim panel, green rectangular chalkboard, and 2 sliding doors scross the top to store accessory pieces. Both sliding doors have a yellow paper litho with 6 pictures and words that match those on the #176 accessory stencil cards. The desk is marked "Fisher Price Toys" & "School Days Desk" in raised gold letters. The desk has a built-in carry handle under the chalkboard, and woodgrain "ABC" paper lithos on the sides. The woodgrain on the paper litho is a lot darker brown than the light brown (tan) color of the desk.
  • Chalk and Eraser Variations:
    • FPT289 - Small blue box of chalk that holds 3 pieces of white chalk sticks. The box has a picture of a red-headed cartoon boy writing "CHALK ABC" within a red square beside him. The sides of the box are marked "FISHER-PRICE®" in white fancy lettering.
    • FPT22283 - Small purple box of chalk that holds 3 pieces of white chalk sticks. The box has a game of tic-tac-toe using a red "X" and a white "O". Measures 3-1/4" tall x 1-3/16" wide x 7-16" deep.
    • FPT288 - Yellow rectangular hard plastic eraser with black foam on the bottom side. The top of the eraser is marked with a "FP" within circles imprint. The top of the eraser has a TEXTURED (stucco-type) finish.
  • Activity Card FRENCH Variations:
    • FPT40002 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "BAIN" (French for "BATH").
    • FPT40009 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "BLEU" (French for "BLUE").
    • FPT40006 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "CHAT" (French for "CAT").
    • FPT40011 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "DENT" (French for "TOOTH").
    • FPT40012 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "FEU" (French for "FIRE").
    • FPT40004 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "LAIT" (French for "MILK").
    • FPT40005 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "LIRE" (French for "READ").
    • FPT40003 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "LIT" (French for "BED").
    • FPT40013 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "LUNE" (French for "MOON").
    • FPT40010 - Rectangular card with cut-out letters that spells the word "PAIN" (French for "BREAD").
    • FPT40007 - Rectangular card with cut-outs of "12345" (Sentence in French: "voici des chiffres 12345").
    • FPT40008 - Rectangular card with cut-outs of "678910" (Sentence in French: "voici d-autres chiffres 678910").
Other Information:
  • FP176SET1972 - Complete Set with original box (Box 1). WFL: 07-AH-33-4-A.
  • FP176SET1990 - Complete Set with original box (Box 2).
  • This set was sold in a 10-7/16" long, 11-7/8" high, 3-7/8" deep box.
  • This set was replaced in 1991 with #2030 Play Desk.
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