Box #1:
1972-19??
Box #2:
19??-1990
Complete set w/ Box #1
Complete set w/ Box #2
Letter Tray & Letters
16 Stencil Cards
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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.
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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):
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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").
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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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