Item: |
FERRIS WHEEL |
Toy Line: |
Fisher-Price Original Little People |
Color: |
Masonite (wood) |
Description: |
Ferris Wheel with a masonite (wood) base. The base has 2 yellow wooden upright posts that hold a round white wheel. The wheel has 4 seats (blue, green, red, and yellow) without a peg in each seat. The base has 2 yellow wooden steps under the wheel to load and unload passengers. One side of the wheel has a small white plastic ticket booth house. The front has a round white plastic turn knob marked "TURN" with an arrow in blue. The knob activates the Ferris Wheel by making it turn, and activates the music box by playing "In the Good Ole Summertime". The side of the ticket booth has a permanently attached cranky boy who turns a geared crank handle as the ferris wheel spins and the music box plays. |
Lithos: |
The Ferris Wheel has lots of lithos that often get damaged or removed. See the following list of lithos that should be on your Ferris Wheel: |
Base Litho - Front
Base Litho - Back
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1) Base Litho - Green litho with "rock" path leading from loading platform to side (under cranky boy), a wooden "sign" (grass and flowers at bottom) with a red and blue "fp" logo marked "An Original FISHER-PRICE TOY®", and front edge marked "FISHER PRICE TOYS" and "MADE IN U.S.A." in white. Litho has small black text by loading platform marked "PAT. NO. 3,114,216 OTHER PARTS PENDING, PATENTED CANADA 1964". The back side of the base litho has a bunny rabbit and butterfly hiding under the ferris wheel, has a row of flowers behind the "ticket booth" and small black text (under row of flowers) marked "MUSICAL MOVEMENT MADE IN JAPAN". The edge of the back has 2 flowers, white text marked "969" and "FISHER PRICE TOYS", and small black text marked "©'66 FISHER-PRICE TOYS, EAST AURORA, N.Y." |
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2) Ticket Booth Litho - White litho red red/orange "brick" half wall, a "window" marked "TICKETS" with a man in red/white stripe suit holding a ticket, a yellow sign above the turn knob and ticket window marked "FISHER-PRICE Music Box Ferris Wheel".
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3) Ticket Booth Roof (L) - Light orange litho with 8 rows of roof "shingles". One "shingle" is marked "L".
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4) Ticket Booth Roof (R) - Light orange litho with 8 rows of roof "shingles". One "shingle" is marked "R".
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5) TWO Ferris Wheel Side Lithos (one on each outer side of the ferris wheel) - Black + shaped litho with round center (for ferris wheel center pole to pass through). Each side of the + shape has a different color: Yellow, Green, Blue, Red. |
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6) Exterior Support Post Litho - Blue litho with an orange tent marked "Rides", a man in a white suit selling balloons, 3 children buying balloons, and 2 people in a red/white/yellow hot air balloon at the top of the litho.
7) TWO Interior Support Post Lithos (one on each inside ferris wheel support post) - Blue litho with 3 flowers near the bottom, white "support posts" on the sides and 2 horizonal "posts" across the center. The bottom horizonal post has a birds nest with a mom and baby birds.
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Other Features: |
- Measures 9-1/4" long x 6-5/8" wide x 8-3/8" tall.
- Has seats without a peg.
- Cranky boy has a PLASTIC head, red body, and a green side-ways baseball cap.
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Fits: |
#969 Musical Ferris Wheel (1973-1980) |
TOT Part #: |
B969F |
WFL: |
07-BC-13-2-E |
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Larger Photo
Seats WITHOUT a peg
PLASTIC Head
Red Body
Green Cap
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