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Description: Whereas early toys such as the #983 Safety School Bus, the #234 Nifty Station Wagon and the #151 Goldilocks and The 3 Bears were Little People sets that masqueraded as pull toys, the Happy Hoppers was a pull toy that masqueraded as a Little People set.
The Happy Hoppers is a similar concept to the old #808 and #809 Pop 'n Ring push toys, instead of balls, the Happy Hoppers contained 3 Original Little People figures who would pop inside a plastic dome as the toy was pushed. Ouch!
Not only is this the last set to feature a straight-sided Lucky dog, it also used a few other very difficult to find exclusive people, tempting some collectors into opening the plastic dome to rescue these hard to find figures from their glass prison.
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Accessories: Please remember that the following accessories are the accessories that are pictured in the Fisher-Price catalogues.
While the variations below are pictured in Fisher-Price catalogs and advertisements, they are only a few of the hundreds of possible figure combinations. During production, Fisher-Price would use a random selection of figures in this toy. While these combinations may be unique, they do not make a particular Happy Hopper more or less valueable.
- 1969 Retail Catalogue:
- Happy Hopper push toy with 3 figures. All figures have a Wood Body and a Wood Head:
- GTWW - Turquoise girl with red braids.
- DPWW - Red boy with a smiling face, red freckles, and a sideways yellow cap.
- HVWW - Black straight-sided dog wearing a yellow collar with dots.
- 1970 Jobber Catalogue:
- Happy Hopper push toy with 3 figures. All figures have a Wood Body and a Wood Head:
- GTWW - Turquoise girl with red braids.
- DPWW - Red boy with a smiling face, red freckles, and a sideways yellow cap.
- HRWW - Black straight-sided dog wearing a white collar with dots.
- 1971 Jobber Catalogue:
- Happy Hopper push toy with 3 figures. All figures have a Wood Body and a Wood Head:
- GTWW - Turquoise girl with red braids.
- DPWW - Red boy with a smiling face, red freckles, and a sideways yellow cap.
- HVWW - Black straight-sided dog wearing a yellow collar with dots.
- 1971 J.C. Penney's Spring and Summer Catalogue:
- Happy Hopper push toy with 3 figures. All figures have a Wood Body and a Wood Head:
- GMWW - Deep Red girl with a blonde bob with bangs.
- EIWW - Turquoise boy with a red cowboy hat.
- HVWW - Black straight-sided dog wearing a yellow collar with dots.
- 1972 Jobber Catalogue:
- 1973 Jobber Catalogue:
- 1974 Retail Catalogue:
- Happy Hopper push toy with 3 figures. The girl and boy have a Wood Body and a Plastic Head:
- GNWP - Red girl with blonde braids.
- EFWP - Turquoise boy with a smiling face, red freckles, "" eyebrows, and a red cap facing sideways.
- KJWW - Black straight-sided dog wearing a red collar with lines.
- 1975 Retail Catalogue:
- 1976 Retail Catalogue:
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Other Information:
- Retail price in the 1971 J.C. Penneys Spring and Summer Catalogue was $2.77.
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