{"id":8527,"date":"2013-08-24T06:54:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T11:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=8527"},"modified":"2016-08-14T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T18:36:07","slug":"fisher-price-favourite-little-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/24\/fisher-price-favourite-little-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher-Price favourite: Little People!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">A<\/span>fter a couple of years of working with and talking about Fisher-Price toys, it&#8217;s clear that while they have a diverse lineup of products and toys the one that most resonates with people is the Little People line.  We had them as kids, and I&#8217;m sure you did, too! It&#8217;s funny to watch peoples&#8217; faces as they wax nostalgic about their Sesame Street Little People set, or the original garage with the bell that dinged, or the McDonalds Little People set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5765964149\/\" title=\"155:365 Road trip!!!! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3178\/5765964149_a6e552d636.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" alt=\"155:365 Road trip!!!!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was timely that my friend Kerry shared last week this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/26320\/little-people-big-fun-brief-history-fisher-price-little-people\">blog post about the history and evolution of Little People<\/a> because Fisher-Price has just announced a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/en_CA\/brands\/littlepeople\/lpfriends\/index.html\">new set of five Little People characters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Little People are infused with character traits. Sofie is a curious daydreamer who likes to paint while Eddie is an energetic lover of sports. Koby is the jester, Mia is more shy and quiet, and Tessa is a dancer who loves to twirl. You&#8217;ll be able to introduce all the new characters to your little ones through a new series this fall on Treehouse TV, and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fisher-price.com\/en_CA\/brands\/littlepeople\/lpfriends\/index.html\">&#8220;meet&#8221; all the Little People friends here<\/a>. Or, if you&#8217;re lucky, you can meet them on a beach in Mexico! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/7808589502\/\" title=\"Fisher-Price Canada team in Mexico by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8160\/7808589502_4aca9a9799.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" alt=\"Fisher-Price Canada team in Mexico\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Sigh, already a year ago&#8230;.)<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m wondering. Do you like the fact that Fisher-Price has put so much effort into creating personalities and a diverse line of Little People that are more like action figures?  Do you think this helps kids learn about and become more appreciative of differences and that they&#8217;ll identify with the character most like themselves? Or do you prefer the blank canvas of the round-headed, non-descript original Little People? <\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I receive special perks as a part of my affiliation with the Fisher-Price Play Ambassador program with Mom Central Canada. The opinions in this blog are my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a couple of years of working with and talking about Fisher-Price toys, it&#8217;s clear that while they have a diverse lineup of products and toys the one that most resonates with people is the Little People line. We had them as kids, and I&#8217;m sure you did, too! It&#8217;s funny to watch peoples&#8217; faces &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/08\/24\/fisher-price-favourite-little-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fisher-Price favourite: Little People!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8527"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8538,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527\/revisions\/8538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}