…and the Little People Asian Boy who rides it.

Up for auction we have rare and hard to find Fisher Price Skateboard and the Little People Asian Boy who rides it.

Fisher-Price Little People are an iconic toy. They started out being constructed entirely out of wood in 1960, eventually adding plastic bits and ultimately ended up being molded out of plastic completely until they were discontinued in 1990. In 1997 Fisher-Price revamped the Little People. Although they are highly detailed injection molded pieces, (seen above on the right) they are ironically somehow more generic looking than the very simple original versions. The classic little people had a school play set in the late 80’s that came with a skateboard toy for the kids to ride. It looks like it has bindings (kook!) but surely is less painful to ride than the new version that is more akin to a butt plug.

There’s a thorough history of the little people on This Old Toy, as well as some good information on Wikipedia.

This eBay item titled RARE FISHER PRICE Little People Skate Board & Asian Boy went for $11.76 in february of 2008. I suppose when the toy orignally came out he would have been called the “little oriental boy”. So the old skateboard looks like it has some sort of binding system and 160mm wheels. I bid on this as a gift for MC. I thought it would offend/amuse him, but it was too much money for a cheap gag. Actually, now I wish I had bid higher. This is the kind of collector’s item that people really want to see on eBay Watch, or maybe it’s just me.

The new Little People skateboard comes with a Stacking Circus Animal set that costs all of $8. Still, that looks painful to sit on.