• Check Baby Product and Toy Safety Information

• Select Fisher-Price Preschool Toys

• Collect Fisher-Price Toys

• Find Fisher-Price Toys on eBay Australia

• Buy Fisher-Price Toys With Confidence

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• Legal Disclaimer

Check Baby Product and Toy Safety Information

Check Baby Product and Toy Safety Information

It is prudent when buying items for your baby or child to ensure that the product meets current safety standards. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published safety information about baby products that you can read for important safety advice. Before buying, check if the product you are intending to purchase is on the ACCC ban list or recalled items list.

Select Fisher-Price Preschool Toys

Select Fisher-Price Preschool Toys

Fisher-Price produces durable, simple and often educational toys for kids. Remember to keep your child's likes and dislikes in mind while you shop. Some popular Fisher-Price toys for preschool age children are:

• Little People: The Little People line of Fisher-Price toys feature circular people and farm animals. You will also find play castles, school buses, trucks and more.

• Loving Family: Loving Family toys allow your children to create small homes, complete with realistic-looking furniture, people, pets, and vehicles.

• Musical toys: Help your child learn to identify music rhythms with musical Fisher-Price toys such as pianos, xylophones, and other musical instruments.

• Rescue Heroes action figures: Rescue Heroes action figures measure around 16cm and feature robots, command centres, rescue vehicles, and more.

• Geotrax: Geotrax includes a range of rail and road toys for kids which can provide hours of fun. Find rail track packs, road track packs, helicopters and more.

• Imaginext toys: Imaginext Fisher-Price toys encourage the imagination of your kids with pirates, dragons, fortresses, castles, dinosaurs and more.

Consult your paediatrician if you would like specific toy recommendations.

Collect Fisher-Price Toys

Collect Fisher-Price Toys

It was in 1930 that Herm Fisher, Irving Price, and Helen Schelle established Fisher-Price in Aurora, New York. While Fisher had a background in toy and game manufacturing, Price and Schelle both came from retail management. The first line of Fisher-Price toys was released in 1931. However, it wasn’t until the Snoopy Sniffer came out in 1938 that people began to take notice. The realistic toy would “walk” behind you as you pulled on his leash and around five million were sold between 1938 and 1964.

Get to know Fisher-Price history

Between 1942 and 1946, Fisher-Price ceased making toys to aid instead in the war effort, by making boxes, crates, and parts for fighter planes. Toy production began again however following the war and 1950 saw the introduction of Buzzy Bee, Fisher-Price’s first plastic toy. By the end of the 1950s more than 39 toys were part of the Fisher-Price line, and half of them incorporated plastic parts. In 1957, favourites such as the “corn popper” and the xylophone were made; these two toys are still popular today.

In 1961, Fisher-Price established the first “Play Laboratory.” The toy-filled room let designers and engineers observe children interacting with the toys they made. In 1962, the Rock-a-Stack and Chatter Phone were introduced. It was during the 1970s that Fisher-Price started making baby toys. In 1985, “The Little People” was officially recognised as a registered trademark. During the 1990s Fisher-Price became part of the Mattel brand of toys and expanded their line to include Rescue Heroes actions figures.

Start or build your Fisher-Price toy collection

With its 75-year history of making quality children’s toys, Fisher-Price has developed a fan base of collectors. Many factors including scarcity of pieces, and demand can change the value of a piece significantly. In order to remain happy with your Fisher-Price purchases, buy vintage items you truly desire to have in your collection. 

Fisher-Price toys can be dated by their serial number. In general, model numbers between one and three digits long are pre-1990, while model numbers three to four digits long are between 1990 and 1995. Model numbers between four and five digits long are post-1994 and the number will indicate the catalogue year (ie. the year Fisher-Price designated the toy for sale). There is a difference between the catalogue year and the calendar year, so you could have bought a 1984 catalogue-year toy in 1983.

Find Fisher-Price Toys on eBay Australia

Find Fisher-Price Toys on eBay Australia

Once you know what type of Fisher Price toy you want, visit the Toys & Hobbies portal, click Preschool Toys (12 months +), then Fisher Price, and start searching for item listings on eBay Australia.

• Categories: The Categories list on the left side of each page will help you narrow down your listings by item type. You'll find links for Dollhouses, Geotrax, Imaginext, Little People, Loving Family and more.

• Keyword search: Search eBay Australia listing titles for specific words. For example, if you want to search for Fisher-Price Peek-a-Blocks, type "peek a blocks" (without quotation marks) into the Search box. Click "Search title and description" to expand your results. Visit eBay Australia's Search Tips page for more tips on searching with keywords.

If you can't find exactly what you want, try shopping eBay Stores, tell the eBay Australia Community what you want by creating a post on Want It Now, or save a search on My eBay and eBay Australia will email you when a match becomes available.

Buy Fisher-Price Toys With Confidence

Buy Fisher-Price Toys With Confidence

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• Pay safely with PayPal: PayPal enables you to pay without the seller ever seeing your bank account or credit card numbers. In fact, PayPal protects buyers 100% against unauthorised payments from their accounts. Plus, with PayPal Buyer Protection, your purchase can be covered up to $1,500.

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