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| Fisher-Price Medical Kit from 1977. |
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| Remember this vintage doctor kit toy? |
Yeah, so I never planned on pursuing a job in the medical field. However in 1977, I friggin' LOVED this Fisher-Price Medical Kit. Ah empowering one to play doctor with a cute young neighbor boy -- okay, so maybe we didn't have a cute neighbor boy, but just go with it... Toys providing the "power to pretend" were always my favorite kind of toy growing up. We could always rely on Fisher-Price to do just that.
I remember gripping the plastic handle of my Fisher-Price Medical Kit and toting it from my little brother's room to mine. After all, I believe this actually was his vintage doctor toy and not mine. Proudly I would unveil each colorful doctor instrument one by one. Carefully placing the orange, blue and yellow stethoscope around my neck, I would lay out the plastic thermometer, blood pressure monitor gauge thingie, and medical knee reflex hammer jammy and prepare to give free check-ups to all of my ailing stuffed animal and Barbie doll patients. Oh what fun!
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| Today's Fisher Price Medical Kit available at Toysrus.com |
Today's Fisher-Price Medical Kit goes for $14 and is obviously much more modernized and although it includes a cool Band-Aid and environmentally-friendly tote bag instead of the bulky plastic case, I still say the 1970s or 1980s version was much cooler. What do you think? A quick search on eBay prices this vintage bad boy at $35.
View this vintage commercial spot for the Fisher-Price Medical Kit.
*Photo credit: Vintage Fisher Price Medical Kit item is currently unavailable, but please visit the link to see other items for sale by this Etsy user. Her photos: http://www.etsy.com/listing/52847749/vintage-fisher-price-medical-kit
I totally had the medical kit. And I was one of the kids who actually wanted to play doctor and not "doctor".
ReplyDeleteI used to have one of those and I used to love it. My dog was always my patient back then since I didn't have any siblings yet.
ReplyDeleteThis looks just like what my current doctor uses. Hummm.....
ReplyDeleteHaha! I had something very similar and I loved it! I felt like such a grown up, an important grown up at that.
ReplyDeleteMy daughters loved that doctor kit. It brings back happy memories of stuffed animals lined up on a bed with casts on their legs.
ReplyDeleteMy sister had this...her's was a 1988 model. I used to wear the fake cast as a "cool" bracelet! I thought it was badass with the names and heart drawn on it.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, my sister had this kit. She was constantly making me be the patient.
ReplyDeleteI still have that older one and a newer one for the grandkids.
ReplyDeleteomg, can i just tell you that every toy you post brings back so many memories! we must be exactly the same age. keep em coming!
ReplyDeleteThose things were an unfortunate fast-track to sex education if you played in mixed groups...
ReplyDeleteI loved the kits with the shots that had little candies inside. I never wanted to be a doctor either but I always wanted to stick that needle in my mouth.
ReplyDeletexoRobyn
i remember the items IN the kit, but not the kit...
ReplyDeletehmmmmmmm... lol, wonder what that was about!
I definitely enjoying every little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.
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I am quite sure they will learn lots of new stuff here than anybody else!
Gynecology instruments
At some point (late '70s- early 80's) a FP "Doctor Kit" was offered as a premium of some sort. It had some of the same equipment, but came in a plain red plastic box abt. 6x8"
ReplyDeleteAbt. Early-mid '80s a FP "Doctor Kit" was offered as a premium of some type. It contained many of the same supplies, but came in an unmarked small red plastic box abt 6"x8".
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