Happy Hoppers

This is a push toy with a long handle, similar in design to the famous "corn popper". However, it is not little balls that do the popping here, but actual little people. The base, on two wheels, is made of both wood and plastic, and on the top of the base sits a clear plastic shell, partioned into three sections. One little person is imprisoned in each chamber, forced to endure a life of endless hopping, probably becuase they have committed some unspeakable act against Little People society. Luckily my boyfriend was able to obtain for me a Happy Hopper which has a broken "hopping" mechanism, so that my little prisoners only waddle slightly when the toy is pushed. Makes me sleep easier at night! My specimen has a blue wooden handle, with bright orange ball "finial" and matching orange wheels. The base is yellow plastic and litho covered wood. The prisoners are all wood, one orange girl with yellow hair, one aqua colored boy with bright orange farmer hat, and one yellow collared dog, the older kind with no body ridges. My hopper is dated 1969, and I would assume other later models have different color schemes and more plastic elements.