Fisher Price Friday - Chatter Telephone

It's another classic today on Fisher Price Friday.  The Chatter Telephone #747.  Didn't we all have one of these?  It was made from 1962-1990 although variations of the phone continue to be made all the way to today but with different model numbers (2251, 2063 & 2035 & finally 72251).  My version was most likely made between 1967-1985.  It has a wood base, plastic wheels and a plastic top.  The very first phones had a wood base and wood wheels. The last ones to be made were all plastic.

There have been some changes over the years but the basic design is the same.  It has a yellow pull chord and the wheels make a "chatter" sound when they move.  The wheels could be either blue or black, wood or plastic.

The eyes also move up and down when the phone is pulled.  The phone has a big open mouthed smile drawn.  The smile didn't change until the 1992 version.

The rotary dial makes a ringing sound when you pull it, just like the real ones.  Now of course our kids today have no idea about rotary phones, but they still like to move the dial around. :)  

The red phone headset is connected to the phone by a black and white fabric chord.  Later 747 versions had a blue fabric chord.  

One way to tell your phone's age is by the lithographs on the side.  After 1986 the phones no longer had "f" and "p" (as shown) but instead "Fisher Price".  The 747 also has colored stars on the base, newer versions switched to colored confetti.

I bought our Chatter Phone on eBay for my baby's 1st Birthday.  Her sister tried to show her how to use it.

Since we only have cordless phones around here she wasn't sure what to make of the phone.  She loves pushing or pulling it all over the house and can often be seen "talking" to someone on it.  Love this toy!

Get your own Fisher Price Classic Chatter Telephone for around $14.99 on Amazon.  It's a reproduction of the 747 and looks almost exactly the same but with a yellow phone chord and black pull chord. 

We have the tiny Fisher Price Ornament version of the phone too, more on that during my next Christmas Ornament installment. :)