Music Box Lacing Shoe

#991

c1964-1966

The Music Box Lacing Shoe was the very first Original Little People set that featured a shoe-shaped base. The shoe has a metal cylinder inside that revolves and plays "Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe". The wooden "chimney" on top winds the music box. The sides of the shoe have windows that show colorful pictures from the revolving cylinder inside. The shoe has a red and white braided shoelace that threads through the holes in the sides of the shoe to teach children how to tie their shoe. The shoe's toe is plastic and lifts up on a hinge to reveal a hidden section for the 3 accessory Little People figures to sit in. The shoe rolls on 4 red wheels with metal axles. 

This set was originally introduced in an OPEN display box, allowing customers to wind the music box and lift the shoe's toe to see the 3 figures inside (figures held in place by transparent molded plastic). The open box was replaced by a fully enclosed set box.