A Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack toy.

A Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack toy. Stock Photo
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Felix Choo / Alamy Stock Photo

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2E3ARGM

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39.2 MB (1.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3310 x 4137 px | 28 x 35 cm | 11 x 13.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

17 January 2021

Location:

Canada

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Rock-a-Stack is a toy by Fisher-Price with colorful rings that have to be placed in order of size onto a tapered pole mounted on a rocking base. When stacked correctly the hollow plastic rings follow ROYGBIV color progression. The Rock-a-Stack is designed to teach young children about colors and to help them develop their hand-eye coordination and shape perception. Since the introduction of Rock-A-Stacks in 1960, over 40 million have been sold. While Ernest Thornell was the Fisher-Price designer of this toy (from a phone conversation on 8-31-16 between Ernest Thornell and Eric Smith), the Rock-a-Stack is stylistically similar to the earlier Rocky Color Cone wooden stacking toy designed in 1938 by Jarvis Rockwell (brother of Norman Rockwell) for Holgate Toys.

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