Shufflie Farm was made in the late 1970’s by Matchbox, a company best known for making die cast toy cars. In 1973 they introduced a range of plastic toys under the title ‘Live-n-Learn’. These toys were aimed at younger children and were designed to encourage developmental skills such as hand-eye coordination, counting, colour differentiation, rhythm and tempo. Shufflie sets were part of this range and in addition to the farm it was possible to buy a zoo, hospital, and castle. The name Shufflie comes from the way the animals and figures move around the playset. Each piece has two metal balls underneath a curved base which creates a rocking or shuffling motion.