I read an article in our local paper yesterday about toys with staying power, and Noah's Ark was mentioned. Apparently it was a hot item up through the Victorian era as it was still one of the few toys allowed for Sunday play. So it could be possible that all the girls through Samantha had one. Incidentally, it mentioned that the jumping jack toy (where you pull a string and his arms and legs do jumping jacks) was a hot toy 400 years ago.