I was a huge Barbie fan growing up. I think I owned most of them at one time or another. A few years back I was in a collecting mood and started buying some vintage Barbie dolls off of eBay that I had not owned as a child. I now have a collection of Barbies in my closet.
I remember one of my first Barbies looking like this one.
This is a 1960's era Barbie. She had short dark hair, blue eye shadow and a thick ridge of plastic eyelashes that also looked like eyeliner. I believe she had the non-bending legs. Ken at the time had the fuzzy, velvet-like hair.
I had a Francie doll.
I also have Live Action Barbie (yes, I still have the one I got for Christmas @ 1971). She came with a stage that she "danced" on. You fastened her onto the stage and flipped a switch and she wiggled and danced. She came with a 45 rpm record that was her theme song. She sang, "I'm happy I'm Barbie!" It drove my family crazy because I played it so many times!
I had a Casey doll - although I can't remember now whether I had the auburn-haired one or the blonde one.
I had a P.J. doll, but I don't remember whether or not she was the talking one.
I had a Ken doll with the hard plastic hair.
I had several other Barbies - too many to remember. I even had a Joe Namath doll. I remember the Namath doll had better clothes than the Barbie dolls! He had a leather coat with a fur collar. The one I had kept losing his head! He must've been hit too many times on the football field!
I now have a Twiggy doll, a Skipper doll and several more modern versions of Barbie. Some of the more modern ones are still in the boxes. I have never forgotten that plastic new doll smell. It brings back Christmas morning to me so vividly.
Maybe it's true that I will never grow up. I hope I have granddaughters some day so that I can pass the dolls along to someone who will love them as much as I did.
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