Vintage Barbie Love

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I'll admit it, that camper van tempted me....




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[rche]

Star traveler is an awesome rig; and much better suited to 8 or 9" figures than the 1:6 scale.

[Rallygirl]

That was a huge year in my childhood; I got almost everything on that catalog page for Christmas! Yup, I got the motorhome, townhouse, salon, and the inflatable furniture. The inflatable furniture is still in a box up in my parent's attic. I was an obsessive-compulsive child. Every night before bed, I took my Barbie dolls and twisty tied them back into their original boxes. I also NEVER took them out of their original outfits. By the time I was twelve, I was done playing with Barbie dolls, and they had all been packed in their original boxes in the attic. It would have been a collector's dream.

About then, my younger cousins were put in the foster care system and shortly after arrived to live with us. My mom unpacked all the boxed Barbies and my so-very-NOT-obsessive cousins proceeded to perform scissors and marker makeovers on every doll. While I am glad my cousins had toys for the first time in their lives, I still cringe when I think of my dolls' fate. I did hide a couple things, so today I still have my purple Barbie Corvette and Pretty Changes Barbie. The inflatable furniture was in a small bx and got overlooked. but after thirty years in the attic, I don't imagine it is good anymore.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Aw man, you lived the dream...doing what we all wish we had done with our toys, only to have it dashed by cousins. But like you said, at least they got some fun out of the toys. Sounded like they needed it.

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

My sister's Traveler hosted many Mego parties. I am still looking for one locally, they cost too much.

[HardyGirl]

I got the earlier released Country Camper for Christmas when I was 7. I always wanted the townhouse, but my mom said it took up too much space. I see Dusty on that page too, w/ the horse. My friends had Dusty and Skye. I never wanted to play w/ those really, b/c they were kinda ugly.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Yeah, I think we've discussed Dusty's unfortunate homeliness before.

[palitoy]

^Yeah, I think we've discussed Dusty's unfortunate homeliness before.

Yeah, Dusty is a strange toy.

[Werewolf]

Dusty, ugh. I get that Kenner wanted to make a less glamorous sporty teen doll. But what they actually made looks like a 50 year old chain smoker addicted to tanning beds. Kenner was a great toy company. So, I don't really get how the doll went into production with no one on the design team thinking, "You know, this doll is actually kind of hideous and is probably going to scare little girls."

A few years later Kenner did redeem themselves with Darci and Glamour Gals.

[Wee67]

Wow- I was unfamiliar with Dusty so I Google image'd her-



I think she grew up and moved to New Jersey?-

[Splitty]

I had the motor home and townhouse.
I used to play kidnap victim, hostage, and spy.

When they started making everything all pink and super smiley Barbies in the 80's they dismayed me to NO END.
Pink and happy did not make well for a super secret covert-spy intent on maximum mayhem.

[Marvelmania]

Dusty, ugh. I get that Kenner wanted to make a less glamorous sporty teen doll. But what they actually made looks like a 50 year old chain smoker addicted to tanning beds. Kenner was a great toy company. So, I don't really get how the doll went into production with no one on the design team thinking, "You know, this doll is actually kind of hideous and is probably going to scare little girls."

A few years later Kenner did redeem themselves with Darci and Glamour Gals.

Wow- I was unfamiliar with Dusty so I Google image'd her-



I think she grew up and moved to New Jersey?-

Funniest comments I've seen in a long, long time!!!!!!