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Post by bjd on Mar 11, 2009 12:55:34 GMT
Everybody seems to be claiming that either they never had a Barbie or didn't like it. That doesn't seem to correspond to the statistics
Statistics only tell you how many Barbie dolls have been sold. So some of us never had one, but other girls/women had several. I heard an interview on the radio the other day with an adult woman whose house is furnished in pink, and she has all the Barbies possible.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2009 10:57:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2009 11:06:10 GMT
Is that a cotton candy vendor?
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Post by Kimby on Apr 22, 2009 18:58:04 GMT
Read that, although Mattel's sales figures are way down, Barbie sales are way up.
Visiting my local Walmart this week, I noticed all the nostalgia reissues in honor of the anniversary. They tried to do "the most faithful reproduction yet" of the original 1959 Barbie in the black and white striped bathing suit, but she doesn't look quite like MY 1959 Barbie. Her face looks a bit more modern, and the plastic looks softer. And her price tag (around $60) is a lot more modern!
Remember when you could buy CLOTHES for your Barbie doll? Now they only sell the clothes on ANOTHER Barbie! Kids have fleets of Barbies, where we had one, plus a wardrobe for her. And a Barbie Dream House made of cardboard and plastic.
And, best of all - and we still play it today for laughs - the Barbie Queen of the Prom board game....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2009 19:07:28 GMT
I suppose that Barbie officially gets to be Prom Queen through lucky rolls of the dice rather than lucky rolls in the hay?
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Post by Kimby on Apr 22, 2009 19:13:00 GMT
Barbie has to have a boyfriend, a fraternity pin, a dress, and a membership pin to an extracurricular club to go to the prom. Roll in the hay not even optional. I think Barbie was a virgin.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2009 19:14:40 GMT
Well, she didn't have any orifices anyway.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 22, 2009 19:48:13 GMT
Which reminds me of an animated film I saw once at an Erotic Film Festival here in which Barbie had TWO orifices, and her "date" was endowed with two male parts, one for each. Funny in a horrifying way.
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 22, 2009 20:43:52 GMT
don't! I had one barbie... and maybe two or three bought outfits. The rest were made by ourselves. Both my cousins also had more or less the same set and there was another few such dolls to accompany. All was left in a plastic suitcase. I enjoyed it at the time. But find absolutely hideous that sickly pink de rigueur for small girls these days. disgusting.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 23, 2009 16:18:32 GMT
Yes, lots of frothy pink. Ugh.
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Post by rikita on Apr 23, 2009 20:14:27 GMT
well one of the kids at kindergarden arrived with part of her hair died pink. all the other little girls were jealous.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 24, 2009 14:16:33 GMT
Does she also have a belly-button piercing?
Why can't we let kids be kids for a few years? They'll have plenty of time to be adults. NOBODY in kindergarten should be dyeing their hair. Period.
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Post by rikita on Apr 24, 2009 16:16:06 GMT
don't think she has a piercing.
i think she looks kind of cute with it... and as far as i understood she wanted to dye her hair, not her parents. though yeah, i think too many of the girls are dressed too cute and pink and nicely. like, when a four year old tells her friend "i can't go on the slide today, my mom said this skirt can't get dirty" then i think that is wrong...
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Post by Kimby on Apr 24, 2009 17:04:31 GMT
Whether it was her idea or not, there are some things parents shouldn't allow, like kindergarteners dyeing their hair. Or 14 year olds piercing their navel.
Trouble is, the parents never grew up, and they want to be "friends" with their kids. Somebody has got to be the parent!
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Post by rikita on Apr 28, 2009 20:53:41 GMT
dunno, i am a bit torn by the issue... piercing a navel is a bit different to dying one's hair i think... though i think they should use some one-time spray to give it more of a "dressing up" effect rather than a hair dye that stays in for several weeks... but well...
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Post by Kimby on Feb 20, 2012 19:16:58 GMT
bixa, I didn't want to clutter your excellent (Candelaria) thread with a digression about my Barbie, but I also had the original Barbie.
We still have her in my parents' attic, but she's been through hell - boobs smushed in from being sat on in the car on a family vacation, streaks of green seeping down her neck from the "pierced earrings" (pearl-headed pins) I pushed into her head, and worst of all, bald as a ping pong ball except for her hairline! I took out her ponytail, wanting to comb that silk-fine long hair, and was stunned to find that she didn't have any hair at all on most of her head! I couldn't put her hairstyle back together so she's an ugly duckling now. But her wardrobe and fashion case and the Barbie Dream House in the attic might still be worth a lot.
We also have a nearly intact Barbie Queen of the Prom board game that I've seen for $60 on Ebay for less-complete sets. (We still play this game when we get together at my parent's cabin - only a cutthroat version where you can buy ALL the prom gowns and have more than one boyfriend if you land on the right squares. Shots of liquor are also involved.)
Cheery's comment reminds me that my Grandmother sewed clothing for our Barbies every Christmas, and even knitted little sweaters for them. What a labor of love.
IMO the Barbies sold today are practically disposable. Every little girl seems to get 3 or 4 for each birthday! What ever happened to loyalty?
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 21, 2012 0:07:19 GMT
Oh, that brought back a memory -- the same shock of taking out the luxurious looking ponytail! Yeah, what's with these budding bimbos & their getting a new Barbie with each different Barbie outfit? What is this Barbie Queen of the Prom board game of which you speak? I wanna play! So, like, does Barbie lose points for puking pink jesus on her prom dress? Does she get little accessories & have to drop out of school for getting pregnant in the back of Ken's convertible? Is there a special magic marker so other players can write on the restroom walls after it's discovered that Barbie did the whole football team in order to make cheerleader? Does she have to go around the board twice because she had a blackout & doesn't know if it's roofie-related? Sounds fun!
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Post by Kimby on Feb 21, 2012 14:59:02 GMT
bixa, you're wicked! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9633/barbie-queen-of-the-prom-gameI noticed in the comments that at least one other party plays it with liquor! And several adults mention this game wistfully. I see Mattel has introduced a new commemorative edition. Now we can have one in each household in our family!
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Post by Kimby on Feb 21, 2012 15:05:48 GMT
Found this on You Tube:
Note that it is a different edition. OURs had actual pins for the clubs and genuine gold coated plastic rings for going steady. There were Barbie heads in blue, green, pink and orange for the markers you moved around the board and it was played with dice, while some versions use a spinner.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 5, 2012 16:43:59 GMT
Kimby, in four days Ms. Roberts will be 53. Do you have any fun things planned for this thread? Maybe you're just celebrating quietly at home with a theme cake?
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Post by Kimby on Mar 5, 2012 16:56:28 GMT
Not yet, but thanks for the reminder.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 9, 2012 18:36:10 GMT
I asked my sister to bring the Barbie Queen of the Prom game to our San Francisco sister/niece reunion next week, but she declined. Apparently she wants to have room in her suitcase for clothing or other non-essentials! But at least the game has survived the fire at the cabin where it resides. (See Aging Parents thread for details), and will likely come out to play at my Dad's 90th birthday celebration in June.
;-)
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 10, 2012 1:20:00 GMT
You will be on pins & needles!
I just want you to know that I hitched my bra straps to the maximum & walked around all day on tippy toes with my lips pursed & my eyes coyly glancing to the side.
I feel pretty!
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Post by Kimby on Mar 10, 2012 16:57:39 GMT
You know Barbie didn't need a bra, she was just naturally perky. (Till my sister sat on her in the car, anyway!)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 17:46:41 GMT
You know Barbie didn't need a bra, she was just naturally perky. (Till my sister sat on her in the car, anyway!) I thought her breasts were indestructible...how could sitting on them have crushed them? They were not only perky but hard as silicone/plastic could be! She didn't have nipples though,a major oversight I thought by Mattel.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 11, 2012 0:36:17 GMT
Apparently hard plastic boobies CAN dent, nipples or not.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 30, 2015 22:16:16 GMT
Anyporters! This will be out in time for Kimby's birthday in November. I'm starting the collection now to buy this as a gift from the group. www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2479225,00.asp and www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476886,00.asp Grrrrrr! Something, either from PCWorld or dear old V5 is over-riding the link making function. To see the articles, you have to copy the above urls and paste them into your browser window. Sorry!
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Post by Kimby on Apr 6, 2015 16:10:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 17:57:16 GMT
I would like to see her hook up with Iron Man or Wolverine.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 29, 2016 4:26:01 GMT
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