I could never get the window and mirror to stay up on the spa bathtub at the same time, so I didn’t try very often. The bathtub with the towel rack was nowhere near as frustrating to set up as the one with the window and mirror. Children are easily distracted and I may not have had the wherewithal back then to dry the Barbies after playing with actual water, as I would now. I wasn’t supposed to submerge my Barbies in water often because of the possibility of mold with living in a humid climate. I don’t know why I needed two bathtubs for Barbie. One of my new dolls is articulated and the other is a tall doll from the Fashionista line. I’m going to start posing them sometimes for my social media feeds, but I’m also looking forward to playing with my young nieces. I recently purchased two brand new Barbie dolls for myself. Some of the modern Barbie models have been articulated with greater flexibility for their limbs, making it easier to pose the dolls. Fantasy Barbie lines have had Barbie as a fairy or mermaid. On the realistic side, Barbie has had careers like astronaut, nurse/doctor, chicken farmer, and chef. I think one of the reasons the Barbie brand has been able to sustain itself over the decades is that there was always a fantasy element along with real world inspiration. During this period, illustrations of Barbie frequently showed her hair colored in golden yellow swirls with stars and rainbows in the background. When I think of my earliest memories of Barbie, this image is the first to come to mind. I felt like I was putting on a play with my dolls. Then I would play with my physical Barbie dolls in front of it, pretending the dolls were in the rooms. My other favorite way to play with this particular set was to leave all the sticky pieces in the box and lean the backdrop against my bedroom wall and open it up. Last summer I wrote about a special retro Care Bears set I found online, but the two sets I remember having as a child were this Barbie set and a Peanuts set. I ended up having to move my William “Squishy Bill” Shakespeare to a different shelf in another room because he didn’t fit this color scheme (light brown, white, and blue).Ģ. I did impress myself with the color coordination I had going on with this display.
When I did finally get around to looking in the box, the Corvettes weren’t there. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to check the box where I thought I was keeping the cars before I bought Gizmo. I thought it would be fun to take a picture of a plush Gizmo in one of the cars with one of my Barbie dolls in the passenger seat.
My Barbie Corvette was probably just a giant Hot Wheel to him. He could probably get at least two cars for the same price as my one doll or doll outfit. He would play with action figures too, but when he got to pick a toy, it was usually a Hot Wheel, Matchbox, or Micro Machines. I had two Barbie Corvettes because I had a brother and his favorite toys were always the vehicles. For some reason, I thought he drove a generic red convertible, but that must have been from the tie-in books. When I watched Gremlins over the holidays, I noticed the car Gizmo drives through Montgomery Ward during the climactic confrontation was not only a Barbie Corvette, but the exact same Barbie Corvette I had. It’s about the toys I had that went with the dolls. (They were Malibu Barbie and Skipper and Roller Skating Ken) This article isn’t about the dolls. I’ve played with Barbie off and on since I received my first dolls for my fourth birthday.
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