"Mommy, why is the dolly's head spinning?"

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of this... Well, Barbie yes, but My First Barbie? Hmmm..

Oh, and yes, that's Heather "Poltergeist" O'Rourke in the ad.

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[porcelain72.livejournal.com]

I vaguely remember this. The only difference was that it was easier to dress. I don't know how they are now, but original Barbies were a pain in the ass to put clothes on sometimes.

[misstia]

i don't remember this barbie at all, but yeah, barbies were a pain in the ass to dress at times!

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Actually, the first Barbies had hard, straight legs; I remember when they introduced "Living" Barbie, with bendable legs, "twist 'n' turn waist," and movable wrists. "My First Barbie" sounds like she just harkened back to the old Barbie doll with straight legs and arms.

Barbie was modeled after "Bild Lilli (http://www.dollreference.com/bild_lilli.html)," a German sex/fashion doll. And so it goes.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Oh, quit your whining! It was good for your hand-eye coordination. Of course, developing your fashion sense was more important, but this was a secondary benefit. ;)

[misstia]

aw, poor Heather O'Rourke, she passed away far FAR too young... :(

[bougieman.livejournal.com]

She was such a cool kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au-QUyjOF7A

[bernthewitch.livejournal.com]

I know right, I didn't even realised she died so early! Had to google that...

[baron154.livejournal.com]

The Poltergeist curse.. Dominique Dunne too. :(

(I don't really believe in a Poltergeist curse, just that ..well, tragic and untimely for both.)

[misstia]

and then the man in the last? poltergeist, he passed away shortly after filming....what else happened?? i think there was another death too.....

yeah, i don't think there's a poltergeist curse either, just tragic and untimely for them all.....

[misfit.livejournal.com]

I remember receiving a My First Barbie for my 3rd birthday in 1982. The arms and legs couldn't bend and the legs were smooth instead of the slightly sticky plastic of the regular legs (so that it was easier to take clothes on and off).

[scarlet-begonia.livejournal.com]

In 76 when I got my first Barbie, they only had the Malibu one and I hated those sticky legs!

[year-anda-day.livejournal.com]

This was my niece's very first barbie, much as the ad says. I remember that the differences were yes, that she wasn't bendy at all and the fashions for her were much easier to put on and take off.

They were nice in that they allowed little people to have the same dolls as the 'big girls'without the frustration of trying to dress them in clothes that were just too complex for chubby toddler fingers to handle.

[vix.livejournal.com]

I had her too! Cuter face on her for some reason. Poor O'Rourke, what a sad tale.

[serpentskiss.livejournal.com]

I think they still make My First Barbie.

[whoseline_wlsc]

I never heard of that, either.
It's sad what happened to Heather, though. RIP :(

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I always get sad when I see her. I hope she had a happy life for the short time she was here.

[scarlet-begonia.livejournal.com]

Is that Joan Lunden as the mother?

I am about five years older than Heather, but looked EXACTLY like her as a child.

Sad she died so young.

[melime.livejournal.com]

I had one of these as well. The smooth legs made things much easier. Unfortunately, as I discovered when I brought my barbie box down from the closet shelf, smooth-legs Barbie has since become melty-legs Barbie. Pretty gross.

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

Because it's never too early to teach your daughter about unhealthy body image :D

(she looks friendly, though, and not too sexy.)