1970s Barbie-like doll commercial

[miss-october.livejournal.com]

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[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

Yep. Had them. :)

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Me too; although they weren't Barbie-size. They were smaller and more like Dawn, if you remember her.

[bradygirl_12]

I remember Dawn! I had her and Barbie and their friends. Good times. :)

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

yep. i had dawn, too. and a massive set of handmade barbie clothes because my grandmother loved me and had nothing better to do than make up doll clothes for me. i mean...a patchwork velvet skirt for a barbie? with all the nap (pile) on the velvet running the right way? LINED??

she was a marvel with her machine, she really was.

i dont remember what happened to the little dolls with their records, but up until a few years ago, my daughter had all the barbies with their extended wardrobe. :)

[tydyehippo.livejournal.com]

My great grand mother made me tooooooons of Barbie clothes. I had the best dressed Barbie, hands down. I still have a few of the dresses and they are among some of my prized possessions. I am in the process of getting shoes to match the dresses so I can put them all on yard sale Barbies just to show them off.

[spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com]

OK, the girl on the far right really needs to calm down.

[corridor7f.livejournal.com]

I know - she was past groovy and heading for possessed.

[blucola.livejournal.com]

I have a set of those. Really shoddy quality dolls. I preferred Dawn dolls.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

Man, I totally missed this particular toy. I may have been a little too old when it came out. But is that the voice of rock DJ Casey Kasem on the ad?

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

Definitely Casey Kasem. Which means I have an excuse to post this rant, which the morning DJs I listened to in the late 80s *loved* to play (bleeped, of course) and giggle and snort along to. Here's the link (http://youtu.be/fDYK2H0ldbo), if my embed doesn't work.

[whoseline_wlsc]

I so want those. Pretty sweet fro on the black doll!

[dachsie-mom.livejournal.com]

I had the black doll-her name was Rosemary IIRC. I bought her because I didn't have any black dolls then , so she was "unusual". That, and her outfit had a shawl, which was a look I liked. Her record was a pretty shade of purple/lilac.

All these long years later, and I still collect a few dolls (Barbies mostly) , I still like wearing shawls and pashminas, and shades of purple are still my favorite color. Strange how our earliest years really can set a lasting pattern.