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This memory was added on: November 26, 2008
Barbie had a best friend, Casey. I wanted her so bad...but it wasn't my birthday or Christmas time. But the doctor said I had to have my tonsils out. When I woke up after the operation, there she was...right on my stomach! My dad said I had to have her since my nickname was Casey also!
Kathy
This memory was added on: October 26, 2008
Finally, I found pictures of this doll case online! I never knew the name or the year it was made so I had to do a lot of searching before I finally found it. Just looking at the case picture and the two hot pink twin beds inside brought back memories of playing for hours with my Barbies on my yellow and orange round shag rug in my bedroom. I would make a semi circle of the carry cases and my favorite was this one. I loved it because my Barbie could invite her friends to sleep over and then they would plan an adventure for the next day which of course would be in a few seconds. What wonderful memories!
Bernadette
This memory was added on: July 6, 2008
Between the ages of seven and eleven, Barbie was my life.
My mom made tons of clothes for my Barbies as well as buying tons of outfits.
My older sister had a Barbie as well. Hers was blonde. Mine was brunette.
Later I got Ken. Barbie and Ken got married. She got a job singing in a night club. Ken stayed home. They were certainly ahead of their time.
I tired to maintain my figure just like Barbies for years. I guess she was a role model for me in the looks department.
Maybe at the age of 55 I should get another Barbie. I could sure use some inspiration!! hahahaha...
Bonnie B.
This memory was added on: December 18, 2007
Where do I start? This doll was a MAJOR part of my life as a girl. I’m still waiting for my own body to “morph” into this vision of what I thought for sure would someday be my reflection in the mirror! Boy, was I ever mislead! Anyway, my girlfriends and I created these dramas with story lines worthy of being made into “Made for TV” movies on the Lifetime channel! We made furniture out of empty tissue boxes and borrowed our brother’s G.I. Joe dolls for Barb ie’s boyfriend since we never did get the Ken doll we asked Santa for. Somehow those little green plastic army guys ended up in our “ Barb ieville”, as well.
I still have my Barb ies displayed on my shelf that I keep for special items in my bedroom. I also have my picture of me in front of the Christmas tree with my first Barb ie doll. Barb ie continues to amaze me and I still check out the Barb ie isle at Toys R Us.
Barbie enthusiast forever!
Barbara
This memory was added on: May 19, 2007
I loved Barbie's as a child! They were definitely my favorite toys and I had all kind of Barbie stuff; many cars, houses etc. My dad worked at many countries and he used to bring me usually at least 2 different Barbies at the same time. My mother counted all my Barbies few years ago and I had almost 100 of them :D I also had many Sindys, Petras etc.
Samina
1984
red_light_special@suomi24.fi
This memory was added on: April 19,2007
I loved my Barbie dolls...my fondest memories from the early 70's are when I got my first Barbie. I rember her to be the Malibu Barbie...blue swimsuit...towel and groovy sunglasses. I also got Malibu Skipper...orange bathing suit, towel, and groovy glasses. I also remember getting Quick Curl Barbie for Christmas...pink and white long dress with black bow. Curling iron and combs accessories. I had a Barbie Camper...which I wish I still had. My best friend Ann, had a lot more Barbie stuff...she had PJ and Barbie with the fringe outfits...I never got those...but the ones that I did have I treasured. I also had a Dawn doll. I had lunch boxes with Barbie on them also for 1st grade-4th grade. I can't express really into words why Barbie was so special to me. But she is a fond memory. ANd I have all the dolls that meant something to me in a doll case in my living room today at 42 years of age. I will never outgrow my fondness for Barbie. Oh, and I had a Barbie phone that played a record of Barbie and Ken talking. Wish I still had that too.
Rhonda
1965
rrcozart@gmail.com
This memory was added on: April 3,2007
I love Barbie. I'm 46 now. And I found a store that sell used stuff, and I found that they have Barbies for less than 2$. The other day I got 15 for 0.50 each one. I repair hair and I doing crochet for the Barbies. Now I have 30. And I enjoy do dress. Happies old days are back. Itzy Madison, WI
Itzy
1960
itzybishop@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 24,2007
My first Barbie was a 1973 "baggie" 1971 Talking blonde Barbie. I was a 12 year old boy. My secound Barbie was Malibu Barbie 1972. Now I am a 46 year old transsexual woman who collects vintage Barbies and looks like my 1971 Talking Barbie.
Diana
1960
diazdaz13@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 26,2007
Oh boy all this talk about Barbie brings back so many fond memories of my childhood. I loved Barbie and her friends as a little girl and would play with them for hours and hours non stop. My first Barbie was a My First Ballet Barbie from 1985. I loved that Barbie so much and I got a My First Ken to go with her. I made Barbie and Ken make out like crazy. I had a Mexican Barbie whome I used for being the housekeeper. Barbie would constantly order her around disciplining her, keeping her a busy housekeeper. I had so much fun playing with my Barbies. It's all I practially did after I buying my first Barbie. My life turned into Barbie world. Though sadly one day our dog chewed up all my dolls and they were destroyed so I had no other choice but to throw them into the trash. I was was so heartbroken. Well, that's my story about Barbies. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Barbie was like no other doll I ever had.
Tiffany
1981
ssdd2006@msn.com
This memory was added on: January 29,2007
I love Barbies, well vintage Barbies. I would play Barbies with the girls down the street. They had so much barbie stuff. They used to make me play with this ugly barbie because they were older and mean to me. Well now I have that ugly barbie and she is not ugly to me anymore. She is a fashion Queen Barbie. I just hated her when I was little with painted on hair and those stupid wigs. The other girls had the beautiful rooted hair dolls.
Diana
1961
This memory was added on: January 28,2007
That was Ideal's Jody doll. 9 inches tall. 1975. My cousins had that one.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: January 10,2007
I remember the growing boobs Skipper! It just popped into my head a couple of days ago, which lead to my googling it and ending up on this site!! I loved my barbies and my dreamhouse, which was later used as a batcave by my brother and his Batman and Robin dolls! Does anybody remeber Tiffany Taylor, the bigger doll with blonde hair on one side and brunette on the other and you could turn the top of her head? The barbie-sized version was Tuesday Taylor....I loved the Dawn dolls as well, especially Angie! I'm trying to remeber the doll that was a little smaller then Barbie but bigger then Dawn, she had red hair down to her feet and was dressed in 1800-style clothes with a brim hat like the Amish farmers wear...anyone???
Angie
1964
angiemorris06@comcast.net
This memory was added on: January 9,2007
BARBIE? BARBIE?
EVERYONE PLAYED WITH BARBIE & her friends when I was growing up! Malibu P.J. and Skipper were cool too! I had the Malibu Skipper in her orange bathing suit, REMEMBER THAT? I grew up in the early 1970s, and the only competition then among the girls in the neighborhood was how many cool barbie things you had! I loved the townhouse, and the camper! It was definitely a different time then, less complicated, and we didn't need so much to play, we had less, and use our imaginations/thinking skills more. Ahh, the good old days!
Juli
1964
basketsales@comcast.net
This memory was added on: January 4,2007
I really liked Barbie, though I wished she had more Ethnic friends at the time. I'm 40, so when I was a child during the early 70's my options were limited, however I still had fun with my Malibu Barbie and those Big "Jackie O" blue sun glasses she wore to match that sky blue swimsuit of hers! Before the Growing up Skipper doll came out, I would pull of the head of my Skipper doll and stick on the body of her big Sister Malibu Barbie...the doll heads were also fun to take to school and put on the end of my pencils!! Ha-ha! And you thought Barbie was just play with!
Yolanda
1966
boriqua635063@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 3,2007
My older sister had the largest collection of Barbie's that I knew of growing up! She had "Black Christy" (the black version of Barbie) and Skipper. Skipper was so cute with her bangs!
My best friends and I would make Barbie go camping and use our socks as sleeping bags. We'd use shoeboxes as cars and the ruffled tissue paper from the Christmas cookies as skirts. My favorite memories were making "houses" for Barbie using hardcover books. They'd stand up perfectly and you could create the most elaborate mansions. Oh man, we'd go from dawn to dusk without eating, just playing with our Barbies.
We had the Barbie dreamhouse with the elevator, the department store, the RV, the pool, the Corvette, the original McDonald's and best of all... we had our imaginations.
I'm 30 now, and my kid hardly plays with Barbies. I still have an original "Twirly Curls" Barbie from my 6th bday in 1982 and had it not been for a vain streak of nostalgia on my part last summer, she would still be unopened. Black Christy is still with our family... minus her chewable feet.
My most memorable dolls were: Peaches and Creme Barbie Malibu Barbie some hawaiian Barbie with long, long hair Skipper Jem and her band The Sunshine Family Cornsilk Cabbage Patch doll named Penelope (as a kid I thought her name was Penny-lope)
Monica
1976
monicatehani@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 3,2007
When I was a little girl in 1978 or 1979 I owned a long pink dress skirt and white shirt Barbie doll !
Elizabeth Lapicola
1975
preciousangel75@optonline.net
This memory was added on: January 2,2007
I am sure that I had Barbies before I could even remember, but the first one I remember was called Barbie and the Beat. She was a singer and came with a tape. I played that thing to death. I also had another barbie tape. I played them until their poor little guts got stuck in the tape player. I miss being a little girl and pretending to be Barbie.
Wenonah
1984
ladyalmithia@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 2,2007
My first Barbie was actually a Midge. My aunt gave her to me in 1965 or 66. She had a bubble cut, and freckles. As I grew older, Barbie was the only gift I really wanted to get! If someone bought me clothes, they had better be for Barbie! Luckily, I was the next to youngest grandchild on my mom's side, so I had older cousins who doted on me and indulged my whims. I still have My Malibu Barbie (among others), a Barbie Country Camper, and the Sears exclusive Sleep n' Keep Case. They are work quite a bit, but I don't think I could ever part with them!
Ally
1963
This memory was added on: December 28,2006
A few memories I have from my first Barbie days...sneaking the "good" outfits from my older sister to put on my Barbie doll...I had the red head Bubble cut barbie. Boy did I get in trouble when she caught me. Also, I remember playing Barbie with one of my boy friends. He had all the cool GI Joe stuff and could rescue Barbie from all kinds of dangers. My Barbie was in love with GI Joe. He had more muscles than Ken.
Diedre
1958
kacowart@gulftel.com
This memory was added on: December 27,2006
WOW! What can I say? My world revolved around dolls and Barbie was definitely number 1! Though I had Kiddles, the Sunshine Family, and Dawns (why isn't there a memory place on here for Dawn?) Barbie dominated everything. I was an only child and my dolls were my playmates. My first Barbie was a TnT with long brown hair that came in a pink checked shirt (I think it came out the year I was born - 1966). I have NEVER been without a Barbie doll! My favorite outfit was a long pink ruffled dress. It came with squishy shoes. My Ken talked and had a mod suit with a red coat and a HUGE glittery tie. I'll never forget the Christmas I got a Barbie house. It was two stories tall and the furniture came apart in pieces. There was a swing in front of the kitchen and a shuffleboard game in front of the living room. The outside of the house was printed with flowers and stuff. Part of the furiture is gone but I still have most of it and those two dolls and outfits. I still have the majority of my dolls and toys ( I had no one to break them except me!) Now that I'm adult I'm trying to replace the few things that are mssing or broken. I LOVE that there is a place to share precious memories of our childhoods!
Victoria
1966
kiddv@dunncenter.org
This memory was added on: December 25,2006
I grew up a "Barbie Girl", but you know the first Barbies I recieved were the Mod Francie, the Curly haired Francie, talking PJ, talking Julia and the Barbie that you could bend her arms, legs and hands. My daughter grew up a "Barbie girl" also. I still have most of them.
Brenda
1962
brenda50841@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 21,2006
I loved Barbie...I looked forward to Saturdays so I could play...I am a 70's Barbie child. P.J. was my first Barbie, then Malibu Ken, then Skipper.
Furguson
1966
lvmywestie@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 5,2006
Hey it takes a real man to admit he played with Barbie (uh, not me of course) but other guys. My cousin had the mobile home and the some kind of hot tub...yeah baby...wokka wokka...It was the weirdest thing, I remember being 7 yrs old playing Barbie with my cousin
robert
1969
redkatmedia@gmail.com
This memory was added on: December 3,2006
I had Malibu Barbie. Not Barbie but her cousin Francie, maybe? She was a tad bit shorter than Barbie. Lost the sunglasses early on but had the beach towel a while. My best friend had Barbie's British friend P.J. and her blonde braids. I was so jealous of that doll!
My firts Barbie was Twist & Turn Barbie who had brown hair that flipped up in the back.
My 3rd and alst Barbie had that Carol Brady shag haircut, blue hot pants, and talked. She came with a telephone, a tray holding 2 glasses of drink, and a purse. Only phrase I remember her saying was "I think I'll call Ken". I was really too old for Barbie then and didn't keep her long.
My niece had so many Barbie dolls that none were as special to her as mine were. I would love to have that Malibu doll again. Ah the memories.
Cajunlady Marie
1960
jensnanny@netscape.net
This memory was added on: December 2,2006
I started playing with Barbie dolls when I was 6 in 1962. I reluctantly stopped at 14. Every now and then I would visit the Barbie aisles in toy and department stores and admire them. I had boys and no girls, so I didn't have an excuse to buy any new ones. Now, my kids are grown and I'm retired, so I dug out all my old Barbie stuff, cleaned all the dolls and washed and ironed all their clothes. I don't even iron my own clothes. I just recently started collecting dolls after my husband assured me that I wasn't going through a second childhood, and that I wasn't crazy. After reading your thoughts and memories, I feel right at home. Thanks!
This memory was added on: November 16,2006
Barbie was the only entainment back then and still is now! Wow! I was fortunate to be able to keep all my barbies, houses, cars, vans, motorscooter, boats, swimming pools, furniture and clothes from my childhood. I was particular about them then, and am so now more than ever. What a collection! I love it and get upset thinking of what will happen to it after my time here on earth. I live and dream Babs. No other toy compares to her. Keep on Keeping on.... She's a beaute.
Rhonda
1965
barbieworld831983@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 16,2006
OMG! What a site. I loved my barbies. My favourite was Malibu Barbie with her cool California tan. I also had a Barbie camper (that came with a plastic campfire) and used to travel the world (in our backyard); me and my Barbies and my brother and his Big Jim.
Kathy
1964
kathy@oaft.org
This memory was added on: October 24,2006
I too used to own one of the large yellow Barbie motorhomes. I can't see anything either I just wanted to have a look at one for old times sake really. I am not sure what ever happened to it though.
1976
shakey@oracletelecom.net.au
This memory was added on: October 2,2006
I have always loved Barbie,even now i collect them and still have most of the dolls that grew up with me.I have looked high and low trying to replace a few very dear dolls without any luck.I have been trying to find some miniature barbie dolls,(i used them for barbies children) can't find them anywhere.Does anyone remember them? have any links to where i could getthem.
wendy
1969
wmoramato@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 21,2006
I had a PJ doll, and several other Barbies, but when Dawn dolls came out, I much preferred the Dawn dolls. Between my sister and I we had just about all of them. We also had the fashion show, and dress shop, and tons of the clothes. Does anyone else remember Dawn Dolls? My favorites were Angie, the brunette, Glory, the redhead, and Jessica, the glamorous airline "stewardess".
Miss C
1961
misscsquared@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 8,2006
when i was 6 i loved barbies and now i am 44 and i play barbies with my child.
madeline
1961
This memory was added on: August 5,2006
hello, im not a barbie collector, but perhaps 1 of you barbie lovers could help me if you can, i have a 1976 mattel yellow big plastic barbie motorhome it has the six black wheels, its 3 foot long and 14 inches high, it has seats, beds, cabinates, sinks, its pretty cool looking, its a copy of the real rare chevy GMC motorhome, ive looked on ebay and other barbie websites but found nothing on it, ive showed it to a few different people that collect this stuff but none of them have ever seen 1 like it, so i guess its pretty rare, ANY BODY OUT THERE KNOW ANYTHING ON THIS TYPE OF BARBIE TOY, FREDDY
FREDDY
1962
wickedtexaswitch43@msn.com
This memory was added on: July 30,2006
I wish I had all my oldies. I had a couple of Barbies, a Ken and a yellow case, but was more into Tammy dolls. I've been trying to find Tammy in her original blue outfit on ebay. I remember having hours of fun with my 3 neighbor friends. We would take turns playing on each others front porches. I really miss those days!
Caryl
1956
momx4mi@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 15,2006
I loved the Heart Family Barbie (and her family, too of course)... I`m so glad to have a daughter now, so I can look at the shops and on the internet for new and old barbies- and nobody laughes at me *lol*- I`m surprised, how much things are available for Barbie now- why not, when I were young and spent lots of hours playing with my barbies? I remember, ) always wished a fairy barbie, but that time... no chance.
Barbie will always fascinate little girls and grown ups in every country....
MrsPeppermint
1977
mrspeppermint@gmx.de
This memory was added on: July 10,2006
My sister and I got Barbies for Christmas the second year they were out. We also had her "Dream House" which was all cardboard and another piece which was also cardboard. I'm not sure of the name. It was some kind of dress shop. My sister had the Ken with the peach fuzz hair and I had the original Skipper. We didn't have too many original Barbie clothes, but we had some neat things the my aunt made for us and my mom knitted a few things. I remember a beautiful black knit coat with a white angora collar. My friend Kathy played with them for hours on my grandmother's big front porch. Unfortunately we don't have any of that stuff any more. I remember we gave it all to Kathy's family who didn't have money for that kind of stuff. She was three years younger than me and she had three younger sisters.
Joanne
1954
This memory was added on: June 27,2006
I had only the Barbie look-alikes until I was a little older and begged my Mom for a real one for Christmas. My cousin had everything imaginable and I was soooo jealous. That Christmas I got Western Barbie and Kissing Barbie with the square button on her back that would pucker her lips for a kiss. She wore a white dress with little kisses all over it. Western Barbie had a white pantsuit with fringe on the sleeves and a plastic cowboy hat. I played with my dolls until I was 14. My grandmother lived with us and was a seamstress so I had a never ending supply of fabric to make clothes and furniture with. I have no idea what ever happened to my dolls. Several times I've been tempted to buy a doll and play again. For a while I became addicted to playing SIMS because it was an acceptable way to regain that childhood imagination again. I'm pretty sure I'll end up building a collection, hiding away on bad days and playing Barbies again just for sh*ts and giggles.
Farrell
10/20/70
This memory was added on: June 19,2006
hi my name is sofia carlota goena and i loved barbie when i was little. hope all little girls around the world will. love from, SOFIA CARLOTA GOENA
sofia carlota goena
1982
SOFIAGOENA@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 13,2006
I still own my 1967 Twist N Turn Barbie. Has one bad knee (like me!) but otherwise still a cutie. I bought a GI Joe for a boyfriend, but all he did was bark commando talk to her, so I brought in Ultimate soldier dolls who don't talk at all. So far NO romance in Barbie's life. Did anyone call her a DIFFERENT name? she was always Barbie to me. And i owned some others but Mom threw them away. She saved this ONE as it "looked like me". I also have a Napoleon Solo Man from UNCLE doll as one of her "boyfriends". Sigh, all these guys in her life and NONE measure up to her high standards.
Karen
1959
karen608@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 8,2006
Every summer when I was a little girl, my mom would take me to the sidewalk sales in our neighborhood. I distinctly remember being able to buy "make-it-yourself" Barbie outfits that were pre-cut fabric with peel-off sticky tape and these beautiful sheets of glittering stickers to apply...dots, swirls, etc. The fabric was beatuiful, too. Vivid memory, very special. I watched The Sandlot last weekend with my kids and cried at the scene when the boys are at the community pool. Nothing will ever be quite the same as those simple times in the past.
linda
1962
This memory was added on: June 5,2006
I never owned a Barbie. I remember my older sister had one, but for some reason, I never was interested in them. I liked big dolls. Around a year ago, I was at a Goodwill with my Mom and I found one with a green dress. I was admiring the beauty of the Barbie and figured that it had to be from the 80's because of the hair style. I put it down and next thing I know, my Mom was buying it for me. I told her that I never had one and she said it wasn't too late to own one. I now treasure that doll and have it in my bedroom away from my Crissy dolls. My daughter has many of them. She still has every accessory that came with them and now that she's a teen, she appreciates that I kept them for her. From time to time, we brings them down from the attic to play with them. We enjoy make believing. I do my sister's Barbie and the sound the knees would make when you would bend them.
Lidia
1963
This memory was added on: May 27,2006
I remember the way Barbie dolls smelled-anybody else? I liked to cut their hair too-unfortunately for them I was really bad at it. I also liked the knuckle- popping sound their knees made when you bent them.
Debbie
1962
This memory was added on: May 20,2006
I too had a Growing Up Skipper (like Pamela from a post below) where her boobs grew when you twisted her arm. I still have all my other Barbies but have no clue what happened to that Skipper doll! Other than on this web site, I have never met anyone else who remembers her. I was beginning to think it was all a dream.
Anyway, I played with Barbies until I was way too old to be playing with dolls (I think my mom finally made me stop when I started 9th grade!). My best friend had all the "things" that went with Barbie- her camper like in the picture, the dream house, the swimming pool (I always loved it when her mom let us actually fill the pool with water), the Camero. I had a lot of the dolls but none of the cool stuff that went with them. My mom sewed a ton of Barbie clothes for my dolls. Lots of time it was with the material left over from an outfit she made for me so my Barbie and I would have matching outfits. I still have my dolls and their clothes. My daughter just turned one. I can't wait for her to get a little older so we can play Barbies together.
Laurie
1975
This memory was added on: May 16,2006
I had a Barbie just like the brunette in your picture. I loved that doll. Then I got one that had interchangeable wigs. Awesome. I had tons of outfits but the best part was, my mom used to make her tons of outfits. Tiny little stitches, tiny little button holes on dresses and blouses. Evenwear, you name it, she made it. I had the best dressed Barbie in the whole state! I got a Ken doll and the eloped and I never saw them again! That was just about the time I started wearing high heels.
Bonnie
1952
mafabb@sssnet.com
This memory was added on: May 13,2006
I used to LIVE for Barbies when I was little. My friends would come over and we would play Barbies all afternoon on the floor of my bedroom. We actually got bachaches from sitting Indian-style all afternoon. Now I am about to move into my very first home, and my Mom and Dad are relieved to finally give me back all the Barbies/Barbie accessories that I have been storing in their basement for years. I still cannot bring myself to get rid of them!
Wendy
1973
wendyfournier@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 8,2006
I was 7 and FIANLLY got a barbie, my gay brother told me if he found it in his bedroom he would through it away. Two weeks later I didn't have a barbie anymore!!!;-{
Pam
1956
pamdandrea@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 21,2006
My sister and I spent hours and hours playing "Barbies". Recently I have been cleaning out my parents basement and found all my old barbies agian (and Yes they are still naked). I have been on a quest to locate their original outfits and re-dress them. Most of my barbies are from the 1980s, I hate to sell them or get rid of them, because of the memories they hold, but I can't see myself giving them to my children one day because they are really "used". -lol!
Genna
1979
geegee710@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 10,2006
I think like most little girls, I spent about a hundred thousand hours building houses for Barbie out of my gutted dresser and a bunch of Kleenex boxes. Film canisters made great ottomans. *LOL* But when I was 11 or so, I got a Malibu Dream House for Christmas. When I turned 14, I thought I was too grown up for all that kid stuff, so I gave it all to a neighbor. My biggest regret. I have spent almost every minute since searching for the Malibu dream house. It seems to be a complete mystery and I'm one of only a handful of women who have even heard of it. I can't find it on Ebay, despite seven years of searching. It's not referenced on the Barbie site. Did anyone else have one? Do you remember it? My search continues because I want my daughter to have some of the cool Barbie things I had.
Trish
1960
coffee.cat@mchsi.com
This memory was added on: March 7,2006
My first barbie was the exercise barbie, we didn't get new toys very often and I just loved her.
After that it seems like I got a barbie every year for birthdays and christmas, I have a collection of 30 or more. At 20 years old I had to ask my family to please not get me anymore. My collection is now being played with by my nieces.
When I was 10 years old my Mom made a pile of really neat home made dresses. I spent countless hours playing with my barbies.
Maria
1976
This memory was added on: February 21,2006
my mum spoils me with barbie dolls I have nine camper vans including the country camper with the box, twenty dolls heaps of accesories two pools one with box from the 80's and a dream case wich is also from the 80's I have two fridges a jaguar with the box from the 90's also a tracy and tod barbie play pak set from 1983 with the box and it is complete there is also a washing machine and wardrobe with kellys potty traing set theres kelly's,ken"s, and many more stuff of barbie through the years also a chimney.
cheryl joanne hill
1963
cherylhill@e-access.com.au
This memory was added on: February 4,2006
My favourite Barbie toy? My three story barbie dream home that I was saving for my children, but I set up for my niece to play with once, who promptly destroyed it in about 10 minutes. I would give anything for just a picture of it (the three story one, with the elevator) I loved that toy
Sue
1968
suestollings@gmail.com
This memory was added on: January 11,2006
I remember my sister and I with our Barbies. We were cruel. That is when you could exchange the heads and bodies.
I remember taking Ken's head and putting it on Donny Osmond's body. Donny did not have a tan like Ken.
But I guess Mattel got smart. Now you can't do that unless you break them. Which in turn makes it to where you need to purchase another one.
Lynda
1965
ldfoxx2002@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 9,2006
Okay. Who remembers Suntan Toni? Have I completely messed the name up? She was blonde and would actually tan/brown in the light or sun! She came with little stickers/tattoos and when you peeled them off, the outline would be there until you rinsed her off with water. ?? I believe it would have been around 1978-1979...
PLEASE let me know what you remember. I cannot find her and want to re-collect my old favourites for my 3 month old daughter. My Friend Jenny and Mandy dolls, too. Same time frame. By Fisher Price. May buy all from you if you are willing to part!
garymelisa@bmts.com
Melisa
This memory was added on: January 8,2006
Mom got me my first one when I was probably too young for one...I remembered getting frustrated at trying to change the clothes! I loved the plastic barbie case and the little hangers and shoes! Boy do I wish I had one from back then brand new in the box...it would be worth $$$ today!
Mary
September 1960
marymcq1@verizon.net
This memory was added on: December 3,2005
I had a pretty big collection of Barbie dolls. I used to give each one of them names and my best friend and I would stay up all night playing pretend with them. I even made a few outfits for them and cut some of their hair off (boy did my mom get mad about that). Unfortunately, they were all ruined several years ago from water damage. Sometimes I wish i still had them to pull out every once in a while and laugh thinking about all the memories I made with them.
Lori
1972
lsmpeevy_72@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 15,2005
I have always loved Barbie dolls!!!! My barbies had wonderful wardrobes, because my mom would design and create all sorts of outfits. I would dress Barbie up and she would go off on a trip in her airplane! I loved that airplane and the swimming pool.
kristie
1967
This memory was added on: November 5,2005
I love barbies! I still love them, and love to trim there hair(sometimes) because I don't play with them that much anymore! I love Barbies! Especially Francie because my name is Francie!!
Francie
8/20/93
1trent@bellsouth.net
This memory was added on: October 20,2005
I LOVE BARBIE
shelby
This memory was added on: October 17,2005
I remember my mom got me my first real barbie when I was around 5. It was actually the only real barbie I ever owned. I had lots of barbie- like ones, the cheaper version. I am afraid I didn't take very good care of it and bit the chin out of it. Maybe that's why I never got another one. I remember she was beautiful. She had short dark hair. My sister had one that had short red hair. I really wish now that I had taken better care of her and kept her, I guess I was too young to appreciate that beautiful doll
Joanne
1958
joanneewebb@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: October 9,2005
I recieved my first Barbie for Christmas when I was about 7 or 8. She had black hair with curly bangs and a ponytail. She also came with a complete wardrobe I was in 7th heaven.Like so many other girls though I outgrew Barbie by the time I was 12 or 13 and gave them away :( Now I'am a collector of Barbie and I'm trying to replace the ones I had as a child or at least replicas of the ones I had.I have also bought her outfits like the ones I remember having. lol
LJM
1953
jeanie@ccrtc.com
This memory was added on: September 5,2005
My vivid memories of Barbie are more centered around her philandering with G.I. Joe than me playing with her.
Two of my brothers were huge G.I. Joe fans and they were constantly acting out various war-like scenarios that frequently included fire crackers and M80s. Now that I think of it, G.I. Joe was remarkably resilient. Although I wasn't mature enough to instigate this, my brothers introduced Barbie to G.I. Joe early on. Or maybe it was the other way around. Frequently I came home to see Barbie on my dresser in various sexual positions with G.I. Joe. As my brothers got older my Barbie dolls got more mature along with them. Chris and Tony were cutting off the hair from my dolls and gluing it down below. Was I the only little girl whose brothers gave their Barbies pubic hair?
Julie
1968
jwhero@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: August 28,2005
I onlt know barbie as they are now and in the 90's. Damn kids today got it all. Well I'm only 17 and love the 70's era so keep it rockin!!
Kim
1988
This memory was added on: August 22,2005
My 4 yr. old is now playing with MY old Country Camper..same as in the pic...wow, what a cool feeling!
Susan
1961
selftman@tampabay.rr.com
This memory was added on: August 11,2005
My best friend and I were Barbie nut-balls! We played with them any chance we got! I remember one time her older sister went away to camp for a week and we made this HUGE Barbie "mansion" across her bed (she and her sister shared a room and had twin beds separated by a dresser).
We started the house on one bed, then had a "terrace" that we made out of a vanity chair, crossed over the dresser and made the second "wing" of bedrooms on the other bed. We used Kleenex boxes and washclothes to make beds and sofas, took empty thread spools and placed deodorant can lids on top for lamps!
My friend inherited a lot of her sister's barbies when she grew out of them. Some were the old model that didn't have bendable legs, and some of ours had legs that "broke" (the metal wires that bent the legs came thru, creating a "compound fracture"). For those dolls, we made "casts" out of kleenex wrapped several times around their legs. I also remember having a Malibu Ken whose head kept popping off -- we used to joke and say, "Oh, Ken! Don't blow your top!" :-)
Some of my fondest memories of growing up are of playing Barbies -- like a dope, I gave mine away when I got to a certain age. My best friend held onto hers -- she'd make a fortune if she sold them on eBay today!
Melanie
1960
This memory was added on: August 9,2005
I had the Country Camper in the picture, and a Talking Barbie. My friend also had the camper, plus dozens of Barbies, Francies, PJs, etc. - and just about every outfit ever made! When I played at her house, she always wanted to pretend the Barbie family went camping. Well, about the umpteenth time around the living room "woods", I got pretty bored. On one of the rare occasions that she let me be the mom (Barbie) I decided to liven things up a little by sort of "seducing" Ken. (I was only about 10, and this was the '70's so it did not get that racy. There was another incident, though, involving Skipper - her idea, this time - that I can't relate because it would get censored for sure! LOL) Anyway, she got SO mad at me! I was supposed to play "seriously". That was the most fun I had playing Barbies!
She also had an older teen-age brother who delighted in setting up various, elaborate cardboard Barbie houses and play layouts for us. He was very creative! (No, he did not become an interior designer when he grew up!)
Diane
1964
This memory was added on: August 7,2005
I still love Barbie. Just bought one from the sixties yesterday at a hospice sale and the day before bought the re-issued Malibu Barbie NRFB at a toy store.
My sister never really enjoyed dolls and I remember my nieces surprise when I sat down to play Barbies with them once - and I outlasted even them! After that, we played Barbies a lot. Play them now with my own daughter.
PJ Hedrick
1961
pjeanhedrick@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 21,2005
I remember playing with my Barbie's since I was five. I had an old skipper doll and turned it in for a new one in the late 60's. My girlfriends ans I played Barbies all the time we made our own furniture our of shoe boxes, old books, and nick nacks since we didn't have the new rade stuff for Barvie's now. I had the Barbie airplane,car/trailer,bus, and the doll case that had to beds that pull down. I have many new and old Barbie's and also collected the porcelian Barbie's also.
When the little girls in my neighborhood see my dolls in storeage boxes they ask if they can play with them. My son's reply is no she collects them like I collect GI Joe's. I told my son I never had a Ken doll and stoled my brothers Big Jim for Skipper and GI Joe for Barbie. My son is just like me when I was a child but instead he loves his GI Joe's like I loved my Barbie and still do.
Susan
1963
susanlu@bcbg.com
This memory was added on: July 18,2005
I remember malibu barbie was my first which I received as a birthday present. She rocked had tan lines and everything with the coolest shades too!
Meg
1973
mls722@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: May 19,2005
Barbie obsessed. Here's how it went in my neighborhood: There were 8 of us girls on one street. All close in age or just a few years apart. All summers and weekends were spent playing "Barbies". It was a BIG deal for us. Our lives revolved around it. We were professionals. We would 'pick' someones yard that we were going to play in, then the time Saturday morning we would all meet. We would dump all of our Barbie belongings into one pile. (We always knew who's stuff was who's and never fought)Then we would take turns "picking" what you wanted to use to set up your house, your clothes etc. Even at a young age we felt this was a fair deal. You got to use things of your friends that you liked and didn't have. THEN we would make up a story for the day/weekend. It was a like a soap opera. I hate to say it but our Barbies where... well... kind of trampy. I remember one plot; we had a plane crash and two of our Barbies where in the crash...died, came back as evil sisters etc. We had very dramatic names for our Barbies. Our Barbies were single young professionals, basically messing around with the other dolls Ken's etc. Oh the drama. My aunt often laughs and tells me of a story about when I was only 5 years old. She passed by my room and heard me playing with Barbie and Ken. She said my little voice was sounding so serious and I was making Barbie and Ken fight. She came into my room and asked me what was up with Barbie? I told her very seriously that Barbie was "vorcing" Ken. (Divorcing) She had to cover her mouth to hold in the giggles and left the room. Wierd thing is that my parents were together all my life. We would play out these dramatic stories all weekend long. Leaving up our homes we made and not cleaning up until Sunday night. We actually even use to use many of our yards at once. We'd travel from someone's yard to another...in our camper's, cars. You'd be hanging out doing your thing, cheating with someone's boyfriend (Ken) and then get caught when the other Barbie came along. Oh the Drama!
For some reason I started doing searches for Barbies on the internet. Just curious. I guess I had longing for seeing the things I used to have. I to thought I was too "cool" and didn't need my Barbies anymore. So I gave them to my Mom's friend's daughter when I was about 13. I had so many Barbies,boxes of clothes, aaccesories. As I search the Internet and see dolls and clothes, I find it facinating how you instantly recognise all that you had and how it instantly takes you back. It was a great time and great place to visit. So every now and again when I'm feeling a little blue, I go searching for my 'Dolls'. I bought the Reproduction Doll of Malibu Barbie. That was one Barbie I didn't have and my Friend did. She would never let me play with it. So I bought it! She's mine now! 39 years later. Enjoy.
Laura
1966
lauraskilling75@msn.com
This memory was added on: May 16,2005
My memories are very similar to Sharry's and I was born in 1966, too. My good friend gave me the reproduction Malibu Barbie about 3 Christmases ago and I am thankful.
I knew that I was through with Barbie as a child when I started cutting her hair and drawing tattoos on her. I never would have DREAMED of doing that to Ballerina Barbie, though. I favored her even over Ms. Malibu. I must have had 6-8 Barbies altogether, and my 2-years-younger sister and I had to share. She was a lot rougher on Ms. B, being a tomboy and all. She was often stuck with Skipper because she was younger, and she resented it! I DO remember the growing-breasts Skipper! Tooo hilarious. I remember one day our little guy friends came over with the GI Joes and they had a battle, Joes vs. Barbies and of course, the Joes won. They decapited our Barbies and we screamed and wailed! Crazy!
Kelley
1966
georgiakelley@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: May 11,2005
My sister and I got a Barbie Dream house in 1972, we have a picture of it, it was a split level house and the "yard" folded out. On the fake yard was rocks and a little pond. I've desperately tried to find one of these doll houses to give to my sister as a gift. She loved Barbie. We also got a Camaro and a pop-up camper!! I remember my best friend got a "growing up Skipper", I don't know if anybody remembers those but her boobs would grow when you turned her left arm. We spend many hours playing Barbies.
Pamela
1965
pame@gemachine.com
This memory was added on: May 4,2005
I had a lot of Barbie stuff growing up and even kept them after I didn't really play with them anymore. My fondest memory was actually after I'd "outgrown" them and a friend of mine was over. We decided to drag out all my Barbies. We came up with this soap opera concept and, boy, those Barbies did some really weird things. I only had one Ken among all those Barbies, so he was pretty busy.
Karen
1973
This memory was added on: February 25,2005
I originally had "Francie" because my mom though I was way too young (5) at the time to have Barbie - she was too mature (busty) for me I think she felt. I loved Francie - I had her for a long time. Unfortunately I stored her at my Mom's for a while and I suspect my nieces got her. As later I could not locate her at all. Unfortunately for me, I cannot locate another because it was the super-rare 1969 brunette with flip style hairdo...I still have all the super cool mod clothes but alas no Francie. BUT the story continues... I lusted after Malibu Barbie in a big way. Every girl did. My Mom refused to buy her for me. But I had a super cool aunt that splurged and bought one for me. I was SO HAPPY!! I still have that original perfect condition Malibu Barbie. Thanks auntie! I just recently purchased Ken on ebay. I always wanted Malibu Ken and now I have him. 1970s Barbies rule!
Kathy
1963
This memory was added on: January 12,2005
I LOVED my Barbies as a young girl, but I ADORED my Francie. As a child I suddenly gave away my entire collection(cases and cases....)because I felt I was too "grown-up" to play with Barbies anymore. *sigh* What I would give to have my original brunette American Girl back again...:0)
Christine
1960
This memory was added on: January 10,2005
I got my first and most beloved Barbie when I was in kindergarten, Malibu Barbie, or "Suntan" Barbie. I also had Quick Curl Kelley, and a generic doll named Valerie. I got the Country Camper for Xmas when I was 7, but the decals got thrown away w/ the wrapping paper. But I still loved it. I never had a Ken, though, but that was OK, b/c Barbie and her friends had fun in the camper w/o him. I wanted the Town House w/ the elevator, but never got it, so I made my own out of 2 plant tables, and various Kleenex boxes and swatches of fabric for furniture and the elevator. I took Barbie everywhere. Eventually her glasses broke off, and the towel was misplaced. My foster sister cut off the sides of her hair and the dog chewed off her feet, but she was mine and I loved her. Not to long ago, I got the repro Suntan Barbie complete w/ towel, sunglasses and sunscreen bottle. I'm also in search of a Quick Curl Kelley doll too. And who knows, maybe someday I'll get the town house! ;o)
Sharry A.
1966
Hardygirl66@aol.com
This memory was added on: January 8,2005
When I was about 11, I finally got a Barbie.I think my Mom thought they were too mature-looking for me before that. My doll was actually talking "Stacey", Barbie's British cousin. She was extremely cool, talked about going to the "cinema", etc. She had a platinum side-ponytail & two-piece striped swimsuit.She kept having a problem with her voice box, so we would send her back to the factory. (In Hawthorne, CA, at the time) They would send us a form-letter beginning with "Please return your faulty Stacey." That became a tag-line at our house with my dolls calling each other "faulty". My older sisters had Scooter, Francie, Skipper, & Allen. And of course Barbie herself: my sister got her for Christmas 1967; The twist n' turn waist style with the orange bathing suit with a white net cover up. I also had Tutti before she was outlawed in the U.S. for her pokey wire body. We had lots of fun with them. Today, I pick up any Barbies I can find at thrift shops as well as new ones sometimes for my 7 year old. Her favorite is Midge; the one who was pregnant, with the detachable magnet belly (with baby inside!) & the rest of her family. I read Barbie Bazaar magazine-sometimes they have photos of the old dolls my sisters and I used to play with. Nice memories!
Faith
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: December 30,2004
Wow, only 2 other Barbie memories! I have so many. My older sister got the first bendable legs Midge for her birthday. I was so excited, needless to say before the day was over Midge's left leg only bent one way!! Well, I didn't know you couldn't bend them forwards! :) Also, My sister, Linda, always got the Blonde Barbies and I had to get the Brunette ones so we wouldn't fight! Since she was 4 years older I ended up with all of them anyway!!! :)
Kathy
1960
This memory was added on: December 23,2004
I loved barbie that was my most favorite toy.Her and ken were cool together. Even when they came out with skipper, she was cool too.
amie
1973
This memory was added on: December 13, 2004
No memories yet for Barbie????!!!!! Who can forget MALIBU BARBIE, and of course her gay californian 'boyfriend' Ken. The girlfriend's always the last to know . . .
jb
1967
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