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Re: Gollywogs
by Raggamuffin Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:50 pm
Syl wrote:Raggamuffin wrote:They'll probably ban Barbie dolls in the future on the grounds that they encourage anorexia and/or body dysmorphic disorder.
In the news recently.. Barbie has expanded, not only is shape and size either. There are now Barbie dolls to suit different body types and ethnicity.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/28/barbie-curvy-makeover-mattel-sales-diversity
Good. I wasn't being entirely sarcastic when I posted that.
I do actually think that Barbie dolls give a bad impression, and of course the girls who have them are very young. It's good that they're more realistic now. I'm not bothered about the ethnicity really.
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Re: Gollywogs
by Syl Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:58 pm
Apparently if the original Barbie was a real life sized woman she would be deformed and unable to walk properly.
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Re: Gollywogs
by Raggamuffin Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:09 pm
Syl wrote:Apparently if the original Barbie was a real life sized woman she would be deformed and unable to walk properly.
Exactly - a huge head and tiny body.
I didn't have a Barbie, I had a Sindy - in fact I still have her. She was much more wholesome - still too skinny though.
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Re: Gollywogs
by Syl Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:17 pm
I had neither, I liked a more robust doll.
Actually my favourite doll when I was a kid was a black doll made of plastic, I called her Nancy. She was a bonny baby, not a stick thin woman like doll.
Actually my favourite doll when I was a kid was a black doll made of plastic, I called her Nancy. She was a bonny baby, not a stick thin woman like doll.
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Re: Gollywogs
by Raggamuffin Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:21 pm
Syl wrote:I had neither, I liked a more robust doll.
Actually my favourite doll when I was a kid was a black doll made of plastic, I called her Nancy. She was a bonny baby, not a stick thin woman like doll.
That's the trouble with dolls which are supposed to be adults. They designed them with a child's figure in mind, and then added boobs. At least dolls which looked like babies were more realistic.
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Re: Gollywogs
by Raggamuffin Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:32 pm
I have Sindy's boyfriend and sister too. I also had Tressy and her sister, Toots. They have hair which grows very quickly on the click of a button - I wish I could do that.
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Re: Gollywogs
by eddie Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:32 pm
I had Sindy too. And also, oddly enough, a Farrah Fawcet Majors doll 
And, I'm sure I'm remembering this correctly, but a Dusty Springfield doll??
And, I'm sure I'm remembering this correctly, but a Dusty Springfield doll??
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Re: Gollywogs
by Guest Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:33 pm
I think lots of singers/actresses had dolls made, it upped the coffers.
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Re: Gollywogs
by eddie Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:54 pm
No idea why I wanted a dusty Springfield one though! 
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Re: Gollywogs
by eddie Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:00 pm
sassy wrote:You liked her singing?
I don't think I was aware she sang or even listen to her records?
I'll have to ask my mum I suppose
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Re: Gollywogs
by Guest Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:03 pm
Perhaps your Mum liked her singing. I was never in to dolls, used to have meccano, brother and I made loads of things.
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Re: Gollywogs
by Guest Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:04 pm
eddie wrote:I've googled and can't find it.
Got me curious now
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Re: Gollywogs
by Guest Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:07 pm
http://www.dustyspringfield.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2463
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Re: Gollywogs
by eddie Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:35 pm
Yes I saw that but mine didn't look like that???!
Mind had shortish hair and was dressed in a suit and a scarf? I think??
Really vague memory of it....
Mind had shortish hair and was dressed in a suit and a scarf? I think??
Really vague memory of it....
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Re: Gollywogs
by Guest Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:38 pm
She did have shorter hair at one point, had mine just like it. Got me interested now.
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Re: Gollywogs
by eddie Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:43 pm
It's only really come to me tonight, the memory.
I'm wondering if I called her Dusty and have got muddled?
I'll ask my mum tomorrow - if she even remembers herself!
I'm wondering if I called her Dusty and have got muddled?
I'll ask my mum tomorrow - if she even remembers herself!
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Re: Gollywogs
by Raggamuffin Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:59 am
eddie wrote:I had Sindy too. And also, oddly enough, a Farrah Fawcet Majors doll
And, I'm sure I'm remembering this correctly, but a Dusty Springfield doll??
There was a doll called Dusty - maybe it's that one?
Dusty was made in 1974 or 1975 and had a mate called Skye.
http://www.dolllover.com/dustskye.htm
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