This doll was quite unique By moving her arm, her chest would grow and she would go from a young girl, to a teenager in a matter of seconds.

Repeat process and she would revert back to a little girl. By turning her arm all the way around, Skipper would 'grow' several inches and look slender and curvy. Part of the Barbie Family Skipper is Barbies little sister. 1974 Barbie Growing Up Skipper MIB 7259 HTF In 1974 Mattel introduced this clever creation of Barbie's little sister Skipper growing up from a cute little girl to a tall curvy teenager. The faculty were projecting their own perceptions onto her nubile young body, the sick freaks. From 1974 comes this wonderful, Growing Up Skipper doll, made by Mattel. Box Date: 1974 & 1975 Condition Purchased: used Dolls in Line: Skipper Ginger Releases: 1974 separately sold 1977 & Her 2-in-1 Bedroom Body Type: 1967 lengthening, soft torso left arm cranks torso bend & snap legs Head Mold: 1963 Functions: Gets taller & grows bust Skipper is wearing a 1979 Fashion Collectibles outfit (stock number 1386). Now, the outfit was more modest than what at least some of her schoolmates were wearing that very day. Her attire, her teachers felt, was a little too mature for a junior high school student. Someone I know has told me the story of being called into the principal's office to be queried about her home life. I suppose (again, never having been a prepubescent girl) geeklizzard isn't wrong to say that menstruation is more disruptive, if nothing else, than bigger tits, but the visible bodily changes can be traumatic too. A friend, a year younger than I, says she had one of these growing up.įor actual women, I imagine, it was a way to experience the phenomenon at a remove, as it were. These products may also have been produced without license.Maybe it's because I'm a man that I found this disturbing when I first learned of it-after all, I never had to deal with my own breasts growing, and the ensuing change in how I was regarded by my peers (actually, my breasts did grow, but I digress). A number of products can be found whose manufacturer is unknown, for example a tea set with plates depicting Skipper. (Skipper Closets), Columbia Records (several Skipper records) and Bradley Co. Little Sister Skipper in Allan’s Roadster 200 + US $ Beach Buggy for Skipper: 400 + US $), Merry Mfg. (Skipper’s Chalk Board, Skipper’s Spelling Board ), Irwin (Barbie ’s Vintage Barbie Growing Up Skipper 1974 Pre-Owned C 18.87 Buy It Now from United States VINTAGE 1974 BARBIE 'GROWING UP SKIPPER' DOLL 7259 - 2 DOLLS IN ONE - NRFB Pre-Owned C 282.78 or Best Offer +C 40.92 shipping estimate from United States VINTAGE Barbie GROWING GROWING UP SKIPPER DOLL VHTF 7259 WORKING ARM 1974 Pre-Owned C 113. Some other companies were: Lakeside Lifetime Toys (Electric Drawing Set), McCall’s (Skipper Patterns), Bar-Zim Mfg.

FOR SALE 1974 Growing Up Skipper Doll 7259 w/ Original Bodysuit. Some of these sets (used, good condition, some missing parts) sold on eb. 1974 GROWING UP Skipper Doll 7259 w/ Original Bodysuit SEE MY LISTINGS 4 MORE - 37.70. Items - nrfb - range between 200 and 300 US $. The company 'Susy Goose' manufactured furniture for Skipper: “Skipper’s Jeweled Vanity”, “Skipper’s Jeweled Wardrobe” and “Skipper’s Jeweled Bed”.

These paper products fetch pricesīetween US $ 10 and 200 US $. No.9222 1974-1976 RARE Growing Up GINGER Vintage Clothes Classic Doll. There are paper products – most of them made by Whitman, for example a “Skipper Magic Slate Paper Saver”, jigsaw puzzles, wardrobe paper dolls or coloring books. Check out our growing up skipper selection for the very best in unique or custom. Pricesįor the aforementioned products (with the exception of the common cases) range between 150 and 350 US $ - nrfb. Hasbro manufactured a “Skipper Nurse Kit”. This company produced vinyl products like cases, binders, purses and pencil cases. Una diavoleria di meccanismo consentiva di ruotare un braccio e la bambole si allungava di qualche centimetro ma soprattutto.le spuntavano le tette Nel 1976esce Ginger. There's an ad from 1964 or 1965 in which Mattel looks for companies to buy licenses Funtime Skipper con il vecchio corpo gambe snodate (bendleg). Lots of licensed products were made for Skipper or used photographs or drawings of Skipper.

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