Comments on: Super booby barbie?

Question: Super booby barbie?

tristeza — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:22:57 -0800

Did I dream this, or did there exist a Barbie-esque doll in the 70s whose breasts would grow when you windmilled her arm?

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:28:42 -0800

"Growing Up Skipper," c. 1975. (Scroll down.)

By: tristeza

tristeza — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:31:49 -0800

Amazing, I think you just set a speed record. BLESS YOU!

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:43:13 -0800

I remember being traumatized by this.

By: ambrosia

ambrosia — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:51:53 -0800

Skipper also had a brunette sidekick, "Growing Up Ginger".

*Shares matildaben's trauma*

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:05:13 -0800

Definitely Growing Up Skipper.

I had that doll. It was the creepiest toy I'd ever owned.

Of course, I just made it creepier by cutting it apart, to see how the breasts 'worked'. But, yeah - I can't believe they sold this to girls, and that my relatives deemed it an appropriate gift for a 5 year old.

By: Sallyfur

Sallyfur — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:15:42 -0800

I remember being forced to play Joe's Mountain Fortress in the top bunk at a neighbour's house, and watching poor Skipper become a woman at the kung-fu grip hands of GI Joe and his friend Steve Austin.

Later, Skipper and Barbie discovered gender activism when someone gave me a doll without the ubiquitous High Heeled Feet. It was soon thereafter that I believe they came out as lesbian, if I recall correctly.

I remember my neighbourfriend was awfully interested in how womanly Skipper got when you pinned her arms back. I wonder if he ever ended up describing this to some guy with a beard and a psychology degree.

Because, damn!

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:37:16 -0800

Don't leave us hanging! How did the breasts work?

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:17:34 -0800

"Don't leave us hanging! How did the breasts work?"

Swimmingly.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:39:14 -0800

Oh I wanted that doll so bad. And my properly horrified mother absolutely refused. If I'm right, there were two holes on her chest & the breasts were inside - when you pulled her arm down they came out. God, that sounds even creepier than it actually was.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:01:42 -0800

Heh.

The arm was a lever, which simultaneously lifted and pushed out the breasts. If I remember correctly, the breasts got dragged along a vertical, slanted piece of plastic, which was Skipper's 'spine. The higher the breasts got pulled, the more they stuck out. There was a tab at the top which stopped the movement, when the breasts hit maximum 'perkiness'.

You could also completely remove them, which led to Growing Up Transgendered Skipper!

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:50:16 -0800

7193 Fun Time Skipper, Europe (1974)

White box, clear window, similar to Sunset Malibu only with pink skin, heavy eye makeup, long straight pale blonde hair, yellow two piece tricot swimsuit.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:28:39 -0800

...watching poor Skipper become a woman at the kung-fu grip hands of GI Joe and his friend Steve Austin.

So how long will it take before someone writes pornographic fanfic about this and posts it on the Internet?

By: IndigoRain

IndigoRain — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:53:42 -0800

And now we have pregnant Barbie, just as controversial. Actually, Barbie's friend Midge. This is the one that got pulled from Wal-Mart. There's a toned-down version available now where the baby doesn't go in Barbie's tummy, the tummy is just big.

By: jb

jb — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:15:53 -0800

I so want a growing up skipper. I never got to play with anything so cool. Breasts, no breasts, breasts, no breasts. Wouldn't it be so convenient if we were all made that way? Put away the breasts for running, bring them back for sex.