I was talking to a friend today, about the toys we liked, when we were kids.
My sister loved barbie, and mom bought us the little black carry case with the wardrobe/bedroom in it. My sister used to love to mess with Barbie's wardrobe, making changes and doing her hair, and going on dates with Ken and Skipper and Alan. Vomit.
The only interest I ever took, was when I got a Barbe and Ken ski set, then I'd take the time to crash ken off the ski slope--the footrest of my dad's recliner, into a deep gorge--the lounge carpet...as often as twenty times a day. It wasn't that I was a sadisdic lass ...it's just that Ken was way too tan to be hip...and he had a really silly hat, too.
A co-worker once said that she used to make her action figures kill Ken...me too! I had a Johnny West cowboy action figure, and I used to have Ken be the bank roobber, so Johnny could shoot him. And I was very polittically incorrect about it--I used to dress Ken up in Mexican clothes my mom found somewhere, and turn him into a bandito...sort of like the bad guys in The Magnificent Seven, and Johnny West was like Yul Brenner--only with hair...and a cooler horse.
I wonder, do kids today still kill Ken with their Daleks and G.I. Joes and stuff?
PS: LOVE THAT BOTTOM DRAWING OF KEN AND BARBIE ON THE BOX---Does it not look like Ken is showing off his lunchbox to his girl? Or is it just me?
