And if watching your innocent, naive “little girl Skipper” grow up within seconds into a bosomy teenager seems a bit much, you just turn her arm all the way around clockwise and she’s cute and young again. So modest, in fact, no brassiere was included. Changing Skipper simply involves grasping her delicate wrist between the forefinger and thumb and revolving her left arm all the way around counterclockwise.Īs the arm completes its 360-degree turn, Skipper grows nearly an inch taller from the waist, develops a slightly more definable posterior, and sprouts what Rubenstein calls “a modest bustline.” The face molds for skipper are more 'year molds' like '1980's' than they are specifically named. “We feel it may be a trend toward reflecting reality and recognizing maturity,” Joel K Rubenstein, director of marketing for Mattel explained. Steffie was a friend of Barbie and I believe came only on Barbie sized dolls. Officials at Mattel Toys, which manufactures the dolls, say they recognize the doll could activate a lot of curiosity in the 4-to 10-year-olds for whom it is designed, but they believe the Growing-Up Skipper has some good effects. What can all you experts tell me about her The reason I ask is because I just found one at Value Village for 3. Now, with her flat chest expanded, her curves accentuated and height boosted, she has matured past her older but still underdeveloped sister into a young woman. 1974 MATTEL BARBIE SKIPPER GROWING UP DOLL MB. Vintage Growing Up Skipper Doll With Clothes And Accessories NICE. The smaller, under-developed younger “sister” of the Barbie doll has advanced into puberty. Vintage 1975 Growing Up Skipper Mattel 7259 in ORIGINAL BOX MIB HTF Rare. Now there’s a harmless way to reverse the aging process, as often and as quickly as they want.Ī little arm twisting will change a blossoming young woman into a tree-climbing pre-adolescent, and back again - provided the young “woman” is a doll. Make her grow from a young girl to a teenager in seconds!įrom the Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Kansas) June 16, 1975įor moms and dads, children always seem to grow up too fast. Steffie was a friend of Barbie and I believe came only on Barbie sized dolls. Growing up Skipper: She’s 2 dolls in 1 for twice as much fun!
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