Picking up on the ladies in space thread, here's an old space girl doll currently on fleabay. I imagine that the head comes off in the helmet! It's very cheap looking but I kinda like her. Her sister on fleabay has a blue dress. There must be some 'named' girl doll space toys like MMM or Billy Blastoff. Or?
Do you have a link to this auction, please, Woodsy? Not that I have any monies, otherwise I'd be tempted. But I'd like to take a look-see.
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ReplyDeleteVery curious. I'd get one if I was it in a shop for a couple of pounds, but I can't justify $25. Sigh. Nice to see the piccys though!
Thanks, Commander. Very pleasing to see her.
Here's a really bad photo of one of my Space Gals. She's the grandmother from the Mattel Barbie family (Midge's granny if I recall correctly).
ReplyDeleteShe's one of my favourites, having wrinkles and all.
The spacesuit is of course Moon McDare's. Pity I don't have a more feminine spacesuit for her.
And no, the XL5 isn't mine.
Oooops, forgot the link. Sigh.
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Only 'named' space girl I can think of is late 60s Astronaut Barbie. With a rather out of character and pretty defensive sounding "yes I'm a rocket scientist" slogan on the box. :) Recently reissued too I believe.
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Paul
Yes, it was reissued along with 3 other "career" outfits Barbie has had (She's had 125 plus careers so far!).
ReplyDeleteAnd there's the little keyring a certain someone has:
http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-stilettos-on-moon.html
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI saw all three of those on eBay and fav'ed em.
I'm still not sure how I feel about Miss Astronaut Barbie; the suit isn't that realistic, but the anniversary release did include the doll whereas the original Miss Astronaut (and Mr. Astronaut set for the Ken doll) were supposedly just clothing sets. But I did buy it. I don't know if I'll buy that funkydelic space chick outfit from the 80s, but I would like to get the Apollo Anniversary Astronaut Barbie and the shuttle-era Astronaut Barbie (including the African-American versions). And I'm also interested in the Space Shuttle astronaut doll that comes in the line of Flight Attendant dolls for various airlines and Captains/Cruise Directors for cruise lines.
But since you pointed out the keychain Miss Astronaut Barbie, that looks awesome. The suit looks really good on her, probably because her legs aren't so long. That would be awesome in my astronaut doll collection...
I love your improvised space girl in the Moon McDare outfit, Toad! Looks cool and fairly realistic, too!
Gordon Long
Yep, I agree, Gordon - the keyring Barbie does have body ratios more like a normal woman, and it does make the suit look good!
ReplyDeleteI'd wanted to try that Moon McDare suit on one on my gals for ages. But an 18-year-old astronaut chick seemed "wrong" somehow. I knew I'd found the one for the job when I got the mature looking doll! (who I've named Jane)