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 Barbie Dress Up, a Girly Game.

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Did you realize that Barbie dolls are not just the favourite toy of little girls? Mattel estimates that there are over 100,000 adult collectors of Barbie dolls. Ninety percent of these collectors are women who are, on average around the age 40, and purchase at least 20 Barbie dolls a year. Almost half of Barbie collectors each spend over $1000 a year.

My little girl is very girly and very much a tomboy all at the same time. Its an interesting combination, but my mom tells me that I was much the same way when I was a little girl. Looking back I think she is right. I loved to run around and climb trees, but at the same time I loved to play dress up with her clothes.

I was often in trouble for trying on her make up when she wasnt looking, and I loved to get a pretty dress for a special occasion. Just recently my daughter told me she wants to get stuff to play Barbie dress up and it reminded me of when I was young.

Who would have ever thought forty years ago that Barbie Dolls would still be such a popular item with little girls today? It seems as if these dolls are always in vogue. Many girls play with their Barbies so much it is amazing that they stay in one piece. Some of the older Barbie Dolls that remain in good condition bring big money from collectors and online auctions. Here are some of the things that you can do to make sure that your Barbie stays in the best shape possible and that she will last for a long time.

When we were in the store I looked through the stuff to find the Barbie dress up clothing they had for sale. To say I was shocked at the price was an understatement. There are so many beautiful dresses in the Barbie dress up section, but they were priced so high I knew I could not afford to buy her all of the ones that she wanted.

Perhaps I should say I could have bought them, but I would have had to sell my car first. It was unreal. The Barbie dress up stuff I saw wasnt just about clothes either. There were shoes, crowns, and some sort of feather boa to go along with the dresses.

The first Barbie dolls were pretty stiff but in 1965 Barbie finally got legs that could bend. Again, she could bend in ways that no real person could hope to do. This only added more fuel to the sexuality fire.

Though I understand why she would want the real Barbie dress up stuff, I decided then and there that I would get her a little of it, but she would have to get other stuff to fill out her collection. There are other places to buy dress up things, and there were certainly items that cost a whole lot less.

In the end she got two dresses from the Barbie dress up display we saw in the store, and the rest came from a variety of different stores. I had to look around, but I ended up finding a lot of great stuff. Most of it was just like the Barbie dress up stuff, but it was priced much lower.

I guess if you buy Barbie you are paying for the name. Luckily my daughter is only five, and she has learned about brand names just yet. As long as it works and looks pretty it is good enough for her, and thats good enough for me.

Probably one of the more controversial Barbie Dolls came out in 1992 when Barbie joined the military as a medic in Operation Desert Storm. The entire military series of Barbie Dolls actually went through Pentagon approval to make sure that the uniforms were as authentic as possible.

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