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Cracks in the Vinyl |
Anti-Barbie is parody,
vengeful, truthful, satirical, non-commercial & not connected with
Mattel Inc. in any way!. This is free speech & personal opinion. |
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1959
Number One Barbie, Bild Lilli, A German Sex Toy is used as the
design for the first Barbie Doll dated 1958 |
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Barbie's Language, Collector Speak and
Other Lingo |
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Talking Barbie |
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There are
many Barbie terms that can be confusing to beginners and experienced doll
collectors alike,
(also known as sucker talk and
deliberately designed to confuse and mislead the uninitiated, but let's face it we suspect a lot of things are confusing to these people
which is why we type slowly)
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explain the definitions of her eras: |
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Vintage Barbies are considered to be those made
from 1959 to 1966 (they are fashioned after a German sex toy doll
from the 1950's called Bild Lilli and look sleazy.) |
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Mod Barbies are
those made from 1967 to 1976 when Mattel decided to change her face so she
would look younger and sweeter
(which just means the men at Mattel
reached mid-life crisis & wanted their sex toys to be younger &
sweeter.) |
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Superstar Barbies
are those made from 1977 to today, so called because Mattel introduced the
Superstar face mould in 1977, it is the open mouthed smile still used on
most new
dolls today
(well, there's only so much a 19 year old teenage fashion
model can do with her mouth shut.) |
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Pink Box Barbies
are those made to be played with by girls, these dolls can have their
clothes changed and their hair brushed, they are the lower priced Barbies
and sold in toy shops, supermarkets and department stores
(the common, cheap, street girl.) |
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Collectors Edition
Barbies are designed for the over 12 collector market, they usually
have extravagant clothing and accessories that are hard or impossible to
remove and hairstyles that are often quite solid and unbrushable. They are
sold to be displayed and not to be played with, many collectors don't take
these dolls out of their boxes, sometimes as a one off but more normally as
part of a series. (The ones with a
penthouse that cost baseball players $3000 a night, drug them and run.) |
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Mattel Loses |
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On Monday 27th of January 2003 the US Supreme Court denied a
trademark-infringement claim by Mattel against MCA Records over the hit song
Barbie Girl by Danish pop group Aqua!! |
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Appeals Judge Alex
Kozinski correctly noted that the first 1959 Barbie was similar to a "German street walker" gradually transformed
into a long-legged American with a "fictitious
figure." He ended his written opinion with "The parties are advised to chill." |
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Tom Forsythe, 46, from Kanab, Utah, has won a five-year legal battle with
Mattel after a judge rejected their legal action as "groundless &
unreasonable." |
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Tom is an artist who created 78 images of Barbie in suggestive and satirical
poses named Food Chain Barbie in 1998. "I'm ecstatic," he said. "It's
wonderful that a major corporation is having to write a big cheque for its
legal shenanigans." His lawyer added: "Large corporations will have to
think twice before seeking to use high-cost litigation to put pressure on
artists and other commentators." |
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