The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done.
The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done.
Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people.
They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.
We were walking down the street in Lucerne and there was a doll... and adult doll with a woman's body... sitting on a rope swing.
I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.
It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.
It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.
Television speeded everything up.
I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.
We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.
I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.
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