James - thanks for the input! IMHO, men would have conversations JUST LIKE THIS about G.I. Joe, and the Star Wars and He-Man dolls (not "action figures", just suck it up and admit they are dolls). My little brother was always kidnapping my Barbies so they could be G.I. Joe's girlfriend (you see, she IS a hussy) - and I would take them back because... whatever, Barbie is about seven inches tall and G.I.Joe was about three inches tall and MY Barbie was not datin' no short short man!
The bride and groom Barbies were Tracy and Todd.
ZChi4Life - I DID have the Twirler Curl Barbie, only mine was called Golden Curl Barbie, and she came in this FINE gold lame pantsuit, and also came with a "curling iron" that was held together by one of those little round rubber bands that went on braces....
Now, I hate to admit this - but no-one ever explained to me that the copper wires in the Barbie's head were for curling purposes! (I was about seven) I didn't understand that the point was to take a lock of Barbie hair (with wires in it), roll it on the fake curling iron, and then it would be curled. And the wires got in the way - you couldn't use Barbie's little brush and comb very well with them.
So.... I cut all the wires out! They were anchored at her hairline on her forehead. Only, with my plastic safety scissors, I couldn't really cut close enough to Barbie's scalp to get the whole wire off, so they were still there, but really super short. So my Golden Curl Barbie had this little wiry mohawk ridge running along the front of her head, and the d@mned hair never would curl.
What a disappointment... I think I ended up donating that one to the G.I. Joe cause...
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