Doll-A-Day 2019 #69: Barbie's '60th' Week: Twist 'N Turn Barbie

  Happy birthday to me today! The doll for today is from my favourite Barbie era,the Mod Era.

 

 

She's Twist 'N Turn Barbie.
 

  They were so called because of their twist and Turn waists.

Twist 'N Turns were produced in 1967 and 1968.

 

The main difference between the dolls seems to be their bathing suits. The 1967 version came in a two piece orange bathing suit with a cover-up made of mesh with orange trim. The 1968 version came wearing a two piece bathing suit consisting of hot pink vinyl bottom and checked knitted top with a green vinyl belt. Doesn't everybody wear a sweater and a belt when they go swimming?

  The hair colours available for the TNT were given names. There was 'Sun Kissed',which was a pale blonde, 'Summer Sand',which was sort of a dirty blonde.Red or Titian just went by their regular names...

This is Emma's Titian girl,which seems to be on permanent loan to me. You can see her post HERE.

...but Mattel really went to town with the brunettes. There were a couple of brown shades called 'Go Go Co Co', a medium brown, and 'Chocolate Bon Bon', a dark brown.

This is my Chocolate Bon Bon,and you can see her post HERE.

This girl seems to be a Go Go Co Co.

She seems to have gathered some fluff on her eyelashes during all of her wardrobe changes.

  The Mod Era dolls appeal to me because of their high colour faces and rooted eyelashes.

 

 Most of the clothes are high colour too.

I think I might, majoritively, prefer the style of the earlier clothes though. But not on these dolls. Does that make sense?

She's wearing the blouse from 1968's  'Scene Stealers'.

  That's it for Barbie's '6oth' Week. I hope you enjoyed it. I had fun digging around in my Barbie stuff. Some of it I had forgotten I had,so it was nice to refresh my memory.

This is Walking Jamie's 'Furry Friends' coat, from the Sears exclusive gift set sold in 1970-71.

This dress is Knit Hit, from 1969.

  Tomorrow we're back to regular random posts, if that makes sense!

Doll-A-Day 2017 #181: Twist N Turn Barbie

  Today's doll is one I've been 'taking care of' for Emma.(Yes Emma,If you're reading this,I have your doll and have for years. Hey,you knew about it.)

She's a Twist N Turn Barbie.

Twist N Turn Barbie was introduced in 1967.

The dolls were promoted with a trade-in deal. Kids sent in their old Barbie and paid $1.50 and received the new Twist N Turn Barbie.

 

I have to wonder what happened to all of the older dolls that were traded in.

TNT Barbie has rooted eyelashes...

...a twist waist, and very bendable knees.

She had some serious hair issues when I took charge of her.

 It's a bit thin on the one side especially,but I think I kind of disguised it.

I haven't put the elastic in though, because when it's pulled back the way it's supposed to be,her baldishness shows.

Oddly enough, her scalp is painted dark brown instead of orange. That's usually what you find with dolls whose hair has turned red due to oxidation. But her colour seems to be original.

She's wearing a 1970 Barbie dress called Flower Wower.

The commercial for Twist N Turn Barbie featured Maureen McCormick,otherwise known as Marcia Brady. You can see the commercial Here.

Come back tomorrow for Shrunken Saturday.