Her leg, the reason I wasn't sure I'd buy her if they were being sold separately, was split really badly at the thigh. Shelly thought this girl was a brunette bendable leg, but then I pointed out the eyelashes and realized, before I could even confirm it in the collector's book, that she was, indeed, THE vintage Skipper I spent hours pining for.

Luckily, the guy only wanted $20 for the whole bin! I knew Shelly would get great enjoyment out of the Ideal Toys girls (she'd bought a collector's book on Tammy and everything) and that Skooter alone justified the price of the bin, just based on what I got my titian Skooter for. However, I never stopped wanting my dream doll-straight-haired brunette.) Depending on the price of the dolls, I was thinking I might just walk away with the blonde Skooter, who I could tell would clean up really well, and leave this Skipper. (I had, at some point, gotten a beautiful blonde Twist 'n Turn-so perfect-with the later hairstyle. When I first saw this girl pictured here at the flea market in August 2021, I was too distracted by whether or not her body was salvageable to register that she was THE ICONIC SKIPPER I'd wanted since 2011-ten years earlier. After the shopping high of buying her Aladdin and Jasmine, she was energetic and deboxed her Dream Waltz Anastasia-just for the fun of it-while I was watching Skipper. Shelly found the Carpet dolls while waiting for the Skipper I was eyeing to end. If we're remembering right, I bid on one of these and lost the night we bought our Carpet Giftset Jasmine and Aladdin dolls.

(I liked the look of these straight haired Twist 'n Turn girls more than the ones with the curly ponies.) I actually stalked these on ebay and lost at least one bid. One of the dolls I REALLY had my heart set on was this girl-'68 Twist 'n Turn with brown hair. In 2011, Shelly and I went on this vintage Barbie kick.

Personal Fun Fact (written by my sister): This girl is a total grail doll. ***My doll is wearing 1973 Pose 'N Play Skipper's outfit. Releases: 1968 separately sold 1968 Perfectly Pretty Setīody Type: 1967 twist 'n turn waist bend & snap legs

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