Horse With No Name
A site about Strange Dolls. Yes yes, they are all quite strange. But not exactly what I was googling for.
I know most of my slightly younger readership may not remember what I'm talking about, but I'm trying to track down some information on a doll that I had for a short time years ago -- we're talking around late 70's or early 80's -- that I found sitting on a shelf in Toys R Us about that time and bought. They were in with all the Barbie dolls and other assorted knock-offs and although they had the bodies of Barbie's they had the heads of horses and cows with long flowing Barbie-like hair. I remember just staring agog at them on the shelf right at my eye level (a rather tall-for-her-age twelveish-year-old). They looked like factory mistakes, or something from that evil kid's bedroom from the movie Toy Story. But yet there was something so compelling about them -- set in there between all these ridiculously beautiful dolls, unloved, unsold -- they just were so Island Of Misfit Toys that I bought one of the horse-headed ones (or was it the cow head?) and I ended up playing with her more than I ever did with my own Barbie. And a lot of my Barbie clothes fit her, too. Alas, it didn't change the fact that my dear little horse-headed girlfriend didn't fit in well at the tea parties held by my other friends and their Barbie dolls. Who knew Barbie could be such a discriminate snob? Equinophobia was never listed on the box as one of her many inspiring attributes.
So anyway, I don't know if Mattell put them out or however, but if anybody can find any information out there regarding horse/cow headed fashion dolls, please send me links or whathaveya. I'd be sorta interested in getting another one.
That is all.
I know most of my slightly younger readership may not remember what I'm talking about, but I'm trying to track down some information on a doll that I had for a short time years ago -- we're talking around late 70's or early 80's -- that I found sitting on a shelf in Toys R Us about that time and bought. They were in with all the Barbie dolls and other assorted knock-offs and although they had the bodies of Barbie's they had the heads of horses and cows with long flowing Barbie-like hair. I remember just staring agog at them on the shelf right at my eye level (a rather tall-for-her-age twelveish-year-old). They looked like factory mistakes, or something from that evil kid's bedroom from the movie Toy Story. But yet there was something so compelling about them -- set in there between all these ridiculously beautiful dolls, unloved, unsold -- they just were so Island Of Misfit Toys that I bought one of the horse-headed ones (or was it the cow head?) and I ended up playing with her more than I ever did with my own Barbie. And a lot of my Barbie clothes fit her, too. Alas, it didn't change the fact that my dear little horse-headed girlfriend didn't fit in well at the tea parties held by my other friends and their Barbie dolls. Who knew Barbie could be such a discriminate snob? Equinophobia was never listed on the box as one of her many inspiring attributes.
So anyway, I don't know if Mattell put them out or however, but if anybody can find any information out there regarding horse/cow headed fashion dolls, please send me links or whathaveya. I'd be sorta interested in getting another one.
That is all.
posted by Melissa at 8:37 AM
2 Comments:
I FOUND ONE!
Is this her?
http://cgi.ebay.com/1979-Mattel-Gorgeous-Creatures-Cow-Belle-Doll-NIP-x_W0QQitemZ180026625120QQihZ008QQcategoryZ335QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180026625120
It looks like she even had a left over Toys R Us pricetag on the box!
Wow, I think that's it! I mean, looking at that doll in particular I think I may have had the horse headed one instead of the cow headed one. But it sure looks like the same doll line. And I think the name is familiar too. How the hell did you find that? I tore up ebay today trying to find those things!
Post a Comment
<< Home