The whole trend of early-pc dolls on the late 70s for those of us not allowed to play with Barbies, baby dolls, EX Bake ovens, GI Joe, military aircraft models, commercial tie-ins (like Star Wars toys)  and other such "bad toys"

After the Sunshine Family and their canopied family bicycle grew out of favour, I graduated to Dusty dolls- she was like Barbie, but she had a strong, athletic figure, flat feet and frizzy hair. She had no evening gowns and had to wear platform shoes for heels. Boy I hated her...

but that would be an interested shift to study- the growing non-popularity of "bad" toys promoting sexual stereotypes or violence. And why despite best efforts, those toys are among the most popular today.


Pamela Feltus
Historian
The History Factory

Shirley Kathryn Woods wrote:

> Does anyone remember the Sunshine Family dolls?  From the mid 70's--they
> came with instructions on how to make furniture and accessories from
> recyclable household items (like spray can lids stuffed with polyfil,
> covered with a piece of fabric and secured with a rubber band--voila, a
> pouffy chair!).  I had the family (Longish-haired dad, mom in a calf-lenth
> calico dress and wearing sandles, and baby) and the grandparents (a sweater
> and lots of facial hair on grandpa, grandma with hair in a bun, wearing a
> 70s calico print dress too).  My best friend had the african-american
> family.  They were a little shorter than Barbie.  I had patterns to make
> clothes for them (earth-friendly fabrics only, please).  And I had the
> coloring book too--filled with images of loving family settings, gardening,
> picnicing, and other healthy outdoor activities.
>
> HearthSong has a catalog of earth-friendly toys...
>
> Shirley Kathryn Woods <><
> Associate University Registrar

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