I have not see two of my personal favorites from my childhood: frisbees and
plastigoop (squirted into a mold and baked in a little oven to make plastic
jewelry or bugs)

Becky Fitzgerald
Registrar
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pamela Feltus [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:21 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: 20th century toys.
>
> 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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