The bottom part of her body is similar to. This Skipper only came in blonde (strawberry or pale blonde) and was sold in boxes containing a red headband and a booklet. Her original outfit is pictured on the left. By rotating her left arm, she could grow and develop small breasts. Why does growing up causes a discussion? Every human grows up. This is a short clip showing you the mechanism that Growing Up Skipper uses to grow taller and develop breasts. Teen Skipper Doll, Sister of Barbie Doll is a 1996 Mattel production. Growing Up Skipper 7259 was sold from 1975 - 1977. I was just curious to see if it still works. Mattel released an updated version in 2007: the Growing Up Glam doll grew taller and developed breasts by turning a key on her back. The doll proved to be too racy for 1970s sensibilities, and was pulled from shelves in 1975. What I don’t really understand is the controversity my video caused. The Growing Up Skipper doll grew breasts when her arm was rotated. I found one and it was not the problem to get one in Europe. Some people told me that it she is hard to find. I don’t even know how good or bad she did sell. 'It was f-king creepy,' said Dick Schnott, a 46-year-old father of 5 who remembers the original doll when his little sister owned one in 1976. I was just curious to see if it still works. Skippers 'feature' was that when Skippers arm was rotated, the doll would become an inch taller and small breasts would appear on her rubber torso. Talking Barbies don’t talk anymore because their mechanism works with a rubber band which tends to melt within a decade. From wikipedia: In 1975 Growing Up Skipper was released. I taped it because I heard of the doll and wanted to see if the mechanism still works after almost 40 years. I got comments like “why did you show this doll” and “what a shame” and comments of this quality. I don’t know what exactly is the reason for this controversity. Ten years later, Mattel decided that it was about time Skipper hit puberty like the rest of us. Then you get views and views and views but also a lot of strange comments in which people complain about the process of growing up itself because Mattel did a Skipper doll in 1975 with a function that when you move her arm in the right direction her breasts grow and she grows. Skipper was launched by Mattel in 1964 as Barbie’s kid sister. Can you imagine that you just tape a video, load it up to youtube and get many many comments? Great imagination, that’s what every youtube channel hopes.
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