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Everybody’s Talkin’ Barbie!
by DOLLS Magazine Contributor | Antique Dolls, Barbie Dolls & Mattel, Collectible Dolls, Doll Collecting, Dollmakers, Fashion Dolls |
The big news in toys back in 1968 was the release of a talking Barbie! This had been on the drawing board for several years — Mattel’s 20-inch Chatty Cathy from the early ’60s could say several different phrases. But it was hard to adapt the talking mechanism — a miniature record player, complete with speaker — to fit inside Barbie’s 11.5-inch body.
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