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Xena Toys

Mar. 26, 2010 No Comments Posted under: Toys

Barbie is cool. I mean dressing her up in luxurious clothes, making her go shopping and stroll around in her Barbie car and all those things are really cute. However, there’s something a lot better than just high heels, bright gowns and a blonde boyfriend. Can you imagine Barbie in dark leather armor, knee-high boots with metal plates around it, a chakram hanging by her waist, a weighty metal shield by her arm, a great metal sword dangling on her back and a black, long whip dangling around her hips? It is difficult to see a brunette Barbie at the mall looking like that since I’m not talking Barbie anymore.

In 1982 a couple of shoppers began struggling in a retail store to be the one to purchase the last Cabbage Patch doll on the shelf. They were both injured. And the craze about collecting Cabbage Patch Dolls began.