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To Save Barbie, They Had to Change Her

Build For Tomorrow

CHAPTER

The Davy Crockett Doll

The 19 fifties was a defining era in toys, when barby first debute. A toy for boys called davy crockett looked like a woman - and it has breasts. i became intrigued by the idea that toys could do that too. Toys are a kind of cultural forecasting in plastic form. I'll tell you some crazy toy history, including how your favorite toys came to be. And then we'll also learn how richard is re inventing rby and what that says about how to make something relevant to day.

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