Before Margot Robbie, there was Barbie (Re-release)
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The History of Barbie
Mattel launched a version of Barbie's little sister, Skipper. In the mid 70s, Mattel suffered some severe internal difficulties and almost went bankrupt in 1974. It was a version called growing up Skipper that they were like, okay, she has this younger sister. Let's try to show little girls how you can change in womanhood through puberty. And let's use Skipper to do so.
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