Fun fact: In the 1970s, Mattel marketed a Skipper doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Just twist her arm and her breasts grow!
I feel the release of such a doll left a lot of confusion in the youth market place. Boys who had been ripping the clothes off their sisters' Barbies for years were suddenly twisting girls' arms on the playground. Late blooming preteens were frantically dislocating their shoulders all across the nation! I have no anecdotal evidence to back up any of these speculations, but the 1970s were a crazy time.
Skipper evidently later evolved to have permanent breasts, not the growing and shrinking ones that she first acquired in the 70s. Skipper's magic boobs also apparently steeped her in controversy, which is just one of many political correctness/what the fuck kerfuffles Barbies have embroiled themselves in over the years. I was never much of a Barbie fan, but it did mean I missed out on conflicts like "Colored Francie," "Teen Pregnancy Midge," and, most recently, "Sugar Daddy Ken." Who knew one could miss so much playing with Legos?
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