Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday: Smasheroo Reproduction Barbie 1998


Today’s Friday Girl is Naomi’s reproduction TNT Barbie wearing Smasheroo, an outfit first issued in 1968. Naomi remembers being 8 years old when the TNT Barbie’s were first released and that she really, really wanted one. However, she never got one so when this reproduction came out she got one for herself.

This Barbie used to be on display in Naomi’s toy collection room but has been packed away for some time now. Naomi had planned to post about her last year as part of the Barbie’s 60th birthday series of posts. However, she was nowhere to be found and only recently turned up in a box of other things and was brought to Sisters Beach. When I said that I needed to find a doll for this week’s post Naomi got her out for me to photograph.

Published by Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband, David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. Currently we have five pets between us. Naomi's two dogs Toby and Teddy and cats, Tigerwoods and Panther and my cat Polly. My dog Cindy passed away aged 16 in April 2022.

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  2. This is a Holy grail doll for me. I wanted the Twist and turns as a kid and never got one. Plus the reminded me of one of my sisters who took fashion merchandising in college and modeled. I have seen this one on Facebook in the Repo group. I have lost several auctions already so will probably gift myself her next year as this year hubby had two surgeries to pay for. I adore her styling! I already know I would name her Brenda after my sister.

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