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Ken and Me…the vintage years
James B Fowler begins the book with a short text that sets up the story of the period (1956 -63) which he labels “a Perfect Bubble”.Fowler illustrates his book with beautifully photographed images (taken by photo artist Walter Segers) of … Continue reading
VINTAGE KEN (#1) / THE FIRST NINE OUTFITS
Here are the 9 original outfits (not necessarily the same details as the Mattel catalogue samples shown earlier) They came out in 1961 to go with the original Fuzzy headed KEN! The dolls, outfits and boxes are all mint and … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Ken Carson
a belated birthday wish to my friend Ken, seems the WHO announced a pandemic and that bumped everything a bit… HAPPY 59TH BIRTHDAY KEN!! “Life in plastic, it’s fantastic“ You don’t look a day older…
Bill in a Box
I’ve only seen “Bill in a Box” once before, many years ago, also on ebay (see bottom image), ($27.00…I guess I wasn’t buying Bill at that time, just keeping tabs on him…) And here he is again… This time the … Continue reading