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THE FREE MOVING GANG! Pic 2
Finally got the whole ‘Free Moving’ gang together! It took me years, but I managed to find most of these at least MOC if not NRFB. Yes, that unique ‘free moving’ mechanism is very fragile these days, but I always wanted this group of dolls ever since I started collecting as an adult, as I would drool over Free Moving Barbie in the 1976 booklet as a kid, where she modelled lots of outfits, and there was even a photo in the 1975 or 1976 World Book Encyclopedia under the ‘Dolls’ entry that had some kids outdoors playing with the Free Movers and a camping set. You might have seen them individually or in pairs wearing different outfits over the years, but I wanted to do a shoot with all of them together in their original outfits, and with some of the sporting goods accessories they came with (please swipe to see more pics!) It was NOT an easy shoot, with wind, stands that would keep toppling over, lots of mosquitos and the like, so I thought I’d show several shots from that session, including how they are currently displayed in the 1970’s Country Living Home. Just a word on their fashions: Even though they all look like the same style but just in different colours, they actually aren't. For example, P.J.'s skirt is a wraparound style with extra long waist ties, while Cara's is seamed up the back, has a wide waist yoke and waist ties, while Barbie's is also seamed at the back and it's just elasticated around the waist! Curtis has a deeper V-neck in his polo top (which is the 1st issue from 1975) while Ken has a collared crew neck polo top (which is the second issue from 1976, as a collector kindly pointed out to me.)
For those who would love to see these dolls in action, here is the television ad that introduced them from 1974/1975 (Though I wish they included Curtis and Cara in it as they are my favourites!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib0dlrKCmFw
THE FREE MOVING GANG! Pic 2
Finally got the whole ‘Free Moving’ gang together! It took me years, but I managed to find most of these at least MOC if not NRFB. Yes, that unique ‘free moving’ mechanism is very fragile these days, but I always wanted this group of dolls ever since I started collecting as an adult, as I would drool over Free Moving Barbie in the 1976 booklet as a kid, where she modelled lots of outfits, and there was even a photo in the 1975 or 1976 World Book Encyclopedia under the ‘Dolls’ entry that had some kids outdoors playing with the Free Movers and a camping set. You might have seen them individually or in pairs wearing different outfits over the years, but I wanted to do a shoot with all of them together in their original outfits, and with some of the sporting goods accessories they came with (please swipe to see more pics!) It was NOT an easy shoot, with wind, stands that would keep toppling over, lots of mosquitos and the like, so I thought I’d show several shots from that session, including how they are currently displayed in the 1970’s Country Living Home. Just a word on their fashions: Even though they all look like the same style but just in different colours, they actually aren't. For example, P.J.'s skirt is a wraparound style with extra long waist ties, while Cara's is seamed up the back, has a wide waist yoke and waist ties, while Barbie's is also seamed at the back and it's just elasticated around the waist! Curtis has a deeper V-neck in his polo top (which is the 1st issue from 1975) while Ken has a collared crew neck polo top (which is the second issue from 1976, as a collector kindly pointed out to me.)
For those who would love to see these dolls in action, here is the television ad that introduced them from 1974/1975 (Though I wish they included Curtis and Cara in it as they are my favourites!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib0dlrKCmFw