Barbie Bunker corner containment project at like 90%
You have a Skipper and Skooter case! I love that design~
I got it years and years ago from a local garage sale, presumably from a relative of the original owner. She put her name and address on the inside and it came with her Skipper and a lot of random items. The doll was my first vintage Skipper and even though I bought it as an adult collector and I don’t really know the history behind it, it’s fun to think we both had the same first Skipper 50 years apart. :)
I love vintage Barbie art so I love having it displayed even if I don’t have a large need or space for a bunch of cases!
Alright, I held off on posting these because I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to, but with the Fancy/Celestial Swirl ponies making a return I figured I will.
At Pony Fair in Florida, Allison Boiselle, one of the original artists, showed off a version of the celestial swirl backcard that included names and their story, which I feel like not many people know!
Here it is!
… okay, so it’s not the best photo but in my defence I was sitting pretty far away
To help translate, their names are: Pearlshine (the purple one with turquoise hair), Mistyglow (the light blue one with pink hair) and Starswirl (the pink one with pink hair (man Hasbro likes that name (also fun fact she’s the prototype who was seen at the fair)))
I uh. Can’t read what the blue one’s name is and I don’t remember it. If anyone remembers or has a better picture, please do let me know ^^;
Their backcard story went roughly like this: The four ponies wanted to explore the sky so they took a staircase made of starlight to get there. They saw a baby star nursery, and then they came across a jar with a sparkly river flowing from it that gave light to the sun, moon and stars. A comet passed by and bumped into the jar, causing it to spill over the ponies, which is how they got their swirls!
OMG, names! I think the blue pony’s name is Swirlabout.
Backcard story from what I can make out:
For the Fancy Swirl ponies, the most fascinating place in Ponyland was the sky, whose surprises sparkled against a velvet background. One night, the four friends climbed a starbeam stairway to explore the wonderful world. They peeked into a nursery where baby stars were learning how to twinkle, and sang lullabyes with the shining moon. A sparkling river poured from a glistening jar, and streams of it fell on the sun, moon, and stars, giving them their brightness. Just then, a passing comet bumped the jar and spilled bright ???? all over the ponies! The colorful swirls were beautiful, and the ponies were delighted that a part of the magical sky would be with them always.
