What is your fascination with Barbie?

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I used to take the arms, legs and head off mine and stick them into the wrong sockets.

My barbie had really really long hair so I used to braid it, do hair wraps in it, and dye it with food colouring.

I used to dress them up in different outfits and have them act out different movies.

I had a few Barbies, one of them had rollerskates
I remember getting quite het up at one point because lots had purple eyes, which wasn't realistic. I ranted away about it to my mother. I used to cut off her toes, because they were all floppy.
I loved my dollshouse, but mostly just rearranging the furniture. I'd also play postman and make up parcels for them to open. Open, close, rewrap, open, etc.

I got hand-me-down Barbies from older cousins. Never understood why girls liked them so much. Never had much interest in dolls whether they were babies or older like Barbies. I guess I saw them more as being creepy. On more than one occasion, I decapitated them much to my mom's horror. I think she thought it meant I'd grow up to do the same thing to people. LOL

Now stuffed animals...that's a whole different situation! Loved being surrounded by them.

I never really got into barbies but my sister was. My stepmother had one from the 1960s that I liked because she had eyelashes that stuck out that I could touch.

I was not exposed to Barbies until adulthood, so I only got a few "collector's dolls" for display. I think they're very beautiful and all the ones I chose have very long hair. I love long hair. I braided all my Barbies' hair. Never did anything other than combing and braiding their hair.

I liked to stare at Barbies, but I didn't know how to play them. I had one and she spent most time on my shelf. My cousin had many dolls and a lot of clothes and I used to dress up her dolls. I never played games like Barbie meets friends or Barbie goes shopping or Barbie's and Ken's wedding. Although I loved to dress Ken in those pink shiny dresses. He looked really cute in them.

I liked Barbie's nose, profile, hands and feet. Feeling often asexual, I certainly could relate to her lack of genitalia.

Never owned one, never played with one in my life. ZERO Barbie interest. I did have a Skipper - anyone remember those? But I was only half-interested in her. My sister had tons of Barbies, a Barbie camper, cars, clothes, god knows what all. I had no interest. I thought the body shape was stupid, the clothes stupid and boring.

I did love baby-dolls. I played orphanage a lot.

I never liked Barbie, when my younger sister had her friends round they would play with a load of barbies, and Ken, and I used to creep into her bedroom when they went to do something, and I would take Barbie & Ken's clothes off and very carefully place Ken on top of Barbie

I loved my Barbies. I hid them in my closet when I got too old to play with them. I finally gave them up when I was about 14. I think it was just a matter of pretend social interaction that I had complete control over. I couldn't screw up and be laughed at because I was both people in the interaction. I think this is why I play The Sims now.

I was obsessed with Barbie hair. It was perfect. Mine was all kinky and messy. I always thought it was fascinating that if she were real, she could wear a Kotex and NEVER get it all bunched up. It would stay in its exact shape.

I mainly used Barbie to ride my plastic horses. The plastic horses were what I really played with. They all had names and different personalities.