Wednesday, January 14, 2009

they're very "close"


At first I thought this was a contemporary fake, but as far as I can tell this is a real mid-60s toy. He's Ken's "Buddy". Right. Thanks, Mindy.
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16 comments:

  1. john14/1/09 6:42 PM

    a lot of old-timey products and advertisements had unnecessary quotation marks. i think their proper use has shifted a bit.

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  2. Chazya14/1/09 6:44 PM

    the secret is out...thanks..we always wondered why barbie dreamed of marriage but it never worked out...

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  3. HorribleLicensePlates14/1/09 7:54 PM

    Girrrrrl, just look at those short shorts. Is that a closet he is packaged in?

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  4. Anonymous14/1/09 8:09 PM

    All Ken's clothes fit him!

    I know that's what I look for in a "buddy". ;0)

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  5. Darediva14/1/09 9:22 PM

    You especially have to love his rainbow striped beach togs. That's a real product, too. Gotta wonder about those perverts at Mattel.

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  6. Josh14/1/09 9:41 PM

    Not to be a downer, but I think that it says:

    He's Ken's® Buddy™

    So, no quotation marks at all...

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  7. bethany14/1/09 9:48 PM

    boo! you are right! meh, I'm going to keep pretending it's the other thing because it's way funnier.

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  8. April14/1/09 10:31 PM

    Wait until he finds out about Ken's "roommate."

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  9. Kristi14/1/09 10:38 PM

    Even if he's only Ken's buddy, and not Ken's "buddy" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) - I still wanna know what Ken is doing back there behind Allen.

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  10. Justin A15/1/09 12:33 AM

    This is a great "idea" for a blog.

    haha, but seriously it is

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  11. reads17magazine15/1/09 12:41 PM

    Allan is a slut. He is the subservient type of man Ken likes. He begins to remove his shirt as he hears Ken approaching. Allan wears a beautiful Butch silver cufflink bracelet. Ken gave it to him as a token of his ownership over Allan. Hot.

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  12. Anonymous15/1/09 3:42 PM

    It's definitely a real toy - I had one that was my mom's from the early 60s. I used to like to pretend that he would ask Barbie out and she would reject him.

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  13. David15/1/09 4:53 PM

    I don't believe those are qutation marks. It looks like trademark symbols to me.

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  14. m16/1/09 8:06 AM

    I knew it! I knew Ken was "gay"!

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  15. Prophet Margin17/1/09 5:27 PM

    I think over here they answered the question as to which side of his toast was buttered. . .
    http://infimp.blogspot.com/2004/08/barbies-wetdream-house.html

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  16. Jen7/4/09 3:41 PM

    I totally nominate ken's "buddy" for the Greatest Hits list.

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