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Did the Makers of Barbie Really Used to Sell a Doll Whose Breasts Grew When Her Arm Rotated? (2016x213)
Air date: Oct 17, 2016
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Yes, you read that correctly. It was 1975 and the doll was called “Growing Up Skipper”. When you rotated her arm, she grew an inch taller and her small breasts grew out of her plastic chest. She could return to her pre-pubescent self simply by rotating the arm back the way it was.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_(Barbie)
http://www.almostzara.com/2010/08/growing-up-skipper-doll-matures-just-like-you-do/
http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/The-History-Of-Barbie-Dolls.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_(doll)
http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2737p1.html?cr=00&pl=edit-00
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