Strawberry Shortcake!! 1980's style! Just as I remember her.
Early last December, while Christmas Shopping at Toys R Us, I stumbled upon these classic Strawberry Shortcake dolls and friends. This brought back so many memories.
I don't like the latest incarnation of Strawberry.
Her style seems so cold and boring.
For the longest time I tried to remember what Strawberry was like when I was a kid. She was cute and adorable, smelled of strawberries, and was one of my favorite toys. The 1980's had so many wonderful toys and shows: Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Rainbow Brite, Gem, and the original My Little Pony (though I do like the new version).
I was worried the only place I would find old school Strawberry was at an antique shop, which is where I found one back in High School, but I couldn't afford the price.
Strawberry has now been re-released in all her cuteness!
So, so cute!
On Facebook someone posted a video showing pages of an early 1980's Christmas Catalogue.
(Man, I remember looking through the JCPenney's Christmas Catalogue as a kid, making up a wish list. Can't remember if I got anything from it, but dreaming is part of the fun. You know, when I was in High School I remember ordering a couple special edition Barbies, but the memory is really faint.)
In one of the videos was the Strawberry Shortcake dollhouse! I about died! For my fourth birthday I got it, and boy was I excited. I even remember my Dad putting it together. That thing lasted for many years, until my brother Steven, who is 6 years younger than me, was old enough to walk and stomped all over it. Sad day.
I would have loved to buy all the dolls I saw at Toys R Us, but money and space wouldn't allow it, so I got these three. Such a cute reminder of my past.
Cute, cute, cute.
Cute, cute . . . cute, cute!
Cute.
There, sugar overload finished.
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