A Ride for Barbie

[ByteStorm]

I need to vent but don't know to whom. Instead of her 1962 Austin Healey 3000, Barbie now drives a 1957 Corvette in the new movie. Who else is as shocked as I am? How can we best pursue justice?

[DreamWeaver]

Avoid seeing the film at all costs.
Visit a car show or museum.

[Geek2232]

Never put your faith in a Hollywood film.

[CheresX]

Here's something fun:

[ByteStorm]

What is it, exactly? Definitely not a Corvette.

[CheresX]

It may be used as a suitcase or a suitcase for Barbie and Ken's clothes. Because of the Healey on it, my brother bought it for me at a garage sale.

[Mistral]

How did they get a grille designed for a Sprite flipped on its side? As soon as I locate his flat driving hat and greasy designer oil rag, Gearhead Ken is going in the trash.

[jimmy47785]

When we were young, my sister and I both had Barbies, and for Christmas, she received the Barbie Healey. Obviously, there is a Healey vehicle clock radio, and my dad used to have one. Both of their autos probably were bright orange plastic.

[developer]

At the very least, one other Healey doll outside the Barbie one exists. The second one had red on the outside and white on the inside, and it was marketed at Montgomery Ward.

The radio alarm clock comes in two different variations. The first one's bumper overriders are installed sideways.

A Notre Dame battle song-playing ceramic music box was also included.

And there was a Barbie doing a quick hairdo while perched on the bonnet of a Whitman puzzle.

[clk320x4]

Although I have gone through at least three or four of the Barbie Healey clock radios since the mid-1990s, my wife still has her original 1962 model, which is in very good shape. The radios are just good looking on the outside; in reality, they are complete garbage. The radio part won't even survive a month (and the reception was horrible right out of the box).

I'm happy to merely check the clock each morning to verify my continued existence without having to set an alarm (for work) in over twenty years. I've never been able to sleep more than four and a half to five hours at a stretch, so I'm typically up well before eight in the morning (see the time stamp on this post; otherwise, I'd go take a couple of shots of Sue's Barbie Healey right now, but we can't wake The Redhead...).

Amazingly, since I last bought a Healey/Barbie clock on eBay (perhaps because to the recent obsession for the doll), their prices have more than quadrupled. > Clock radios with Barbie and Ken designs - Google Search