[Regia-NA] Viking Barbie!

[mik lawson]

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A 38 year old bloke with a daughter & another on the way needs to know about these sites coz as sure as eggs is eggs i'm going to have to fork out for these dolls in the near future,sheesh!
Regards,
Mik

Tracie Brown <trbrown@uga.edu> wrote:
Here's the good news: the box describes her as having long 
blonde braids, the daughter of a jarl, living in a longhouse 
in a Danish village, playing hnefatafl, skating and skiing, 
listening to skalds reciting sagas. There's a reasonably 
historically informed illustration of a Viking lass on skates 
(probably from a European source).

The bad news: "Princess of the Vikings Barbie" has long 
blonde braids, a winged helmet, a form-fitting scale 
breastplate, complete with brass brassiere, a white chiffon 
undergown with "interesting" hanging sleeves, overlaid by 
gold mesh. And a sword.

Under $20 at WalMart. There's also a medievalish Irish 
Princess Barbie, a Princess of the Danish Court who looks 
like she's wearing one of Anne of Denmark's 17c outfits, and 
a Princess of the Portuguese Empire who looks like she's 
supposed to be 16c.

If you go to the web site www.barbietravel.com and click 
around you will find Viking Barbie's biography, which 
indicates that someone at Mattel did some research, even if 
it wasn't the costume designer. Ah, well...

-- Tracie
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<DIV>A 38 year old bloke with a daughter &amp; another on the way needs to know about these sites coz as sure as eggs is eggs i'm going to have to fork out for these dolls in the near future,sheesh!</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Mik<BR><BR><B><I>Tracie Brown &lt;trbrown@uga.edu&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Here's the good news: the box describes her as having long <BR>blonde braids, the daughter of a jarl, living in a longhouse <BR>in a Danish village, playing hnefatafl, skating and skiing, <BR>listening to skalds reciting sagas. There's a reasonably <BR>historically informed illustration of a Viking lass on skates <BR>(probably from a European source).<BR><BR>The bad news: "Princess of the Vikings Barbie" has long <BR>blonde braids, a winged helmet, a form-fitting scale <BR>breastplate, complete with brass brassiere, a white chiffon <BR>undergown with "interesting" hanging sleeves, overlaid by <BR>gold mesh. And a sword.<BR><BR>Under $20 at WalMart. There's also a medievalish Irish <BR>Princess Barbie, a Princess of the Danish Court who looks <BR>like she's wearing one of Anne of Denmark's 17c outfits, and <BR>a Princess of the Portuguese Empire who looks like she's <BR>supposed to be
 16c.<BR><BR>If you go to the web site www.barbietravel.com and click <BR>around you will find Viking Barbie's biography, which <BR>indicates that someone at Mattel did some research, even if <BR>it wasn't the costume designer. Ah, well...<BR><BR>-- Tracie<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>list-regia-na mailing list<BR>list-regia-na@lig.net<BR>http://www.lig.net/mailman/listinfo/list-regia-na</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV>Heaven doesn't want me &amp; Hell is afraid i'll take over</DIV><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2">Want to chat instantly with your online friends? <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/"><b>Get the FREE Yahoo!
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