1980's Barbies: A BIG Part of my childhood

YOU GUYS: I stumbled upon this Flickr Pool of 1980's Barbies and OMG does this Bring Me Back!!! Seriously. I was super into Barbies. Me an my nabes would combine our Barbie assets and create a giant Barbie land. I never actually scored a Barbie House, but in retrospect I think that was much more fun and better for my imagination. Good times, Good times....

Check it out: it's Perfume Pretty Barbie. I had her and I think I had Perfume Giving Ken, and my nabes had Perfume Pretty Whitney.

I think my neighbor had Peaches n' Cream Barbie...

ONE of my friends had this "Magic Moves Barbie" fo' sho. I remember that giant aqua fur thing...

My nabes had "Loving You Barbie" - remember this outfit?!?

I VIVIDLY remember this necklace. It was, in my mind, a really awesome piece. I thought I'd scored big with this bling.

I had "Day to Night Barbie", "Crystal Barbie", and I know a friend had the one on the far right, "Dream Glow Barbie". I was jealous.

Barbie and the Rockers! I think I had the pink one, and Shannon had the Red Headed one and that Ken. Or maybe Shannon had all of these. We might've mixed Jem and Barbies back then. So wrong!

I don't know why I was soooo into Barbies, really. Maybe it was the outfits? We always made up elaborate General-Hospital-style stories for our Barbies. And we'd spend DAY 1 of Playing Barbies just setting up "Barbie's Apartment". Good times.