Sindy was far superior to Barbie

@LittlePotteryBird this doll is just gorgeous😍i won't lie, i want one for myself now i've seen her🙈

Team Sindy here, I always thought Barbie was a bit over the top. I mean who would point their toes permanently?!

But also, who is Paul? My Sindy’s boyfriend was called Mark. I’ve just had to look this up as I wondered if I was going mad but it turned out there were two boyfriends.

I had the Sindy house with the lift, the horse and the buggy. Hours and hours of entertainment.

My sister and I had a disagreement as adults both claiming we’d got the Sindy house for Christmas. Eventually my parents informed us we both got the same Sindy house, we are eight years apart in age so they’d stored it in the attic and wrapped it up again for me. 🤣

I'm laughing because my mum also deemed Barbie inappropriate. I think that the big bust and tiny waist were deemed problematic.

ETA I had Weekender Sindy.

I loved my Sindy (c. 1975) but there’s no getting away from it - her head was too big.

I wasn't allowed Barbie, only Sindy. And even then I had to buy it out of my own Xmas money. I had ballet Sindy.

My mother, vicar's wife no less, deemed Barbie to be slutty. Likely because she was American. All American things were unclassy apparently. Apart from Cagney and Lacey.

My friend had Barbies (many) plus the house/mansion, car, jeep, stables, horses, horse box and caravan. Lucky cow!

I loved Sindy (even though her head was so much larger than Barbie), my disco dancing Sindy came with a record!!! Everybody Boogie and We’re Having a Party!!! Bangin tunes

Well I had a Marie doll from the Pippa doll range. Barbie was far too expensive and my sister got the Pippa.They were much smaller than Barbies it Cindies but had lots of accessories plus a Ken. Still have it somewhere.

I must be a bit younger than the average on this thread though as Barbies were lame when I was a kid. We had Bratz dolls (they were cool - mum hated them) and MyScene dolls. I had a working plane and car for them.

That was Sindys house...had the lift going up the outside? Was amazing !

Sindy had a better car, not that pink thing Barbie drove but a yellow 4 x 4 beach buggy thing. My dad made me and my sister a Sindy house with light switches that worked (and was actually a wooden bookshelf that he made a roof for and wallpapered the back of the shelves in the same wallpaper as our bedroom!) all our friends were jealous and it was only once I got older that I realised it was because our parents couldn’t afford the actual Sindy house.
it had an orange and brown bathroom suite and a brown 70s kitchen. I’d love to go back and play with it again.

Pippa was much smaller than Sindy. They weren't made by the same company.

I loved Barbie and Sindy, and my kids also had Lottie dolls, who were great younger sisters/children.

Probably already mentioned but the Made to Move Barbie’s are very poseable, ours were all very keen horse riders 😁 (also Our Generation doll foals work very well as barbie horses)

i loved my Sindy doll

I think Pippa was Sindys sister. I loved my Sindy doll. She felt more approachable than Barbie 😆 A friend had Sindy townhouse and I loved it so much.
Or maybe it was a Barbie? It had a lift, I remember that

Definitely Sindy. I had a Sindy red sportscar.

We always had Sindy and she was ok…I guess…but then one year Mum shook things up and got us “Pink & Pretty” Barbie, one each! whose outfit and accessories could be used to create 12 different outfits, and there is a reason that Christmas stands out for me. We’d wanted Barbies so badly. I aged out after that but my younger sister went on to receive “Peaches and Cream Barbie” “Crystal Barbie” and “Loving You” Barbie the following few years while I looked on jealously. All those years wasted on Ballerina or Horse Riding Sindy 😢

My Mum still had her Tressy. We were not allowed to play with her unless Mum could join in!

Mum loved the Sindy dolls and made them clothes, including an incredible 80s style lace wedding dress with huge puff sleeves and a veil that would have dwarfed Princess Diana's!

Sindy was far superior. She could do box splits! Even her wrists worked. So much better than Barbie with her stupid bent elbows!

That was the kind of barbie I had. The clothes were amazing. I had lots of relatives in Canada and that's where we got her from.

I especially remember Pippa's friend Britt with her long straight platinum blonde hair 😍

A lot of you probably don't remember, but before Barbie diversified into many different persona, there was only one (although she did come in different hair colours). The clothes then were exquisite - made from the best materials - velvet, silk, tulle, cotton, etc. Mostly they were made in Hong Kong and a lot were hand-finished with tiny buttons and zips. My friend's parents used to go to the USA regularly on business and brought back all the latest outfits for her. She was very elegant.

Sindy...I loved my nurse Sindy. Loved Pippa too

Just remembered I had a Stacie, from the Barbie stable. She had long red hair.

When i was 5, in 1966, I desperately wanted a Barbie but my parents said no. Then on Christmas morning I unwrapped my presents and there she was - Barbie! I was so scared my parents would take her away, I hid her under the sofa! I can remember my mum trying to get me to admit to me having another present and me lying to her face!!

I absolutely hated baby dolls and would not play with them. I guess they decided any doll was better than no dolls.

Anyway, this Barbie was an air hostess. She had pins for earrings which you could pull in and out. And she had proper pull up stockings. I adored her. I had other dolls afterwards, but none as lovely as her.

I was born in the 60s and first progression from tiny tears was the Amanda Jane range - meant to portray I guess a 6-11 year old - I had loads of outfits including a Brownie one
The first fashion dolls I had came after and were like mini Barbie/Sindy dolls and were Pippa and friends - one of whom was Britt who I loved as she had darker skin
Used to make as well as buy clothes for them too
Not sure why but I never had Barbie or Sindy
Barbie was huge with my DD in the 90s though