Sindy was far superior to Barbie

Definitely!

You are definitely right! Barbie either looked like a cake or as if she was off to some sort of fetish club. Sindy actually did stuff! I had blonde ballet Sindy, one with beautiful coppery hair who came in a Laura Ashley style dress and another who was brunette. I had the whole bedroom suite, with the bed, dressing table and wardrobe, plus the horse, which was one of the best Christmas presents I ever received. My mum was just young enough to have an original 60s Sindy from when she first came out, and so I inherited her, and her very chic 60s wardrobe, so all mine were very stylish! They all still live in my loft 😁 (I am 54).

OMG she was my favourite!!! I loved that little bag!

I had a Daisy. fuck knows why. I had absolutely no interest and her hair wash shocking

Sindy always had better accessories and houses too! And I loved Paul.

I had this one in the 90s.
So soft and lovely. Real down feathers at her waist.
Treasured and preserved perfectly.

My own toddler DD later dismembered her and scattered her effects to the four winds.

My brother’s Action Men would go for anything…Sindy, Barbie, Disney princesses and Spice Girl dolls. Also Britney and Anastasia.

Sindy families were usually posher or the judgemental type. Barbie was lower class. 🤭 My brother enjoyed chewing on our Barbie dolls feet for some reason, if he was a child today, he'd be diagnosed.

Seconding the Lottie Dolls.
Loads of clothes and accessories too

I was team Sindy and from recollection my mum didn’t want me to have Barbie (I feel she thought she was trashy 😱). Mum used to make Sindy incredible clothes, including a gorgeous wedding dress for her nuptials to my brother’s Action Man (she made AM a kilt for the occasion).

We were a Sindy family. My sister and I only had a couple but my aunt sent my older cousin’s accessories that she no longer used, in immaculate condition. Loads of furniture, tiny little pieces of cutlery and crockery, a horse etc. My mum sent away for two Barbies by saving up the tops of Kellogg’s cereal boxes. They arrived in swimsuits and with beach towels. With unfeasibly tiny waists and big boobs and feet in the shape of skyscraper heels that gave me a weird feeling. My mum immediately knitted jumpsuits for them🤣 I never really took to Barbie at all. She seemed very insubstantial and less robust than Sindy. But she got played with for a while because she was new and different.

Me too. I had ballet Sindy. She was epic.

Other way round, surely? Sindy was wholesome whereas Barbie was not.
Sindy definitely had superior accessories and clothing choices. I loved the Sindy Mix n Match outfit sets. The brown and yellow set being a favourite (well, it was the seventies…)

I had both Barbies and Sindys, but much preferred my Barbies - they were way more glamorous imo. This was the mid 70s onwards, when I think Barbie was far better than the later versions. My preference is for the early 70s Barbies.

I also had a Mary Quant Daisy, but I cut off all her lovely curly hair which I don't recall doing to the others!

My parents kept all my dolls/their accessories in their attic and in the early 2000s when we'd just discovered selling on eBay, I sold the lot (individually). They went for close to 2k in total...although the biggest win was for Blythe - a doll I never really took to at the time - who sold for over £800 alone (worth even more now, I think). Wish I'd kept them though!

I only had Barbie, I loved all the different outfits. I remember having a huge bag of clothes and accessories. To me, she was a proper princess who could be anything!
I only fell out with Barbie when she went to my sisters hair salon where she got a pixie haircut and became a militant feminist!

I don't know where you live. I live in an area with a lot of children, they play with dolls.
My daughter played with dolls until she was 12.
Barbie was much better than Sindy imo. I remember getting the most beautiful barbie for my birthday, peaches and cream, with fancy earrings and a gown.
Blaming a doll on body issues is silly, no blamed the cabbage patch kid, another favourite of mine.

My DS had a Sindy and I had Barbie which I thought was far superior because she had much more glamorous dresses and daintier feet and shoes. And I wonder why I had such a terrible body image growing up...

Loved Sindy!!! We had the furniture- the bedside table with a little photo of her boyfriend Paul on it 😍
Loved her outfits- ski jacket with faux fur trimmed hood was a favourite
Also had a Tressy- could change her hair from long to short 😊

I had Sindy but wasn’t allowed Barbie for the same reason 🤣

I had a Tressy, she wore a purple lurex trouser suit. I also had a doll in the style of Sindy called Pippa. She may have been related. Or may just have been her (cheaper) friend.🫢

I was so so happy to have a Tressy doll bought for me by my ‘aunty’. Her spoilt son, who got everything he asked for, was jealous and shoved her down the toilet beyond the u bend. Never to be seen again. I’m still upset decades later.
Sindy definitely superior to Barbie.

I had Sindy. She was much more down to earth than Barbie. The Sindy magic cooker was one of the finest toys ever made.