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- From: hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil (Dan Hoey)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Help me find a "Math class is tough" Barbie
- Message-ID: <9301261841.hoey@aic.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:41:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.044825.2334@canrem.com>
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- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
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- rrwood@canrem.com (Roy Wood), perhaps slyly, writes:
-
- > Now that Mattel has pulled the "Math class is tough" Barbie, it's
- > pretty much impossible to get one, but I'd still like to. I don't
- > suppose that anyone out there has one that they'd be willing to part
- > with? Or perhaps you know of somewhere that I can get one?
-
- Since collectors will pay thousands of dollars for such a doll, (not
- too surprising, since fewer than 1.5% of the $25 dolls would say any
- given phrase) it's pretty unlikely you'll find it cheap. A recent
- article in rec.collecting has several addresses of publications
- devoted to Barbie collecting, for the benefit of anyone who really,
- really wants such an artifact (or who has one and really, really wants
- thousands of dollars.)
-
- Dan Hoey
- Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil
-