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Gymnast Barbies...

This is a list of 1990s Barbie lines that used the fully-articulated Bend & Move body:

TUTORIAL: Recapitating Babs to Non-Mattel Figures

Head swap picture tutorial (long)

As promised, I am laying it all out for you to explain my method of adapting various heads for swapping. About the only thing I am not covering is Jane figures and Power Team female figures.

Basically, I am covering any type of Barbie head on Svetlana, Joanna Dark, and Cy bodies, and any of their heads on each other's bodies.

So without further ado, lets start by looking at what we're dealing with here...

First picture shows representatives of each style of head we are covering, and their neck hole sizes from smallest to largest. (Note: the Svetlana head has Aki Ross' hair on it)

TUTORIAL: How I Restored a ''Trake''

What is a "trake?"
When the neck joint breaks in Mattel's Barbie, an inner pin (in the neck) usually pulls out leaving a hole in the throat that looks like a tracheotomy. The appearance of the neck usually remains intact except for cracks. A trake is a figure in this condition. It is necessary to fix this problem when a suitable replacement is not easily available, such as Mattel's discontinued articulated body. To reduce the chances of breaking the neck joint, in the first place, see my article, "Saving Barbie's Neck..."

Barbie-based ''Janes''

In 1995, Mattel created the "Flying Hero" series in order to compete with the Power Rangers, a popular children's television show. This poly-ethnic quartette included Barbie, Teresa, Kira and Christie as fantasy heroines more than action adventuresses [a.k.a. Janes]. But they had just enough articulation (and flat feet) to be recruited into the ranks of the latter. To sextilianists, this was especially good news. Not only could these four heroines be added to their collection, these bodies accommodated most of Mattel's and Disney's lines of head sculpts. And, these bodies could wear all of Barbie's active wear, casual wear and formal wear.