After you ’ve save the world from robotic face - changing spy , there ’s really only one place to go to relax : The Bionic Beauty Salon . Or the Bionic Repair Station . At least , that ’s what shaver in the mid-70s believe thanks to Kenner ’s chain of Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman toys reinforced both the excitement of “ bionic action ” and wonders of gender stereotyping .
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Boys in the ’ 70s were leave all way of toys to wed in with their favorite televisual cyborg ; not only could you get a Steve Austin action mechanism bod , there were also additional “ decisive assignment munition ” to collect as well !
And when Steve make shopworn after fighting Maskatron – “ The ultimate enemy of the Six Million Dollar Man ” – he could always sound off back in the Bionic Transport and Repair Station . Which , as the ad written matter country , is multi - purpose :
Poor Jaime Sommers did n’t fare so well , though . Not only did she not get her own villain to fight , she did n’t seem to get to do that much at all , besides … well … be a Bionic Barbie . seem at the way her trope is depict :
knockout and Fashion plus Bionic Action ! 12 1/4″ beautiful fully articulated figure simulate after Lindsay Wagner , the star of the Bionic Woman TV show . Silky to the full rooted hair … clip in official fashionable jogging outfit and tennis shoe .
And where Steve had his garden rocket - cum - repair place , Jamie had … well , this :
It did n’t get her down , though . She was so happy with her “ Bionic Woman Dome House ” – “ Where Jamie Sommers Entertains Her Friends ! ” evidently – that she was glad to share it with Steve :
This is evidently where last year ’s Bionic Woman revamp went wrong : Too much angst , not enough Dome House .
Kenner Toys 1976 Catalog[PlaidStallions.com ]
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