Hey @erikah
You and I alike, back then Barbies were really expensive and far less accessible. Times are quite different now but also very much the same with the way things are going.
The Barbie I got her is second hand so I got it at a good price, it just so happened at the right time I guess. My niece is five so she's still small. Her imagination is out of this world though for her age. I love the fact that she believes in fairies and magic, dragons and that birds have conversations over breakfast each morning (the daybreak birdsong).