Comments on: Mattel Sunshine Family for 1978

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:21:37 +0000

I had the original set and some of the fashion/activity sets, and I'm not sure what else. I don't know what I did with them!

By: Dolly the Bird

Dolly the Bird — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:03:01 +0000

Wow, that's a real blast from the past!! I had the 're-branded' Sunshine family as a toddler in the early '80s. I had the original house though…no selling out to the suburbs for my SSF!! I also had the Grandparents and the SSF farm/barn. I still have the dolls and all the furniture in a box somewhere in my parent's basement, but the house is long gone. I found the barn, most of it anyway, when we were cleaning out my grandmother's house last year. Why I let my mom talk me out of keeping it I'll never know! Darnit, Mom!!

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:49 +0000

One of my maternal aunts was born in 1966 and she had an original Sunshine Family set. Somehow, all but the baby doll got left behind years later, and I used to play with that tiny thing when I was a kid in the '80s. Somehow I also ended up having it in my possession up until a couple of years ago, although I'm not sure what happened to it now anymore. If I find it, I'll post a photo for you to see! 🙂

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:08:02 +0000

If there was one drawback to being a kid in the 70's, it was the social engineering that the Baby Boomers tried to force feed us. (RE: Marlo Thomas & Friends, Preachy Apes telling us how bad humans are, every damn TV show convincing us that "The Man" was corrupt and only the renegade Dirty Harry / Billy Jack / Outlaw Josey Wales could be counted on for justice)

That is why Star Wars struck such a chord. It freed us to pull our guns and blast bad guys for fun and profit.

By: Laura Moncur

Laura Moncur — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:09:16 +0000

My mom got me the Sunshine Family when I was a kid. It came with material to make clothes for them by hand with directions and patterns.

It was AWESOME!

After I used up all the material, I wished there were more patterns for me to make. I wish someone had told ten year old me that there was this thing called a fabric store with all the material and Barbie doll patterns I could want...

By: phairhead

phairhead — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:41:00 +0000

I remember those ugly things being featured in the JC Penny catalogue……that one picture of the male doll in the turtle neck looks like a serial killer…..seriously, he's creeping me out!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:11:50 +0000

Great post.