Sindy, Incidentally

A while back you will have read about the time we defeated the evil Sam Snow by disguising ourselves as Ken dolls and putting ourselves under Sam's Xmas tree with the aid of that total nut Bear Grylls. This got me to thinking about one of our favourite ladies.

Of course everybody in the States (and these days, the entire globe) knows about Barbie and Ken. Barbie's been around for many years, but her English counterpart Sindy has also been around a long time. The thing is, not many people are aware that she is a real person, not to mention an Unbelieva-Babe and field operative.

We first met her back in 1963 when she was working as an air hostess.

At least, that's what it looked like. She was with a group of gal-pals at a discotheque where we were just trying to blend in with the background.

And doing a pretty decent job of it, if I say so myself.

Well, we soon got to know her and found that Sindy was pretty much a perfect ally. She could hold down multiple jobs at once - 

Weathergirl...

Pop star...

News anchor...

Model...

And with the help of her on-again off-again boyfriend Paul (who was a real stand-up guy until he was discontinued) she could infiltrate any sort of low-life, sleazy, scumbucket club (you know, the sort of place where we Unbelievables wouldn't be seen dead) and blend in with no problem.

She was so great we even came up with a nickname for her... "Sindy-spensable". She wasn't keen, but we had a good chortle in that self-satisfied kind of way....

In short, Sindy was amazing. So amazing, in fact, that the toy maker Pedigree got wind of her talents and made a doll of her (and, for a short time, Paul). They wanted to make dolls of us, too, but we wanted to be called action figures, and they wouldn't budge. "No boy wants an action figure, " they cried. "Boys want man-dolls." This is probably why Pedigree went out of business, but that's another story. Anyway, it was too late for Sindy. The ink was dry on the contract and that was it. We never saw her again, but we'll still have the memories...

Oops! Sorry Sindy, didn't know you were in there...

No! Not those kind of memories. This kind...

I'm sure Clark and Michael have tales to tell about friends and cohorts of the Unbelievables that have just been declassified, so I'll leave them to it. But in the meantime, let me just say...

Love ya, Sindy... wherever you are.