From the moment you came to life back on March 9, 1959 Barbie, you captured our hearts and imaginations.  Girls around the globe have lived vicariously through you for generations. 

     Inspired by the countless sports and occupations you've tried.  Envying every new designer gown and haute couture outfit in your wardrobe.  

Your presence was felt around the world.  Quite the international jetsetter you became.  Exquisitely dressed time after time in magnificantly detailed native costumes of each global locale you made your way to. 

     Girls from all walks of life in awe of your ability to reinvent yourself year after year.  The ever changing hair styles and make up.  Oh to be you, we often dared to dream.  You made us believe we could do anything, and be anything.

Millions of us have grown up and traded in our toys for careers, and family life, but many of us packed "you" away in the hopes that some day, we would pass your magic along to the next generation. 

Happy Birthday my dear friend, may you have many, many more.

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These dolls are all heart - and lungs, eyeballs and brains. David Foox, an artist based in Denver, Colorado, has created a collection of organ donor dolls.

Inspired by his Uncle Ken's double lung transplant, Foox designed the dolls which have nine different organs as heads and come in 24 different colourways. Some are rarer than others.

Pictured above are the heart donor dolls, with the rare Purple Heart in a camouflage hospital gown, and Lionheart in a St George's cross.

The standard kidney donor doll, and the limited edition Black Market Kidney doll.

Four different lung dolls, including Smoker's Lungs, Iron Lungs and Invincible Lungs.

Liver donor dolls, including the Pickled Liver doll on the left and the Lecter on the right.

The regular brain doll and the Nuclear Thinker.

Eye/cornea transplant dolls.

Plasma dolls. The one on the left is called Eye of the Stormive.

Stem cells. Each doll wears an ill-fitting hospital gown, open at the back.

White and red blood cells. If you'd like to own these Organ Donor dolls, you can order them here. The dolls are sold in "blind" boxes, meaning you won't know which organ you will receive

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