Yara Shahidi Barbie

Yara Shahidi Barbie is the latest Barbie Shero (seen in an "Internet-captured) photo.

Yes! The Yara Shahidi Barbie is being released! For a short while, there had been rumors that Mattel was not going to produce quantities other than the one-of-a-kind doll. This is one time I am happy the rumors are not true.

Let me get to the point, last week the doll became available as a preorder first through Amazon. It is now on the Barbie.Mattel website for preorder with a planned shipping date of October 9, 2020 at both sites. The details from the Barbie site are as follows:

• Label: Gold Label®
• Designer: Carlyle Nuera
• Release Date: 9/23/2020
• Included with doll: Blazer, t-shirt, pants, shoes, backpack, ballot, doll stand
• Eyelashes: Painted
• Fashion: "Vote" t-shirt, gray blazer and matching pants
• Fashion Sewn On?: No
• Body Type: Made to Move Petite
• Doll Stand: Yes
• Facial sculpt: Yara Shahidi (sculpted to likeness)
• Package Dimensions (H/D/W): 13" x 3" x 9"

Close-up of Yara Shahidi Barbie in an "Internet-captured" photo

The price is $29.99. With Amazon Prime, shipping is free. I am not aware if Barbie.Mattel is offering any shipping discounts.

For additional information, read Allen Voivod's blog about the doll here; or if you desire to preorder, scoot on over to either Amazon or the Barbie.Mattel site using the links in the previous paragraph.

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And in other Yara Shahidi news, the talented actor is scheduled to play Tinkerbell in Disney's live-action Tinkerbell and Wendy. This will mark the first time for Tinkerbell to be portrayed as a Black. Read more here where an artist's interpretation of how a melanated Tinkerbell might look is included.

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