Yara Shahidi Barbie is the latest Barbie Shero (seen in an "Internet-captured) photo. |
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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There are countless items to collect and write about. Black dolls chose me.
Thank you for reading. To contact me, please use the contact form on the right of the home page, which is visible in "web view." A link to web viewing should be visible at the bottom of this page.
Check out what I am selling here.
Check out my eBay listings here.
Please follow my sister blog Ebony-Essence of Dolls in Black.
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