I ordered only two dolls during Amazon Prime days:
Barbie Fashionista 198 for $7.99 because of her throw-back to the '60s-'70s fashion and
My First Barbie for $10.88 because she is the first of a kind.
Barbie Fashionista 198
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| Barbie Fashionista 198 |
This doll arrived in the new plastic zippered package Mattel is using for Barbies. Easy to open, it only requires snipping off the plastic fastener that keeps the zipper closed. It can be used to store the doll. It's also good for storing clothing and accessories.
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| Out of the package, she strikes a pose. |
This doll uses a non-articulated petite Barbie body. The right arm is bent at the elbow; the left arm is straight. She wears an orange top decorated with a single printed flower. The top has orange ribbon shoulder straps. Brightly colored flower-power fabric was used for the cropped pants.
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| Close-up of her face. |
Fashionista 198 uses the same head sculpt as Barbie Fashionista #80
Cheerful Check, which is the Daya face mold. She has brown painted eyes and black rooted texturized hair that is pulled back and held in place with a black rubber band. The loose ends form one huge Afro puff. Painted-on baby hair frames her face.
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| A profile photo shows the style of her white sandals |
Barbie Fashionista #198 wears gold heart-shaped plastic earrings and white thick-soled sandals to cover her flat feet.
My First Barbie
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| Designed for ages 3+, My First Barbie is 13.5 inches tall. |
To unbox or not is a question some collectors ask themselves. My answer to this question for this doll is "not." Why? Because she has accessories and I'd have to store them. It will be easier to keep this doll in the box particularly since there is no cellophane or plastic that prevents seeing or touching the doll.
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| In this closer view, the doll's accessories are all visible. |
My First Barbie wears a lavender and purple dress that has a printed collar and necklaces, and two rows of ruffles at the hemline. A headband, a stuffed poodle wristlet, dark pink high-heel shoes, and a dark pink hair brush are attached to the box liner.
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Close-up of the face (she reminds me of the Gabby Douglas
Barbie.) |
My First Barbie has dark brown rooted hair with a side part. The hair appears to extend to her waist. Her big brown painted eyes have painted upper eyelashes. The eyes are outlined in brown. She has an open/closed smile and neutral lip color, which is appropriate for the target market. She also has a small sprinkling of freckles below both eyes.
I like the soft bendable vinyl Mattel used for My First Barbie. She also has click-bend elbows and knees for poseability. Made for young children, 3+, the back of the box illustrates and describes the doll's features:
- Easy to dress—builds dexterity
- Brush and style the hair—promotes personal care
- Storytelling play—inspires imagination
- Soft posable body—encourages nurturing
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| The back of the box illustrates the doll's features. |
As shown above, an image of the four different My First Barbie dolls is on the back of the box along with a height comparison photo of an 11.5-inch Barbie and a My First barbie, which is 13.5 inches tall.
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| My First Barbie and Barbie Fashionista #198 pose for size comparison. |
My First Barbie towers over Barbie Fashionista #198 as illustrated in the final photo. Height-wise, the petite doll is 10.5 inches. My First Barbie is three inches taller.
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These dolls are absolutely sensational! The likeness, particularly of the 12″ doll, is spot on, and the intricate details of the face and facial expressions are extraordinary! I am very grateful to artist Gloria Rone for sharing her remarkable art with us and I am especially pleased that she chose Harriet Tubman as her subject. There are very few people – male or female – throughout this world’s history who have demonstrated as much courage, genius, perseverance, dedication, and leadership as Harriet Tubman. Her extraordinary, diverse catalogue of knowledge spanned a vast array of disciplines and skills ranging from geography, botany, wildlife, animal behavior and psychology, to astronomy, herbology, climatology and human psychology, thus justifiably deeming her equally (if not more) proficient and intellectually well-versed as any leading scholar or intellectual contemporary of her time. (Despite the leading consensus among academians that Ms. Tubman was illiterate all through her life, recent inquiry uncovered evidence suggesting that she had indeed accumulated some degree of basic reading and writing skills at some point by her final years, as indicated by long forgotten journals she kept towards the end of her life, which had been stowed away in a Yale University archives basement for decades.)
Thank you for writing this outstanding article and sharing with us the brilliant work of Gloria Rone.