2024 Looks Wave 4 #21 and #25

An Amazon package was left at my doorstep on April 17, 2024.

The 2024 Barbie Looks dolls #21 and #25 ordered from Amazon arrived on April 17, 2024. The shipping box remained unopened until April 28, 2024. Their first photos are shared below.

Barbie Looks 2024 #21 and #25

Barbie Looks #21 uses the Heidi head sculpt. She has right-side-parted black microbraids, light brown eyes, and a closed mouth with muted pink lip color. This head sculpt is gorgeous in this skin tone! She wears a pale pink two-piece ensemble of a halter top and a wet-look mini skirt with a teasing tiny slit on the left front and pink high-heel ankle boots.

Barbie Looks #25 uses the Basics Black Ken head sculpt, first used on Barbie Basics Model #17, but this doll has a much deeper complexion with the addition of black-rooted curly hair that covers the top and center back of the head with painted black hair around the sides of his head to create a taper fade. He has brown painted eyes, a closed mouth, and uses the Buff Body Ken Made to Move body. #25 wears a chartreuse T-shirt, lavender pants, and metallic silver boots.

All dolls in this collection have multiple points of articulation. (I'd like Mattel to improve the appearance of the articulated joints for the female dolls to eliminate the female action-figure look. A sleeker-appearing joint is my preference.) This collection also includes a doll stand and a certificate of authenticity for each doll. 

Barbie Looks 2024 Wave 4 Collection

The back of the box illustrates the other dolls in the Barbie Looks Wave 4 collection.

The collection is described on the back of each box. (The background of #25's box description is lavender while #21's background description is pink.)

The collection is described on the lower section of the box on the back, as illustrated above and as typed below.

Barbie Looks Wave Four is a curated collection of dolls, each with a fresh pastel look and style personality. The on-trend fashions feature photo worthy details, and with posable articulated bodies, they inspire the stylist within. Barbie Looks dolls are ready to style, pose, photograph and post. 

Follow the URL/link below for greater details and photos of this collection.

https://en.barbiepedia.com/barbie/item-coleccion-barbie-looks/

Note: I removed the dolls from the box after this post was scheduled for publishing, and I encountered a temporary issue which I will describe in the next post. 

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Doll Purchases Review 11

These are eBay purchases/wins made between May 30, 2022, and June 16, 2022.

Dolls/items acquired between May 30, 2022, and June 16, 2022, on eBay are described and/or referenced below. (These review posts do not include dolls and related items purchased elsewhere.)

A light brown Kemper doll wig "Katie" size 7-8 inches

The light-brown Kemper doll wig was purchased as a gift for a friend for a Ucanaan 1/6 BJD girl doll like the one seen here. I won the wig on May 30, 2022.

A hand-sewn Princess Tiana dress fits 18-inch dolls.

On June 14, 2022, I purchased a Princess-Tiana-themed dress made for 18-inch dolls. This item was a gift for another doll friend.

Juneteenth Paper Doll book

Lastly, on June 16, 2022, I purchased a Juneteenth Paper Dolls book. Published in 2015, it commemorates the 150th anniversary of the celebration. I later installed the paper doll book in Dee Bee Gee's Virtual Black Doll Museum. 

Links to Previous Posts in This Series About Past eBay Doll Purchases

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Part 10

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Doll Purchase Review 10

These are eBay purchases/wins made between March 17, 2022, and May 1, 2022.

Dolls/items acquired between March 17, 2022, and May 2, 2022, are described and/or referenced below.

Felt Latina Woman

This brown felt 12-inch doll (described as Jamaican by the seller) represents a Latina woman based on her peasant-style dress and flared skirt. Read more about her here. This doll arrived on March 17, 2022.

Pearl earrings and necklace for Barbie-sized dolls

On May 1, 2022, I purchased a Barbie pearl jewelry set on eBay for my one-of-a-kind Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson doll.

Darice craft doll circa 1980-1990s

On May 2, 2022, I added this Darice craft doll to my Barbie competitors collection and dressed her in a reproduction of a 1966 Barbie fashion as illustrated here.

Links to Previous Posts in This Series About Past eBay Doll Purchases

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Part 9

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Doll Purchases in Review 9

eBay purchases/wins, January 16, 2022, through March 5, 2022

My series of Doll Purchases in Review resumes with this post. This series includes only doll-related times purchased or won on eBay. Dolls/items acquired between January 16, 2022, and March 5, 2022, are described and/or referenced below.

This 20-inch 1950s high-heel fashion doll (a Miss Revlon-type) was purchased as a gift for a friend.  The doll's curated information is also included in my virtual black doll museum (VBDM) and on the museum's Pinterest board devoted to vintage-doll installations. 

Green doll's eyes

I purchased these eyes to replace My Twinn Beatriz's eyes which had turned cloudy. The doll's head was sent to a My Twinn "specialist," who replaced the eyes and returned the head to me with the eyelashes detached. I reattached the eyelashes and the head to make my lovely Beatriz whole. A blog post includes before and after photos of Beatriz. The My Twinn doll installation at the VBDM site includes Beatriz.

Jasmine by Fiba

Because doll display space is very limited, I usually shy away from purchasing dolls taller than 20 inches. I try to limit purchases to dolls 18 inches or shorter, preferably shorter, but limitations always have exceptions, and Jasmine's purchase was one. She is a 25-inch doll made in Spain by Fiba that kept calling my name after I saw her on eBay. I could not refuse the seller's price. Ideally, I would like to redress Jasmine in more modern clothes. Perhaps this post will give me the incentive to redress her soon. Jasmine has also been installed in my VBDM. View the installation here. A picture of Jasmine is also pinned to the museum's modern dolls Pinterest board here. 

Links to Previous Posts in This Series About Past Doll Purchases

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

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Barbie Looks #21, #24, #25, and Barbie Fashionista #221

Barbie Looks #21 (stock photo)

Barbie Looks #21 (This is a preorder.)

Barbie Looks #24 (stock photo)

Barbie Looks #24 (This is a preorder.)

Barbie Looks #25 (stock photos)

Barbie Looks #25 (This is a preorder.)

At each of the above links are additional photos of the dolls. 

Barbie Fashionista #221 (stock photo)

Updated 6/15/2024, Barbie Fashionista #221, a doll that pays homage to the first Black Barbie and Barbie's 65th anniversary, is back in stock on Amazon.

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Doll Exhibit at the Adamsville Recreation Center in Atlanta (Video)

View the video coverage of the black doll exhibit at the Adamsville Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The dolls are from the collection of Ms. Jamila Jones. The exhibit opened in September 2023 and may have extended through January 2024. This Instagram post is from 28 weeks ago; however, I enjoyed viewing it and hope you will, too. 

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A post shared by The Atlanta City Council (@atlcouncil)

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Blog Search Performance for March 2024

Google Search Performance for March 2024 for this blog

According to the Google Search Console report for March 2024, the Black Doll Collecting blog received 1.6K web clicks and 145K views. 

This is a snapshot of the top countries that visited this blog in March 2024.

The Google Search Console and the Live Traffic (visitor) Feed in the sidebar on the home page inform me of the blog's usefulness to others. This blog is useful for me because writing about the dolls I collect "gives me life." 

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There are countless items to collect and write about. Black dolls chose me.

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The National Black Doll Museum's New Home

Map view of the new location of the National Black Doll Museum of History and Culture

The National Black Doll Museum celebrates 20 years and a new home, in North Attleborough

The Boston Globe

Debra Britt, executive director and founder, says she began collecting the dolls to nurture the self-esteem of historically marginalized people, ...

Read the rest of the Boston Globe's April 2, 2024, article by Adri Pray about the National Black Doll Museum of History and Culture's reopening here. (At the link, reloading the page might be required to bypass Boston Globe's subscription ads.)

Best wishes to the founder, Debbie Britt.

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Crystal McMurray's 1st Customized Barbie

A customized Barbie by Crystal McMurray was fashioned using this doll.

 
In January 2024, a customized Barbie by Crystal McMurray entered my collection. This special doll is Crystal's first repainted Barbie.

Crystal, whose brand is Of Birds and Lilies, usually creates one-of-a-kind needle-sculpted, polymer clay, or paper-maché-type full-size and miniature doll art, and associated dioramas. Some of her dolls are featured in her storybook, Of Birds and Lilies No Worry Zone.

Crystal used Barbie Fashionista #194 (shown in the above photo) to create the now one-of-a-kind doll. The doll's costume was inspired by a Pinterest photo, and Crystal nailed it!

Upon arrival, I created a "box opening" video and photographed the doll in several poses. I captured the photos in a second video. Both videos are embedded below. (I apologize for not speeding up or editing the unboxing video, but you can share in my suspense as I unboxed the doll.)

Unboxing Video

Video Slideshow

Read this doll's installation in DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum here.

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