Designed by Bill Greening for Mattel, You Create Barbie Kit No. 003 is Style #JBH87.
Left on my front porch unattended for several hours (even though I was home), my impressive You Create Barbie Kit No. 003 arrived this past Saturday. I love everything!
Box front
Box back
The opened box
The kit includes three different heads, three different bodies, clothing, accessories, wigs, a doll stand for each doll, a certificate of authenticity, and a diagram illustrating how to assemble.
The three-doll set and accessories are housed in a beautiful shiny black box that opens in the center to expose the central compartment where the dolls are attached and where the clothing and accessories are inside four slide-out storage boxes. There are two side panels. One panel illustrates three ways to style the dolls. The other side panel has a written "Ode to Black."
Inside the box, this side panel image illustrates three of the many ways to style the dolls.
An Ode to Black defines the many ways to dress in black.
With the dolls still attached to the box, photographing was difficult because of the black background of the box. I used the above and additional photos to vlog the remainder of my initial review.
Because I did not have much time to create, I asked doll-friend Telisa Spain to allow me to share her photo of dressed dolls from kits 001 and 003 and her written review.
2025 Barbie Basics Doll 003 (front and center) and dolls from You Create Barbie Kits 001 and 003 were dressed using clothing, wigs, and accessories from the kits. (Photograph courtesy of Telisa Spain)
Telisa posted the above photo and review in my Facebook group:
I purchased set #1 and #3, but I liked them so much that I ordered set #2. They are the first of the newer Barbies that I have purchased in a long time that I don’t have any complaints about. I will complete a mini review of them. (1) The price point is pretty good. For approximately $33.33 a doll, you get the doll, outfit, shoes, jewelry or sunglasses, shoes, wig, and stand. (2) The packaging is great. The box is sturdy and nice, and you wouldn’t want to throw it away, because it can be used for future storage. The clothing and accessories come individually packaged, similar to how the OMG and Rainbow high dolls use to be packaged. (3) The dolls are well made. Although, I am not a fan of the new Barbie bodies, these dolls use the made-to-move bodies, which is the best of the lot these days. Sadly, I realize that the classic body is a thing of the past. (4) The dolls are very versatile, and come in three different sizes. The outfits and wigs fits all of the dolls regardless of the size, so you can change it around. (5). I love the face molds. They are different and some of them I have never seen Mattel use before. (6) The heads are interchangeable and they can be switched with the new Barbie basic dolls that came out.
In conclusion, I hope Mattel continues this line of Barbies, or at least come out with wigs and clothing accessories for them. This set makes me believe that Barbie is being a little retro, because this series reminds me of the 1960s Fashion Queen Barbie and Midge, which came with wigs.
My plan is to remove my dolls from the box to "customize, create, and play" and share the results in a second blog post.
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(1) The price point is pretty good. For approximately $33.33 a doll, you get the doll, outfit, shoes, jewelry or sunglasses, shoes, wig, and stand. (2) The packaging is great. The box is sturdy and nice, and you wouldn’t want to throw it away, because it can be used for future storage. The clothing and accessories come individually packaged, similar to how the OMG and Rainbow high dolls use to be packaged. (3) The dolls are well made. Although, I am not a fan of the new Barbie bodies, these dolls use the made-to-move bodies, which is the best of the lot these days. Sadly, I realize that the classic body is a thing of the past. (4) The dolls are very versatile, and come in three different sizes. The outfits and wigs fits all of the dolls regardless of the size, so you can change it around. (5). I love the face molds. They are different and some of them I have never seen Mattel use before. (6) The heads are interchangeable and they can be switched with the new Barbie basic dolls that came out.
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