Bessie Coleman Barbie IRL

Mattel Shipper for the Bessie Coleman Barbie, stock #HJX37-9993

I've taken a couple of photos of my Bessie Coleman Barbie from the Barbie Inspiring Women series after removing it from the Mattel shipper. (Thank you Amazon for leaving the doll's box in the original shipper and for shipping it inside another box with air packing material!) I'll take more photos later to use in the doll's museum installation. 

The doll uses the Desiree/Adria head sculpt.

This full-length photo illustrates the doll's 1920s-inspired aviator suit with the initials BC on the cap.

I tried to scan the entire back of the box, but the scanner interestingly only picked up the image of Ms. Coleman, which is illustrated next.

Bessie Coleman
Aviator
1892-1926

Ms. Coleman's bio from the back of the doll box is captured in the final photo. 

Bessie Coleman's bio

For around $35, the Bessie Coleman Barbie is available online on Amazon and Target at the time of this post. The doll is in preorder status at the Mattel Creations website.

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Bessie Coleman Barbie Buy Link

Bessie Coleman Barbie

Available on Amazon, the Bessie Coleman Barbie is $35.00 with free shipping for Prime members.

About the Doll and the Person It Portrays:

• This Barbie Inspiring Women doll honors Bessie Coleman. She was the first Black and Native American female pilot, and the first Black person to earn an international pilot’s license.
• Bessie Coleman Barbie doll wears a traditional olive-green aviator suit, tall lace-up boots and a cap emblazoned with her initials: “BC”.
• As someone who loved flying through the sky and performing aerial tricks, she naturally comes with a helmet and goggle accessories!
• May this aviatrix’s trailblazing achievements and remarkable courage inspire people everywhere to soar to greater heights.
• The Bessie Coleman Barbie Inspiring Women doll comes in displayable packaging, making her a wonderful gift for collectors and children ages 6 years old and up.

Ad# Amazon buy link: https://amzn.to/3QrJqbl

The doll is also on Target's website where, if you use your Target Red card you'll receive a 5% discount, and if you're a Rakuten member and enter Target's website through Rakuten before purchasing, you'll get an extra 1% cashback on the purchase. Not a Rakuten member? Join here. 

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1st Pictures of Bessie Coleman Barbie

Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was the first Black woman in the world to earn an international pilot's license.

 

The photos of the Barbie Signature Bessie Coleman doll are not the best, but you'll get an idea of what the doll will look like at the following link where the photo of the back of the box is clearer:

https://www.youloveit.com/dolls/2773-barbie-signature-bessie-coleman-doll.html 

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