This is the 35th Anniversary Barbie.
Obviously she would have been released in 1994.
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| Although her box date is 1993. |
This doll came as a blonde,or a brunette.
This is actually the second edition of the 35th anniversary doll. You can tell that because she has the proper arched eyebrows.
The first edition came out with the wrong eyebrows! Mattel, what were you thinking? The first anniversary doll came out with rounded eyebrows,when everybody knows that the first Barbie doll, now known as the 'Number One', has pointed eyebrows.So Mattel fixed the eyebrows. Then the other thing people complained about were her bangs. Number one Barbies have tightly curled bangs,while the repro has loose curls. A lot of people recurled the bangs on the 35th Anniversary dolls to make them right.
The box pictured a doll with curlier bangs.
Number One Barbie also has weird white eyeballs. They got that right on this doll.
She has the appropriate gold hoop earrings.
And of course, she's wearing the classic zebra striped swimsuit,although this one had clear elastic straps to maintain Barbie's modesty!
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| These clear straps have died from old age. |
Her classic sunglasses were also provided,as well as her white mules.
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| They aren't nearly as well made as the originals though. |
A reproduction of the original Barbie box is included in the set. I'm pretty sure it is clearly labeled 'reproduction'.
One of my complaints about the reproduction was the mold line down the front of the doll's legs.
She has very shiny legs too,which just didn't look right. And the mold line around the hands is very ragged.
She has toenail paint,as well as fingernail paint. There's that mold line on the legs.
That's it for today. See you again tomorrow for another doll.
