Doll-A-Day 2023 #33: Barbie Basics No. 03

   Today we're looking at a doll that I love. I wish I had this doll. This one belongs to Emma, and she grabbed it from her childhood bedroom while clearing up fire stuff at the house recently. She's a Barbie Basics doll.

  Remember the Barbie Basics dolls? They were really great dolls. The clothes were fairly simple, but the faces and some of the hairstyles were wonderful.

  For being 'Basics', these dolls were pretty extra. 

  We saw Ivy's Barbie Basics dolls HERE, HERE, and HERE. This particular Barbie Basics doll is  Model #3, from Collection 1.5.

  There were several different face sculpts used for the Barbie Basics dolls.

 This one has the very popular Steffie sculpt.

  Maybe it's just because she's been in her box for years, and her curl has relaxed, but her hair isn't nearly as curly as the picture on her box.

In fact, it's pretty straight.

It is red though. this is the Barbie Basics doll I would have bought, if I had bought one.

  I have realized that this doll is basically My Melody Barbie with 'evening make-up' on. 

 

Like the other dolls in the line, she is dressed in black.

She has a little hot pink belt for, as they says these days, 'a pop of colour'.

  Her shoes are also black.

  Like all the Barbie Basics line, this doll has the Model Muse body.

  Did you notice the price on that sticker? Yes, Emma got this doll for $9.94!

Where was I then?!

  That's today's doll. Tomorrow is Ken's birthday, and we will be traveling to Indiana to see a play Ivy worked on the costumes for. But there will be a doll! See you then.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #327: Barbie Basics 001 Model 11

  Today's doll is another Barbie Basics doll.

This particular Barbie Basics doll is from 2009.

She's from the 001 series. She's model 11.
 

She originally came in a black dress. I haven't seen it around Ivy's things,so I've redressed her in a dress I found in Ivy's doll clothes. I don't know where it's from.

This doll has the Teresa head sculpt,which has been one of my favourites since Mattel started using it.

She has the Model Muse body...I think. Or is that only if she has her arm in the hand on hip position?

  That's the doll for today. Come back tomorrow when we'll continue to see some of Ivy's dolls.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #315: Barbie Basics 003

  I'm caught up with this post. Ken suggested staying in Indiana last night and today we could,"Wander Indiana",(the state's slogan). It's a good thing we didn't wait to come back today, because we got quite a bit of snow today. The roads might have been slippery. It's also super cold. It was all a bit of a surprise, because it wasn't even that cold last night.
  Today's doll is another of Ivy's. She's this lady.

She's missing a shoe.

She's another Barbie Basics doll.

She's from the 2011 002 collection.

She's model 003.

She came in a gray tank top and jeans. Ivy has redressed her in the black dress  that actually belongs to the doll from the last post, Barbie Basics 04 from the 001 collection.

She has the popular Steffie head sculpt.

What an incredible head of curly hair!

  That's the doll for today.
 

We'll see you again tomorrow for another of Ivy's dolls.

Doll-A-Day 2019 #314: Barbie Basics Doll 004

    Ken and Ivy didn't want to go back to Indiana yesterday,so I had trouble getting them out of the house. It's a four and a half hour drive each way. By the time I got them on the road,it made coming home very late. We had to stop and sleep a bit in order to make it home safely. We got home way into the morning, so my post was delayed. But I'm catching up by doing two posts today. My year of daily posts is nearly up,and I'm not ruining my record now!
  Today's doll is one of Ivy' again. She's this lady.

She's a Barbie Basics doll.
 

She's from the 001 collection. She's model 04.

Ivy has redressed her in 2010's So In Style Kara's dress. She would have originally come in a short, black dress.
 

She has the Model Muse body.
 

 

She also has the Goddess face sculpt.

 

I thought she would have rooted eyelashes, but she doesn't.

I don't know what the difference in her vinyl is,but she is a dust magnet. I wiped her down several times during her photo shoot,but she still managed to be covered with dust as soon as I was finished cleaning her off.
  That's it for this doll. My usual post for the day will be up later. See you then, and again tomorrow for another doll.