Doll-A-Day 2023 #305: Barbie Loves the Ocean

   This is another doll I found at the bin store for $1. She's also bound for donation. But we can look at her, because he packaging has seen better days anyway. She's a Barbie Loves the Ocean doll.

  She came in an all cardboard box, with no plastic window. The whole idea of the doll was to bring awareness to ocean bound plastics, and stopping plastic waste. Here's the doll herself.

The back of her box explains that she is made from recycled ocean bound plastics, the fabric is made from recycled plastic, and she is presented in recyclable packaging. It also states that apart from the doll's head and shoes, plastic parts are 'made from 90% recycled plastic sourced within 50km of waterways in areas lacking formal waste collection systems'.

There's a QR code that can be scanned 'for more information on how Barbie loves the ocean and is working toward a better future'. Great, but apparently she only loved the ocean for this one series of dolls, because I see plastic packaging on Barbie dolls all the time. Stuff like this is great, and it helps, but you have to do it ALL the time to make a real difference. Why not do it all the time?!

She's a pretty doll. She has a bright colourful dress.

She has a big smile, with teeth.

And great hair, with painted hair around her hair line.

Although I don't think it's as well painted as some others I've seen.

  Online I saw her described as a curvy body, but she isn't. She's pretty skinny.

  

  Here's how Amazon describes her:

• The Barbie Loves the Ocean collection features diverse dolls, fabrics and accessories made from recycled materials and ocean-bound plastics.
• ​Barbie doll has a curvy body shape and naturally curly black hair. She is summer-ready in a striped sundress with a fun pineapple print and asymmetric ruffle neckline.
• ​From strolling down the boardwalk at the beach to attending a backyard BBQ, her breezy and versatile look can inspire kids to dream up all sorts of summery stories.
• ​Barbie doll wears white sunglasses and platform sandals made from ocean-bound plastics.
• ​This sustainably minded doll comes in FSC-certified recyclable packaging that is fully closed to help reduce plastic waste.
• ​Barbie Loves the Ocean not only provides kids with a sun-sational opportunity for play, but it can also encourage a love for protecting the planet and its oceans from an early age.

When I got her, her accessories were missing. That's not a big surprise, considering how things get thrown around in those bins. She was barely hanging in her box herself. I think she will still make a good gift for a kid. I managed to put her back in her restraints in her packaging, (all cardboard loops), and put her box back together pretty well. I don't think any kid is going to read the box to see what she was supposed to come with. I might throw in some new accessories I have anyway, because I bought something for one or two things, and ended up with some stuff I don't need.

She has limited articulation, and solid plastic legs, but she can move her arms and legs out to the sides, as well as back and forth.

  Some good news! Our new windows come in in about 6 days, and then they will be installed shortly after. Yay!!

  That's the doll for today. See you again tomorrow.