Doll-A-Day 252: Pink Skinned Malibu Barbie Type: Fashion Fireworks Barbie

  Well first of all, I'm starting to feel better. I have only felt crappy about 3 times today, and I had a busy day full of doing stuff. So hopefully I am on the way to being all better. I am waaay tired of feeling bad. This needs to be over.
  One of the things I did today was make a find at Salvation Army. Technically I didn't actually make the find. I was told about it. But then I went over and made the score, so that counts. Right? I'll tell you about that tomorrow.

  UPDATE: Thanks to a reader the doll has been identified as Fashion Fireworks Barbie.
  Today's doll is one I don't know the name of for sure, so hopefully someone can help me here.

 

All I know is that she's a European Barbie, possibly Super Fashion Fireworks Barbie. If anybody knows if there was another pale, pink skinned doll using the Malibu Barbie style face paint and head mold, (which is actually the Barbie friend Stacey head mold), let me know.

She is wearing her original swimsuit, and this is what she was wearing when I got her.

As you can see, she's basically Malibu Barbie after learning the dangers of tanning. Or maybe she's just Malibu Barbie before the tanning.

  She has lighter, slightly more silky pale blonde hair than Malibu Barbie. (Maybe Malibu Barbie spent more time in a chlorinated pool.)

Tomorrow is Saturday, and you know what that means: Skipper Saturday. See you then.

Doll-A-Day 201: Stacey Week: Twist and Turn Stacey

  Well, fortunately I located the camera's battery charger. Unfortunately, not before Ken had ordered another one. Oh well, having a spare can't be a bad thing, especially considering how we misplace things around here! Hopefully yesterday and today's pictures are better than the couple of days before.
  This is our last vintage Stacey doll of Stacey Week. (But the week's not over yet!) She's a 'copper penny' Twist and Turn Stacey.

This is, I think, the first Stacey I owned. I actually bought her at a McMaster's auction a bit over 20 years ago.

She is the the most I expensive Stacey I ever bought: for $35! (Which seems a VERY good deal now, considering how nice this particular doll is.)

That was more than I would normally have spent for a doll for myself in those days. But...well, originally she was for someone else, so I justified it. After having her in my possession for a while, and loving her so much, I ended up keeping her. I'm really glad I did now, because she's one of my very favourite dolls.

Solo in the Spotlight? Pshaw!Stacey looks great as a nightclub singer too, in Enchanted Evening. This really cool real metal microphone was found at a yard sale. It's actually too short for a Barbie doll, but you'd never have known if I hadn't told...

 This version of Twist and Turn Stacey came wearing a  red one piece bathing suit with a belly cutout.Unlike Short Flip or Talking Stacey, this girl has three 'spit curls'.

Even though she's a Mod Era doll, I love her in this early Barbie fashion, Enchanted Evening.

Enchanted Evening is from 1960-63. It was so popular with collectors that it has been reproduced twice: The first time in 1987,on a porcelain ponytail Barbie reproduction, and the second time in 1996 on a vinyl  ponytail Barbie reproduction.

Enchanted Evening includes the satin dress, with either a rose or a rhinestone decoration on the hip...

This is obviously the rose version.

...the white rabbit fur stole, lined in pink satin...

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...a triple strand 'pearl' necklace with dangly bits at the back,and clear mules with glitter. I actually have all the pieces, but the shoes and necklace were in a different box, and I was a bit busy today. So Stacey went jewelry free and is wearing vintage white Barbie mules.

The story of how I got the Enchanted Evening is a good one. A long time ago, probably over 20 years ago, when we used to do toy and doll shows, we were at a train and miniature show. Now that's a weird combination. One side of the room was ladies and their miniatures, and some dolls. The other side of the room was trains, train stuff, and some toy dealers. Since we were the only people there with Barbie dolls, one of the toy dealers approached us about selling some Barbie stuff he had recently come into. He'd gone to someone's house to check out a bunch of GI Joe stuff they were selling, since that was mainly what he dealt in. While he was there they also asked him if he was interested in buying a shoebox of Barbie stuff they had. He didn't know much about Barbie, except he knew the stuff was worth something. So he bought it, but now he was sort of stuck, because he didn't know anything about values, (This was the days before you could find out just about anything online, and even before Ebay.), and also because he had no outlet for selling it. He only did toy shows, and dolls, especially then, were just not sellers at toy shows. We looked it over. I was pretty excited. Ken, as usual, was super cautious. He didn't want to pay more than he could get back,and we didn't know much about vintage stuff, which was what was in the box. He hemmed and hawed. I managed to convince him he could make his money back, and then he had to haggle with the toy guy. Finally, the guy took $75 and an American Gladiators Zap figure, (He wanted it for himself.), in exchange for the treasure chest of a shoe box.    

Does anybody remember this show? Grown muscle bound people hitting each other with giant Q-Tips.

The contents of the box were something out of a dream. Inside was a collection of mint and complete vintage Barbie outfits, an ash blonde bubble cut Barbie with smokey eye shadow----the most beautiful bubble cut I have ever seen----, and a titian Midge. Down in the bottom of the box, amongst the shoes and jewelry, was Midge's wrist tag. Everything was so mint. It was like the kid who owned the stuff had maybe played with it a little on Christmas morning, scooped everything into the shoebox at the end of play, and never looked at it again. Included were:
Solo in the Spotlight
Enchanted Evening
Black Magic
Busy Morning
Nighty Negligee
Satin 'n Rose
Undergarments, (in pale blue),missing the bra and girdle and one shoe.
And maybe some others I can't remember. Everything ,except for the Undergarments lingerie set,was complete too, including the shoes and jewelry! I kept my favourites, Enchanted Evening, and Satin 'N Rose, plus I still have Nighty Negligee and the Undergarments pieces too. Curiously,although Midge's bathing suit was included, Barbie's was missing.
  Tomorrow, for the conclusion of Stacey Week, we'll look at the reproduction Stacey. Til then...

Doll-A-Day 200:Stacey Week: Talking Stacey

  Well, here we are on a bit of a milestone day: the 200th Doll-A-Day post! There have been a few misses this year, but not many. It's been a challenge to post something everyday. Some days I have missed, but some days I have done two posts. What am I? Crazy?
  I was very busy doing stuff around the house today, so instead of doing a special post for day 200, I'm just doing a quick post. I know you've seen two Talking Staceys already, but here's one more.

This is a 'copper penny' Talking Stacey.

 She's obviously the Stacey that came in the striped two piece bathing suit because she still has her original green hair ribbon...which is far too short for me to ever get retied.

She's wearing Barbie's City Sparkler fashion.

City Sparkler came with green Pilgrim shoes. I don't have any, but then I do have some green shoes, which I forgot to leave out when I was putting stuff away. Typical.

'The One Hair': It's actually two, and they're eyelashes.

City Sparkler,from 1970, is one of my favourite Mod Era Barbie fashions, and it looks great on a red haired Stacey.

Tomorrow we're going to see my favourite Stacey. See you then.

Doll-A-Day 199: Stacey Week:Short Flip Stacey

  We're still suffering the loss of the camera's battery charger, so it was either give up or use the old camera. Sorry about the picture quality!
  Today's Stacey is another 'copper penny' red haired doll, this Short Flip Stacey.

I have seen these dolls with the hairstyle loose and pluffy, and it looks great. I just don't dare try it, because I'm terrible with hair and if it turned out awful, then I probably couldn't get her back to normal!

'The One Hair': This time it's an eyelash!

 Like all other Stacey's, the Short Flip doll came with 'copper penny' red hair, or platinum blonde.

The 'copper penny' Short Flip Stacey was featured in the Stacey Night Lightening Gift Set reproduction in 2006. (We'll have a look at that set later in the week.) There was also a convention only exclusive Night Lightening reproduction that came with a blonde short flip.

Today's doll is wearing Barbie's Ruffles and Swirls fashion from 1970-71.

There should also be a pink vinyl belt and hot pink Pilgrim shoes.I don't have the belt, and as usual, I'm short on shoes, so Stacey is wearing vintage turquoise Barbie mules.

Hopefully we'll locate the battery charger tomorrow. Join us for another Stacey and see if we did...