#barbie repro

[alldollsarevalid]

Isn't she fabulous

Eventually I would like to get another vintage repro to redress in modern clothing bc I'm leaving this one exactly as she is.

[crazed-reviews]

Review: "Enchanted Evening Barbie" Fashion doll reproduction from Mattel (1996)

Starting in 1993, with Barbie's 35th anniversary, and lasting for a few years, Mattel began producing reproductions of Barbie dolls and fashions from 1959 through the early 60s. The reproductions were sold in both blonde and brunette, just like the original dolls.

This particular doll is the blonde version of Enchanted Evening Barbie, from 1996. I purchased her for $18.00 USD off of Facebook Marketplace.

Barbie comes in a blue box, with sparkles on the backdrop behind her, which I believe is supposed to look like the night sky. The front reads:

"1960 Fashion and Doll Reproduction

Collector Edition

Enchanted Evening Barbie"

The back shows Barbie standing by some bushes, and reads:

"Stars sparkle overhead. And there's magic in the air. It's the most exciting evening Barbie can remember. The year is 1960, and Barbie wears one of the most popular vintage fashions, Enchanted Evening®️. In her white furry stole, exquisite ice pink satin gown, and opera length gloves, she is the height of early sixties elegance.

This Collector Edition, which reproduced the ensemble #983, is a second chance to start a Barbie®️ doll collection of your own or for a special person in your life. Because you're never too old for Barbie."

It also advertises an ornament of Barbie in the same outfit.

I like the note that you're never too old for Barbie.

Barbie had a lot of papers tucked in her box! One is a postcard asking questions like "How many Barbie dolls do you own?", "How much do you spend on Barbie yearly?", etc. There's also a 2-year warranty, which ended in 1998, 25 years ago as of this post's writing, and an advertisement for a magazine called "Barbie Bazaar", which was marketed towards adult Barbie collectors.

Barbie comes with a doll stand and a pink shell-shaped brush, just like the one my Coca-Cola Party Barbie came with.

Barbie has a tight-fitting light pink satin gown, with a gathered waist, a pink rosette at the hip, with a long draping section off to her left. To accessorize, she wears a furry white stole around her shoulders, which closes with a clasp, long white gloves, sparkly clear open-toe heels, and a white faux-pearl necklace and faux-pearl stud earrings.

She looks so elegant! I just love the aesthetic of 60s Barbie dolls.

Barbie has 5 points of articulation, with movement at her:

Head

Shoulders

Hips

Her arms and legs are a slightly flexible rubbery material, almost like those of 90s Barbie dolls with the click bend knees, but they don't bend.

Barbie has dark blue eyes that look off to her left, and slightly downwards, with light blue eyeshadow, and bright red lipstick. Her nostrils also have a red dot painted in each.

Her long light blonde hair came styled in a high ponytail, with a section of hair wrapped around the hair elastic, and another elastic tied towards the end of her ponytail, but due to age, the elastics have disintegrated in her hair, leaving a clumpy, gluey mess. I had to wash and restyle her hair after these photos.

After washing the elastics out, her hair is very soft! It's densely rooted, so her hair can be styled without showing bald patches, unlike the originals, who were only rooted around the hairline since their hair was intended to be left in the ponytail.

Her necklace came taped down in the back to hold it in place. The tape was very yellowed, but I managed to remove it without leaving any sticky residue.

Here's Barbie's dress without the stole! It gives a very different look.

And here's the dress with the skirt draped in front of her legs.

Here's Barbie's shoes, which are clear open-toed heels with glitter embedded in them. They've yellowed a bit with time, but aren't sticky. They aren't plastic but more of a vinyl, which I was pleasantly surprised by. My grandmother's Barbie and Midge doll's heels were all a thin, brittle plastic that always cracked at the strap. These seem much more durable.

Barbie's toenails are painted the same red as her lips, as are her fingernails.

Overall, I love this doll! She isn't a perfect replica of a 1960s ponytail Barbie doll, but she has her own charm. She's also very easy to find secondhand! I would pay $30.00 USD at most for her, but you can easily find her at $25.00 USD.

This Barbie really is a stunning doll, and I'm very happy to have her in my collection. Now, I'm on the lookout for the brunette Solo in the Spotlight Barbie doll!

[theguythatcollectsdolls]

60th anniversary Silkstone Swirl Ponytail Barbie

[lesbianlorna]

i swear to god if one of the effects of the barbie movie is allan being pulled from the depths of shelved barbie friends purgatory, i'll lose it. like it'd make sense to at least release a repro of him with how popular he's turned out to be.

[candyhorse]

found a random 35th anniversary Barbie at a comic book store. it’s fun comparing her to my MTM Barbie no. 1 custom and seeing how despite 60+ years of development and body shape revisions, they can more or less share clothes.

[dat2ndaccount97]

Since Mattel never made a Reproduction Superstar Ken, my Repro Superstar Barbie started dating another 70's Superstar.

[smallfavorsboutique]

Halloween doll clothes. My other dolls are above and below.

[asterkurayami]

Primary color vibes.

[britneyshakespeare]

i love bratz as dolls but i fuckin hate mga as a brand. fuckin idiots

[sweet-pearl]

Margot Robbie at the Barbie movie premiere in custom Schiaparelli referencing the 1960 Solo in the Spotlight Barbie

[alldollsarevalid]

This dress looks like it was made for Millicent

[prudencepaccard]

Barbenheimer Purim party vibes

[theguythatcollectsdolls]

Barbie’s closet - Suzy Goose

[wildflowercryptid]

doll companies need to slow down when it comes to their doll releases bc i do not have the money to buy all the ones i want. 😭😭😭

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