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How can I identify a barbie doll in it’s original shipping package?

Question by Charles: How can I identify a barbie doll in it’s original shipping package?
My family has been buying barbies from the mattel catalog for years and many of the barbies are still in their original shipping package unopened. I thought that leaving them sealed might add more value to them so I am trying to find out how to identify them with out opening the shipping package. The packages say:
“Mattel”
“Barbie Doll”
“19788-9993″
“china – 1 piece”
there is a sticker that says “386150″
a number stamped “0848hr”
and there is a UPC scan bar with “6 00 74299 19788 0″.

is there any way to tell what barbies are inside with out opening them?

Best answer:

Answer by Orko von Snarf-Snarf
best bet would be to try a Barbie site rather than here for more specialized info.

I know with SW and GIJoe box numbers like that they can tell you when it was packed and exactly which 12 figures are in the case.

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Nursing the Desire to Collect Vintage Barbie Dolls

by natalia & gabriel

Nursing the Desire to Collect Vintage Barbie Dolls

It’s not everyone who will have a love for Barbie dolls much less have a desire to collect vintage Barbie dolls. Most of the people who collect vintage Barbie dolls are the same women who played with these dolls when they were young, and collectors of such things as dolls.

To the not inconsiderable surprise of many people, vintage Barbie dolls are a huge collector’s item and can fetch a large sum of money in many cases for a well preserved doll. This was well delineated in the recent September 2006 auction of vintage Barbie dolls by a Dutch mother and daughter who had in their collection about 4,000 dolls.

These beautiful vintage Barbie dolls sometimes can start life out as being seasonal gifts or the introduction to a brand new line of dolls. The main items that will separate these Barbie dolls out from the rest of the pack are the looks these dolls have. The modern Barbie doll is dressed in sleek and trendy clothes that you will see on your teenage daughter. Her eyes will have a forward look that is somewhat rounded.

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The vintage Barbie dolls on the other hand have an elongated eye shape. This shape is reminiscent of how women in the 40s to 60s period highlighted their eyes. The entire look which you will find in these Barbie dolls portrays a look of an elegant woman. The clothes that you will find being worn by these vintage Barbie dolls is also designed to mimic the clothes which women in those times wore.

You can find these vintage Barbie dolls in ones like that of the Silkstone Barbies. These Barbie dolls are dressed in the height of fashion from that era. Their eyes are also similar to the original Barbie dolls which were made by Mattel in the beginning. You can also find gift sets which have beautiful reproductions of different vintage Barbie dolls.

One of the vintage Barbie dolls that you will be able to buy is that of a Barbie Learns to Cook doll. This doll is part of the Barbie Picnic Set doll. Another Barbie doll that can be found in this vintage set of Barbie dolls is that of Barbie doll that is dressed in a 60s Twist and Turn style. This doll is dressed in the height of fashion from this swinging period.

For many people who collect Barbie dolls these vintage Barbie dolls are great additions to their collection. For these people it does not matter if the dolls are reproduction Barbie vintage dolls or actual dolls from that period. When you look at all of these vintage Barbie dolls you will see many that you will love to have in your collection. Their great clothes and sophisticated air places these vintage Barbie dolls as must have items for all collectors.

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Ladies, how many of you had a “Barbie Doll” when you were coming up as a kid ?

Question by I love you Norah O’Donnell: Ladies, how many of you had a “Barbie Doll” when you were coming up as a kid ?
Barbie turns 50 today. You know, the busty, blonde, bimbo girl from
Mattel I believe. And she has a boyfriend named Ken. Rumor has it
that he may be gay. Anyway, 50 years of Barbie. You would think
that by now, people would be more understanding and sympathetic
to the so called bimbo gal down the street. Now there have been some
major advancements throughout history. The Women’s movement came along in the 1970′s. Then they demanded that Barbie be treated
with respect. So as a result, you see more cosmopolitan style Barbie
Dolls on the market, and some of them are even housewives. How
about that. Well let me ask you this. Have you ever had a Barbie
Doll when you were coming up as a kid. I had one before, but not as a child. But she
was a real live one. Her name was Tammy. He, he, he, he…………
(laughing to myself like Homer Simpson)
Tell us if you don’t mind. What do you
think about the whole Barbie Doll
ideology………………

Best answer:

Answer by Phil K
I had a lap dance by a girl named Barbi!

Does that count?

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Collect Barbie Dolls–make Money With Your Hobby

by Chris Fritz

Collect Barbie Dolls–make Money With Your Hobby

Barbie will be 50 years old in 2009. Wow I wish we all looked that good at 50. Of course she has had plastic surgery over the decades. She has even had a complete body replacement.

Barbie was first made in 1959 by Mattel and millions have been sold all over the globe since then. Barbies official birthday is March 9th 1959 which is when she was shown at the New York toy Fair. She wore a one piece black and white zebra striped swimsuit,high heel open toe shoes,hoop earrings and had white sunglasses with blue lenses. She has blonde or brunette hair pulled back in a ponytail and she has strongly arched eyebrows and white irises. She was made from a type of plastic which has faded to white over the years. She has copper tubing in her legs and holes in the feet for mounting on a pedestal. She is marked JAPAN on the bottom of the right foot and on the body she is marked Barbie TM Pats. Pend. Copyright MCMVIII.

If you find one of these dolls in good condition you have a collectors delight which is worth quite a bit of money. The exact value depends on the condition and completeness of the doll. Any missing parts or damage will lower the value substantially. This doll is known as the #1 Ponytail Barbie.

The #2 Ponytail Barbie is the same as #1 except that there is no copper tubing in the legs or holes in the feet. The pedestal was changed and made with extensions to support the doll.

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The #3 Ponytail Barbie is the same as #2 but has different eyebrows and blue irises. She may have blue or brown eyeliner makeup.

The #4 Ponytail Barbie is made from a non fading plastic which retains it’s flesh color. She has blue eyeliner makeup.

The #5 Ponytail Barbie had a new hollow plastic body. The earlier dolls were made from solid plastic. The markings are similar with the difference that she is marked R Pats. Pend. rather than TM Pats. Pend. A new hair color was added to the line,known as titian,and dolls with this hair color are scarcer and therefore worth more than the brunette or blonde dolls. Some of these dolls had a problem in the plastic which developed a greasy look with age. If you find a matte faced doll it is worth more than a greasy faced specimen,.

The #6 Ponytail Barbie was made from a new vinyl which does not develop a greasy appearance as it ages. Her lips and fingernails are a pinkish red rather than the previous bright red. She is clad in a red swimsuit and has open toe,red,shoes.

The #7 Ponytail Barbie was made in various different hair colors including brunette, titian,lemon blonde and ash blonde. Nails and lips on this doll are coral red in color. This new edition was brought out in the 1962-1963 period and the markings became Midge TM copyright 1962/Barbie copyright 1958 by Mattel. Dolls with this new marking are often called the #7 Ponytail Barbie but many people still call them #6. Dolls made before the changeover in 1962 are scarcer and more valuable than the new edition.

Condition is undoubtedly the most important factor in putting a value on early Barbie dolls. Collectors want a doll which is clean,completely original and not damaged.Such a doll fetches top price. If the doll is in its original packaging,and in mint condition,it is a highly desirable collectors doll and will fetch a premium price. Dolls which have in any way been repaired,restored or repainted are worth less than those left in the faded original condition.

Where can you expect to find early collectible Barbie dolls? The answer is almost anywhere,if you know what you are looking for. The great majority of the general public have no knowledge of old Barbie dolls,or the fact that they are valuable. You can find old Barbie dolls sometimes by looking in thrift or second hand stores,fleamarkets and garage sales. Be sure to carry a magnifier to read the markings on the Barbie dolls when you are out there searching. Best of Luck.

Tableandhome.Com Adds Mattel?s Barbie?, Barbie Fairytopia? And Polly Pocket? Brand Toys To Online Retail Roster

Tableandhome.Com Adds Mattel’s Barbie™, Barbie Fairytopia™ And Polly Pocket™ Brand Toys To Online Retail Roster

Seattle WA (PRWEB) May 1, 2006

TableAndHome.com (http://www.TableAndHome.com) today announced the addition of Mattel’s Barbie™, Barbie Fairytopia™ and Polly Pocket™ brands to the retailer’s online and walk-in store offerings. One of the most identifiable icons in the world, Barbie sells $ 3 Billion a year in merchandise throughout the world. TableandHome.com currently offers over 130 Mattel items on its online retail store.

Versatile Barbie is equally at home on the beach, at school, at play or in fairyland. Barbie Fairytopia™ figures and play sets take the Barbie brand to a mythical fairyworld where imagination runs free. The Polly Pocket brand dolls feature small, pocket-sized dolls, imaginative play sets and unique rubbery plastic clothes made of “Polly Stretch.” The Polly Pocket gang includes Lea, Shanni, Lila and Polly.

TableandHome.com also took the opportunity to announce the addition of Rich Frog juvenile toys to the online retailer’s offerings. Rich Frog produces whimsically designed plush toys, pull toys and cloth books for the toddler set. Rich Frog’s Animix series of 6 toys feature With Rich Frog’s Animix series; children can mix up animals in endless ways. All legs, heads, tails, snouts, trunks, tentacles, and wings stick to any part of the body…and to each other. With two or more Animixes, children can mix up body parts to make whole new breeds of animals. There are six Animix animals available: a duck, a frog, an elephant, a hippo, a pig, and an octopus made from a soft, velvety material in bright colors.

“Adding Barbie and Polly Pocket to our line-up is truly exciting for tableandhome.com. We are excited to offer Barbie, Polly Pocket and the Rich Frog line to our store,” said Susan Esayian, Store Manager.

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The Table And Home Store is located in Seattle Washington on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Broad Street in the Bay Vista Building, and on the Internet at: http://www.TableAndHome.com. TableAndHome.com stocks a vast selection of tableware, serving dishes, kitchenware, wine glasses, flatware, Judaic collections (http://www.tableandhome.com/occasions/hanukkah), porcelain figurines, formal and casual china (http://tableandhome.com/china), silver (http://tableandhome.com/silver), crystal (http://tableandhome.com/crystal), espresso makers, coffee grinders, knives, barware, toys, stuffed animals, teddy bears, cat cookie jars and even Sesame Street characters, and musical Peter Rabbit toys, perfect for infants, children and adults.

TableAndHome.com is an authorized dealer for 86 manufacturers Accoutrements, Arthur Court, Avalanche Calendars, Axis Imex, Baldwin, Belleek, Bestever, Breyer, Built NY, C & F, Cabin Critters, Capresso, Charlton, Cornell, Country Artists, Cristal d’Arques, Cypress, Denby, Dezi, Digital Blue, Encore, Evergreen, Figi, Fitz and Floyd, Folkmanis, Fringe Studio, Fuzzy Town, FX Schmid, Gemmy, Gianna Rose, Godinger, Gorham, Gund, Kit-Cat Clocks, Kraftware, Lenox, Lomonosov Porcelain, Lotus, Luigi Bormioli, Majestic Crystal, Mary Meyer, Mattel, Mikasa, Mills Gifts, Minton, MouseStuff, Nachtmann, Nambé, Noritake, Ocean Buddies, Oenophilia, Oneida, Our Name Is Mud, Paws of Endearment, Place Tile Designs, PSR Clocks, Purr-fection, Reed & Barton, Ricci, Rich Frog, Riedel, Royal Albert, Royal Doulton, Royal Worcester, Russ Berrie, Sabatier, Salamander Graphix, Schleich, Sootheze, Speck Products, Spode, Steiff, Thirstystone, Tovolo, Uli Stein Maus, Vera Wang, Villeroy & Boch, Waterford, Wedgwood, Wild Republic, WMF, Yamazaki, Zak Designs, Caddyshack, Sesame Street, Barbie; well over 10,000 products for same-business-day-shipping.

TableAndHome.com is a Northwest Home+Garden Magazine “2005 Northwest Top Shops Winner”.

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What is to “become Barbie Doll”?

Question by ESL: What is to “become Barbie Doll”?
“Some people, like Mattel, who was also a screenwriter, who was, Blacklisted, became Barbie dolls”

=BEING USED?

Best answer:

Answer by waterdancer
stiff…..get it?

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Collectible Barbie Dolls

by Chris Fritz

Collectible Barbie Dolls

Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959. The doll is produced by Mattel, Inc., and is a major source of revenue for the company. The American businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002) is regarded as the creator of Barbie, and the doll’s design was inspired by a German doll called Bild Lilli.

Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for nearly fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle.

Collecting:
Mattel estimates that there are well over 100,000 avid Barbie collectors. Ninety percent are women, at an average age of 40, purchasing more than twenty Barbie dolls each year. Forty-five percent of them spend upwards of 00 a year.

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Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years are the most valuable at auction, and while the original Barbie was sold for .00 in 1959, a mint boxed Barbie from 1959 sold for 52.50 on eBay in October 2004. On September 26, 2006, a Barbie doll set a world record at auction of £9,000 sterling (US ,000) at Christie’s in London. The doll was a Barbie in Midnight Red from 1965 and was part of a private collection of 4,000 Barbie dolls being sold by two Dutch women, Ietje Raebel and her daughter Marina
In recent years Mattel has sold a wide range of Barbie dolls aimed specifically at collectors, including porcelain versions and depictions of Barbie as a range of characters from television series such as The Munsters and Star Trek There are also collector’s edition dolls depicting Barbie dolls with a range of different ethnic identities. In 2004 Mattel introduced the Color Tier system for its collector’s edition Barbie dolls, ranging through pink, silver, gold and platinum depending on how many of the dolls are produced.

collectible barbie dolls , retro barbie , vintage mattel dolls at www.vintagebarbieandken.com

Barbie A Fashion Fairytale Transforming Fashion Doll Reviews

Barbie A Fashion Fairytale Transforming Fashion Doll

• Inspired by the new animated movie, Barbie A Fashion Fairytale
• Girls can play out the fashion show scene from the movie
• Features transforming outfit from a princess gown to a party couture dress
• Barbie’s bodice magically lights up and is synchronized to music from the movie
• Princess dress folds down and flips around to reveal her couture party dress

BARBIE TM A FASHION FAIRYTALE BARBIE® Doll: In the new movie, BarbieTM A Fashion Fairytale, Barbie® stars as herself in her famous fashion show outfit that transforms from a “princess gown” to a “party couture dress.” With the press of a button, Barbie® doll’s bodice magically lights up and is synchronized to music from the movie’s fashion show finale. To transform the dress, fold down the top of “princess dress” and flip/turn skirt around to reveal the “party couture dress.” Doll cannot stan

List Price: $ 25.99

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how much is barbie?

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Question by sweet_temptation: how much is barbie?
A man was driving home one evening and realized that it was his daughter’s birthday and he hadn’t bought her a present. He drove to the mall and ran to the toy store and he asked the store manager “How much is that new Barbie in the window?”

The Manager replied, “Which one? We have,

‘Barbie goes to the gym’for $ 19.95 …

‘Barbie goes to the Ball’ for $ 19.95 …

‘Barbie goes shopping for $ 19.95 …

‘Barbie goes to the beach’ for $ 19.95…

‘Barbie goes to the Nightclub’ for $ 19.95 …

and ‘Divorced Barbie’ for $ 375.00.”

“Why is the Divorced Barbie $ 375.00, when all the others are $ 19.95?” Dad asked surprised.

“Divorced Barbie comes with Ken’s car, Ken’s House, Ken’s boat, Ken’s dog, Ken’s cat and Ken’s furniture.”

Best answer:

Answer by darfuractionnow
Nice

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Are Barbie dolls getting too real?

Question by Camille: Are Barbie dolls getting too real?
A man was driving home one evening and realized that it was his daughter’s birthday and he hadn’t bought her a present. He drove to the mall and ran to the toy store and he asked the store manager “How much is that new Barbie in the window?”

The Manager replied, “Which one? We have, ‘Barbie goes to the gym’for $ 19.95 …

‘Barbie goes to the Ball’ for $ 19.95 …

‘Barbie goes shopping for $ 19.95 …

‘Barbie goes to the beach’ for $ 19.95…

‘Barbie goes to the Nightclub’ for $ 19.95 …

and ‘Divorced Barbie’ for $ 375.00.”

“Why is the Divorced Barbie $ 375.00, when all the others are $ 19.95?” Dad asked surprised.

“Divorced Barbie comes with Ken’s car, Ken’s House, Ken’s boat, Ken’s dog, Ken’s cat and Ken’s furniture.”
This is a joke! Not a question to be answered. I thought that was clear but to one it is not.

Best answer:

Answer by Rachid Z
because the body of the dolls is like the body of woman

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