SO 80S! MAGIC CURL BARBIE from 1981! Both versions!!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Hello and welcome back ... Today, we look at a doll that was a childhood favourite of mine; - Magic Curl Barbie from 1981, (sold in 1982.) And not only do we look at the Caucasian version NRFB, but we will also see the black or AA version out of her box! This doll was very much an early 80's gal, so we also take a look at the trends of that time that she beautifully reflected, as well as some fond childhood memories. Thanks for watching and please like, comment, share and subscribe to my channel. Also please visit my Instagram and Tik Tok pages @fashiondolldreamer
💛 I have these dolls! Both so Beautiful! Love the yellow dress style!
Thank you so much for sharing these lovely 80s gals. I’m a curly blonde girl myself so I love this doll as well as Barbie from Barbie and the rockers!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
You're very welcome!!! 😘 Thanks so much for watching... That's great that you have those curls!!!
Love Magic curl Barbie and Christie. Thank you for the video ❤
You're very welcome! So glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!!! 😘
Youre so lucky you were able to have Barbies as a kid. As a guy, my father NEVER let me even touch a Barbie doll. I wish I had those memories, but I'm glad to collect them now as an adult.
Sorry to hear your Father didn't let you have any Barbie dolls (but it's great that you made up for it now!! 😊) I think my parents were a little 'confused' with me TBH as I also loved my so-called 'boy's toys' like my racing car set, my Matchbox and Hot wheels cars and my toy trains! LOL But they were cool with it all. I had a friend whose father also disapproved of dolls for him, but his mother bought him a 'Growing Up Skipper' (remember her?) His father would always confiscate it, but strangely enough, would just hide her somewhere and never actually throw her away! (Probably because he was scared of what his wife would do if she found out he had! LOL) So every time I would visit him, we would play the game of 'finding Skipper.' She would be hidden in the oddest of places.... one day, she was even hiding behind the milk in the fridge! LOL
I always loved what i call "PJ FACE" the best of this era.
Funny that collectors know it as the 'Steffie' face as didn't Malibu P.J. have that face around the same time or even just before Steffie arrived? (1971... Steffie was available in 1972.)
@@fashiondolldreamer the first PJ dolls had Midge's face, i think. MY first time seeing this face was on Sun Lovin' Malibu PJ on the back of the Barbie box. Everytime we went to K-Mart I looked for her to no avail. She was either too popular, or just never got to my store.
i had the Ken Hanes underwear set and...i think Sport-n-shave ken may still be wearing it under his Karate suit he's worn for all of his life.
I'm SOOO tempted to finally de-card mine and put it on a Superstar Era Ken! (Sport N' Shave would look cute in that!)
@@fashiondolldreamer I would. Toys were meant to be enjoyed.
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LOL at those ads for Magic Curl Barbie and the bubble bath playset. "Ken likes it curly again! Better make Ken a sandwich!" Ken was really controlling back then, apparently. 😄
Love Magic Curl Barbie, I only had the Caucasion version back in the day, and I only ever straightened her hair once, if I recall. I just liked the curls better, and the hair felt super sticky when it was straightened. The Magic Mist solution was kind of like hair spray or something, and it just kept the hair straight by making it super sticky and clumpy. I have since gotten more examples of the doll, and one of them I heat styled to have the 'straightened' look. I also have an AA Steffie version, and of course she is kept in her original condition. I will always pick up this doll if I see her secondhand for a good price, she redresses beautifully.
The yellowing on Magic Curl Barbie's ring is probably just the aging of the plastic, in much the same way that Golden Dream Barbie's clear SuperStar shoes yellow over time. Originally these were clear plastic, if memory serves. Unless I miss my guess, the dyed yellow SuperStar jewelry was only available in the "Sunny Yellow Shine For Night Time" fashion from the 1978 SuperStar fashions collection, and of course with fuchsia or hyacinth rhinestones with the Fashion Photo Barbie and Christie dolls, respectively.
Yeah, I had the same experience with my childhood Magic Curl when it came to the hair, so I don't think I will be straightening the hair of either doll.. You could be right about the ring, as it's so subtle that I didn't even notice it at first. If that's the case then it actually matches her dress more with aging!
i hadd My First Barbie in 5th grade (1980?1981?) and loved her! she was SO much easier to dress than those rubber legs that i hate.
I love the fact that My First Barbie has solid, unbending legs but they still FEEL like soft vinyl!!! I also love her unique hairdo... it reminds me of Chrissy's from Three's Company!
@@fashiondolldreamer omg! That’s exactly who she was! Ken was Jack and I never had anyone that looked like Janet! I had the Mego Suzanne Summors doll but she was ugly
@@Scotty-Z70: Yeah, IKR? My First Barbie looked like she was so modeled on Chrissy from that show! LOL Yes, Mego dolls had the ugliest sculpts! (Apart from Candi IMO...) I remember seeing Farrah Fawcett on a talk show in a clip here on CZcams and the host showed her the Farrah doll and she pulled the best face and said that was the ugliest doll she had ever seen! LOL
@@fashiondolldreamer i've seen artists pull off magic with that face mold. IDK how, but they made it pretty. Even as a kid i knew it was ugly, but it was the doll of her so i had to have it, even at $2.99
@@Scotty-Z70: I had the Cher doll as a kid (as I was obsessed with her TV show.) But I think I used to dress her up as the wicked witch of the West! LOL
i had the blue "bubble bath" like that. it wasn't pink, but looked the same, otherwise.
Yes, the blue one was the earlier 1976 version, and the pink 1981 version used the exact same molds from that one, so it was essentially just an update. (I think only the 1981 version had the hand-held shower head, though?) I had the pink one as a kid, but I would love either one these days. I can still remember the smell of that bubble bath solution! LOL
@@fashiondolldreamer I got mine later and used so I don’t know if I’m missing anything. The first bath I ever had for Barbie was the Dream house bath
is the Rubberband in her hair original? i have dolls from the 90s that had deteriorated rubber band in their hair
Not sure, but it looks it, from what I have seen! It could have broken in there under the hair ribbon which is keeping it together, perhaps? I also have some rubber bands that came with Golden Dream that are still intact, so it's strange because yes, they usually deteriorate.
These dolls always seem like the granola eating, Gunne Sax by Jessica McClintock wearing, precursors to Barbie and the Rockers. LOL Because the hair on the first wave of BatR is virtually the same style on Barbie, Dee Dee and Diva, just more of it. Really curly and pulled back like that. Just VERY different makeup and clothing styles. Pretty dolls and those dresses take me back to such a sweet vintage inspired time. The Steffie face mold on the AA dolls is always so beautiful.
Does anyone else get a bit creeped out when the "Dad" in the Barbie bubble bath commercial suggests that maybe he needs a Barbie bubble bath? Just a bit cringey. 🤔
LOL yes! The 'creepy dad' syndrome was all over the Mattel Barbie ads of the late 70's and early 80's! The Aussie versions of these ads from that era were way cooler. I have a few on my Instagram page if you haven't checked that out yet! 😉
i still cringe about when i got the permed mullet back in 1985.
LOL I'm sure many guys do!!! I only had mine for a very short time, when I was growing my hair out to all one length down to my shoulders, and it was never permed because all I had to do was scrunch it up with some water and it would go super curly. But I kinda see quite a few younger guys sporting it around here these days again! I wonder if they will regret that over time? LOL
@@fashiondolldreamer i remember regretting it a week later
12:00 ish i see your toes!
HAHAHA yes, there is a glimpse of my foot there! 😜