EVERY Mermaid Barbie Doll! 1991 To 2022!
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Barbie is just going more and more downhill in quality and effort it’s very heartbreaking to see. The older dolls were so much more beautiful and more detailed
definitely true. I hate current production
@**Spirit(Holly)** My favorite Barbie is the millennium era (called as GG) fashion fever 2004 & 2007/08, fashionistas 2009 -2011, and all dolls from barbie movie 2001-2009, the rest is suck.
I love GG so much because they are always pastel in color (sometimes bright & bold), sweet smile and beautiful face mould and come with a lot of outfits, shoes & accessories in 1 box. I miss them so much.
Fashion fever & fashionistas is the best for fashion stuff. From this one, i can see mattel produce an outfit & accessories separately, but the quality is still awesome.
I really miss all barbie movie dolls. The magic is gone thru the years. Moulded dress, cringe wonky eyes and face sculpture, cheap made and too much pink (no more magical soft pastel colors 😢)
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@@uwi1u322yes!!
in some ways theyve gotten better but in others they got worse, like we have made-to-move barbies and more inclusive barbies but yea, alot of the lines have gotten cheaper quality
I remember my aunt saw someone throw out a mermaid fantasy barbie. She was in bad shape, but my aunt took her and made her look beautiful again! She gave her a cute top and added some purple in her hair. She gave it to my sister and we still have her. She is One of my favourite barbie dolls because of that story
Personalized Barbies are the best of all!
Oh wow! That's a really sweet story! :)
Awww that's so awesome!! You guys have a great aunt & I'm sure she's so happy that you love it❤️
which mermaid was it?
@@felmonli9092 It was Barbie
The reason for Barbie's fantasy dolls kicking off in the 90's is the Disney renaissance. The Little Mermaid came out in 89 and Beauty and the Beast in 91 and suddenly, mermaids and princesses were everywhere.
Yes, exactly. Disney made the princess genre EXTREMELY popular on the doll market. especially The Little Mermaid, so they are the reason girls are obsessed with mermaids and princesses. Mattel: Disney released this movie called "The Little Mermaid" Let's do something like this with Barbie.
Mattel execs:😮😮😮😮😮
There's something about Barbie being a mermaid that fits so well. The length of the doll ,the body frame and hair length and texture...They work well in water and even the way they can transform like Ariel into a walking person as part of the play. It's prob my favorite fantasy mode for her.
I had the mermaid fantasy doll when I was really little. I played with it in the bath all the time. I remember loving the fact that I could press the button to make her tail move as if she was really swimming! Best tail design and mechanic by far throughout all the barbies. Glad to see in the comments that this was such a well loved doll too! what up to all my early 2000s kids
I utterly ruined my mermaid fantasy doll because of how much I played with her, the rubber on her poor tail just cracked and peeled away, rip barbie
Does anyone else watch these just so they can finally learn the proper name of their favorite Barbie? Lol.
Edit: Your Bubble Mermaid Barbie is in such better condition than mine, although in my defense I've had her since I was a little kid and she enjoyed many a bath time play.
I watch it because I like seeing all the Barbies I don't even know existed ❤️
Yess. Ive finally learned my childhood barbie haha. It was a mermaid fantasy green tail barbie and a mermaidia blue one. Sad that i threw or donated them 😂
I had mermaid babysitter Skipper. Such a genius toy idea. And Disney had an Ariel doll with a similar concept, so my mermaid babysitting adventures were epic!
I had 2 of them.. got them both at my birthday from a friend and my parents
Mermaid Fantasy Kayla was my favorite barbie as a child. I played with her so much in the bath that the silicone ripped and became mouldy.
She was also the barbie i learned how to braid hair on.
Omg same 😭 The silicone split at the part where she would sit and at the base of her tail. Kayla and Christie were my favorites
Same thing happened with my pink fairytopia mermaid. I remember the first tail ripped and my mom replaced it only for the second one to rip too.😅
I had the Kayla doll too, as a kid I bit everything though and I ended up biting her rubbery tail and her crown had tooth marks on it. I feel so bad for her now that I’m looking back lol.
Only icons have owned ripped silicone Kayla’s. 😭 RIP 🙏🏻
From what you have shown, I think the first mermaids were the best. It seems like the quality and hair were much prettier than the ones that have come over the years. Of course, the collector one looks stunning :)
I loved the silicone tailed dolls, I got them from an aunt and I displayed one on a shelf and played with the other!I eventually sold them and all of my other dolls to pay for school.
You are the only one youtuber who really puts in another meaning and show the real value of the playline dolls of barbie of the olden days which are sadly better than even the collectible lines of Barbie which sell nowadays.Love all your videos!
Thank you!! Glad you enjoy my videos
i looove the mermaid fantasy dolls. they're probably my all time favorite. i had the barbie one as a kid and she was my favorite, i played with her so much to the point that she was completely broken. like, hair chopped off by my children's hands, the rubber on the tail drying up and crumbling off (i suspect that happened bc i took her in the bath with me so much ?), and also the mechanism broke and the lower half of her tail literally fell off lol. but i cherish this doll and i gave her a reroot, repaired the tail mechanism and made a new cloth cover for her tail :)
and as an adult collector i also purchased the kayla and christie dolls because i was always yearning for them as a child haha.
I love these playlists. You should do fairy dolls or Barbie carriages next.
I had none of these growing up but my friend had mermaid fantasy and Mermaidia dolls. I had Mermaid Fun Kelly and plenty of Ariel dolls growing up though.
I think you should try and take all the batteries out of your older dolls if they aren't working, they can leak and get gross and I'd hate for your lovely collection to get ruined!
I had mermaid fantasy, adored her and her tail, used to flip it in people's faces haha 😂❤️ great video
Ugh, I hate leaking batteries! The first time I saw a battery that had leaked, I was like 6 or so and after that I was terrified of batteries for years… 😅 I don’t know why I was so freaked out, maybe because it looked so gross or because my parents told me that leaking batteries can be dangerous/poisonous. I even had nightmares of batteries… 😬
I had (and still have) Mermaidia Elina! I love her so much, I actually dressed up as her for halloween as a kid too :) I know Dreamtopia is generally cheap, but as a kid I know I would have begged my mom for several of them (at least for mermaids) I hope mattel releases a higher quality version of dreamtopia cause they could be wildly gorgeous with some fabrics and some of the features of the older mermaid barbies
I actually have the mermaid doll with the bendable green tail and long red hair. She's my favorite out of the bunch.
god u are sooo lucky ive wanted that doll forever, easily my favorite mermaid barbie
What year was it?
@@sharen219 The Mermaid Fantasy Barbie is the one i have. Not sure what year it was made though.
I don’t remember which doll it was , but from the early 2000s, I remember I had this barbie doll with long pink hair and a rubbery bendable pink blue tail. I loved playing with that doll in the bath lol.
I remember having a bootleg mermaid Barbie as a kid with a removeable tail. Soon, I'll be buying this really cute pastel merman Ken doll. I hope you eventually do Barbie's horses. I remember having Nibbles and I loved her to bits.
I feel like the hair on the newer dolls don't have as much volume and length as the older ones but at least it's shiny
I think it makes sense mermaid Barbie was release in the early 90’s. It’s all thanks to Ariel and the little mermaid, previous to that Mermaid movies or median wasn’t that popular or aimed to kids, so I think Ariel proved that fantasy role play was dices full and kids would consume mermaid dolls.
I used to have the purple fairytopia mermaid aswell! It's funny that you said their tails were more sturdy, cause we had to return mine like twice cause her tail either came broken, or broke while unboxing her. I have no idea where she went, but her booklet and crown are still floating around my room
Jewel hair and Fairtytopia 2003 mermaid Barbie dolls were always my favorite mermaid Barbies, they are stunning
They started making mermaids in the 90s because of the 1989 release of the Little Mermaid. The company was very good at figuing our what little girls were into at any given time.
Also, the bubble crown barbie was the first color change tail.
And why they did? Because the film's dolls were made by... none other than their rival Tyco. Also TLM and BatB were already on home video and i think Aladdin was in production when Mermaid Fantasy Barbie hit toy shelves in 1992
Omg when you held up those jewel Barbie mermaids I suddenly remembered Barbie had a ring hole in her hand and you could swap out the rings!!! 🤣 I had completely forgotten! Awh I love these compilation videos, I know they must be so much work but they're incredible!
I had the 2000's magical mermaid with the glowing seashell and to this day, I still believe she's the most beautiful barbie to have ever existed, her face and makeup were pure perfection in my opinion! she was my most cherished and well-taken cared of barbie and I'd spend quite some time just admiring how pretty she was!
i don’t know why you didn’t mention the enchantress mermaid barbie and the ocean king ken
Yes, I missed them there +2022 basic budget mermaids with natural haircolors - blonde Millie, AA Asha and brunette Tori.
“Sometimes their hands just fall off”
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There is very little information in the video about collectible Barbie mermaid dolls. Among these dolls there were very interesting releases. For example, Enchanted Mermaid Barbie (2001). I think this is one of the most beautiful Barbie dolls of all time🧜🏻♀️
Barbie mermaid iconic 💕💕 the bendable tails
I had the Bubbling Mermaid Barbie. I think it was my first Barbie. I loved her 🥰
I had her too but I got her for Easter in 97 in Kindergarten. I loved squishing her body where her legs would normally be. I also loved her tail. I don't think I played with her in water to change her beautiful body colors. Back then, Barbies had beautiful face sculptures, beautiful makeup and jewelry. I miss that in today's Barbies.
I used to own the 2012/Barbie: mermaid tail 2 doll with the Black streaked pink hair and blue tail. She was one of my favourite dolls, despite being a slightly more rebooted doll; I would bring her everywhere.
I had the pink Jewel Hair Mermaid Teresa as a kid! So many memories... I absolutely adored this doll, after the years her hair got so tangled they look like dreadlocks now... I still have her somewhere in the attic...
Omg the bubbling mermaid and mermaid fantasy ones were so beautiful! Especially with the moving tail!😍it really makes me wonder how the quality went down that badly? Further more, MGA could really take some notes for their mermaze mermaids dolls. They're beautiful, but those stiff plastic tails are a bit of a turn off.
As a kid, i had a set with all 3 mermaid fantasy dolls and I also bought the mermaid fantasy coral reef swing (utterly useless but nice decor to set a location). They were awesome. My Christie had pigtails if I remember correctly. I picked 3 dolls who were visually similar to be their human versions for stories with transformations. They usually went to the human world by accident, to escape a murder attempt, or on a spy mission 😂 Or one would be evil. Christie was always good, because her human stand-in doll was my favorite Barbie 😂
Jewel hair mermaid barbie is a core memory for me. I remember being amazed by the hair and tail 😍 Mermaid fantasy was amazing! I played in the bath with her everytime! I want to go back to those days 😭
OMG, I remember having a mermaid Barbie back in the 90s, but she wasn't on your list. but then I remembered, I *didn't* have a mermaid Barbie! I had a fashion pack, it was a mermaid tail and top and little accessories, oh man, I destroyed that thing with all the bath time adventures we had. I've remembered so many lost memories watching your channel, thank you n_n
I had the 2002 mermaid fantasy Barbie, my aunt got it for me from the UK. Some really happy memories playing with the doll.♥️
Great vid! It's good to see that the new Dreamtopia designs are giving us some hope for future dolls.
I just remembered that collector merman Ken doll!
The mermaid Barbies are so magical, graceful, enchanting and whimsical. Jewel 💎 Hair Mermaid Barbie (1995) has the LONGEST and silkiest flowing thick hair. I also remember Mermaid Fantasy Barbie (2002) has Long and thick flowing hair that is so fun to play underwater, such a graceful movement of her hair moves like Ariel has
I had the pink hair, green/teal tail mermaid fantasy doll that had joints in the tail, I found that out when I pulled the skin off the tail. I loved that doll, it probably got ruined because I took it in the chlorine pool. (You saying they’re rare kills me. I still have her, but she wasn’t built strong enough I guess.)
I loved the Magical Mermaid and Krissy dolls with the shell! I lost the doll before I lost the shell she sat in.... my favorite mermaid is the next set, particularly the pink haired rubber tailed girl- given to me by a girl in the neighborhood.
i had mermaid fantasy barbie as a kid! she was my favorite because of her amazing articulation!
I remember that some of the mermaids that came out with fairytopia or mermaidia were 'colour change' dolls. Their tails, face and hair would change colour with ice water. I remember this very vividly because it was the first time I had ever seen colour change dolls and I thought it was really cool.
I come here to unlock hidden childhood memories. My sister and I had the Mermaid Skipper and Sea Twins doll! I only really remember the weird babies with their one strand of hair and the crinkly orange outfit. If I still had her, I would definitely send her to you! I would have loved the Barbie and Krissy mermaids as a kid. That face sculpt style is so nostalgic to me, and Krissy was hands down the best and cutest baby Mattel ever included in the Barbie line. I wish they would bring her back!
I had these too! They were always so random, but I have a lot of memories playing with them the weird mermaid baby outfits.
I always enjoy your lists and had no idea there were so many play line mermaid Barbies. Although you mentioned the 2012 Mermaid Fantasy, there are two other collector-level mermaids: 2001 Enchanted Mermaid and 2019 Mermaid Enchantress. All the collectible ones are very expensive now, but so gorgeous.
I’m gonna be honest, Dreamtopia meant so little to me I didn’t even know it’s been going on this long
I had the black jeweled hair Barbie and I always remember those damn stars getting tangled in her hair but I still loved her. I also had the Magical mermaid doll set and I loved it so much because the shell light up as well if I can remember. The early 90s dolls were just so amazing
You can watch through time as Mattel got cheaper material with the dolls, I’m a Barbie collector of any Barbie ( I prefer 80’s 90’s in any condition) I redo them and give my girls life again.
I had at least 1 Mermaid Fantasy Barbie
2 or more Mermaid Fantasy Kayla
And then I had Magical Mermaid Kayla. I think I had two. Everytime their tails would break or wear down id make my mom buy more. Definitely my favorite dolls of all time. I really want to own one of each from each set now.
Great vid Joey!
Yay, thank you so much for this video! I’ve been waiting because mermaids are some of my favorite Barbie dolls to collect, as well!
I didn’t see one that I have in my collection here, the 2005 blonde Mermaidia doll. She’s really cute!
Also, a couple of the other collector editions, someone already mentioned the one from 2001. There is also the 2019 Mermaid Enchantress and the very recent 2021 Signature Merman Ken. All out of my budget but very beautiful dolls!
Personally, I’m with you and my heart is loyal to the 90’s playline mermaids and Barbies in general...not just due to childhood nostalgia but because of their unmatchable quality and sweetness. :)
OMG YES I have been waiting for this! My ultimate faves are the Mermaid Fantasy and those Fairytopia Magical Mermaids! I have yet to find the Splash and Style Mermaids, those are just beautiful mermaid dolls as well.
Hills is a long gone discount store from the 90's. i had the jewel haired mermaid one as a kid and loved it they came with pumps too to match the colors of their fins
I wish they still make a mermaid Barbie but fantasy like and not rainbow unicorn
Thank you for all of your honest feedback . You helped me with buying Good quality Barbie dolls for my daughter's many times .
I forgot all about the Barbie and Krissy mermaid doll set! I loved that shell bed! Thanks for unlocking that memory.
My favorite mermaids would be Magical Mermaid dolls.
fairytopia magical mermaid >>>>>>> best mermaid doll ever. i still remember playing with the barbie and kayla ones in the bathtub all the time. they are the perfect mermaid dolls, and so nostalgic!!
"I love things that dangle" lmaoo
THANK YOU FOR SHARING. we need this!❤❤❤
Thanks for educating me on fantasy Barbies. "I like things that dangle". LOL!! You are funny Joey! 🙂
I had the 2008 Barbie mermaid for my eighth birthday! I had to throw her out (I didn’t have to. Could have fixed her but I was naive aha) because the material on her tail was super fragile and eventually completely split. I absolutely loved her :(
This series is everything. Love this every Barbie thing thing you have going on.
The 2003 mermaid fairytopia gen and then 2005 ver was my everything lol and I was obsessed with her transforming element
I had the pink Fairytopia mermaid and the Elina doll! Elina was one of my absolute favorites as a kid...I think her Mermadia face sculp was the most beautiful!
You just unlocked a core memory with the first blue mermaid Barbie! I remember you could fold up one fin, and it looked like she was surfing!❤
These videos are just wonderful! I had the very first mermaid Barbie as a kid and I think she's still one of the most beautiful ones.
6:53 mermaid fantasy is my all time favorite! 🧜🏻♀️
I love videos like these where you go through the whole Barbie range of a type of doll! Keep it up 👍
My sister and I had the Mermaid Fantasy Barbies! I had Barbie and she had Kayla. We played with them CONSTANTLY.
7:17 The pink haired mermaid here was my literal ALL TIME FAVORITE Barbie EVER! Not just my favorite mermaid Barbie she was just my favorite Barbie doll and one of my very favorite childhood toys I’m sad because I played with her so much she fell apart lol
OMG nostalgia!! I had the pink haired mermaid fantasy!! 😱
I loved her so much 🥰
I love the color change rainbow barbie...changes from darker rainbow colors to lighter rainbow colors in hair and tale. The pearl accents and crown, so pretty. My daughters favorite. I also like the sparkle Mermaid. It lights up and tons of articulation in tail. Love how it bends when you push side buttons. The blonde with pink highlighted hair. Light blue crown. I also like the Mermaid Power Barbies especially barbie with the blue hair... I have almost all of these for my daughter. Yep love them. Wish I was a kid again.
I adore these videos of yours!! Can't wait for the fairies one.
When I was a kid I had the 2011 mermaid dolls at the top. But I only had the pink one and the green one.
Mermaid Fantasy was peak. I had 2 of them, the pink/green and orange/blue ones and omg the tails were so cool, I was obsessed with how realistic they were being silicone and scaley and flippy and aaaaa yes yes yes
Core memory unlocked with the fairytopia mermaid dolls
Present day mermaid barbie should be discarded in my opinion! Is IT THAT HARD to make a beautiful doll ?! Anyway Joey, I loooove your videos they're amazing ❤
I have a bubble tea and my bong ready for this one, cheers!
LOL the last mermaid Barbie you showed, I bought her tonight & I think she’s beautiful. I just had to get her especially after watching the Barbie movie! Oh the nostalgia 💕💗 love her so much!
Im a big fan! You inspired me to start my doll collection.
I think I must had one of the 90s ones, the fabric tail just seems so familiar. As a ginger lover of Ariel and mermaids I can imagine little me loving all of these.
I had the Mermaidia Barbie. My siblings broke off her wings so she would look human and I cried so hard.
I have to add, me and my granddaughter love your videos so much.. I love your courageousness stepping out of the box and being your beautiful self as a child, you never stopped being you no matter how much people bullied you. Just be who you were always meant to be is what I tell my kids.. unique is beautiful.
I had the pink 2002 Barbie one and the 2003 Kayla Fairytopia one. I had forgotten I had the 2003 one until I saw it here. Thank you for reminding me of it, maybe I'll be able to get one again someday!
I have the Christie Mermaid Fantasy barbie. She was my absolute favorite mermaid doll to play with as a kid.
I had the first Barbie shown :) and the Jewel hair Barbie. She was my absolute favourite at the time. I adore Midge, I always wanted her.
I had pink mermaid Barbie, really loved her details on tail and yellow 🧜♀️🐠
I'm so in agreement with you on the Jewel hair mermaid Barbie and friends!
They are the ultimate BEST Barbie style mermaid dolls! Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Loved this review!
I think Barbie became a mermaid right after the PHENOMENAL success of the Disney movie "The little mermaid".
amazing , cute . you are so lucky to have these girls
I love this series!!!😀
I LOVE mermaid Barbies. I have the pink Fountain Mermaid, the Skipper with the twins, and all four of the Jewel Hair Mermaids, the Mermaid Fantasy Kayla.💓🧜🏻♀️
I had the jewel hair mermaid Midge. I made an emerald green silk evening gown for her and cut her hair a bit and styled it in an updo hair style. She was such a beautiful doll. Unfortunately I don't have the doll collection that I had back then.
Thank you
I’ve been hoping for a doll database just so I could see all the mermaid dolls
You've missed a few. There was a pink haired/pink bodied AA Barbie, a purple haired Latina mermaid Barbie, a rainbow blonde Barbie that is rare now, and a coral haired mermaid.
New to your channel
Learning things about my old Barbie’s on your channel.
Sending Barbie hugs 🥰💛☺️🥳
I think that the reason for the more plastic look of the more recent dolls is so that they're more compatible with bath play. Less likely to get all mildewey. Wish they had better articulation, I think that's kinda important for a doll that's supposed to swim
I love these videos soooo much!! Fantasy-themed toys are always my favorites, especially Barbie!! If it's alright for me to make suggestions, I think it'd be so cool if you listed all of the Barbie princess dolls, or perhaps Barbie's castle/palace playsets 💕💕
I used to have the basic purple one from 2011! She was my favorite for the longest and I took her in the pool with me.
Mermaid fantasy!! I had the pink one and my sister the orange one. Such cute dolls oh my gosh, I think they were some of our most played with Barbies !!!
My older sister had Skipper and twins mermaids and jewel hair Barbie mermaid, which were passed onto me. Then I was lucky enough to get the mermaid fantasy Barbie when it came out 😍😍😍 now I have collected almost all of the recent color reveal Barbie and chelsea mermaids, which I have rebodied because I just love their hair. I wish Barbie would bring back the quality of the mermaid fantasy dolls 💔
Mermaid Barbie I think will always be my favourite incarnation of her. I love nearly every early design that came out for her as a mermaid in the 90’s, definitely her best era 💕