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Barbie rewind is a new series of three retro dolls which homage the 80s Superstar era. The dolls in the series are Career Girl, Workin' Out and Night Out. They retail for $39.99. I picked up Career Girl because she has the iconic Superstar face or a really nice copy of it.
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I've long felt there should be a $29.99 to $39.99 midpoint between the budget play line and the extremely expensive Silkstone collector dolls. Something for the collector who just wants Barbie to have the quality, looks and detail of the 80s play line dolls.
These are a good start, but they are not quite there. She has the click joint legs but not the era correct body. This is a 2016 body mold that doesn't have the proportions or twist waist of the Superstar era dolls. The clothing quality is night and day above the cheap printed modern play line clothes. But not quite 80s play line. It's still really nice with a real collar on the jacket and little fake buttons. She comes with a nice amount of accessories including a large 80s phone and a cassette tape stand. The box is pretty clever as well. It's designed to look like a giant VHS tape package. The back of the inner box is even printed to look like a VHS tape.
I hope Mattel continues and improves this series with the correct era body. Just judging by the popularity of the previous two Superstar era reissues, Day to Night and Totally Hair, I think there is obviously a market for collectors who wants a good quality nice looking Barbie like they used to make.
Edit: I forgot to mention the hair is very nice quality but crazy gelled. The curls are pretty stiff.
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I've long felt there should be a $29.99 to $39.99 midpoint between the budget play line and the extremely expensive Silkstone collector dolls. Something for the collector who just wants Barbie to have the quality, looks and detail of the 80s play line dolls.
These are a good start, but they are not quite there. She has the click joint legs but not the era correct body. This is a 2016 body mold that doesn't have the proportions or twist waist of the Superstar era dolls. The clothing quality is night and day above the cheap printed modern play line clothes. But not quite 80s play line. It's still really nice with a real collar on the jacket and little fake buttons. She comes with a nice amount of accessories including a large 80s phone and a cassette tape stand. The box is pretty clever as well. It's designed to look like a giant VHS tape package. The back of the inner box is even printed to look like a VHS tape.
I hope Mattel continues and improves this series with the correct era body. Just judging by the popularity of the previous two Superstar era reissues, Day to Night and Totally Hair, I think there is obviously a market for collectors who wants a good quality nice looking Barbie like they used to make.
Edit: I forgot to mention the hair is very nice quality but crazy gelled. The curls are pretty stiff.
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