Ken has gotten more makeovers that any other doll. I think. It used to be like that once, but with all the new face sculpts everywhere, who knows? Anyway. Ethnic Ken... The first one was the Hawaiian Ken in the early '80s. He was made with the Edwardian Ken head sculpt, or MOD Ken if you wish. The one with the molded hair, not Mod Hair Ken. Some of the latest are a Basics Ken and a Japanese Ken - the first ever and we want to see more of him! Male Asian dolls are so very few. Hispanic Ken was made in a few versions, of one was the second Hawaiian. OK, Hawaiian doesn't mean he's Hispanic but that was the face used. Also, I have claimed the 1988 Olympic Ken doll to be AA but got my bucket full of yelling from a collector in South America that claimed him to be Hispanic and I do stand corrected as latin, as black skin tones, vary from the lightest to the darkest and all shades inbetween.

Edwardian
Copyright: 1968

 

Hawaiian Ken

Hawaiian Ken

Tango Ken

Derek
Copyright: 1985



Olimpico Ken
Sold in Venezuela for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.

Ken AA rooted
Copyright: 1981

 

Sunsational Malibu Ken AA

Ken AA
Copyright: 1983

 

Day-to-Night Ken AA

Perfume Giving Ken AA

Jamal I
Copyright: 1991
 

Big Brother Ken AA

Jamal II
Copyright: 1997

 

Concert Date Ken AA / Steven
Doll was sold in Europe as Steven, but in the US as Ken, I have both versions.
Photographed through box plastic, Blurry picture is due to resizing of compressed jpeg

Barbie Basics, Collection 002, Model No 17


Texas A&M University Ken AA

Oriental/Tango molded
Copyright: 2000

 

Tales of the Arabian Nights Ken
I have only seen pictures of him without his turban, so I can't show him as mine is NRFB
 

Ken in India

Japan Ken
Photographed through box plastic