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Bopsy/Becky Barbie and the Sensations was yet another pop group, this time with 50's inspired looks. The girls wore bobby socks and tennis shoes. When the group toured Europe the name changed to Barbie and the BiBops and Bopsy was called Becky. Bopsy/Becky has honeyblonde hair in two pigtails and bright green eyes with blue eyeshadow and raspberry lipstick. Noteworthy is that the original US Sensations group had a girl named Becky, but she was the Asian friend!
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Kayla In 1989 Barbie went out to the disco scene and one of her companions on the dance floor was Kayla. She had bright red hair and blue eyes with green eyeshadow. They wore clothes in flashy neon colors and black shades. Glitter and glitz. As far as I know, these dolls were never sold in Europe.
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Midge
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NN Barbie/Midge This girl is a special version as her box says nothing of her being Midge, so technically is she a brunette Barbie doll. Why Mattel would have chosen to do so is kind of a mystery. One thing is the ethnic Barbie versions seen in other series, as well as the Dance Moves in the US, but this girl is caucasian and an obvious choice would have been to give her the Superstar face. The latina version is Teresa and the AA is a black Barbie doll - so this leads collectors to go with Midge on this girl.
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Barbie Several Barbie dolls has been made with the Diva sculpt. She has been Asian, Native American and of course caucasian. It's nice to see one face adapted to so many different skin tones - and they all work fine with this face!
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Trixie is the girlfriend of Speed Racer, a movie character. This version of the Diva sculpt is adorable with a short cut black bob and a sideglance with her brown eyes. She matches her bright red lips with a tiny bow in her hair and red pants. Trixie has a Model Muse body. This is really a "Barbie as" character but she gets her own section.
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Lilly Truscott/Lola Lilly Truscott is a character in the Hannah Montana series. She was made with the Diva sculpt but had painted teeth. She has the shorter Olsen Twins body. There has been at least two versions released of Lilly, the other in pink hair.
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Lilly Truscott/Lola II This version of Lily/Lola has a special head sculpt, where the top can be rotated to change hair color. She has blonde rooted hair in the back with no bangs as Lilly, while the front is the Lola pink version with bangs. What is strange, is that her neck is stamped with 1965. The only sculpts copyrighted in 1965 are Stacey and Christie. This sure looks like the Diva scult and should be marked 1985. Someone that can't read?
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Examples of other sets/dolls where this face can be seen: All Midge dolls from 1989-today (including the caucasian Happy Family Neighborhood Midge) Dolls of the World: Native American Barbie I, IV Betty from The Flintstones Glamour Diva and Super Star Lara made on license in Brazil. See the old pages for them. |
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2018-02-01