Comments on: Barbie Basics – New Future Line – Faces

By: George

George — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:25:39 +0000

I bought her as well. the stand is not correct one for her. Mine stands like a North Korean soldier marching in the plaza, haha. I had to call Mattel and complain because i had thrown box away. They wanted me to send her back but i had restyled her. Mattel finally agreed to send me a voucher to buy a new one. Hopefully #11 aren’t all packed with defective stands. Great customer service i have to say though.

By: Donnie from Haus of DIAMOND'S

Donnie from Haus of DIAMOND'S — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:24:22 +0000

greetings, donnie here. I happen to LOVE this Barbie Basic Collection. i do agree with the fact Mattel could have brought it even further with the diversity like adding more asian face molds with various skintones more red heads. But what i do love the fact that Mattel has launched a line of “so many dolls at once” it was like they heard my calling to them… i was tired of each new doll line only consisting of between 2 to 3 other dolls along side the usual blonde Barbie doll. i know that this all started wit Barbie as the head dolll but even in 1950 something when the doll was first introduced, other looks and ethic backgrounds were still celebrated in our world but just not yet seen by the makers of Barbie… my point is that now in this more openminded world we want change and something that pushed the envelope not the same blonde bue eyed girl we fell in love with and still adore but we want her “friends” to have a chance to take center stage..

…also i think that instead of modelmuse bodies they should have combined the look of a modelmuse and a pivotal body that i that would have made them more “Model’ish.” i feel the model muse bodies give girls unrealistic visions of what thier bodies should look like… i do love them MM bodies but im a gay man with NO wieght issues… just think they would attract more attention if they had the articulated pivotal features….

By: Therese

Therese — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:43:12 +0000

Hi Melanie, thanks for all the hair info! Much appreciated

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:06:07 +0000

Hi Kady,
These dolls are packed with stands that are meant to hold one leg slightly in front of the other. All you need to do is poise the doll over the stand and guide her down onto it, so that it’s up between her legs and she’s resting on her crotch (vulgar, but that’s the way it works). The stand will guide one leg forward and the doll may tilt to one side, but you just have to push her down a bit more to the opposite side to straighten her out.
Personally, I hate these stands as you can’t pose them at all with their feet together. I’ve since ordered several metal stands from MyFavouriteDoll.com, which hold them around the waist.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:03:02 +0000

Love this blog – just found it when I googled Barbie Basics.

Anyway, I love ALL of them, so much so that I picked them all up (except for the Lara doll, which the store didn’t have) and the accessory packs yesterday. All were impressive, save for some minor hair issues. 7 and 11 are packaged with their hair so shellacked with hairspray that when you try to fluff it up, it gets all flaky. Both dolls needed a hairwash.

5′s hair is pretty in the promo photos, but nothing like that in the box – she has two chopped short pieces on either side of her face and the rest is long, very different from the evenly layered hair in the promo. So, she got a wash and hair cut, which turned out great – much more like her promo.

Finally on the hair front, 12′s hair is pretty until you feel it, mine’s was actually really greasy feeling, so she got a wash too. Other than needing a bit of hairstyling, those are all the issues I have with the dolls, they’re all beautiful and quite diverse for what Mattel has done in the past. Baby steps – maybe the next collection will have more diversity.

By: Kady

Kady — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:28 +0000

Ok so I got barbie no.11 for my daughter for Christmas…love it a beautiful barbie…but I can not figure out how to set her up on the stand!!!! Can someone help???

By: Therese

Therese — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:50:14 +0000

… and mattel doesn’t release sales numbers so you’ll never know for sure!

By: Spotty

Spotty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:09:31 +0000

I’m interested in which of these will sell the best. Mattel says that the blond WASP-y dolls are in the most demand, but it’s hard to compare when every doll has its own distinct fashion. And people treat “friend” dolls like knock-offs.

In the BC poll, the Asian doll is by far the most popular, followed by the Steffie and Teresa. The two that both got a 1% vote are the Mackie and Carnival dolls.

Before real pics came in, my favorite was the darkest AA doll. But her eyes seem odd.

By: Chdenni

Chdenni — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:05:35 +0000

Therese there are some more close ups on the BBB. The Mbili doll looks to be a medium brown with auburn (copper colored) hair instead of being lighter skinned and blond. I am not impressed with the face paint on the Goddess doll at all. I do want the Asian, Steffie, Mbili and Desiree dolls.

By: sharon

sharon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:36:02 +0000

Love the goddess! very impressed!