As part of their Ladies of the 80′s Barbie doll series, Mattel is making a miniature Alex Owens as played by Jennifer Beals from the iconic 1980′s movie Flashdance (1983).
The doll looks like this…
Basically that’s…
... this face...
… wearing…
... this outfit...
In normal human language…
Token Color – one of some ethnicities NOT European-Caucasian (because Caucasians aren’t neccessarily all of European descent even though the common usage of the word implies otherwise).
BB Model 05 & SiS RW Grace – Barbie Basics Model #05 AND So in Style Rocawear Grace
Why is BB Model 05 a token?
She is the only East Asian representation in the Barbie Basics line up of 12 dolls. No South Asian (Desi, Subcontinental, Indian), Eurasian (Central and Western Asia, Native American peoples) or SE/Oceanic Asian (Malay, Polynesian) in the line up even. She is supposed to represent all of Asia’s diversity? Tough job kiddo.
back of Barbie Basics box (sideways)
This is one of those “I don’t know the answer and I hope you do” type of questions…
Recently, I’d purchased an Imani & Menelik set from a fellow collector. They were made by a company called the Olmec Corporation. I jumped onto google and found… pretty much nothing about them.
Menelik & Imani - fortunately NOT in neon colours
On the 12th of October, I’d received an email from the PR of Pretty As Is dolls. Yup… that’s more than two weeks ago… I do apologise for being so slow… in fact… I’m so slow that these dolls have already been posted on other blogs! So instead of repeating the same information, please check out the following blog posts about these dolls 
New Doll Inspired By Elegance, Innovation and Fashion @ Don’t Just Play Barbie… Be Barbie! 090921
Pretty as Is ~ New Sisterhood Dolls by Madame Alexander @ Black Doll Collecting 091012
Ivy, Ivy Rose & Rose
Each doll costs a pretty penny at USD $130 per doll (before shipping and handling). They are 16 inches tall.
You can find more product information about these dolls at the Sisterhood Boutique website – The 2009 Ivy Rose Series
Of course, you can also follow them on twitter @IvyRoseDoll 
Hello my friends
Real life has been hectic (mostly of the work kind) and I haven’t had a proper chance to add a post of which I have many still sitting in my mind as is usual…
I have requested an email interview with Stacy McBride Irby – she has said yes – so now I have to start putting together some questions to ask her! Feel free to help me out with suggestions! So far, I am hoping to ask her about getting into toy design, her early influences and the SiS dolls… particularly the hair and fashions.
And hmmm… seriously, I’m actually thinking about work so eeks… brain not good for dolly or sociological stuffs at the moment, so onto the brag part of the post…
I did make a consumerist splurge recently… it was on lipsticks though hehehe
Barbie, MAC and BLACK!
Also finally picked up some dolls I’d purchased off another collector that I’m slowly cataloging… (more…)
