Posts Tagged ‘dark skin’

Token Color – BB Model 05 & SiS RW Grace

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

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)

back of Barbie Basics box (sideways)

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Brief Update + Lots of Bragging…

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

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!

Barbie, MAC and BLACK!

Also finally picked up some dolls I’d purchased off another collector that I’m slowly cataloging… (more…)

Who Wants a Minty Mbili Doll?

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Actually… better than minty… NRFB!

front of box

front of box

back of box - still sealed!

back of box - still sealed!

GOOD NEWS – you can… from me!

BAD NEWS – this offer is in the form of a competition… (more…)

There’s a New Cutie in Town…

Monday, August 17th, 2009

clue - she lurves pink...

clue - she lurves pink...

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Missing Shade(s) of Black?

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

This is a question for fellow Barbie doll collectors…

I seem to have a gap in dark skin tones… yes/no?

missing shade(s) of black?

missing shade(s) of black?

Are there any dolls that have a skin tone that is in between light brown and dark brown? Most of my other AA dolls are the same colour as Uhura (second doll of the left) and a few ever so slightly a teensy bit darker… but nothing quite medium-ish…

image belongs to Mattel - BarbieMedia.com

image belongs to Mattel - BarbieMedia.com

ADD – I *think* the shade I’m looking for is used for the doll head on the stick labelled 17442 Asha (left of image), or maybe even the shade used for 4092 Christie – apparently Barbie uses seven different skin tones… I’ve counted a lot more than that, must be the variations in different batches of dolly plastic…

doll skin shade scale

doll skin shade scale

haha… I’ve even created a quick scale to compare the skin shades (seven variations as according to “official info”)… hmmm (am I weird?)

Aside – even my partner reckons his skin shade is in between (I’ve checked, it’s true lol)

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