Willg512
Three Malibu’s
These are the three Malibu’s in my collection! The one on the left is my mother’s from her childhood, then my sister’s 2009 repro, then the one on the right I got off of eBay with a Sun Lovin’ Skipper for about $4. I don’t typically display my mother’s as I am using her body for my mother’s hair fair, which shows in the quality of her hair. Girl needs a wash and style bad. (If anyone has an extra body from the mod era they’d like to sell me for my hair fair please tell me! I’d love to be able to display both Malibu and hair fair!) I do have that original swimsuit, but like the swimsuit for my other original Malibu, the seam on a side is torn. Nothing a little sewing can’t fix! Her face seems to be more high color than my other original Malibu. You can see it in her eyebrows and blush. Then I have my sister’s repro. I won’t lie in saying that I for sure talked my sister into this one back in 2009, using the fact Mom had one as a persuasion point. I do hate how they made the hair so thick on this doll. She badly needs a restyle to tame that volume. Her swimsuit has a huge run in the back sadly. Then I have the Malibu I bought for myself. For me, Malibu barbie is one of those dolls that I don’t mean to get a lot of but I always catch myself looking them up online to buy! This gal I just couldn’t pass up for the price! She has some plugs at the front of the hairline cut but they’re hidden well by the hair. Like I said above, her suit has a seam ripped but her body is in exquisite condition. Definitely worth the price!
Three Malibu’s
These are the three Malibu’s in my collection! The one on the left is my mother’s from her childhood, then my sister’s 2009 repro, then the one on the right I got off of eBay with a Sun Lovin’ Skipper for about $4. I don’t typically display my mother’s as I am using her body for my mother’s hair fair, which shows in the quality of her hair. Girl needs a wash and style bad. (If anyone has an extra body from the mod era they’d like to sell me for my hair fair please tell me! I’d love to be able to display both Malibu and hair fair!) I do have that original swimsuit, but like the swimsuit for my other original Malibu, the seam on a side is torn. Nothing a little sewing can’t fix! Her face seems to be more high color than my other original Malibu. You can see it in her eyebrows and blush. Then I have my sister’s repro. I won’t lie in saying that I for sure talked my sister into this one back in 2009, using the fact Mom had one as a persuasion point. I do hate how they made the hair so thick on this doll. She badly needs a restyle to tame that volume. Her swimsuit has a huge run in the back sadly. Then I have the Malibu I bought for myself. For me, Malibu barbie is one of those dolls that I don’t mean to get a lot of but I always catch myself looking them up online to buy! This gal I just couldn’t pass up for the price! She has some plugs at the front of the hairline cut but they’re hidden well by the hair. Like I said above, her suit has a seam ripped but her body is in exquisite condition. Definitely worth the price!