First Barbie: Hawaiian Barbie 1983

My First Barbie Meme (tagged by Hayden)

Here's how to play:

Put up a pic of the first Barbie doll you ever had. Doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a pic of your doll if you don't still have her, a stock photo will work too. Then tag your friends!

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This is an actual photo of my first Barbie found in a set of old photos in a box in a drawer. I bought her from a toy store in Montrose, California called "Bert's Toys" or "Burt's Toys(?). They had a lot of old Mattel stock. I believe Hawaiian Barbie was released in 1979. I gave all my Mattel dolls away to a friend a few years later. She took care of them for a while until she had a garage sale and sold them all many years later. Hawaiian Barbie had the Steffie head sculpt. She is still one of my two favorite Mattel head sculpts, the other being Twist and Turn Barbie.

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Anyone who wants to tag themselves, please do so.

 

These are my first Ken & Barbies, and my first doll photographs.

Shot on Kodachrome 64 35mm transparency film.

The printed date on the slide holder say April 1983 ^_^

Done