Barbie Pia (Pia MOOK)

Original title: Barbie ぴあ (ぴあMOOK) Mook

The Barbie MOOK Special was born in 1959 and released in 2014, the 55th anniversary of her debut.

A great introduction to the history of Barbie.

• Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4835623274
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-4835623276
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
• A4 size
• 104 pages of text, full color.
• There are 16 postcards at the end of the book.

Opinion:

The number of pages is not large, but I was able to enjoy the photos and content with a variety of impressions.
You can see the history of Barbie since its launch.
There are many books written about Barbie.
The place where the latest information is also included is exclusive to the newly published book,
Personally, I enjoyed the correlation between Barbie and her friends.

Ken's history is also touched on a bit, the photos of Ken from each era were interesting, but the ones from the 90's were missing.
Since this is a big project, I would have liked to see a little more detail on Ken's transformation.

Most disappointing is Barbie's 55th collaboration. You can find 20 Barbies, but her hair is messy and her poses were improvable. Too bad the photos were so badly taken. They could have chosen makeup and hair color to match each dress. It should have been the centerpiece of this book. It feels like they cut corners on the most important point, and it's very disappointing!

The content of the book is good. The price is reasonable, and the book is about Barbie.
If you don't have a Barbie book, I recommend it.