Barbie Generation Girls
Barbie's Generation Girls line of dolls is a short series about a group of 8 friends at an international high school in New York City. Launched in 1998 by the toy company Mattel, to give a more "modern" and "youthful" touch to Barbie to enter the year 2000 and for this it created the "Generation Girls" line, where we are presented I saw Barbie as a trendy teenager and with a very diverse group of friends, since not only were they from different nations and ethnicities, but they also each had their own personality and style. unique dress.
The dolls introduced 5 new facial molds. The most important faces were the Face of Barbie Generation Girl (GG / CEO) who became the face of Barbie Generation Girl (GG / CEO). in the new standard face of Barbies for the next few years and countless Barbies and the face of Lara, which is mainly used for collector dolls. After three different editions it ended. the series.
The dolls had the same body as the Barbies of that time, only with articulated arms and completely new face molds that would be reused several times over the years, in addition to Not all of them had exactly the same mold on their legs, since while some showed off the classic Barbie pointed feet and others had flat feet.
The characters in this line are:
- Barbie
- Tori (Susie in Europe)
- Nichelle
- Anastasia (Marissa in Europe)
- Chelsie
- Lara (Marie in Europe)
- Mari / Mariko
- Blaine
The Generation Girls line expands this focus on inclusion and diversity, offering dolls with different skills and professions. Some of the dolls in the line include an astronaut, an athlete, a chef and an artist. There are also dolls representing historical figures, such as scientist Marie Curie and activist Malala Yousafzai.
In addition to its ethnic and body diversity, the Generation Girls line focuses on female empowerment and empowerment. Each doll comes with a booklet that includes the story and achievements of its character, with the goal of inspiring girls to dream big and achieve their goals.
Each doll came with various accessories related to their hobbies (which, like their faces, would be reused over time), as well as like two different outfits (one for school and the other for his hobbies). Each doll also came with a bookmark with her photo and a magazine where they all told us a little about each other.
Barbie Generation Girl is a girl who loves to record home videos and dreams of being an actress. She comes with a blue dress, denim jacket, bodysuit, skirt, necklace, stockings, shoes and sunglasses. It also comes with a video camera (with a camera bag and two video cassettes), a water bottle, a movie clipboard, a cell phone and its wrist holder. ecas.
Interestingly, the Barbie Generation Girl doll #SKU 19428there are two versions:
- The first one was launched only in the United States and was quickly removed, the reason is because she had a heart tattooed on her ankle that her parents did not approve of.
- The second version that was released Internationally it was exactly the same, only without the tattoo.
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