Best Children Toys: 2008 Holiday Barbie!
by admin ~ August 14th, 2008. Filed under: Barbie dolls, Best Children Toys, Information, Mattel, classic toys, new toys, popular toys, toys for all ages.
The 2008 Holiday Barbie is out! Repeat — the 2008 Holiday Barbie is out! And she is absolutely gorgeous!
This is the 20th anniversary of the collectible Barbie, whose official title has gone through several evolutions. Back in the day, however, she was the Happy Holidays Barbie. Yours truly, in fact, is only missing 1988 and 1989 — naturally, two of the most expensive years, being the beginning ones — out of the collection.
I love a lot of the Bob Mackie dolls, but I’m glad he didn’t design the outfit this year — and I am so glad it’s silver. Along with the new Barbie body mold — which, while still slightly unrealistic (in that she looks more like a waifish runway model — i.e., lovely for what it is but not realistic), is extraordinarily classy — her special pose makes this an exquisite Barbie who is all about glamor without having to be portraying Audry Hepburn or an old time Jazz baby. She’s just herself!