{"product_id":"1988-barbie-dolls-of-the-world-russian-doll-nrfb","title":"1988 – Barbie – Dolls of the World – Russian – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Box Still Says Soviet Union — First-Issue Russian Barbie From the Year Before the Wall Came Down\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRussian Barbie 1916 is the first-issue release from Mattel's Dolls of the World collection, released in 1988 — one year before the Berlin Wall fell and three years before the Soviet Union ceased to exist — with Soviet Union printed on her packaging, St Basil's Cathedral as her box backdrop, and absolutely no reason to suspect that any of this would look like historical documentation within a decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first-wave DOTW dolls came packaged with full paper travel kits — a scenic poster, a map, a guide book, play money, a passport and tickets — that made each box feel like an invitation to somewhere genuinely foreign, which in 1988, when Soviet Russia was still firmly behind the Iron Curtain, was not entirely metaphorical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mattel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel #:\u003c\/strong\u003e #1916\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelody Likes box condition grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/MelodyLikes-Doll-Box-Condition-Guide_05303af8-20b2-4137-8091-87f3c51d9668.png?v=1773150063\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView our box condition guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mattel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487939674302,"sku":"BARBIE-1988-DOLLSOFT-RUSSIAN-DOLL0001","price":134.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1988-barbie-dolls-of-the-world-russian-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1779363445","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1988-barbie-dolls-of-the-world-russian-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}