{"product_id":"1993-barbie-dr-barbie-hear-babys-heartbeat-blonde-doll-nrfb","title":"1993 – Barbie – Dr. Barbie - Hear Baby's Heartbeat! – Blonde – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePress the Stethoscope and Hear a Real Heartbeat — Mattel Was Serious About This\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Barbie arrived in 1993 with one of the more memorable interactive features in the nineties play line — a pink stethoscope with a battery-operated mechanism that, when pressed against the bundled baby doll, played an actual thump-thump heartbeat sound. The concept was part of Mattel's broader charitable healthcare initiative that year, with proceeds directed toward children's health programmes, which gave Dr. Barbie a social dimension that most fashion doll releases of the era didn't attempt. She wears a blue dress with a white lab coat and a Barbie name badge, and comes with a baby doll in a pink blanket and a medical bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Career Barbie line had been running since the early 1960s, but the 1993 Dr. Barbie represents one of the more complete career concepts Mattel produced — the interactive stethoscope, the baby patient, the medical accessories and the charitable tie-in gave the whole package a coherence that elevated it beyond a standard career outfit release. The Thump Thump stethoscope mechanism still works on many examples found in original packaging today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mattel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel #:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelody Likes box condition grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent — \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":47643708522686,"sku":"BARBIE-1993-DRBARBI-BLONDE-DOLL0001","price":167.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1993-barbie-dr-barbie-hear-babys-heartbeat_-blonde-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1781573462","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1993-barbie-dr-barbie-hear-babys-heartbeat-blonde-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}