1995 – Barbie – Dolls of the World – German – NRFB

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German Barbie Arrived to Oktoberfest in 1995 in Full Dirndl With Her Braids Wrapped in Circles in the Traditional Bavarian Style — and Someone Put a Ben Franklin Craft Store Sticker on the Box

German Barbie from the 1995 Dolls of the World Collection is dressed for Oktoberfest — the traditional Bavarian festival of dancing, food and, historically, a very great deal of beer. She wears a dark bodice with gold trim and ruffled white cuffs, a full red skirt trimmed in black, a white apron and a fringed white shawl. Her blonde braids are wrapped in circular coils at the sides of her head, tied with blue ribbon — a genuinely traditional German style that Mattel reproduced accurately. The Ben Franklin craft and variety store price sticker ($19.99) on surviving boxes places this very specifically in the American Midwest, where Ben Franklin operated its network of craft and fabric stores through the mid-nineties.

This is the second German Barbie Dolls of the World entry — the first came in 1987 (#3188). Mattel returned to Germany for the 1995 edition, which is not unusual for popular Dolls of the World countries: the series revisited multiple countries across its forty-year run as the designer roster, face moulds, and cultural research updated. Oktoberfest itself began in 1810 as a wedding celebration for the Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. It was supposed to be a one-off. By 1995 it was the largest folk festival in the world, and Mattel had dressed Barbie for it twice.

Manufacturer: Mattel
Country of manufacture: China
Model #: 12698

Melody Likes box condition grade: Excellent — View our box condition guide.

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