{"product_id":"1995-barbie-dolls-of-the-world-german-doll-nrfb","title":"1995 – Barbie – Dolls of the World – German – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGerman 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\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerman 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\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 12698\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":47696710631614,"sku":"BARBIE-1995-DOLLSOFT-GERMAN-DOLL0001","price":128.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1995-barbie-dolls-of-the-world-german-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1782133884","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1995-barbie-dolls-of-the-world-german-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}