{"product_id":"1997-barbie-hallmark-holiday-homecoming-collector-series-holiday-voyage-doll-nrfb","title":"1997 – Barbie – Hallmark Holiday Homecoming Collector Series – Holiday Voyage – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eShe Dined Every Evening at the Captain's Table and Turned Heads All Through Her Extensive Tour of Europe — It Was the 1920s and She Had a White Fur Coat\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoliday Voyage Barbie is the second in Hallmark's Holiday Homecoming Collector Series, set in the 1920s aboard a luxury ocean liner and dressed accordingly: red dropped-waist dress, white marabou fur stole and matching muff, long pearl rope, and a stylishly bobbed black hat with green ribbon trim. The green marble book-style box opens to a full short story about Barbie's Grand Tour — fellow passengers charmed, heads turned on deck, fashionable admirers gathered, and now she's heading home for the holidays. The story is printed in full. It has narrative arc. Mattel contracted someone to write liner notes for a doll, and that person delivered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1920s were the golden age of transatlantic passenger shipping — the great liners competed not just on speed but on the glamour of the first-class experience, with chefs, orchestras, and dress codes designed to make a six-day Atlantic crossing feel like the event itself rather than getting to the event. The Hallmark Holiday Homecoming series used period settings to give each doll a story rather than just a concept. Holiday Memories (1996) put Barbie at a snowy Christmas party. Holiday Voyage sent her to sea. The only Hallmark Barbie release where the box is also a piece of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mattel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Malaysia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel #:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18651\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelody Likes box condition grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pristine — \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":47696707485886,"sku":"BARBIE-1997-HALLMARK-HOLIDAYV-DOLL0001","price":139.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1997-barbie-hallmark-holiday-homecoming-collector-series-holiday-voyage-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1782133850","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1997-barbie-hallmark-holiday-homecoming-collector-series-holiday-voyage-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}