{"product_id":"1998-barbie-beyond-pink-blonde-doll-nrfb","title":"1998 – Barbie – Beyond Pink – Blonde – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMattel Formed a Fictional Pop Band in 1998 — and Then Signed Them to Sony Wonder and Released an Actual Cassette\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond Pink was a 1998 Barbie concept that committed fully to the fiction: Barbie, Christie and Teresa as a girl band with an original song, \"Think Pink,\" produced under the Sony Wonder label and released on a real cassette tape packed inside each doll's box. Barbie is the guitarist in the group, dressed in a hot pink geometric-pattern mini dress with a V-shaped electric guitar, glow-in-the-dark accents, and black knee-high boots. The stage-set packaging — truss towers, coloured spotlights, a purple concert backdrop — places her firmly on a stage rather than in a bedroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Euro-electronic pop sound of \"Think Pink\" is a genuinely interesting cultural artefact: produced in 1998 at the peak of the teen pop era that would shortly produce the Spice Girls' commercial peak, Britney Spears' debut and *NSYNC's first album, it sounds exactly like what it is — a children's brand attempting to access the girl-group energy of the late nineties at the level of a cassette single. The three Beyond Pink dolls were designed to be displayed together, and the matching stage-set boxes mean they line up on a shelf like a full band photocall.\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 20017\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":47701371257022,"sku":"BARBIE-1998-BEYONDPI-BLONDE-DOLL0001","price":134.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1998-barbie-beyond-pink-blonde-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1782213825","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1998-barbie-beyond-pink-blonde-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}