{"product_id":"1998-barbie-beyond-pink-christie-doll-nrfb","title":"1998 – Barbie – Beyond Pink – Christie – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eChristie Plays Keyboards in a Fictional Pop Band and Her Keytar Has Glow-in-the-Dark Keys — 1998 Committed to the Bit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristie is the keyboard player in Beyond Pink, the 1998 Barbie band concept, dressed in a yellow graphic top and black jeans with green platform shoes. Her instrument is a keytar — a guitar-shaped keyboard held like a guitar — with glow-in-the-dark accents that operate in the dark as promised on the box. The cassette inside the packaging contains \"Think Pink\" on Side A and the instrumental version on Side B, produced under the Sony Wonder label with Epic Records Group in the Euro-electronic pop style that dominated children's music in the late nineties. Christie uses the Christie head mould with silver-streaked box braids — a distinctive look that makes her immediately identifiable in the three-doll set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Beyond Pink line arrived at a specific cultural moment: girl groups had been commercially dominant since the Spice Girls' 1996 debut, and Mattel's fictional band was a direct attempt to place Barbie and her friends inside that cultural space. The three dolls together — Barbie, Christie and Teresa — gave the concept a complete band lineup, each with a different instrument and a different colourway, and the cassette gave the purchase a media dimension that the standard fashion doll line couldn't match.\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 20019\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":47701371289790,"sku":"BARBIE-1998-BEYONDPI-CHRISTIE-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-christie-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1782213832","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1998-barbie-beyond-pink-christie-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}