{"product_id":"2003-barbie-holiday-visions-winter-fantasy-doll-nrfb","title":"2003 – Barbie – Holiday Visions – Winter Fantasy – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMattel Launched a Brand New Holiday Line in 2003 and Decided the First Entry Would Be All White — Confident Move\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoliday Visions Winter Fantasy is the inaugural entry in Mattel's 2003 Holiday Visions Series — a new line distinct from the long-running Happy Holidays Collection, aimed at the adult collector market with a broader winter concept not required to be red and green. The doll wears a glistening white ballgown with a softly draped velvet skirt over glittery mesh, a wide-sleeved faux fur coat, a sparkling silver chain belt, and a tiara over cascading blonde curls. The packaging was the other notable decision: a large windowed display case in white and silver — a presentation that looks like something kept on a shelf rather than recycled in January.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2003 was the first year of Mattel's formal Pink Label structure — the reorganisation of the collector tier that would define Barbie's output for the following decade. Winter Fantasy arrived at the very beginning of that new architecture, which gives it a first-in-series status that operates on two levels simultaneously: first in the Holiday Visions run, and first in the Pink Label era. The all-white palette has also held up well — it photographs cleanly, works year-round as a display piece, and does not look like something that should have been put away in January.\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 B2519\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":47643707834558,"sku":"BARBIE-2003-HOLIDAYV-WINTERFA-DOLL0001","price":131.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/2003-barbie-holiday-visions-winter-fantasy-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1781573408","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/2003-barbie-holiday-visions-winter-fantasy-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}