Question: She is the older style body shape with twist waist, open the thumb and she can grasp items, Knees bend and stay in place, straight arms.
It says 1968 Mattel INC US & Foreign Patented Patented in Canada 1967 Other Patents Pending Taiwan, these are all on the side of her bottom. And her head is firm not wobbly but is fully movable.
Someone told me she was an Equestrienne Barbie but her eye are looking straight not to the side and she does not have a fringe like the Equestrienne Barbie.
I have searches the net and the only doll that matched her description to me is the busy barbie.
I hope you can help me.
Thanks
Jan
Question:
Jan - I think you have a "Dramatic Living Barbie" Body with an (incorrect) Superstar head. The body markings & what I can tell from the pictures is correct for the Living Barbie (from 1969) - but the head is from 1977 or later. To my knowledge, the two were never used together.
If the head is a "Superstar" head, it will have (c) Mattel inc 1976 on either the inner or outer rim of the head. Does anyone else have a different opinion? Thanks- Suzanne
Superstar head on a Busy Barbie body by: Anonymous
That has to be a Busy Barbie/Steffie/PJ body because the Living Barbie hands do not grasp things. I had both dolls as a child, as well as a Live Action PJ (which I truly miss...I didn't lose her, I gave her to a girl who was moving away, and she was my favorite, too).
That is definitely a Superstar head...I liked the Superstar smile when I was a kid, but now I'm sick of that face mold...lol
Jun 15, 2009
Western Barbie 1981 by: Anonymous
I think it's the european Western Barbie from 1981. She had the Superstar Face and flat feet. See picture here (not good quality, sorry) http://s11b.directupload.net/images/090615/t7gdjfjh.jpg
Feb 07, 2009
Equestrienne by: Raquel
Could she be Equestrienne Barbie? In Europe it was released with Superstar headmold instead of the regular TNT mold.
Raquel
Oct 17, 2008
reply by: Jan
Hi there, thanks for that information I just looked up dramatic living barbie and like you said the head is different, also I forgot to mention she has flat feet not raised to wear high heel shoes as barbie usually does. and her arms bend but are not poseable it kinda feels like they might have once.
