Help please! Is this an original or just some "bootleg"?

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Help please! Is this an original or just some "bootleg"?

by Karlita
(Mexico)

Peaches'n Cream (left)  and Heart Family Mom (right)

Peaches'n Cream (left) and Heart Family Mom (right)

Hi, every one. Greetings from Mexico! Please, help me to figure out if the one of the right is original or just a repro. See the difference? The one on the left is some old mexican Peaches and Cream I was given at the middle 80's. Of course I'm sure she's original. All 80's barbie dolls I've seen get buttocks like this. The other one (on the right) is a Heart Family mom, recently bought on ebay, but I'm not sure she's original, even she came box sealed with the rest of the family and all accessories. The box looks old and shows some wear, cello is age yellowed (same as the tapes inside), but dolls are kind of strange. Let me explain my self: faces, bodies and hair are beautiful and identical to originals, but some materials seem to be of low quality, and those round buttocks are worrying me, because I've never seen buttocks like these in any barbie doll. She´s marked on back Mattel Inc. 1966 Taiwan. Could be a "bootleg"? or could be some "different" edition or variation? Thank you very much!

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Help please! Is this an original or just some "bootleg"?

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Mexico dolls
by: Jax

This is a great site, glad I found it. I'm in the UK & have until more recent years bought loads of pink box dolls, but don't recall seeing a Barbie with booty like that, almost flat with a ridge, or having one made in Mexico. They have all had a rounded shape. If memory serves, the Mexico factory was operational around the late 60s, but only for a short period as it burnt down. The demise of the factory probably accounts for the none production of the Becky doll & the original Casey mould disappearing from the line after 1970. It's most likely your Peach doll had a body swap, unless someone elso can throw some light.

Jax x

Heart Family Mom
by: Charlene

I have a Heart Family Mom that looks identical to your picture (her bottom anyway). The markings on the back are the same as well. Heart Family is made by Mattel but it is not Barbie, they are a different line of doll so there will be differences. Hope that helps!

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