Erratum and European Exclusives

Putting the right name on the right Barbie can be quite challenging if you haven't been around your dolls for years.
And that's what happened to me !
  
On a previous post i showed you my Crystal and my Dream Date Barbie.

But I go it completely wrong !!!!!
Thanks to a great forum i now visit daily "MesBarbies.com", I realised that the Barbie i thought to be Dream Date was actually Crystal ! A good way to recognize her is the eyelashes. One out of two is shorter. That's good to know !

But then, is the "other one" Barbie Dream Date? Noooooo, that would be too easy!!
And that's when beign european doesn't help (but is very interesting). There are loads of Barbies that were made only for Europe and it's really hard to find information about them on the net.

Fortunately, I got the fabulous book "Barbie around the world" and it helped a great deal!

In 1984, Mattel released a doll called " Barbie Star Saint-Trop' " exclusively for France.
She was a bit tan, and based on make up, I believe my "other barbie" to be her.

She is a variation of a Barbie that was part of a 12 barbies collection, released in 1983/1984, under the same name "Fashion Play" and the same product code : #7193.

Here are 4 of them. Star Saint-Trop' is based on the second one (only the pants are different).

I also own the grey dress and the pink one below (that belong to another Barbie from that collection) but it doesn't mean i owned the dolls.
Because to make it really simple to us, these outfits were also sold separatley as simple "Barbie Fashions". Follow me??

I also have the head of a Barbie that could easily be any of them. 

But i believe her to be "Barbie Loisirs" (sold as "Barbie Party Cruise" in Canada), released in 1986 under the product code #3075. I know i had the outfit, but i lost it.

She will need a body and a "re-rooting" but we'll get to that later :)

Anyway, now that i've re-discovered this collection, i really think that they represent the Perfect Barbie to me.
For starters, i always loved the simple ones, with simple boxes and simple clothes.
And i also think their faces and make up are just perfect. Simple, soft... Nothing like the crazy make up she will have ten years later !! ;)

So I'm gonna make it my quest for 2012: Find all the foreign barbies Fashion Play from 1983 to 1986.
They are quite hard to find now... So any help is welcome !

Anyway, here is my "other barbie" hopefully wearing the right clothes this time !

But what about my Dream Date Barbie? Does this mean my Ken no longer has a girlfriend??
I need to find him one pronto !!

To be Continued ...
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