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Barbie: Vintage Barbie
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Vintage Barbie® Cooks Doll reproduction is every collector's dream! Wearing a replica 1965 ensemble and then-fashionable spiked heels, she's armed with everything she needs to cook a special meal for Ken®! Includes a backdrop illustration, inspired by the 1964 Barbie Dream House kitchen, that can be unfolded and displayed with the doll. Plus, these unbelievable Barbie-size accessories: Easy-as-Pie cookbook, a pot holder that matches the dress, 3 pots with lids in graduated sizes, a toaster, 2 pieces of vinyl toast, and a teakettle. Approx. 12" tall.
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Joe Blitman - BARBIE DOLLS - Blitman is internationally known as a Barbie doll expert. His articles on Barbie and other fashion dolls have appeared in numerous collector magazines. Joe has authored two standard reference books on vintage Barbie and family clothing. Blitman is the executive producer of "Joe Blitman's Oh, You Beautiful Doll" video on collecting Barbie dolls, and co-produces "The Joe and Marl Shows" fashion doll series.
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In March 2000 stories appeared in the media claiming that the hard vinyl used in vintage Barbie dolls could leak toxic chemicals, causing danger to children playing with them. The claim was rejected as false by technical experts. A modern Barbie doll has a body made from ABS plastic, while the head is made from soft PVC.[20][21]
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