what i saw December 27, 2018 at 12:46PM

[ironymaiden]

C's gift for me arrived today. Reader, I wept.

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[cosmolinguist]

That is so cool!

[jesse_the_k]

That's so lovely. And it's kinda weird that it's a "Barbie".

[ironymaiden]

Yes, but not the Barbie of my childhood - all of her joints move and her right hand is curled to hold the sonic instead of being flat with a peg hole or loop to attach it. She's also a more athletic body shape.

[nostalgia]

Oooh! As a Barbie nerd I had been wondering what body they'd put her on. She has moving elbows and such, yeah?

[ironymaiden]

she does! elbows and wrists both. (you're the reason i was aware enough of her to tell C about her. thank you.)

maybe you can answer some questions i was wondering about - her hair seems to be stuck together, like it's coated in gel. is that just the way it is, or is that a coating to make her look nice in the box? should i wash her hair or will it just turn into a puffball?

also, she had little plastic tabs in her head holding her to the box (kind of like the ones that hold tags on new clothes). i cut her loose but i can still feel the ends sticking out of the back of her head. when i was a kid i took Barbie's head off all the time to dress her and whatnot. is that still a harmless activity with this body? i'd really like to fish those plastic bits out.

let me know if you would like to see pictures of anything for your costume project.

[nostalgia]

It's hard to get the heads off an on again properly, they're not really meant to be removed (I sometimes head-swap Barbies but it involves a steaming kettle, a lot of struggling, and fervently hoping that I don't break anything on the neck joint). They do put gel stuff on the hair to make it sit nice in the box, a lot of people wash that off and as long as the hair's sitting correctly while it dries you should be okay. (I wet and cut a Barbie's hair for my "custom" 12 doll and I combed it while wet to make it sit properly.) And let it air-dry, you don't want to melt her hair lol!

I HATE those plastic head tabs! I saw someone on YouTube claim they drop away if you get it out of the box correctly but I always just have to cut them as close as possible against the head. Try pushing them in maybe?

[nostalgia]

Oh and yeah a pic or two of her coat laid flat might be helpful to me :) Thanks!

[promethia_tenk]

THEY DO EXIST!

[ironymaiden]

They do! C said his first attempt was sold out and he had to join a waiting list. According to the box there are only 20,000 of them, which seems like a lot to me but probably isn't. I've already destroyed the collector's value by unboxing and hugging her.

[varina8]

How utterly perfect!