#Skipper barbie skin

Some Skipper doll’s hair tends to discolor to a grayishĬolor (this can also be seen on some TNT Skippers). regularīrunette hair color two black haired 'Raven' Skipper dollsīut you can also find some dolls with very dark brown hair and there are even a few rare dolls with black hair – often called “Raven”. Photo: From left to right: Brunette hair found on 'Test Market' Skippers as well as on some of the Skippers marked Skipper © 1963 Mattel, Inc. Strawberry Blonde dolls were either rooted with hair that oxidized just like the Auburn Color Magic hair - or already came with that kind of unusual 'red' hair. Maybe the Two-Tone Color Magic Skippers were rooted with the same hair - which has streaks of brown hair that hasn't oxidized yet - or maybe will never oxidize. (Auburn) Color Magic dolls were sold in boxes stating 'brunette' – presumably their hair originally was brunette and oxidized over the years, just like the hair of the first Black Francie dolls Their scalps are orange just like the ones of the regular redheads. The so called (Orange) Color Magic Skipper dolls were sold as redheads in redhead boxes. Thought is based on the special features that represent some dolls fabricated with a special hair color (Two-Tone Skipper) and which clearly differentiate them from the regular dolls.

It is likely that Mattel originally had planned on offering a wider variety of Skipper dolls, but gave up on that because the production of so many different Skipper dolls was too costly. This wide variety of hair colors cannot beįound anywhere else in the Barbie family and is one reason why collecting Skipper dolls is so much fun. Irrespective of the reasons why these variations exist, they are very popular with collectors, which tend to pay high prices for the dolls. No matter which term you use, it stays an htf/rare and lovely colorĪfter all. It doesn't really matter if the gorgeous doll you found can be described as a 'Color Magic' or 'Lemon Blonde' Skipper. Sometimes you find dolls with hair colors that haven't been 'named' yet. Other terms - like 'Copper Penny' or 'Lemonīlonde' were invented by collectors to describe the hair color and have no origin in similarities to Barbie dolls. like aforementioned dolls - got their names because their hair colors look close the hair colors of the 'Color Magic' or 'Black Cherry' Barbies. If you find dolls like 'Color Magic' or 'Black Cherry' Skippers, please keep in mind that these terms were made up by collectors to describe these htf or even rare variations of hair colors. Or because Mattel ran out of hair fibers and used some other fibers to substitute them for a very short period of time (p. Most of the variations weren't intended by Mattel (maybe except for the 'Two-Tone' Skipper with beige eyebrows) - and only exist due to oxidation or other chemical reactions over the Markings © 1963 Mattel, Inc., the hair either is authentic, but the head has been switched - or it's a reroot! For example: If you find a platinum or two-tone Skipper on a body with the 'Raven' SL Skippers, which have the markings © 1963 Mattel, Inc.).

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#Skipper barbie skin

There are no pink skin Skipper dolls with unusual hair colors.Īll Skipper dolls with rare hair colors have the markings: Skipper © 1963 Mattel, Inc. To my knowledge, no Test Market Skippers were sold with hair colors other than the threeīasic colors. Some of these variations can be found on tan skin bendable legs Skippers as well. Early tan Straight Leg Skipper dolls were sold in three basic hair colors only (blonde, brunette and redhead = titian) but you can also find them in a wide variety of htf or even rare