Mattel Launches American Girl Doll Inspired by Original Barbie

A brand new doll is combiing two iconic Mattel manufacturers.

American Girl options all kinds of 18-inch dolls, primarily geared towards younger women but additionally nostalgic kidult collectors. The model’s doll characters have distinctive personalities, targets, and appears, very similar to Barbie dolls. Now, two titans of the doll world have come collectively for a brand new American Woman impressed by the unique Barbie.

The Barbie by American Woman Collector Doll’s design relies on the 1959 No. 1 Barbie. The doll encompasses a black-and-white swimsuit adorned with 455 Swarovski crystals, blue eyes that open and shut, and blonde hair styled in a topknot ponytail. Equipment embody an genuine reproduction wrist tag, cat-eye sun shades, hoop earrings, and black footwear.

The brand new American Woman providing is part of the model’s American Woman Collector Sequence. Different dolls within the collection embody Disney Princess Collector Dolls, an FAO Schwarz Toy Soldier Doll, and the 2023 Shimmering Silver Vacation Collector Doll.

Mattel Creations restricted preorders of the Barbie by American Woman Collector Doll to 3 per consumer, and the doll has already offered out. Solely 5,000 items of the doll are being created worldwide.