I know that it isn't all that often that Mattel releases so many Asian dolls.

Also, there will be a Kira doll in the next wave of 'Barbie Rewind' dolls that will be released sometime soon. Just this year and last, Mattel has released (and will release) Barbie dolls of: Vera Wang, ones designed by Guo Pei, Lunar New Year Barbie dolls in Hanfu dress, the first specifically Asian Holiday Barbie Doll and the 'Inspiring Women' Barbie doll of Anna May Wong. I think now is a particularly good time to collect Barbie Signature dolls if you like Barbie dolls of East Asian descent. 2023 is starting out strong with a ton of Barbie Signature releases, too. A couple of years ago, as much as I liked the Scarlett Johansson 'Black Widow' Barbie dolls and the 'Inspiring Women' Barbie doll and their special face sculpts, I was really let down that Mattel sabotaged these releases by giving them a moderate case of 'pixel face'! 'Glue in the head' is gone now, too.Īlso, the end of 2022 brought many great surprises for Barbie Signature (like the Mark Ryden Barbie dolls, the '12 Days of Christmas' Barbie Giftset and the return of Bob Mackie with the Holiday Angel Barbie). Granted, the overall quality will never be as good as it was 'back in the day' (like, for instance, it was in the first decade of the 2000s) but, at least, 'pixel face' largely seems to be going away. I don't know if Barbie Signature quality is really all that bad now.

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