Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie (Taiwan) “fur” coat variation.
Skippy Skates:
Golden Dream Barbie with an up do. The hair foam is already pre-attached from the factory. It was a painstaking task to restyle her hair after unboxing because the hair foam created a bald spot on the top of her crown.
Skippy Skates:
Golden Dream Barbie (up do Taiwan version) post wash, conditioning and restyling.
Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie close up. Made in the Philippines version).
Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie. Made in the Philippines. This is after restoring her hair from all the stickiness. She has the most belligerent-fragile hair of all Barbies I have restored. Hair plugs and strands came off as I carefully used a wide tooth comb.
Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie. Made in the Philippines version.
Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie. Made in the Philippines. Before and after restyling and reposing for display.
Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie. Made in the Philippines. I chose the twist and tuck style for her hair to contain all the flyaways, and help form soft wave curl patterns if the style unravels.
Skippy Skates:
1980 Golden Dream Barbie. Made in the Philippines version. I like unboxing, restoring and reposing my Barbies to that classic Superstar pose.