Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie (pink stone version). Made in Taiwan. I’d like to think she’s the Canadian/European edition but her box texts are plain English with a cellophane window on top. But... her socks are in the bag.
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie (pink stone version). Her socks are in the bag with the skates. Most dolls I’ve seen with socks in the bag have pink jewelries. I have another Roller Skating Barbie with the same packaging and socks on but she has white jewels.
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie (pink stone version). I bought her from a really good seller on Ebay US unaware of the jewel variation at the time. I unboxed her and saw her jewelries are like “amethyst” colour. What a lucky find!
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie. Made in Taiwan. Three clues: clear window upper box flap, socks off, and pink jewelries.
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie. I washed her sticky hair but her strands would’t comb properly because of a factory defect. Some of her hair plugs aren’t separated at the ends & had to be cut carefully with small pointy scissors. She also has bald sections.
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie (white stone version). Made in Taiwan. Cellophane window on the upper box flap. Socks insitu on her legs. Roller skates are displayed at head level.
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbie (white stone version). Made in Taiwan.
Skippy Skates: 1980 Roller Skating Barbies. Both made in Taiwan. Pink stone version (standing) and white stone version (slipped).