The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book
Not included are foreign market dolls unless available for sale in the U.S. and ordered directly from Mattel® by a primary retailer.  Every doll in this book could be purchased by the general public from 1959 through 1995. Not included are special event Barbie® dolls, which are usually very small productions of regular issue dolls with a different hair color or one-of-a-kind items created for charitable auctions, conventions, etc. Also excluded are regular issue dolls repackaged in gift sets or repeatedly reissued with minor box changes. These dolls are already pictured once, and for completeness, relevant detail is included in the "Notes" section of the corresponding regular issue doll. Finally, not reported are dolls produced by Mattel®, Inc. with no direct stated association with a Barbie® doll.<P>Chapters include Regular issue Barbie® dolls 1959-1995, Regular issue Midge® dolls and other like-sized friends 1963-1995, Regular issue Skipper®, Francie®, Tutti® dolls and other like-sized friends 1964-1995, Regular issue Ken® dolls and other like-sized friends 1961-1995, all series dolls available to the general public like Happy Holidays®, Internationals® and Hollywood Legends® until 1995 and store specials which includes all Mattel® issue dolls including store specials, toy store exclusives, and miscellaneous.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.