Sunday, March 22, 2015

Cases 1975 to 1979

1978 and 1977 SuperStar cases
  
Just what IS Barbie wearing on the case?



1976 (dated 1975) #1004
Barbie Fashion Doll Case
Made by Mattel
  • Pictured is a 1975 Free Moving Barbie in a dress which is similar to following 1973 Best Buys:  #3205 Gingham & Lace, #3343 Raining Flowers, #8621, #8623 Nice Combination and #8684 Romantic Look/Barbie in Springtime.
My doll is the Free Moving Barbie in #8621, the only 1973 Best Buy for which I have never found a name.










1977 (dated 1976) #1002
SuperStar Barbie Fashion Doll Case (see photo at top)
Made by Mattel
  • SuperStar Barbie in her original outfit

1978 (dated 1977) #1002
SuperStar Barbie Fashion Doll Case
Made by Mattel
  • SuperStar Barbie in a white version of her original outfit (which was never sold)
My doll is the 1977 SuperStar Barbie. 





Donny and Marie case in pink
and not Donny's purple
1978 (dated 1977) #2331
Donny and Marie Osmond Double Doll Case
Made by Mattel.  Note that the screen print is again backwards.
  • 1977 Marie in a pink version of #9817 Deepest Purple (which was never sold)
  • 1977 Donny in a pink version of #9813 Deepest Purple (which was never sold)
My dolls are Marie and Donny in Deepest Purple.




There were many SuperStar cases.
1978 (dated 1977) #1004
SuperStar Barbie Fashion Doll Trunk
Made by Mattel
  • SuperStar Barbie in #9836 Spotlight on Romantic White from 1977
  • SuperStar Barbie in #9966 Lame’ and Voile from 1977
My doll is the SuperStar Barbie in Romantic White.










Clockwise from upper right:
Skipper and Skooter case,
Donny and Marie case,
Barbie & Stacey case
and pink 1969 case.

An additional photo shows some of the many variations of the insides of the double doll cases over the years.


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