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| | | Description: | | Farrah Fawcett is an American icon and world famous for her classic red bathing suit from the iconic 1976 poster. The body of the Barbie Collector Farrah Fawcett Doll is molded in the pose from the poster. She wears her iconic red bathing suit and comes with a blanket that is displayed in the poster. It's a must-have favorite for any Barbie Collector -- including the adult collector. - Product Dimensions: 7.5 (L) x 3.38 (W) x 13 (H)
- Age: 6 years and up
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• Inspired by Farrah Fawcett in her world famous classic red bathing suit
• Farrah Fawcett doll' body is molded in the pose from the iconic 1976 poster
• She wears her iconic red bathing suit and comes with a blanket that is displayed in poster
• Doll gives true homage to a true American icon who is, Farrah Fawcett
• A must have favorite for any Barbie Collector
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 3.38 inches | | Product Height:
| 13.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Package Length:
| 13.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
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14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Nice Display Doll, Sad it's not playable.Jul 14, 2011
By Fudge Brownie
I was a huge fan of Farrah when I was a small child and always wanted a Farrah made by Mattel. I did have two versions of a Farrah doll made by a different company at the time and they featured accurate facial sculpts, rendered somehow rather hideous with nasty textured hair and on a body with funny stork thin shapeless legs. The same could be said of yet another doll of Farrah rendered in miniature. But I took what I could get.
So, I was very excited to hear Mattel was finally going to issue a Farrah doll. I have a small child of my own now and we play Barbies together. I was looking forward to a version I could play with along with my daughter, after all these DECADES! Unfortunately Farrah is frozen in her famous bathing suit poster pose. She is for display purposes only and that limits my enjoyment of her.
However, adult collectors will appreciate the excellent facial sculpting. Some pictures make it appear that the head is disproportionately huge in relation to the body but in person, this is not the case. The head IS a little bit large but Farrah did have a large strong square jaw in real life.
They did an excellent job capturing her eyes, the shape of her brows, the unique hook of her nose, and her cleft chin. My doll has some dark streaks in her hair as in the original poster. I have seen photos of very platinum hair, which is highly inaccurate representation of Farrah's hair at that time. So, buyer beware if you are a stickler for accuracy.
The suit is accurate. The blanket is spot-on accurate. Her graceful signature adorns the front of the plastic box.
If you are thinking of, as some people have suggested on some forums, of popping her head off and putting it on a poseable body, be aware her eyes gaze off to her right, not straight ahead. And I'm not sure how her head would fit on existing body molds that I'm familiar with.
I started rating this doll only 3 stars because it's not poseable, but I realized that was not fair. In no way is this doll advertised as poseable. They state quite clearly she is frozen in position. The quality and sculpting are superb. They captured her look very well. The hair is not the true "Farrah Cut" that we all know and love, but it is pretty, and mine is the accurate color, which was a pleasant surprise.
Oh one last complaint--the paint for her "lipstick" slightly bleeds over onto the teeth. She has "lipstick teeth". Its at the periphery and can be overlooked unless you are REALLY particular.
Summary:
Pros: Accurate Hair color
Accurate facial sculpt
Excellent copy of the look on the original poster.
Peeves: Not poseable
Haircut is not the real Farrah style, not even close
Lipstick teeth.
UPDATE: I ordered two additional dolls. One to be kept fully mint in box. Another as a backup in case I totally messed up the first one in my "experiment". I looked up information on removing present-day Barbie heads. I got a Fashionista spare head & upper body segment (they are part of the new line of Barbies that enable you to switch heads by simply pushing a button and detaching the head and part of the torso). I pulled the ordinary Barbie head off of the Fashionista neck and torso assembly. To do this, heat the head under hot tap water for a minute to soften the head. Pull the head off firmly and STRAIGHT OFF. Do not pull at an angle or you could strain the small plastic post that holds the head onto the body. After the head is off, take some nippers and clip off the "fish hook" appendages from the post. These really are not needed to secure the head onto the neck and were not part of Barbie neck assemblies when I was a kid. If you remove the fish-hook type extensions it's much easier to get the Farrah head onto it's new neck assembly.
Farrah's head is easy to pull off of her non-poseable body. I just pulled firmly and straight. I didn't even need to heat the head, therefore not risking ruining her hair.
I now have a fully poseable Farrah doll that my daughter and I can actually play with!
FYI: Barbie is going to be issuing a new line called Barbie Basics 2.5. I think this new line may even be a better match for the Farrah head than the Fashionista body I'm using now. The Basics 2.5 doll will have fully articulated arms, unlike current Basics dolls. It will have a more detailed neck area similar to the one on the Farrah doll body. So I'll probably be transplanting poor Farrah's head once again.
The reason I'm not completely content with the Fashionista body is that there is a seam that cuts across the breasts (where the torso can be separated from the body for quick head changes) and it looks unattractive with Farrah's red swim suit.
I hope this bit of news helps anyone else who would like a poseable version of Farrah!
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Beautiful Farrah Fawcett Barbie!!Jul 08, 2011
By sunshine lady
"smiles"
This Farrah Fawcett Barbie is gorgeous! Mattel did a wonderful job capturing Farrah's famous swimsuit poster, her dazzling smile and combination of girl next door innocence and blonde bomshell looks. The Famous Farrah poster has sold 12 millon copies since it's debut in 1976. The largest selling pin up poster to date. The poster sent Farrah into superstardom just before she landed her role on Charlies Angels. The Farrah Barbie comes with her famous red swimsuit, gold chain, and blanket. Her hair is pre- styled with a few tiny rubber bands and strings to hold it in place.It will easily fall into a bigger feathered hair look by carefully removing a few bands. The only con I can find is the body of the doll was made permanently posed, the legs and arms have no movement. This will be a problem for some collectors who want to change her outfit etc.. I'm happy to display her in the box. The box has three pictures of Farrah from her famous photo shoot in 1976 and a small bio on the back. The photo session was taken outside at the home Farrah lived at with her husband at the time Lee Majors in July 1976. This is a black label Barbie for the adult collector. It's wonderful to have such a lovely tribute for one of my childhood heros. Part of the sell from these dolls will be donated to the Farrah Fawcett Foundation. I think any Farrah fan and Barbie collector will be happy to have her. Rest in peace sweet angel Farrah!!!
I have added a few pictures to see closer up detail of this lovely doll!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Farrah Fawcett, one of the most beautiful woman in the world!Oct 28, 2011
By Deborah J. Gaskins
"Debbey"
Her hair is all wrong!! So bummed. I thing Farrah was one of the most beautiful women in the world. I just wanted something fun to remember her by since I was such a barbie fanatic as a child. I still love it. I'm taking it to my hair dresser to doll up her hair. RIP Farrah. so sad.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Farrah Barbie DollSep 11, 2011
By Lynda Takara
Buying it as a collector, love the looks of it. Farrah was one of my favorite actress, so I really wanted to get one. Glad I did, nice to look at, but not to play with.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Farrah Fawcett Doll Rave :-)Aug 14, 2011
By Kelly Dugas
I was so excited when I'd heard Mattel was putting out a Farrah Fawcett Barbie. I just wish it had happened while Farrah was alive. It's wonderful that a portion of the proceeds goes to her namesake foundation, and bound to be come highly sought after! I am privileged enough as to have shared a birthday with Farrah.
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