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Color Magic Barbie® 1966 - 1967
The issue date is 1966-Stock #1150
- Hair Color is a Bright 'Golden Blonde' that changed to 'Scarlet Flame'
with a simple baking soda/water solution, or the Harder to find 'Midnight Black' that
changes to 'Ruby
Red.'
NO Need to purchase any
special color changing solutions
or spend extra if purchasing doll whose hair has been color-changed!
- Hair is straight and uneven just past her shoulders, and she has a side part.
The hair can be thin and brittle
- She comes wearing the multicolor diamond swimsuit with a belt/tie, a headband to
match, and a blue clip.
-Eyes are blue, blonde brows and beautiful
raspberry lips/blush. - -Some of the the Color Magics are not 'high color,' and their
lips/blush are a pale peach ('low color'
Color Magic).
- This doll did NOT come with earrings or originally have earring holes!
-Some Color
Magics have more of a 'lemon' blonde hair instead of the golden blonde. The
two shown below are from my personal collection.
- Body markings are as follows the letters are indented and say
c1958/Mattel,Inc/U.S.Patented/U.S.Pat.Pend./ raised letters: Made in/Japan.
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'Platinum'
Color Magics are also thought to exist now (When I started collecting in 1995
they did not exist), and while they are beautiful, Please
Beware!
In my opinion, 99% of the platinum Color
Magic dolls are not genuine.
Beware of auctions that are private and sellers that have sold more than one
platinum Color Magic. These are extremely easy to make/fake!
According to
one very experienced and educated Barbie dealer;
"When the Platinum Color Magics first appeared on the market, there was
one that was NRFB and one with a sample tag from Mattel. The tag said
'light brown.' The platinum Color Magic changes to a light brown, but it
actually looks more like honey color."
Other sources have said that
the platinum hair did not change and was used to test hair colors (to find
which colors would be the most popular among children).
Therefore much mystery surrounds the Platinum Color Magic, and unfortunately much fraud exists
as well.
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Another word of caution.
Malibu Barbies were sold in the 1970s. This doll was part of a new era of
Barbie doll, and it is not in the same category as the 'vintage' or 'mod' Barbie
era.
However, the Made in Japan Malibu Barbie's legs can be bleached and then attached
to the Color Magic torsos.
Beware of fraudulent sellers (especially on online
auction sites!) who claim that bleached Malibu legs are 'original' to the doll or
who insist that Malibu legs are indeed
'vintage.'
Malibu legs are not "vintage," and it is fraudulent to bleach
them and call them such! Neither are CMs with Malibu legs considered 'transitional'
Barbies.
Please use common sense: If Mattel took their original #1 Barbie mold and
made more Barbies with it today, no matter what type or color of vinyl they used
these dolls would NOT be considered 'vintage!'
Therefore Malibu Barbie legs -- no matter what mold was used -- are not in the
same 'vintage' category as the Color Magic Barbies (and no, Mattel did not 'tan'
or darken original CM legs for use on the Malibu).
A golden blonde on the left and a lemon blonde on the right
The golden blonde is once again on the left and the lemon
blonde on the right. Notice the slight color difference between the two.
A stunning midnight Color Magic (whose hair has oxidized
to burgundy) with high color face paint
The harder to find Midnight Color Magic with the beautiful 'low color'
face paint
A lovely never removed from box (NRFB) Midnight Color Magic
