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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.'
*Beware! It is EASY to change the hair color on these
dolls! It is so easy, that I have instructions on
my site on how to do this.
You do not need to purchase any special kit to do
this.
- 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).
-Some Color Magics have more of a 'lemon' blonde hair instead of the golden blonde. The two shown below are from my personal collection.
'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!
Golden Yellow Color Magics can be turned 'platinum' or easily re-rooted as
platinums.
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.
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.
- 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.
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
