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Thirty Years of Mattel Fashion Dolls: Identification & Value Guide 1967 Through 1997

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While this book does not contain all of Mattel's dolls between 1967 and 1997- it is great. The pictures are fantastic- tons of color pictures. Each doll featured has a picture and a detailed summary.Lots of the newer dolls from 80's to 90's that are just now becoming collectable. This is such a nice book to look at and gives values as well for reference. Most dolls are pictured in their original packaging.

Great info on so many mattel dolls... Celebrity dolls (from the osmonds to 90210), Barbie, Princess of Power (my favorite), Lady Lovely Locks, Disney Classics and so much more. All complete with pictures and detailed information. A must if you collect fashion dolls from this era.

I originally got this book when I purchased a lot of Starr dolls off eBay. Not knowing much about Starr other than she was from Mattel, I went to my Barbie identification guides to learn more. Nothing. I went to Doll Collectors guides. Nada. Then I found this book. This was GREAT! It had the doll, her back story, interesting trivia, and extremely helpful pictures and detailed captions. I even found other Mattel dolls I had found here there and yonder listed in this book. So like a child with a blanket, I have taken to carrying the book around everywhere. It has joined my Barbie Field Guide and Barbie:A Visual Guide to the Ultimate Fashion Doll as the MUST-HAVES when I look for new find on eBay or when I'm listing dolls to resell.

I liked this book although it says fashion doll, which it really does not have in it. It does not focus on the early Mattel baby dolls which I really wanted but it focuses on Sunshine family, Disney, She Ra, etc. It does have a great Barbie section. You can't lose with this book if you are a doll collector

I was moved to get this book after reading all the five star ratings. But, there is very little of Fashion Dolls in this book. Huge amount of pages devoted to Disney Princesses, and Spectra, a hideous robot doll. The photos are very low quality and the coloring of the photos is very poor. The photos are almost all of boxed dolls. There is no exploration of the contents of the boxes and the outfits are all boxed. The book has very little information of interest to the collector. There won't be anything that you did not know, unless you have never collected before. This book tired to cover too much data, so there are big gaps, and just a few badly colored photos of boxed Barbies. Most of the book is about Children's Toys, not fashion dolls. If this is what you wanted to read about then this is the book for you, but I hated it. There is one interesting page showing a family tree of Barbie, but it may not complete or outdated. I can think of some character names that are missing from the chart.