1984 Peaches 'n Cream Barbie Doll by Mattel (No. 7926)

Finally! Peaches 'n Cream is officially part of my collection.

I did buy one two years ago, but she just wasn't right. The doll I wanted was the one I had as a kid.

My eldest sister, whom was born in 1983, was given Peaches 'n Cream Barbie as a gift from our great aunt. I remember the doll sitting on my sisters shelf in the as a kid in the 90's and somehow my siblings and I managed to get our hands on the poor girl. Our sister was upset when she had found out what had happened to the doll. She would miss that doll for years to come, until I bought her a new one for her 30th birthday. But as that doll was also a part of my childhood too, and not only that she was the first doll I ever knew, I had to get one for myself.

So when I bought the Peaches 'n Cream Barbie back in 2015 I was shocked at how different she was from how I remembered her. After researching I had found that the doll was made in Taiwan but my sister's one was made in the Philippines. You wouldn't think that would make much of a difference, but it did! All the little details add up:

So here we have a comparison of the first Peaches 'n Cream Barbie I had bought compared to my new one. Once I got my new Philippines Peaches 'n Cream I knew instantly that she was the doll my sister owned. The differences are subtle but they make all the difference (to me at least). To begin, The Taiwan doll's hair was much coarser and yellow compared to that of the Philippines doll. The rooting was also different and the hair was styled differently too. Next, the skin tone seemed much lighter on the Taiwan doll, not only that but the Philippines dolls also tend to have a slight colour variance between the head and body. The head also has more texture on the Philippines dolls. Then there is the face paint. The brows are much darker on the Taiwan dolls, the paint on the Philippines dolls is much thinner and tends to allow the skin colour to come through (this is not as noticeable in photographs as it is in person), The positioning of the dots on the eyes is slightly different and the shape of the lips is different too. Lastly, the blush seems to be higher on the Philippines doll than it is on the Taiwan doll.

So now that I had my perfect Peaches 'n Cream Barbie, there was only one thing left to do... de-box her! But first lets discuss the box. My sister recalls that her original doll was bought in Holland and the box featured the following languages on the box: English, French, German, & Italian. But this doll had the standard English text only. But that did not matter so much as I was intending to de-box from the beginning. SO lets see her out of the box!

There she is! Isn't she beautiful? She was everything I had remembered. Even her smell, which was a little too strong upon first taking her out but seems to have worn down, was exactly the same as what I had remembered. So, she came with the standard jewellery, her dress, a belt, a stole, plastic pumps, a spinner with two cards, a date calendar, a brush and comb, 2 barrettes, and 2 hair picks. She did not come with a stand so if you want to display her on a stand you would have to buy one separately.

A few small things I should point out are that the elastic band in her hair had melted into the hair and her dress is very easily snagged on the thumbs and the combs etc. But her hair turned out beautifully after I had scraped out the elastic and washed it and one just has to take care when changing around the stole etc. to make sure that it does not snag.

Despite her few faults, I think this doll is definitely worth adding to one's collection. She is, in my opinion, one of the greatest dolls in Barbie history. Her change around stole gimmick had been used before with Dream Date Barbie and Crystal Barbie, and her face is very much like that of Day-to-Night Barbie. But despite these similarities, I don't think any of those other dolls achieved the same level of glamour and sheer luxury of Peaches 'n Cream Barbie. And on top of all of that, Peaches 'n Cream Barbie is the only Barbie doll that can boast of having been painted by none other than Andy Warhol:

And so there you have it. I understand not everyone would feel as strongly about Peaches 'n Cream Barbie as I do, but one can't deny that she is a pretty important doll in Barbie history. Mattel themselves have described Peaches 'n Cream Barbie as an "especially cherished doll" [1]. If only Mattel were still making dolls that could become as memorable as Peaches 'n Cream Barbie.

Anywho, I leave you all with a video of me de-boxing Peaches 'n Cream Barbie. Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you enjoyed this post. <3



[1] http://www.thebarbiecollection.com/peaches-n-cream-barbie-doll-r9525

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