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Mattel - Barbie Basics Collectible Doll, Model 02 With Blonde Hair in Black Dress & Gladiator Boots - Collectibles - Multicolor
Average customer rating
4.4
(19 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 19 reviews
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93%of customers recommend this product.
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14 out of
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Customer Reviews for Mattel - Barbie Basics Collectible Doll, Model 02 With Blonde Hair in Black Dress & Gladiator Boots - Collectibles - Multicolor
Customer Rating
5
New Barbie basics
on April 8, 2025
Posted by: Nicole
from Carmel, IN
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I’m glad that the Barbie basics are back and with the easy to remove head feature. Her blonde hair is very nice along with her dress. I wish the made to move body was more pleasing to look at. I don’t like the exposed joints, especially the odd looking shoulder joint. Also I’m said that Mattel just let their best designer Bill Greening go. He’s had such a great hand in the Barbie basics over the years.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
5
A Fitting Successor to a Classic Line
on April 9, 2025
Posted by: Gigi
from RI
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Barbie Basics Model 2 offers a gorgeous sculpt adorned with striking hair and make up. As the namesake implies, the clothing and accessories provide a basic and simple base to inspire endless re-styling possibilities. The new neck pegs are a stellar improvement that make swaps infinitely easier and minimize risk. I cannot wait to make Model 2 along with others from this line my own.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
5
Not so basic
on April 9, 2025
Posted by: Mama_of_3
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Don't let the name "Barbie Basics" fool you. There's nothing basic about her. She looks chic, modern, and timeless. Her black dress is sexy but yet not too revealing. Perfect for clubbing or a night out. Her side ponytail shows she can have fun but also be taken seriously when needed. My daughter loves being able to bend her arms and legs to create a certain look, whether it's having her stand or sit, the Barbie basics can do it all. My daughter will play with her for hours, which is good because it keeps her off her electronics.
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
4
Lovely doll, with great pose-ability.
on April 10, 2025
Posted by: Catt
from PA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] First impression, still in box - cute, a little bland.
Unboxing is an irritant, there's no tape on the box to hunt down and slice through (cool), just one of those interwoven tabs situations that generally means you can't open it without ripping it, and then you can never close it again should you need/want to (argh). Then there are SO. MANY. clear bands holding the doll in place, easy to deal with, but you missed one. No, you still missed one. Hey, you go---oh, no, there's one more. And then you still have those godawful plastic tags through the back of her head to deal with, hope you don't cut her hair doing that.
The new Basics have the new neck peg for easier head swapping and BOY HOWDY IS IT EASY. I was lifting the body to get a better grip on her head, hoping to just yank her from the aforementioned head-tags (it works sometimes), and the body and head just popped free from each other. Luckily, they go back together just as easy. I may be a fan of the new peg.
The body is your usual Mad to Move Barbie body (love it). The black dress is simple, but very nice. There is a little bit of tape on the thighs to keep the skirt in place, its very sticky, but scraped off easy enough. Her boots are very interesting, and I was a little worried they might be hard to get on and off, but they're pliable, and the straps are close enough together that putting them back on is almost as easy as removing them.
The earrings. I love the style of #2's earrings (simple silver hoops), but they have this hard plastic cone around the peg, I assume to protect her face? Maybe from paint transfer? But it deforms the earring and keeps them from going in all the way, and makes it hard to get the earrings out so you can remove said cone. And now I have warped doll earrings, which are going in the trash.
All of this, and I was like, yeah, okay, some issues, but mostly good, but I'm still...just kind of "eh" about her. She's fine. She's here. Whatever. And then, just to see what she'd look like, I took out the side pony. And ooooh. Oh, you guys. Oh, she is so pretty. Just taking her hair down makes such a difference. She is staying. She has a name, now. She deserves a whole frickin' wardrobe. She may even need some other Basics friends.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
4
Gorgeous and fully poseable
on April 10, 2025
Posted by: olivia eva emma
from Georgia
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This doll is so absolutely beatiful and looks high end (well, except for the last part of my review). The black dress and white hair is gorgeous. I also love that is fully poseable. The only thing I didn’t like and the reason I gave it 4 stars is that I would have wished for the fabric of the dress to look higher end, it is just regular cotton so it makes the doll seem ‘cheap’
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
3
I don’t care for the realism of the doll
on April 12, 2025
Posted by: Nikki12
from Eustis, FL
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The doll overall looks very nice. I like the outfit and the hairstyle on the doll. I do not care for the “joints” at the knees, arms and wrists. I like a more streamlined look for the doll. I know it’s supposed to make her more movable and realistic maybe but I just don’t like the look of it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
5
Barbie
on April 13, 2025
Posted by: LucyT92
from Tampa Florida
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This Barbie is beautiful, it reminds me of the Barbie’s from the 90s and early 2000s when the dolls were fully posable. I think every little girl should have a Barbie collection and this makes a great addition. I 100% recommend buying
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop
Customer Rating
5
Beautiful and classy new Barbie basic collection
on April 13, 2025
Posted by: Frenchmouse13
from Davenport, Florida
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] She is absolutely stunning.
My daughter is crazy about her.
she is fashion without being too much. She is classy and chic.
Her outfit is gorgeous, the shoes are detailed, and the hair color is modern.
Her face features and her proportions are perfect.
I’m all for the Barbie slogan you can be anything and look like anything but i enjoy a beautiful classy Barbie as well.
The fact that the arms and legs are articulated is great , my daughter enjoys making up her own story and being able to move Barbie as she wishes makes the stories more alive.
My daughter is crazy about her.
she is fashion without being too much. She is classy and chic.
Her outfit is gorgeous, the shoes are detailed, and the hair color is modern.
Her face features and her proportions are perfect.
I’m all for the Barbie slogan you can be anything and look like anything but i enjoy a beautiful classy Barbie as well.
The fact that the arms and legs are articulated is great , my daughter enjoys making up her own story and being able to move Barbie as she wishes makes the stories more alive.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Mattel Shop