Holiday Barbie 1992 - Just a Pale Imitation
Look. You all know the drill by now. So let's have a good look at 1992: Hmmm.... It's not that she's BAD. Exactly. It's just that it feels similar enough to 1989 – a mere 3 years earlier – that I can’t stop making comparisons between the two. And noting how 1992 comes up short. Like the silver top with the overly bubbly long sleeves that make it look more like a silver haz-mat suit than a ball gown. And the little dingle-berries hanging off the front and sleeves look like at the last second they decided a full-on macramé gown was maybe a bit too corny so they’d roll it back ONE step when it really should have been rolled back about 46 steps, give or take. The skirt could have just stayed standard poufy but instead tried to get creative and ended up looking like a souvenir paper fan. Or a cupcake wrapper. Looking at 1989 HB and then getting this at the end of 1992 is like getting tickets to a Pearl Jam concert and showing up only to find out they’ve been ...