I received this gorgeous Barbie 12 Days of Christmas as an early surprise Christmas present from my mom (she bought it, unfortunately, from an eBay reseller-who never opened any part of the package- as she was not prepared for the cluster that is Mattel Creations). This was both of our first “vintage” styled silkstone Barbies (and we can see why people collect them).
We opened the boxes one-a-day, and have stumbled across a couple mysteries that we are hoping someone from the Barbie/doll collecting community can answer.
She came with a completely different (and better) outfit than her gold and white party dress. It was still sealed, fit well, and had the Barbie Signature tags inside (although a bit frazzled on the edges). She also came with a different (cheaper and uglier) platter than what is shown on the back of the box.
She came with this cute red robe/jacket instead, and these little Pom-Pom shoes (those poms are fabric).
It is mostly lined, but does have several little stains on the lower left hand corner.
A close up of her shoes (I forgotten how TINY these style of shoes are) and the inside of her PJ top (you can see how the tag is unraveling on the sides).
And her (very cute) pj set. It all fits well and was also packaged in a separate plastic bag. Her shoes were also in their own bags too.
Her unusual looking platter and napkins (that were also not shown on the back).
And a close up of this ugly thing. It isn’t sealed smoothly and the back looked weird (this was my first heads up of something strange going on, but I didn’t double check the back until today).
This is what the back of the box shows to be inside. Everything else looks legit and matches up. Is this the case of someone switching out pieces they wanted (but the box and everything was sealed). A manufacturing error?? Does this pj set and shoes normally come with a different doll!? I didn’t ask Mattel, as it was bought on eBay and not through them. My mom said she’d try to contact the seller.
Please spread this around. I am curious and would love to pick the brain of anyone who is also curious and knowledgable on the subject.