Barbie Inspiring Women Doll - Reviews
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27.10.2019
I absolutely love this tribute to Sally Ride in Barbie form. She comes in a large box with a strong stand to display her with pride. She’s wearing her light blue all in one astronaut space suit with brown NASA boots (think more Doc Martins than designer) she’s wearing a white mic and earphone headpiece, which is sewn into her curly brown hair which has been lacquered heavily. She also has her space helmet which the tinted visor opens at the front. She was designed in collaboration with Sally Ride’s long term business partner Tam O'Shaughnessy and NASA to ensure it accurately represented her legacy. This young female pioneering astronaut joined the US space agency in 1978,
14.8.2019
I like and admire the principle behind this 'inspiring women' collection based on successful, high-achieving career women, particularly in today's culture where 'success' amongst young girls can be (mis)construed as having the 'perfect' figure and appearance with large silicon boobs, bum implants, hair extensions and dazzling dental veneers rather than the benefit of a good education and career to achieve your potential. On the front of the box, Katherine Johnson is promoted as a NASA mathematician and physicist and her outstanding achievements are listed on the rear of the box in multiple languages.Based on a real person as a role model, this doll has a more 'ordinary'
27.8.2019
Of all the modern Barbies, Katherine is my favourite so far. She is fully poseable, demurely dressed, and best of all, she has a NASA ID card! For the little person in your life, this Barbie serves as in inspiration to achieve greatness, but first the child needs to know the story of the person. There is a synopsis of her life on the back of the box, but also there is an incredible film called "Hidden Women", which all five of us plus Katherine Barbie watched together. Being a black woman in 1950's American was tough, very tough, more than any of us could appreciate or imagine. A child-prodigy in maths and later a widowed mother of three, Katherine was a genius working in a menial role at NASA who rose through the ranks,
25.8.2019
I’m sure that Katherine Johnson would be very pleased with how beautiful they have made this doll but it is still a striking resemblance to the iconic Barbie. The doll is presented in a purple box decorated with a photograph of NASA’s control room. The doll is partly poseable with wrists and elbows that bend but the legs are not jointed so she remains in the standing position or sits down with straight legs. I find this rather dissapointing and would prefer a fully jointed doll.A clear plastic stand is included with this doll so that it can be displayed in a cabinet. The glasses are a good resemblance of the decade and so is the dress which is pink cotton with pleated skirt and white collar with NASA emblem and 3 tiny buttons down the front.
11.12.2019
Loved this Barbie it's amazing and gifted to my sister to give to my niece.. she's written an amazing review as follows..Fabulous Sally Ride space Barbie. My daughter loves space and the fact that barbie are celebrating positive female role models is amazing.My seven year old daughter absolutely loves this Barbie, especially after seeing the first all female space walk it’s inspired her to know more about space. It’s also instils in her how females can achieve anything they set their mind to.The doll comes with a stand, which my daughter used to pretend she was space walking!Her outfit is very detailed with lovely gold metallic edging and badges,
22.11.2019
The latest addition to the Barbie Inspiring Women Series is Sally Ride, who was both the first female and youngest American astronaut. She was the third woman in space overall.Sally Ride was my contemporary and like her I was drawn to studying physics in school. While my own aspirations didn’t extend to NASA and outer space, I applauded her initiative and achievements both during her lifetime and beyond.Looking at images of Sally Ride at the time of her first space flight in 1983, this doll has been well designed and captured her looks including curly hair and blue flight suit with name tag, NASA and Challenger badges.
26.10.2019
I doubt there are many that didn’t, at some point in their life, dream of being an astronaut and going to the moon. Sally Ride was one of those fortunate few to realise the dream of going into space and she became the third woman in space when she flew in a space shuttle in 1983 and again in 1984.I like the overall appearance of the Barbie modelled on Sally; the outfit looks authentic and is a good replica. A space helmet, which does fit, is included in the box, as is a stand should you wish to place Sally out as inspiration, on her own or along with other figures from the range.The visible finish on the outfit is not so good with some poor stitching in places and the collar and pocket flaps not properly pressed into place so it looks a little dog-eared.
28.10.2019
A Barbie doll by any other name but this one is the same quality you would expect from any other full price Barbie, but this is dually aimed at little girls that parents want to influence with remarkable and successful women and collectors. Sally Ride was one of the great female astronauts of the Space Shuttle programme and this doll of her is mounted in a non-typical Barbie box and with a stand so that she can be displayed.Dressed in her astronaut blues with realistic badges (NASA, US flag and Challenger shuttle), she wears a communications headset with microphone, has great hair and comes with a space helmet. Her outfit is smart and professional and could pass for the real thing.Clearly to sew the seed in your daughter that she could be an astronaut too,
6.11.2019
Based on a real-life person, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space back in 1983.In this set, you get the Sally Ride Barbie Doll with a really cute helmet. She is wearing headphones with a mouth piece had has really bushy curly hair. If fact it’ a real struggle to try and fit the helmet over her thick curly hair.The Barbie Doll is wearing detailed brown boots and a light blue jump suit with real pockets on the trousers by the knees. The jump suit has some cool Nasa badges and patches with an American flag on the arm. It also has a gold fake zip which is actually Velcro to remove and put on the jump suit.Moving parts on the doll are the head, shoulders, elbows, wrist,
4.11.2019
There's nothing particularly bad about this doll, other than it is just that a doll with no special features other than it comes with a certificate of authenticity (hmmm, why?), and it is based upon Sally Ride (US astronaut), and headlined "Inspiring Women".The doll is well made, and comes with a stand, but I can't help thinking that because it's a Barbie (and there are lots of folk who collect them), they are justified at giving it an eye-wateringly expensive price tag! However, I suspect this is an unrealistically inflated launch price, which is likely to drop.In light of the price, and the interest in Barbie dolls, I suspect this won't be purchased as a toy as such,
4.5.2021
Lovely Katherine Johnson doll. Articulated in the arms... but strangley they did not articulate her legs, so her knees do not bend - which is a real pity - I do not understand why they made that decision.The dolls looks like a mix of a young Katherine Johnson combined with Taraji P. Henson the actress who played her in the movie "Hidden Figures" (do watch that movie, if you have not seen it! great to understand what things were like back then - space and race! - I think they should had done dolls of all three women, but they picked Katherine as she had additional accomplishments - she truly was amazing). Katherine Johnson was consulted on the doll and approved the look of the doll.
14.8.2018
This Barbie is part of the real life, 'Sheroes' Barbie line, which was created as an homage to real life women who've lived inspiring lives from all around the world.Based on Muslim-American, sabre fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, this doll was crafted with a beautiful and highly articulated curvy body mold, and it comes in her fencing ensemble, a sword, her proper facing helmet & represents Mattel's very first official hijab-wearing Barbie doll.She's a monumental Barbie, and I was thrilled to get one so easily on Amazon. I feel all collector's should consider purchasing one because she's one of a kind, and she's gorgeously crafted. She's also reasonably priced, right now at only $30.00, on Amazon.
2.11.2019
This is a very nicely presented doll that is clearly aimed at adult collectors as opposed to children. It depicts Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and is part of a series of similar dolls based on inspirational female role models.The doll comes dressed in a blue NASA flight suit and has a couple of accessories, a headset and a nicely detailed helmet. All of these, including the dolls appearance and 80s hair style appear accurate to the individual they are paying homage to. The box includes a photo of Sally and would look great for those who wish to keep the doll displayed in situ. A clear display stand is included for displaying the doll outside the box.The price is premium,
4.8.2019
You receive a wonderfully detailed figure of Katherine Johnson, elegant in a pink dress, for those that do not know the story of the ladies who worked for NASA, then I suggest you watch a film called Hidden Figures, which is a excellent film about Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, about a time when unbelievably people were segregated and treated different simply because of colour.The Barbie is presented in a great collectable box, the detail is superb, the doll is completely articulated, all joints move. The detail includes, glasses, a name badge and great detailed accessories.I love this doll,
27.3.2020
Rosa Parks is one of the best figures produced by Barbie as part of their ‘inspiring women’ series. The figure is well made and the clothing is pretty close to that pictured on the site, which isn’t always the case; the pillbox hat is plastic and the only part of the outfit that isn’t quite as good as shown, but still acceptable.I didn’t know much of the Rosa Parks story until it was featured in an episode of Dr Who, but that and this figure inspired me to find out more, and I am glad that I did. She was a very brave lady, prepared to stand up for herself at a time when she was expected to comply and say nothing.