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ToyDirectory Checks out Collectible Action Figures
By Tim Connolly

Not about to be left in the testosterone-soaked dust of the action figure market, Mattel’s Barbie® is more than holding her own. One visit to the Website www.BarbieCollectibles.com, and you’ll feel like you’ve landed on the home page for Cosmopolitan. The doll photographs (it’s okay to call them dolls here) are so professional in appearance you’ll almost believe you’re looking at real models.

With its own online newsletter, “The Ponytail Press,” and a password-protected collector’s club offering its own doll and “behind the scenes info from Barbie’s creators,” everything about Barbie in 2002 says she’s all grown up.

Harley Davidson Barbie® ($69.99), Cool Collecting Barbie® ($29.99), by Mattel

Just get a look at Lingerie Barbie. Vavoom! This is the fifth in the lingerie series; a “Silkstone” doll outfitted in a black merry-widow bustier and golden hoop earrings.

And how about Harley Davidson Barbie, also 5th in a series, she’s a dead-ringer for your local Sunday-driving yuppie biker girl in a faux-leather jacket and pants, Harley tank-top, silver chain belt, Harley bandana—the works! She comes with a “certificate of authenticity,” but you’ll have to buy the Mattel Harley separately.

If you’re in post-modern mood, there’s Cool Collecting Barbie, described by one fan as a “collector’s Barbie that celebrates collecting other toys.” She’s stylin’ in 1950’s white cat’s-eye sunglasses and turquoise Capri pants, and comes with a magic 8-ball, 2” View-Master and photo reels, a miniature version of the original Barbie board game, and a black vinyl tote-bag (no doubt containing the keys to the original Barbie Corvette).

Prices for the collectable series range from $40.00, all the way up to $400.00 for porcelain Barbies. If only you could borrow her credit card.

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