VINTAGE MILLENNIUM PRINCESS BARBIE SPECIAL EDITION. YOUR SEARCH FOR DOLLS TO HELP YOU REMEMBER Y2K IS OVER WITH MATTEL'S 1999 MILLENNIUM PRINCESS BARBIE DOLL. COLLECTORS OF BARBIE DOLLS WILL LOVE THIS RARE, COLLECTIBLE, HOLIDAY EDITION BARBIE DOLL. THIS DOLL WAS THE FIRST HOLIDAY DOLL NOT IN MATTEL'S HAPPY HOLIDAY SERIES COLLECTION. RELEASED IN 1999 BY MATTEL TO CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE MILLENNIUM PRINCESS BARBIE DOLL, DRESSED IN THE GREATEST FASHION, AS ALWAYS, IS WEARING AN OPULENT, MIDNIGHT BLUE VELVET BALL GOWN COVERED IN SHINY, SILVER LACE CASCADING DOWN THE FRONT PANEL OF THE DRESS AND A SHIMMERY, SOLVER ORGANZA COLLAR. THE BARBIE DOLL IS ALSO SPORTING ACCESSORIES LIKE A SPARKLING TIARA, EARRINGS, BLUE SHOES, A NECKLACE, AND A RING TO BRING IN THE NEW YEAR IN STYLE. ONE BARBIE DOLL ALSO HAS LONG, BLONDE HAIR THAT FLOWS DOWN HER BACK, BUT THERE IS ALSO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDITION OF THESE DOLLS IN THE COLLECTION. BARBIE'S BRUNETTE FRIEND, TERESA, WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE MILLENNIUM PRINCESS BARBIE DOLLS. THE DOLL ALSO COMES IN A COLLECTOR'S BOX. FOR THE KEEPSAKE COLLECTOR, THESE BARBIE DOLLS ALSO COME WITH A FAUX-CRYSTAL ORNAMENT MARKED WITH A "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2000" RIBBON. EVEN THOUGH THE YEAR WAS 2000, THIS BARBIE STAYED IN TUNE WITH RUTH HANDLER'S ORIGINAL ELEGANT AND CLASSIC STYLE WHEN SHE DESIGNED THE FIRST, NOW VINTAGE, BARBIES IN 1959, ALMOST A HALF CENTURY BEFORE. THE 1999 MILLENNIUM PRINCESS BARBIE DOLL JOINED MATTEL IN JANUARY OF 1999, AND WHO BETTER TO RING IN THE YEAR 2000 THAN ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY'S MOST ICONIC DOLLS? YOU CAN KEEP THIS BARBIE DOLL IN HER BOX AS A TRUE COLLECTOR'S PIECE, OR YOU CAN TAKE HER OUT OF THE BOX AND ENJOY HOURS OF PLAY. MATTEL DESIGNED THIS COLLECTION'S BARBIE DOLL TO BE A PRINCESS, BUT THEY'RE STILL THE SAME VERSATILE DOLLS THAT YOU CAN DRESS UP AND ACCESSORIZE. THE MIDNIGHT BLUE DRESS HAS A BACK PANEL MADE OF VELCRO THAT ALLOWS YOU TO REMOVE IT. YOU CAN STILL DRESS HER IN PINK, EXPERIMENT WITH HR FASHION, CLOTHES, AND OUTFITS: STYLE HER HAIR; HAVE HER HANG OUT WITH KEN OR THE OTHER GIRLS; AND CUSTOMIZE AND CREATE BARBIE'S WORLD. BARBIES HAVE LONG BEEN ONE OF THE FAVORITE TOYS AMONG YOUNG GIRLS, BUT THE 1999 MILLENNIUM PRINCESS BARBIE DOLLS ARE A SPECIAL EDITION AND HAVE A WIDE APPEAL THAT RANGES FROM CHILDREN TO ADULTS. ITEM IS STILL SEALED - NEVER OPENED. SOLD AS IS.