Doll faces in the Wonderful World^TM of Barbie^®
 

A quite important note from the editor... These pages came to life as I once collected dolls by face and got curious to what faces was used for which doll. I made a table of each sculpt and tried to gather at least one of each character per sculpt. The site has evolved into something else since, but I have not every doll ever made with each sculpt listed, nor do I have the intention of ever having so. I just want to show off all the different sculpts used and their name (if they have one) and a copyright year, when known.

Not all the faces in this table/list are Barbie family or friends dolls, but they have in a way some connections to each other. Further down the page I have other dolls. On most face pages I have a note at the bottom, listing other dolls with that particular sculpt, which is not a complete list in any way, just some randomly picked examples... Or none at all. Well, I think it all will unravel itself, if you just take a peek  ;)

Some of the sculpts have two lines/links as the dates have changed due to Mattel started using different sculpts for pink box vs collector dolls, although they are virtually the same. I will still keep them on the same page...

Further noted: The year mentioned under each doll's face shot, is most often the box date - when I know it, or the release date (usually the year after box date).

And one more. There are small "Back" and "Next" button at the bottom. They don't work. No links. Remains from before, don't know why I kept them there.

I need to apologize from start. Some photos are retaken but far from all. Some are shots of rather dusty dolls, or with stray hairs across their faces and a lot of other issues but I have been taking quick snapshots of most of my collection and never found the actual time to do "real" photo shoots... As in setting up a decent studio and clean the dolls etc, etc. Some photos are picked from the old site and those are blurry beyond belief (happens when you expand compressed jpegs). Some are quite OK - but not all. Bare with me. Thank you.

Disclaimer: If you have a link with the security protocol (https), delete the s and pictures will hopefully show. Make sure the link says http, not https.
 

So here goes, My new start pages with photos if you'd rather see the sculpt first and not just a name as in the table below. This is an ongoing progress and neverending work and I am surely giving myself more of it by doing this. Still pictures missing in the gallery, but as said... It's in the works.

Ken^® and other male dolls (12"): 1960's-1999 | 2000-forward
   Included are most of the 12" male dolls, Mattel branded, movie and fairytale dolls etc. No celebrities right now.

Teen Siblings/Cousins/Friends dolls: one page
   Most of the teen size dolls from Dreamhouse Stacie up in length, Skipper, Francie, Sunshine, 9-10" Movie/Fairytale etc.

© Dolls and photos all belong to me, unless otherwise noted.

For the purpose of identifying the exact doll you may have on hand, I suggest you pay the German site Fashiondollz.Info a visit. Dagmar and Tanja has put in hours and hours of work to make their site a source for doll ID. As their site evolves, more and more information is added. From there you may wander off into the wonderous cyber space with a name and an ID number to find a picture of your doll in box. The Internet is a huge source of information, if you know how to seek it. 
 

- MaBa Barbie
 - Sweet 16
1973 Sunshine Family Mom
1975 Sunshine Family Grandma
1975 Young Sweethearts Melinda

BtM Barbie/Margot Robbie
BtM Ken/Ryan Gosling
BtM Ken/Ryan Gosling CM
BtM Asian Ken/Simu Liu
Ben Affleck/Batman
Amy Adams/Giselle
Lucille Ball/Lucy
Beyoncé
Fan Bingbing
Helena Bonham Carter
Brandy
BTS (Korean boy band)
Billie Burke/Glinda
Mariah Carey
Carol Burnett
Captain Russell/Barbara Bain
Cher
Cruella de Vil/Glenn Close
Doris Day
Patrick Dempsey
Johnny Depp
Captain Jack Sparrow
Dhoom3 Aliya/Katrina Kaif
Dhoom3 Sahir/Aamir Khan
Doctor Who 13th/Jodie Whittaker
Wayne Gretzky
Black Widow/Scarlett Johansson
Hilary & Haylie Duff 
HG Finnick/Sam Claflin
HG Gale/Liam Hemsworth
HG Katniss/Jennifer Lawrence
HG Peeta/John Hutcherson 
M.C Hammer
Audrey Hepburn
Rock Hudson
J Lo
Jynx/Halle Berry
JP Owen/Chris Pratt
JP Claire/Bryce Dallas Howard
Grace Kelly
Erica Kane/Susan Lucci
Lindsey Lohan
Rosie O'Donnell
Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen
Donny Osmond
Marie Osmond 
Elvis Presley
Diana Ross
Liz Taylor
Twilight Edward/Robert Pattinson
Twilight Jacob/Taylor Lautner
Ethel/Vivan Vance
WW Diana Prince/Gal Gadot
WW Hippolyta/Connie Nielsen
WW Steve Trevor/Chris Pine
WW Barbara Minerva/Kristen Wiig
X-Files Fox Mulder/Dave Duchovny
X-Files Dana Scully/Gillian Anderson
 

Cher (Clueless)
Amber (Clueless)
Dionne (Clueless)

Captain Kirk (Star Trek)
Mr. Spock (Star Trek)
Lieutenant Uhura (Star Trek)

Clara (Nutcracker)
 

My Scene Boys closed mouth '03
My Scene Boys closed mouth '04
My Scene Boys open mouth
My Scene Boys molded hair I
My Scene Boys molded hair II
My Scene Girls closed mouth
My Scene Girls smiley mouth
My Scene Girls open mouth
My Scene Girls quirky smile
My Scene Fab Faces

As the Disney Live Action franchise expands, I thought I'd add a separate section for them with the cartoon-made-into-live-action movies below.

Cruella de Vil/Glenn Close
Cinderella/Lily James
Cinderella: Fairy Godmother
Cinderella: Lady Tremaine
 

This is a series of dolls Mattel has made to show little girls that "You Can Be Anything" and we find women that somehow was first or showed the way how to lead a life the best way possible. Inspiring women. Some have their own sculpts and can be seen here, while other are part of the regular Barbie line of sculpts above. I will only show the ones I have myself as I get them. Some are "tribute" dolls, others belong to the "Inspiring Women" series. The first dolls went under the logo Sheroes and they are mostly OOAK dolls of prominent athletes, but a few were mass produced. These are just a fraction of the women released as dolls so far.

Gabby Douglas
Ibtihaj Muhammed
Laurie Hernandez
 

Mattel tributes the World Wrestling Entertainment women with several series of well built dolls. Wonder Woman has a similar body, quite buff and muscled. This section is in no way complete, mostly to the fact I have no idea how many dolls/figures are produced in the WWE Superstar series (unlinked names are dolls I don't have). The head sculpts are gorgeous.

I find celebrity and movie character dolls intriguing and there are many other companies that make them, besides Mattel. Still trying to figure out if I want to add them to the site or not - or just keep them in the blog(s).

The old pages with more/other celebrity dolls etc.

Other size dolls

Mattel has made a variety of bigger sized doll in the range from 16" to the My Size 3ft tall dolls. I have a few of them and I wanted to share them somehow. Gathered them all up on one page (for now).
In 2023 Mattel released a series of four new My First Barbie (and friends) dolls with a bigger sized doll, than the regular 11". They have softer "skin" and snap type bendable arms and legs. Their plastic reminds of baby dolls, with that soft texture.
Also, there are many smaller dolls, as in 2022 the EXTRA Mini dolls appeared, and in 2023, the EXTRA Mini Minis.