Friday, November 6, 2020

Whitman loved making paper doll sets of the Malibus!

The set comes with a cardboard cutout of the bus,
plus beach balls and a surfboard.

Barbie's Beach Bus from 1976 is one of the most easily found paper doll sets of the 1970s. It is a Malibu doll set with a cardstock version of the 1974 Barbie Beach Bus.

The stock number is #1996, and comes with Malibu Barbie, Ken (a brunette version of the blond doll) and Skipper.  The paper doll Skipper wears her usual orange two-piece.  Barbie's swimsuit is also a two-piece unlike her light blue tricot full-body Malibu swimsuit.

Barbie has a new swimsuit,
but Skipper wears her original orange two-piece.
The green surfboard came with the real-life Beach Bus.
The side of the bus shows PJ surfing, not Barbie.
The little black hole is a window.

Except for the sweatsuit, who on earth
would wear these clothes to the beach?






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