
I don't have an exact idea, what "B 326" might mean, but "4" is most likely a clue, that this production sample is sample #4. "B 326-4" is marked on the front as well as on the back. The middle, is an internal stock number for the cardboard mirror and might indicate that the mirror is part of the fashion, but wasn't added to this sample packaging. My guess is, that the sticker with #8670 which was placed on the right side to Than the ones that were part of the regular fashion set.Ī telephone is also part of the packaging sample, but the cardboard mirror of the regular fashion set is missing.

This doll has the same body - and most of the facial features of a regular Skipper. 1974 Mattel Barbie Growing up Skipper Skipper Highlight Reel: Growing Up Size: one size large medium small Universal XXXL XXL XL L M S XS EUR46 EUR45.5 EUR45 EUR44.5 EUR44 EUR43 EUR42.5 EUR42 EUR41 EUR40.5 EUR40 EUR39 EUR38.5 EUR38 EUR37.5 EUR37 EUR36 EUR35. An African American Prototype Skipper doll was made in the 60s, but unfortunately the doll was never chosen for production. It contains the pajama top and trousers of the fashion actually sold lateron - with a different lace, and different scuffs The Skipper doll with centered (hand painted) eyes shown in the first Skipper commercial from 1964 (shown further below) is a prototype doll. Hence the slogan on the box, Two dolls in.

Rotate the doll’s left arm counterclockwise and the torso grew an inch and petite breasts sprouted on the rubber chest. It is a Fashion Pak A1520 outfit: Nighty Nice/Night (1970). Mattel decided in the mid-1970s that eight-year-old Skipper had to change and the new Growing Up Skipper doll, designed to bloom before its owner’s eyes, hit the market in 1975. In addition, there's a number written on the back.

The first number on the bottom left corner is the stock number of the outfit. Numbers on the outside of the front part of the cello. It contains a sticker "Skipper" inside the package and some stickers with The following packaging sample/mock up prototype shows a great insight into the last part of the development process.
