Vintage Mint Platinum Long Hair Barbie Color Magic Doll Toepolish! All polish 100% - Makeup 100%! Use LAYAWAY Start Price USD 1,195.00 Current Price USD 1,195.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 13, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Location San Diego, CA See more about 'Vintage Mint Platinum Long Hair Barbie Color Magic Doll' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0SquareTrade © AP6.0 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Found the Barbie Bazaar Article & Mattel Ad! See PhotosThese items come from a NONSMOKING household Mattel Super High Color NM Barbie Color Magic Doll With Really Long HairGoes Half Way Down Back -100% Makeup & Fingernail/toenail Polish, Even Color, Knees Click & Hold at 3 - Original Swimsuit, Japan Shoes If you like the fact that I disclose everything I can & have a100% Rating Click on the link at the upper right of this page & *Place my site on your Favorite Sellers List* Sign Up For My Newsletter & Never miss another of my exciting listings! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I ACCEPT PAYPAL & MONEY ORDERS: Pay Pal users must have items shipped to confirmed addresses. Sorry, but PayPal policy states that sellers will lose their insurance coverage if they ship to unconfirmed addresses. If you are an International buyer, have been a member of eBay for at least one year, and have had no negatives in that year or a good story about why you do, contact me to see if we can arrange for a PayPal payment. If you have dealt with me before, and I accepted your PayPal payment, then, unless you recently turned to a life of crime, you are welcome to use PayPal again.I do NOT deal in fakes. If something is a genuine reproduction, I will tell you. I have purchased most of the Mattel reproductions so that I can discern between them and the actual vintage Mattel items. Still, I am a relatively new collector and am NOT an expert, so please ask me questions before you start bidding. I value my reputation and would never purposefully mislead you, but I might not place the same emphasis on the same things you do or I just might not know some specialized collecting information. I care about the quality of the items I sell and the service I give. Perfection may not be within my reach, but polite, honest service will always be my standard Barbie Color Magic:  NOTE: Don't you just hate unpleasant condition surprises? I will always try to detail any such problems, but please, look at my photos as well. Not only have I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to ensure I get them right, but they are also an important part of the description. And remember please that in most of the details shown in the photographs are greatly magnified. Some people do not believe that there was a platinum color magic, so I am including a copy of a Barbie Bazaar Magazine Article on Rarities such as the Midnight and the Platinum Color Magics, and a Barbie Bazaar reprint of a Mattel ad clearly featuring a platinum color magic. Evidently they decided to produce no more platinums by the time this ad came out, so it mentions the golden blondes, but did not change the photography. Mattel was nothing if not thrifty.Platinums do exist, but are extremely rare. This one was originally purchased from a former Mattel employee. Like every other legitimate Platinum that I have ever heard of, this one was a torso doll. So I sacrificed a lovely American girl to the cause and took her legs, which I know are legitimate and NOT malibus or other such "fake" substitutions. Someday I will find another pair of legitimate legs for my lovely American girl, but I really wanted my Platinum color magic to be poseable and be able to be incorporated into a multidoll display.  The torso is completely mint, and the legs would be mint, but do not have toe polish. The second thing you need to know about Platinums of any kind, and especially the color magic is that platinum never means dead white. If the hair is really whitish, it has been bleached. Platinums should have a bit of a very pale yellow cast to the hair or, as in the case of some later dolls, a silvery cast, but they should not be white.  Here white equals fake. NOte, that with the shine of my photographic lights part of this dolls hair may look white, but that is just the reflection of light on the hair. Look to other sections of the hair for a more accurate idea of the true color. The third thing about Platinums is that, in order to see if they have been bleached, you always check the roots with a magnifying glass to see if there is any dark color to be found. If she is dark at the roots, someone is pulling a fast one. Also, her hair should be lustrous, shiny, soft, and NOT brittle. If the doll has a lot of broken hair in her plugs, that is a bad indicator. So on to this breathtaking doll. As I stated above, she has toepolish, as I found her another set of even better legs. She is super high color, all original makeup, with luscious geranium lips, smoky eyeshadow, intense, mesmerizing blue eyes under beautiful eyebrows that really have a charm & personality all their own (for some reason, one eyebrow looks quite light in the photos. It is a shade lighter than the other one, but has NO rubs. Her perfect eyeliner looks gorgeous against her perfect eyelash paint (the white you see in the photos is from the blinding shine of those mint eyelashes) She has super long, gleaming Platinum hair.  Speaking of hair, Barbie's has NOT been cut, is soft, flexible, shiny, and is missing NO plugs. She is NOT a rerout. I have looked at the roots, and there is NO telltale darker color there, as there would be with a bleached doll. In addition, her hair is NOT brittle, but instead is very supple, which is another good indicator that it is genuine. There are no thin plugs from hair breakage.  Barbie has NO earring holes, and therefore NO green ear, NO neck splits, NO unsightly scratches on her arms or torso, and NO boob dents (Ouch!!!) Barbie has gorgeous nail polish, all there, and has even skin tone, with NO dark and NO faded spots. She has NO cuts, NO chews, NO dents, and NO damage.  She has toenail polish. Barbie has dainty, beautifully formed feet, and knees that click loudly 3 times and hold in all three positions. Barbie's legs have the usual two heat vent holes in the back of her thighs and on the insides of her knees by the knee caps. She also has the typical holes in her feet. And that is ALL. She has NO other holes or pin pricks. Barbie comes with a MINT original color magic bathing suit, MINT headband, and MINT hair clip. Her turquoise Japan Heels are in near mint condition. Her face cello is original. All in all, this is one rare and wonderful doll and as fine a collectible as any I have seen. I just love her soft, gleaming hair! She is a standout for even the most advanced of Barbie collections. Don't miss the chance to own this incredible doll! Layaway Conditions: Layaway is ONLY on the BUY IT NOW price. Please do not try to make me an offer contingent upon layaway, as I won't discount the doll and then wait for the money. You need to have 100% rating as a buyer for the last year, or a good story about why you don't. You need to have been an eBay member in good standing for over one year.You need to have at least 10 ratings (or, again a really good reason why you are trustworthy without much of an eBay track record)If you have purchased items from me in the past, I can waive these requirements, but you MUST CONTACT ME BEFORE YOU BUY HER Layaway terms are as follows: You can layaway this gorgeous doll for Christmas. Purchase her in November, you will need to pay one half down in November within 7 days of purchasing her, and pay the balance, one half plus the shipping and insurance, by December 7, 2008. Please note that the deposit will not be refundable. I do not wish to take anyone's money, but if you tie up a valuable asset thus preventing me from selling her to someone else and making money that way, you cannot then change your mind and leave me high and dry. I am handicapped, and my Mother was badly injured, which is why I am selling her at all. As long as you are willing to be responsible and play win-win, we will do fine, and you will be able to own a fabulous doll for Christmas. Please contact me before you purchase the doll and let me know if you wish to lay her away. You won't regret it. She is incredible! Background Info about Seller:         Fortunately for future Barbie collectors, I was a tomboy as a girl and also wanted to be a veterinarian from the day I captured an unfortunate lizard. In his terror at being manhandled by a giant,  the poor thing dropped his tail. Not knowing this was a defensive mechanism, I was overcome with guilt and so decided to apply Mercurochrome to the valiant amputee's wound. My Mother always told me that if it didn't hurt, it wouldn't help. By all appearances I was really helping that lizard! Then and there I was hooked. Nothing, especially playing with dolls, could compete with the thrill of healing, although the lizard might have argued the point.         If, instead of a Barbie or Chatty Cathy, my Mother had presented me with a Vomiting Virginia or a Feverish Fanny, I might have shown more interest, and changed my sights to human medicine or at least doll restoration. But as it was, I only played with my Barbies when I was forced to be hospitable to finicky guests who were not interested in the joys of climbing trees or treating the ills of whatever animal unwisely crossed our paths. And since my Mother knitted wonderful cloths for my dolls, I did not use many of the Mattel outfits, preferring the Mom-made goodies.                   A little over a year ago, I received the payoff for my unfeminine behavior when I discovered a treasure trove in the garage of NRFB and NRFP Barbie outfits along with some unused items that I had opened just to be polite to the gift giver. You could have struck me down with a feather. For the first time I understood what all the fuss was about. Barbie, her stylish wardrobe and appealing miniatures were adorable!I am still not sure whether I have entered my second childhood or have just come to my senses, but I am currently having the time of my life collecting Barbie treasures.         Unfortunately, my creditors are also enjoying themselves. Thus we come to the sad and shameful truth. I seem to be a Barbie addict, with all this dreaded disease entails.     I have given up watching my favorite TV shows to peruse My Favorites on eBay.  I give my family whiplash in the mornings watching me dash to the computer muttering about sellers who list a mint Outdoor Art Show as "Barbie Outfit & Accessories". And I cannot bear to go to bed until I have checked to see if there are any new Buy-It-Now listings posted by night owls.     When I shop at the grocery store, I find myself buying bargain brands and putting nonessentials back on the shelf, exclaiming, "I could have bought that Helenca swimsuit for that price! The other day when my Mother tactfully suggested that I could use a new dress, I gleefully purchased a MOC Sheath Sensation. In short, my credit cards are smoking and I am going to have to part with a few of my goodies to appease the bank. Besides, did you see that breathtaking #3 doll with all original makeup coming up? "Don't celebrate closing a sale, celebrate opening a relationship." -- Patricia Fripp Shipping From California:     It has come to my attention that when insurance is required in an auction, eBay combines the shipping and insurance prices to give you just one figure at the bottom of the page under shipping fees. The idea is a good one, in that buyers are not surprised later with the insurance charges. However, it can put inexperienced buyers into sticker shock over what they think is the shipping fee alone. So, no, I am not trying for your first born, and your arm can stay right where it is.     I do not charge handling fees, and I will gladly combine shipping on a weight basis.  The insurance is where the Post Office tends to exact its pound of flesh. And no, I am not going to try to save a few dollars and risk losing a valuable piece of Barbie history. Nor am I interested in playing Russian Roulette and shipping it in a bubble mailer.      It just makes sense to wrap things well and insure valuable items against shipping mishaps. Then there are the restless postal workers who might feel like a little touch football on their lunch hour. Don't laugh, they did an expose on New York City Postal workers who were doing just that with packages marked "delicate"!    International buyers, please make note that International First Class does not provide insurance, but you can purchase the Registered Mail™ feature for $10.30 more, which will bring your total to less than the International Priority fee. International Priority Mail does provide insurance up to $650.00       Sadly, due to the new change in eBay's rules about feedback I need to cover a less than pleasant subject. I have heard of buyers attempting to blackmail sellers by threatening them with undeserved bad ratings. You need to know that I react very poorly to blackmailers and will do everything within my considerable abilities to exact justice from anyone who tries such a thing. I am not talking here of honest feedback or requests for honest compensation if I made a mistake. I pride myself on my reputation and will be very quick to set any mistake I make right. Indeed, I would appreciate that chance before you give feedback.     But woe unto those who try to blackmail me! First of all, the Barbie seller community on eBay is small, and I can certainly get the word around to make it difficult for you to do further damage. Second of all, I can leave you bad feedback under the guise of good feedback so that any sellers who check up on you, as many now do, will see that you have tried to do something despicable. Next, I can and will report you to eBay.  Their own rules obligate them to check into any accusation of fraud and wrong doing.  And if they do not catch you this time, the next time a seller reports you, they will be likely to pay attention and take action.     Further, I will be checking the ratings of anyone who bids on this auction and reserve the right to cancel your bid and block your bidding in all future auctions of mine if your ratings indicate bad behavior on your part. I really hate to have to even bring this up, but I will not be a victim. I deal honestly with people and expect the same courtesy in return.    In addition, if you are new to eBay and have very few stars, or have a rating under 99%, no matter how many stars you have, please contact me before you bid. It is important that we are on the same page about the legally binding nature of a bid and the contractual nature of a winning bid. If you do not contact me and we do not come to an agreement, I reserve the right to retract your bid.  I just need to know that you are responsible and play well with others.     Finally, I reserve the right to relist your item if you do not pay me within 7 days.  A word to the wise. Communicate with me if there are problems or you think I might have a problem with you. Then we can have a civilized discussion on how to resolve things amicably. And of course, if I am at fault, I will do my best to rectify things to your satisfaction. If you do contact me, please make sure that your SPAM controls do not block any but your friends from emailing you. Also, if you contact me through eBay, please make sure  that your email address listed with eBay is current. I answer all emails, but I am not a magician. I cannot beat comprehensive Spam Controls and if eBay sends me your old, defunct email address even Houdini would have trouble with that one. PAYMENTS (US dollars): PayPal, Money Order NOTE:     If you are a US PayPal user you need to have a CONFIRMED ADDRESS. I cannot accept payments with unconfirmed addresses. PayPal will not insure me if I ship to an unconfirmed address on PayPal. This policy is due to the possibility of fraudulent credit card charge backs or bank account reversal of charges, where the buyer keeps the merchandise and then reverses the charge, thus obtaining the merchandise without paying for it. Sorry, but I cannot risk such fraud. This does not prevent anyone with a legitimate claim from appealing a charge to PayPal. It only protects against fraud International PayPal users who cannot get their addresses confirmed and have been members in good standing of eBay for over one year with no negatives in the past year, or a really good explanation (I am a sucker for a good story) can contact me to see if we can reach an agreement for a PayPal payment.     If you are a US buyer and do need this item shipped to another address, you can pay me with a money order. Thank you for your understanding Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal!   Place a Bid!