1990 Happy Holidays Barbie Doll

Stock number 4543 identifies one of two 1990 entries for the Happy Holidays Barbie doll in this database, from the Happy Holidays series within the Holiday Barbie line. Released in 1990 as a Special Edition for the collector segment, the doll is presented in a tiered fuchsia pink gown that sparkles with silvery glitter accents and features pouf sleeves. A star ornament is the listed accessory. The record does not document hair color or hair styling for this stock number, and no designer is credited. The same gown description appears on the year's companion entry, stock number 4098, making 1990 the first year in this catalog where the year's Happy Holidays design carries two stock numbers; the pattern repeats in 1991, 1992, and 1993. As with the other early entries in the series, no edition size is stated, and the doll is identified in reference indexes by its year, under names such as "1990 Happy Holidays Barbie" and "Happy Holidays 1990." The fuchsia presentation follows the red gown of the 1988 series opener and the white gown of the 1989 release in the series' year-to-year color sequence.

Collector notes

This entry is one half of the first two-stock-number year in the Happy Holidays series as cataloged here: 4543 and 4098 both cover the 1990 fuchsia-gown release. When building or verifying a series run, record the specific stock number on the example in hand rather than filing it by year alone. The record designates a Special Edition with no stated edition size, and the star ornament is the documented accessory for completeness checks.