The 1962 number 6 #850 Ponytail Barbie is the same as the #5, but with a chubbier face, firmer hair texture, and no greasy face problem. She has a variety of lip and nail colors (from a light pink to a bright red). She is marked: Barbie® Pats. Pend. © MCMLVIII by Mattel Inc. In the box Barbie wears a red one-piece swimsuit and red open toe heels, pearl earrings, white sunglasses with blue lens, and has a black all wire stand and booklet.
#6 Ponytail Barbie
#850 Ponytail Barbie 1961-1965 (Numbers 5-7)
The 1961 number 5 #850 Ponytail Barbie has a new hollow body and a new hair color this year. Her bangs feel more coarse. She has blue eyes, red lips, and available in blonde, brunette, or titian hair colors. Also the T.M. symbol was replaced with the ® symbol after the word "Barbie" on her body marking. Many of the #5 dolls had a greasy face problem. (There was a breakdown in the vinyl they used to make the dolls, which soon Mattel corrected.) She's the first Barbie to come in the package wearing a wrist tag (earliest tags were red and then changed to gold foil). She is marked: Barbie® Pats. Pend. © MCMLVIII by Mattel Inc. In the box she wears her black and white striped one-piece swimsuit, black open toe heels, pearl earrings, white sunglasses with blue lens, and has a black all wire stand, and booklet.
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#5 Ponytail
The #850 Ponytail Barbie was modified six times during 1959-1965
#7 Ponytail
#6 Ponytail
The 1963 number 7 #850 Ponytail Barbie had the barbie/midge body with a larger neck knob. Everything else is the same as the #6 except she is marked: Midge T.M./©1962 Barbie ®/©1958 by Mattel, Inc. In 1964 and 1965 they added the word "patented" to the end of the marking. In the box Barbie wears a red one-piece swimsuit and red open toe heels, pearl earrings, white sunglasses with blue lens, and has a black all wire stand and booklet.
#5 Ponytail with greasy face
First wrist tag is red
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