Review: Kristi Yamaguchi, Barbie Inspiring Women, Mattel 2024

Welcome to the review of another incomparable representative of the most famous Inspiring Women series from Mattel - Kristi Yamaguchi 🥇⛸️
This doll is dedicated to the first Asian American figure skater to win a gold medal at the Olympics! But this is not limited to the numerous contributions to the history of human development of this fragile woman, which you can read in more detail in our other article dollshobby.club

The doll belongs to Black Label, and has a festive packaging that reflects the moment of Kristi's most famous victory in the Olympic Games. On the back of the box you can read the story of this amazing woman.
The package includes a certificate of authenticity and a stylish stand for the doll with a golden mother-of-pearl podium.

It was a pleasant surprise from Mattel that the outstanding athlete doll was created on the super-mobile Made to Move Petite low body😍 After all, it would be really strange if it were otherwise, and for that a sincere thanks from all the fans of the series❤️

The Kristi doll has an incredibly cute and positive face, for the creation of which, in turn, one of the most gentle molds was chosen - Olivia🌸
In general, you can see that Mattel likes to create Asian girls on this particular sculpt☺️ Gentle features, a pleasant smile, a soft profile - all this makes you fall in love with girls almost at first sight❤️‍🔥 Just look at what a little Kristi is! And her charming spicy moles, mmm!😍

Kristi has a bright stage make-up, the pixelated elements of which are only the eyebrows. But I would also like a little tidiness from the makeup artists regarding the red lipstick, it should look perfect😉

In her hands, the Kristi doll is holding a festive bouquet of flowers, just like the real Kristi Yamaguchi received for her victory🥇💐
The bouquet is large, plastic, with two "handles" for easy holding of the doll.

Kristi's dark, shiny, monochromatic hair is pulled back into a high ponytail, twisted into a single curl. The tail is decorated with a gold ribbon on a plastic pin and gathered on a silicone black rubber band. The cute face of the doll is decorated with thick side bangs. The central section of the embroidery is missing, but the bangs are stitched with a triangle. The hair itself is thick, high-quality and very varnished throughout the hairstyle.

The doll's ears are decorated with plastic transparent stud earrings in the form of diamonds. The earrings do not have stoppers inside the head, so they are easy to remove.

Kristi doll's star performance dress is also inspired by the moment of victory, so it looks just like Kristi Yamaguchi's outstanding performance at the Olympics🤩
A stylish combination of various thin textures gives the impression that the dress is multi-layered, but all the individual elements of the dress are skillfully sewn into a single, integral work of art✨🌟✨
The dress is fastened on the back with a sticky tape.

On Kristi's feet are super-branded, detailed, durable rubber skates. You can even look at the "Harlick" brand 🤓
The skates hold firmly on the legs, you have to make an effort to remove them, and they are also quite stable, so the doll can be placed on the skates even without a stand.

As already reported at the beginning of the review - Kristi has a super mobile Made to Move Petite short body. It seems to us that the capabilities of this body do not need an additional presentation😅

The body is a completely standard mtm petite, absolutely no different from previous releases.

But Kristi's body skinton is a real holiday for Mattel fans!🥳
This is the first MTM Petite body, which is slightly lighter than Neko's skintone, but slightly yellower than Tennis Player's skintone, so somewhere in between. And this opens the way for lovers of hybridization in the sense that now there is an opportunity, albeit not quite budget-friendly 😬, to hybridize on the short bodies of those dolls that have been waiting all this time, living with a different tone from the pinkish body of the petite Asian girl Looks😊

Our team was really looking forward to this event, so, without even thinking, our Kristi moved to the body of a tennis player, and the petite body was given to the favorite of our doll shelf, Dana Scully😍
Everyone is satisfied

But let's go back to our review and the moment when Kristi was still on her native body and got her hair washed off the varnish and straightened with boiling water☺️
The stitching is thick and high-quality, the parting is stitched with a triangle "under the bangs", the bangs themselves are very stylishly cut. Hair is long, soft and shiny😊

And this is what Kristi looks like when she rests from training😊

Thank you for your attention, we hope the review was interesting and useful for you!😌🌷

Best regards,
The DollsHobby.club team