MAYA ANGELOU BARBIE EBAY MOVIE

Also if you make more dolls in this line increase the number to accommodate purchases for personal use,” the fan said. “I hope that you will make more and sell at this original price. “Disappointing that this first round has so few made and now are up on reseller sites at quadruple the price,” added The coveted doll is currently being hustled for as much as $500 on eBay, well beyond the original price tag. Meanwhile, the $29.99 doll is unavailable for online purchase on Target’s site, which advises shoppers to check shelf stock locally. no longer lists Barbie’s Maya Angelou doll, though other “Inspiring Women” are available. “I’m sad I can’t get one but happy that so many folks are scooping them up!” “My 6 yr old daughter (whom I named Maya) was beyond flattered that the doll named after the great Maya Angelou was sold out in less than two days from its apparent release,” wrote on Twitter. This portrait of Maya Angelou was shot in 1970, a year after her landmark memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was published. While Barbie’s new Maya Angelou doll is “beautiful,” according to fans, they’re complaining that she’s too hard to find. The toymaker wrote that Angelou is a “fitting addition” to the collection, calling her 1969 memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” “a gripping account of overcoming adversity in her early life.” The doll also has a “curvy,” more realistic physique - as is common with Mattel’s tribute Barbies. The new doll wears a printed fabric inspired by the traditional Ghanaian textiles Angelou wore, in the forms of a dress and the writer’s signature headwrap.

However, the dolls are already sold out online, prompting pleas from fans to release more of the coveted collectible. Last week, Mattel announced that the cherished poet and civil rights activist had been added to Barbie’s “Inspiring Women” series, which includes re-creations of Rosa Parks, Ella Fitzgerald and Susan B. If Barbie’s mission is to inspire, her maker couldn’t have chosen a better model than Maya Angelou.

‘Barbie’ set caused international pink paint shortage: Gerwig

MAYA ANGELOU BARBIE EBAY MOVIE

Shop the ‘Barbie’ movie official DreamHouse Building Set on Amazon that we’re already obsessed with We love Barbie so much that we made our wedding guests wear pinkĪmy Schumer: I backed out of ‘Barbie’ because it wasn’t feminist enough

Maya angelou barbie ebay