The first vintage Midge dolls had a value of $175 MIB (Mint In Box) in 2007. If Midge had red hair her swimsuit was yellow and orange, for blond hair it was in two shades of blue, and if she was brunette it was pink and red. The dolls that were sold without freckles had a longer hair style and are now hard to find.Depending on the doll’s hair color, the color of her two-piece swimming suit varied. Her face was usually brushed with freckles. Buyers had an option of buying a doll with one of three different hair colors: red, blond, or brunette. Midge had shoulder-length hair that flipped at the ends. When Midge arrived, the markings on the straight leg body mold they shared changed to include both her and Barbie. Her head mold was stamped “1958”, the same as Barbie.

This allowed the two dolls to be able to share clothes and accessories.

She had a fuller, gentler face mold that was less sexually intimidating, although her body proportions were the same as Barbie and they both stood at 111⁄2 inches (290 mm) tall. Midge was the first same-size friend of Barbie ever sold, and was created to oppose these controversies aimed at Barbie. No Midge dolls were sold for the rest of the vintage years after the 1960s. She was marketed as Barbie’s best friend. Midge was created, along with Skipper, to counteract criticism that claimed Barbie was a sex symbol. Midge Hadley is a fictional doll character in the Barbie line of toys by Mattel that was first released in 1963. When Barbie first came out, she was the subject of a lot of criticism, some of which that claimed Barbie was too mature-looking for children.

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