>>6615828And, not surprisingly, the former Mattel designer who designed most of the Princesses of the World + a lot of Mattel's most sumptuous collector dolls between 1993 and 2003, has made comments/posts on her website about how Mattel used to put a LOT of money into their collector line but doesn't anymore. Hence why the collector dolls from this era, even the "low level" ones meant for Kid's First Collector Barbie, are high quality.