Cali Girl, The Unpopular Big Feet Style

      The new line of Cali Girl was back to basics. It was a beach line. One of the differences between this beach line and previous beach lines was that the dolls were scented like sun tan lotion! The other, more serious, issue is that the dolls feet were enlarged. They are unflattering nicknamed the "Bigfoot Barbies" due to this. 
      I admit it. I liked the bigger feet on the dolls. Previously, when Barbie went to the beach, her feet were small and dainty and stuck in the high heel form. The only time I saw feet like that at the beach is when the sand was hot and you had to tiptoe to the water to cool them off. These new feet were flat and had actual toe nails! They made sense to me for a beach doll, but I know a lot of collectors didn't like them because they obviously couldn't wear Barbie's regular shoes, not even those for the flat footed dolls. Since they were a beach line, this didn't bother me. The rest of the Cali Girl line had these feet. More on those dolls in future posts!
     The line consisted of Barbie, Summer, Lea, Teresa, Christie, Blaine and Steven. Blaine and Steven have been found using the "Cali Guy" label instead of "Cali Girl". Steven is also somewhat hard to find. The girls are lovely and are some of my favorites as far as facial painting go. 

Barbie

 

Teresa

Summer

Christie

Lea

Steven

Blaine

   

Back of the box 

      Each doll came with a paperboard "surfboard" and a bottle of suntan lotion. The girls also had sunglasses. The back of the box showed various scenes with the dolls, giving them that extra dimension of realness. These dolls were a fun addition to the Cali Girl line!