Sunday Doll Post: Meet Nitra 09

I really wasn’t planning on acquiring a new doll until February (after I got paid at the end of the month), but life often has unexpected twists.

Back Story: One of Mr. Fiance’s favorite activities is playing Black Jack in Deadwood, SD (only a 45 minute drive and the only place in South Dakota where card game gambling is legal) and I don’t mind because he’s actually very good at it and always has a set budget that he allows him self to gamble. Well, we went to Deadwood last Friday night and he lent me $20 in chips to play a little (I hate gambling my own money, and even with his money it still make me nervous!) and I proceeded to triple it coming away with $40 of my own plus $20 to pay him back.

I had previously told him about the Creepiness Rating system and of course he knows all about my dolls (how could I hide that from the person I live with and will be marrying in not too long?), so he suggested we drop by Target on the drive home since it’s on the way. He is such a good enabler of my hobbies, mostly because I am also an enabler of his (computer video games, electronics, and Black Jack).

Her hair is a little hard right now, I'll have to see what happens when I try to brush it sometime.

Long story for introducing such a little doll, but here she is. Meet Nitra 09, she is a collector doll from the Barbie Basic Black Label, Model No. 09 Collection 001. She didn’t come with a name, but she looks like she’s smirking to me and very sure of herself but her body posture says Robot to me, so I named her Nitra 09. Besides her cool hair cut and slightly retro looking face mold, the best thing about her simply that she’s a Barbie, so it won’t be too difficult to make her new clothes and she can easily wear other Barbie’s clothes.

She came with a stand but it's kindof crooked.

She came with a certificate of authenticity, which is nice since I never keep things in their boxes for long.

Even her toe and finger nails are painted pink!

I did a little digging to find out more about this Barbie Basics business. This particular collection is no longer being produced. Nitra 09 came out in 2009 originally along with 11 other models, all with different “face sculpts” and ethnicities, but all wearing little black dresses. As the number implies, the 001 collection was the first of this type, there have since been 5 more collections all focusing on an outfit theme (red, swimsuits, jeans and tshirt, etc.). It’s a pretty cool idea if you ask me, they’re not expensive but yet they look much more sophisticated than the rest of the doll isle at Target (as in, not bright pink and sparkles).

Model No. 09 features the Diva face sculpt, a retro-inspired cocktail dress, and super chic platinum blond bob with bangs.

If they had had all of these at Target, I totally would have gotten the black girl with the short afro just because she's so unique. But alas, there were only 3 of them at the store and Nitra 09 was definitely the best choice.

So, I’m sure you’ve all been waiting in suspense to find out how many Creepy Points I’ve used up! Here it is:

And I still have 3 leftover for the next 5 months to use or save!

~Molly