Name: Sun Lovin’ Malibu Christie
Made by and When: Mattel, 1978
Material: Vinyl
Height: 11-1/2 inches
Hair/Eyes/Mouth: Brown shoulder-length hair with middle part and flipped ends/brown painted eyes/closed mouth
Clothes: Pink two-piece bathing suit, pink shoulder bag, mirrored aviator sunglasses
Other: Described as the doll with the “peek-a-boo tan,” Sun Lovin’ Malibu Christie has tan lines as illustrated in one of the slideshow photographs; uses the Steffie head sculpt.
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