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I saw Iced Coffee in Barbie Bazaar, but fell in love with Midnight Romance.
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Posted by Bryan
on March 23, 2022, 8:26 pm, in reply to "
What was the first Gene you ever saw?
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What was the first Gene you ever saw?
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Gael
March 23, 2022, 5:42 pm
I went to FAO Schwartz to find Barbie a new outfit & saw Red
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Lee
March 25, 2022, 8:20 am
I really can’t remember where but it must have been a magazine ad
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SandyNY
March 24, 2022, 9:29 pm
I received the first brochure from AD in the mail and ordered all the dolls right >>>
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George in NC
March 24, 2022, 5:26 pm
Great topic, Gael. I saw the initial advertisement of first 3 dolls… >
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dollster
March 24, 2022, 2:37 pm
Like others here, I saw the first 3 Dolls ad and had to have them all
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Travis Kaller
March 24, 2022, 2:03 pm
Pin Up . I kept seeing her in Barbie Bazaar again and again lol. I finally looked up ro
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CecyinIL
March 24, 2022, 12:33 pm
Pin-Up for me. Saw an ad, and then--lo, and behold!--my >>>
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Kathleen in NKY
March 24, 2022, 10:52 am
Iced Coffee! It was shown in a Collectibles magazine. Fell in love!
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Denise in MI
March 24, 2022, 10:52 am
I saw an insert for the first dolls in a Barbie magazine while standing in the grocery store line>>>
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Megin in Bend
March 24, 2022, 10:08 am
PinUp was the one, my first 16" doll got her on my 39th birthday. Saw her in Barbie Bazaar.
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Misty1
March 24, 2022, 9:41 am
USO in a magazine. Then I went to look in person at a collectibles trade show in Chicago when >>>
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Patsy aka Madra
March 24, 2022, 8:23 am
Or it could have been in South Bend before the show moved to Chicago
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Patsy aka Madra
March 24, 2022, 8:25 am
the first was Blue Goddess... I came late to Gene as they never
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Karen in NZ
March 24, 2022, 6:08 am
Red Venus, and Had to get her.
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bb
March 24, 2022, 12:32 am
That would be "Pin Up" and I loved her so much!
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Brian in Los Angeles
March 24, 2022, 12:18 am
Twlight Rumba was my first gene - I think I saw her at a convention in Indiana and just
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Max
March 23, 2022, 11:17 pm
Re: What was the first Gene you ever saw?
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Sharon Meyer
March 23, 2022, 11:02 pm
The first year line at FAO in Orlando. Pinup was my first Gene.
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Donna in FL
March 23, 2022, 10:21 pm
I think in a doll magazine tool me a long long time to come around and buy
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marym74
March 23, 2022, 9:39 pm
For me, I believe it was when I saw my friend Vince's Premier Gene. Hooked ever since! LOL
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RyeGuy
March 23, 2022, 9:23 pm
Blue Goddess, Red Venus and Pin-up - in a magazine
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Vicki in IL
March 23, 2022, 8:41 pm
Same as Vicki, The 3 Gene ad in the doll magazine. Had to have them.
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dcal
March 23, 2022, 9:14 pm
I saw Iced Coffee in Barbie Bazaar, but fell in love with Midnight Romance.
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Bryan
March 23, 2022, 8:26 pm
She was in the FAO Gene book from 1997-my mom had received it in the mail and
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Dee Dee in CA
March 23, 2022, 8:21 pm
First on the internet looking for vintage Barbie, then in a shop, Monaco & Blue Goddess, bought both
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Mario
March 23, 2022, 8:05 pm
I was shopping with friends at Gigi’s dolls. During show and tell one friend showed the Gene doll
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Lori N
March 23, 2022, 7:59 pm
I first saw Gene in doll magazines, my first Gene doll, Red Venus was a gift. Blue Goddess was the..
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Ivy in MA
March 23, 2022, 7:56 pm
Like Anne, I saw an ad for the first 3 & started calling doll shops for more info. Funny response>>
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IL Deb
March 23, 2022, 7:41 pm
Blue Goddess! But I wasn't a "doll collector" then--LOL!--so it took me a while to buy her. My ...
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Jennifer-in-PA
March 23, 2022, 7:38 pm
I first saw Gene at a local shop that specialized in collectibles. My sister>>>
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SuzanneMcD
March 23, 2022, 7:18 pm
…. and look what I started!
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DianneB
March 24, 2022, 1:26 am
I know!!!!!!!!!
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SuzanneMcD
March 24, 2022, 9:41 am
Blue Goddess made me want Gene.
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Mo in PA
March 23, 2022, 7:09 pm
The entire first year line>>>
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Anne in Port Angeles
March 23, 2022, 6:59 pm
The first three dolls in one of those Doll Reader ads. My heart really wanted to buy the...
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Lynne D
March 23, 2022, 6:58 pm
LOL.
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Kelly Red
March 23, 2022, 8:58 pm
Sparkling Seduction and the catalog from Gigi's that came with her.
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Ori
March 23, 2022, 6:51 pm
It was actually a whole shelf of Gene's at FAO. The one that stood out to me was Encore. I thought >
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Mike
March 23, 2022, 6:26 pm
Creme de Cassis....I saw her in a mall in a gift shop. msg-->
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Lori in RI
March 23, 2022, 6:17 pm
Blue Goddess in a full page ad>>
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Kelly Red
March 23, 2022, 6:04 pm
Me, too.
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Mo in PA
March 23, 2022, 7:10 pm
Red Venus in a Premiere magazine ad (Sep 1996) - LOVE at first sight!
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Jim S
March 23, 2022, 5:48 pm
Mine was Destiny, still one of my favorites!
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Poughkeepsie54
March 23, 2022, 5:47 pm
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