1. Dance Club Kayla was released in 1989 with model #3512 as part of Mattel’s Pink Label Barbie collection. Pink Label Barbies do not have a quota limit.
2. The Dance Club Barbie playline also included Dance Club Barbie, Devon, and Ken.
3. Kayla’s face mold is known as “Diva” or “Midge.” The “Diva” version first appeared in 1985’s Barbie and the Rockers playline. One of the ways you can identify one of these dolls is the marking located at the base of the scalp reading “1985 Mattel Inc.”

4. Other features that help identify a 1989 Dance Club Barbie include her crimped red hair, twist and turn waist, bent arms, pierced ears, closed mouth with pink lips, and green eyeshadow.

5. Because this doll was released after 1972, she is considered a Modern Barbie by collectors. Vintage Mattel Barbies date before 1972.

6. The original box looked like this:

7. The back of the box listed the contents and pointed out that dolls can’t dance.

8. As of November 2026, buying a Dance Club Kayla will cost anywhere from $14 for a doll in very rough condition up to around $60 for a doll in decent condition with some of the original clothes. While there are a couple never removed from box Dance Club Barbies available, there doesn’t seem to be a Kayla doll in box/with box. Some of the original clothes for Kayla can be purchased, like the doll, these begin at around $14.

9. But wait, you ask, wasn’t there a Dance Club Barbie 30-minute video starring all the dolls plus Paula Abdul? There sure was. You c

10. Besides the commercial, YouTube also has some clips of the Dance Club cassette tapes as well as some interesting reviews and “unboxing” videos.

Sources used include: Barbiefandom.com, kattisdolls.net, and Mattel.com.