The Stars on Ice doll line features skaters from the "Stars on Ice" skating tour. Produced by Playmates Toys, the line features four stars -- Katarina Witt, Katia Gordeeva, Nicole Bobeck and Kristi Yamaguchi.
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Kristi Yamaguchi Stars on Ice 1998, Playmates Individual Figure Kristi Yamaguchi is one of the most famous and most popular Asian Pacific American athletes in the U.S. She qualified in two events at the World Championships in 1989. That year, she was awarded Athlete of the Year for Figure Skating by the U.S. Olympic Committee. In 1992, Yamaguchi won several awards. Starting off the year with the National and World Championships, followed by the gold medal in women's singles championships at the Winter Olympics, and finally a second World Chapionship. In 1996, she was awarded Skater of the Year by American Skating World. She consecutively won the Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards for Favorite Female Athlete from 1996-1998. Then, in 1998, she was inducted into the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame and in 1999, into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. To top it all off, she's been honored by being featured on a box of Wheaties. The doll is a fitting tribute to her. She is dressed in her black solo performance outfit. She comes wearing ice skates and has a "Stars On Ice" medal for around her neck as well as a doll stand with her autograph on the base.
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The following are items I still need to complete the set. If you notice any other items that should be added, please e-mail me.
- None that I know of, since it was a four doll set...
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