I briefly wanted to try to sort it out when I first got into ponies, but it is such a MESS. And especially Diva ended up with such a mess of hair. I’ve always been more worried about my ponies. Oh! Cool! Thank you- Barbie and the rockers! Didn’t know that! I still have them, tucked away in a box in the attic. The only specific doll I remember buying during this time was the Beast from Beauty and the Beast and a Theresa doll to go with him since she was prettier to me than Belle. We'd spend hours in my room figuring out how to make this or that outfit with the supplies we had, repainting a few dolls here and there, some with nail polish because we didn't know better, and rehairing one of my childhood Skippers with some curly black doll hair that I probably grabbed from the craft aisle of the local walmart. In the 90s I started seeking out some dolls again but mostly for sewing clothing and bits of light customizing with my best friend. I did inherent quite a few things from an older cousin when she outgrew her toys including one of the swimming pool playsets and a yellow remote control convertible which both got a lot of use for a while. I have vague memories of having a peaches and cream Barbie and of a wedding Ken that came in a white tuxedo but those are the only dolls that stick until years later when I got back into getting Barbies so that my New Kids On The Block dolls could all have girlfriends lol, and I remember being more interested in Teen Skipper and Barbie's friends than I was in Barbie herself. I remember he came with a bed, scratching post, and pet carrier, all pink of course and the cat had velcro feet so it could "use" it's scratching post and hold on. Being animals they received a lot more play time and the accessories for the cat were amazing to me. My absolute favorite Barbie thing I had when I was little in the 80s was her white cat, followed by her poodle Prince. More than the dolls themselves I remember my favorite things I had for them. I loved my Barbie dolls as a little girl but they always took a back seat to my ponies and/or other animal toys. They were sold singularly for just a couple dollars each. So for example the phone rang, the microwave turn table would rotate and the popcorn maker would "pop" popcorn. They were called "Action Accents" and later "Magic Moves" and were usually some sort of appliance and when you wound it up it did something. One of the things I really liked as a kid were these little wind up accessories for Barbie. I have a few other random accessory sets (picnic sets, etc) that she was also able to get from either the thrift store or from Pic N Save (now Big Lots). I also have several sets of the Sweet Roses Furniture that my mom was able to buy on clearance or at the local thrift stores, and that was fun to have furniture for the townhouse. Sadly the 1987 California Dream Beach Taxi (bike and cart) did not survive well over the years and is broken in a lot of places. I was lucky enough that my parents (with help from my grandparents) did get me the Barbie Townhouse in either 1987 or 1988 for Christmas, and I also had the 57' Chevy from 1989 in Baby Blue (Christmas Gift, I love that car). poor Barbie, had to go on dates with him wearing swim trunks.) Sensations - (Another one I absolutely loved as a kid & adult)Ĭalifornia Dream Ken - (my ONLY Ken doll. All I have left is her shoes and pink bag.)ĭream Glow - (I love this doll, parasol is broken but she is still one of my favorites, her dress still glows in the dark) Great Shape Barbie - (This was my first Barbie and my mom threw her out clothes and all after my older cousin showed me how the head moved and I broke it. Most of the dolls were bought on clearance and then given to me as a birthday or Christmas present (there is a pattern of 2 per year if you notice), until I got a little older and could save up to buy a 3rd doll. These are the ones I had from the 80's & 90's, some of the dolls I no longer have, since I started downsizing my overall collection last year and have sold quite a few of the 90's dolls that I bought as a teenager. I have never really stopped buying/collecting Barbie's but I do go for long amounts of time, often years, before buying a new one. I had some Barbie dolls as a kid that I played with and then as I moved in to the teen years I still wanted the dolls and would open the box and put them on display and then later teen years I stopped opening the boxes and left them MIB. I am a 1980's child and that era dolls and into the early 90's will always have a special place in my collection. Barbie over the years is what got me collecting dolls as a hobby. I love Barbie, in addition to a bunch of other things.
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