Barbie

[karrie91]

Wow.. it's so weird to be here again. I can't remember the last time I logged on. Life got in the way. I used to be an active member here. I collected Ponies as well as Monster High dolls. Long story short, I went through some financial struggles these past few years and had to sell my entire collection of both. Then this past march my mom passed away. That led me to start slowly collecting Barbies this year. Mostly 90s-early 2000's stuff. Anyway, I remembered this forum, and somehow my log in too though it took me a few tries lol. Anyway, just wondering if there are any hardcore Barbie collectors hanging around these days. I unfortunately don't have any of my ponies anymore and I don't think I'll start collecting again but I'd love to be an active member on the dolly board. So where are my barbie collectors?

It is nice to be back!

[Duenia]

Not a hard core Barbie collector, but I'm after a very specific collection of ones from my childhood. So maybe we'd have something to talk about?

[Ponyfan]

I'm a Barbie collector.  I'd love to talk about Barbie.

Ponyfan

[scarletjul]

I collected Barbie all throughout high school and into college.  I was especially a big collector of the Dolls of the World series and many of the fantasy series (Fairies, Fairy Tales, etc.)

I still pick up the ones I like that I find @ thrift. 

[HoustonCollector72]

I started collecting Barbie and other Mattel horses  Last September

I have always like Barbie and the horses reminded me of many dolls from the 80's that I bought for my little sisters ,I was very into them and It took a rescue of an old Barbie Horse my niece was not wanting anymore to get me started into the horses and some of them have come with the dolls , I did go after 3 from the 80's that I liked a lot and I remembered the most

Sun Gold Malibu Barbie 1983
I love you Barbie   1983
Tropical Barbie   1985

others that came with the horses are

Champion rider Barbie 1994
Show Parade Barbie 1997
Western Stampin 1993
All American Barbie 1991

A carriage  came with a couple of 80's hasbro dolls I think is Paul and Sindy

I already have 40 different ones, and 12 repeats here at home   have some more on the way

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[Gingerbread]

Houstoncollector72 I could sit and look at your Barbie horse collection all day

[HoustonCollector72]

Houstoncollector72 I could sit and look at your Barbie horse collection all day

. Thank you I'm really in love with Barbie Horses Found thr Magnolia Carriage last night , waiting for Cinderella Carriage from 1991 too

[karrie91]

Oh my those barbie horses are gorgeous! along with the barbies riding them!

I'll have to take pictures of my barbie collection. It's not that big and some of them aren't barbie at all, but similar sized dolls like Disney, or pop stars. I'm just glad to be part of a community again!

ETA

So I took some pictures of my dolls/barbie collection. I'm really in love with 90's/early 2000's ones as this was when I was a child. My collection isn't very large at all but I'm pretty proud of it. I'm really interested in collecting all of the Barbie/Krissy dolls but they are so hard to come by and very pricey. Maybe after Christmas I'll treat myself.

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[HoustonCollector72]

wow never seen those Spice Girls dolls before , that is pretty cool
they look great all together for sure
Congrats

[karrie91]

Thanks! I had them when I was a kid and recently saw the lot of them on ebay and had to buy them. I am a sucker for celebrity dolls. Some of them are so so expensive though.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Mary Kate and Ashley!  Lucky you! 

[Ponyfan]

Great collection. I love Ocean Friends Kira. She is so pretty.


Ponyfan

[karrie91]

Mary Kate and Ashley!  Lucky you! 

Those were not easy to track down! lol

I had to buy the dolls and outfits separately. Ideally, I try to buy out of box so I refrain from deboxing. But sometimes that is a lot harder than getting them MIB.

Post Merge: December 01, 2016, 01:51:32 PM

Great collection. I love Ocean Friends Kira. She is so pretty.


Ponyfan

She was one of my favorite dolls as a kid. I had the whole set and would love to reunite her with Barbie and Ken sometime soon. I shamelessly deboxed her to display her better.

[Taxel]

I'm not much of a Barbie doll collector but I desperately want to rebuild a lot of my Barbie accessory/clothing collection from when I was little. My mom stole everything to sell in cheap lots on eBay... buying back the things she sold in lots for probably $20 will cost hundreds now. Its so frustrating.

My biggest grail is MIB Happy Family Midges, both the redhead and AA ones. That set has some of the best baby accessories. A lot of the Happy Family stuff is on my list, really, but I wouldn't pay asking price on most of it. I have a couple of Barbie babies and baby stuff, mostly Krissy I think. $15-20 for one baby is hard to pay though.

I'm trying not to get too sucked into current releases, so thankfully (I guess?) Made to Move really disappointed me. I'm still waiting to find Petite and Curvy girls I love but I'm dying for the farmer Career doll! She's beautiful.

[karrie91]

The Happy Family pregnant Midge is a grill for me for sure. I believe *hopefully* I am getting Barbie and walking Krissy set for Christmas from my sister. I like majorly pointed her towards it in gift ideas. I've always been a fan of the krissy stuff. I used to have a ton as a kid. I love Barbie. It's kind of an obsession with my childhood. After my mom passed I just kind of got into Barbie. Especially the ones I had as a kid. So lots of 90's stuff will be in my collection.

As for the new lines.. I LOVE the new Fashionistas. I have some on their way to me. I can not wait to have them in person. I don't really care for the tall versions though. I haven't found a single one I like. I do however LOVE curvy and petite. Wish they made a curvy petite model. But I will settle for the separates.

I think the thing I love about barbie is there is SO much of it. I might try my hand at customs sometime soon. Not as far as face paints or anything but just to kind of make a barbie out of one. I have an idea for a Madonna barbie based on the Papa Don't Preach video that I am dying to get. I know the barbie I need but her eyes are the wrong color. I'm also having trouble finding clothes lol.

To say I'm not obsessed would be a lie... at this point! lol