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Pony Talk => Off Topic => The Dollhouse => Topic started by: mewthemew on May 06, 2018, 10:55:08 AM

Title: Should I shave and rehair these two?
Post by: mewthemew on May 06, 2018, 10:55:08 AM

I wanted to start my own barbie collection even though I know very little about barbie, but I'm willing to learn.
I bought a bunch of baity looking barbies while thrifting a few days ago to start off my collection and never realised how horrible these two's hair was. One's got hair so frizzed, it's basically like a sponge and the pick I use to brush doll hair won't go though. The other is overly greasy, and dropped a lot of hair when I tried to carefully brush it out.

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Here's the one with sponge-like hair. Yes I'm aware of the fact her arm has been chewed.
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Me trying to part some hair with my fingers

And the extremely tangled hair one. I affectionately refer to this one as "Spagehtti-On-A-Fork" because turning her hair the right way looks just like it.
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Should I shave their heads and try to rehair them myself (Maybe with yarn?)?

Title: Re: Should I shave and rehair these two?
Post by: Wardah on May 06, 2018, 11:48:10 AM

Those are not Barbies, they are both Disney Rapunzel dolls. The first one is a Hasbro release from after 2015, when the rights switched over from Mattel to Hasbro and the second one is an older Mattel one.

Title: Re: Should I shave and rehair these two?
Post by: mewthemew on May 06, 2018, 12:02:58 PM

Quote from: Wardah on May 06, 2018, 11:48:10 AM

Those are not Barbies, they are both Disney Rapunzel dolls. The first one is a Hasbro release from after 2015, when the rights switched over from Mattel to Hasbro and the second one is an older Mattel one.

Ah, okay, thank you, good to know. I know very little about barbies, and....admittedly I haven't seen Tangled, either. Been meaning to, but never got around to it. So they weren't recogniseable as Rapunzel to me at the time.

Title: Re: Should I shave and rehair these two?
Post by: kCherry on May 06, 2018, 03:13:00 PM

Congrats on your pretty projects! I've always thought Disney dolls had nice sculpts. Their dolls look gentle; very appropriate for Princesses!!

I think these two would make fine bait dolls! If you do decide to give them some new life we'd love to see pictures! Good luck!! 💕