Thought I would post this here as it used to be on the old arena and I think it was helpful for some. These are all links that help me identify the untold Barbies and sindys that I've bought from thrift stores over the years.
Almost weekly I end up with yet another Barbie from the charity shop and it's hard to know what year/era it's from just by the face. *I have now added some useful links to id Sindy dolls too*
This is a brilliant site for Hasbro and Pedigree Sindys!
http://sindyzhome.piczo.com/?g=1&cr=7ETA 26/9: A site that has lots of pictures of barbies, 80s, 90s and 2000s, as well as silkstone, holiday, anniversary, dolls of the world... it doesnt have every doll but it's still a great site!
http://adelesbarbies.tripod.com/id7.htmlETA 9/10 Spotlight and info on Barbie Fairytopia and Mermaidia dolls:
http://toys.about.com/od/barbiedoll1/tp/fairytopia2005.htmETA 7/5 I found this Flickr group called '1990s Barbie Dolls' it has over 500 pics of 90s Barbies!!
www.flickr.com/groups/1067380@N23/http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/default.aspx^^ There is a 'showcase' section that shows many many many dolls from 80s til now. Great site.
eta new link 5/24: Debbies picasa album has every Sindy outfit from 60's til 85', named and pictured: Brilliant for iding Sindy clothes. The best 60s, 70s & 80s Sindy outfit id resource on the net IMO:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dazedbydollsHasbro Sindy ( I think this site lists every single one, with pics and descriptions too)
www.club-sindy.com/index_hasbro.htmVintage & Pedigree Sindy ( 1960s til 1986) also vintage Barbie, petra etc:
www.petradolls.co.uk/index.htmThis one tells you what era/year your Barbie is from, depending on where it was made ( China, Phillipines, Malaysia etc):
www.dollreference.com/...marks.htmlSome pics and MIB pics of some 80s Barbies:
http://barbievjem.blogspot.co.uk/This one shows the pics and names of the different facemolds:
www.kattisdolls.net/facemold.htmalso if you look around the site, it has names of the different body molds too.
eta: this one has all pics, dates and info on all the Barbie 'Fashion Avenue' outfits from 1995-2004 Smile
http://home.comcast.net/~fashionave/ID your vintage Barbie ( 1959-1972) here!:
www.fashion-doll-guide...ation.html
Hope these are of some help to the Barbie/Sindy collectors