My Barbie Revival
My first Barbie doll (blonde bubble cut) was bought for me for by my parents whilst we were living in Canada. We returned to England in 1964 and I
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Vintage Barbie Great Coat
Vintage Barbie Great Coat #1459 (1970) is a bright yellow fur trimmed mod coat ahd hat ensemble.
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Vintage Barbie Fur Sighted
Vintage Barbie Fur Sighted #1796 (1970) is a very mod pantsuit that came in two color variations.
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Vintage Barbie Flower Wower
Vintage Barbie Flower Wower
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Vintage Barbie Fiery Felt
Vintage Barbie Fiery Felt #1789 (1970 - 1971) - it is fairly easy to find the bright orange felt coat.
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Vintage Barbie Dreamy Blues
Vintage Barbie Dreamy Blues #1456 (1970) is a pretty mini dress that can be harder to find.
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Born a Doll Lover
I can't remember a time when I didn't have a doll of some sort in my hand, any size, from teeny tiny to large ones, I loved them. My grandmother had
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A bargain or memory?
I was at a church auction today and purchased a blue Skipper case full of 3 dolls, a red hair, blonde hair and I think her name is Scooter. It has
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Restoring a childhood collection...
I had a pretty difficult childhood and we didn't have much spare money. So when I was given a huge suitcase of Barbie in the early 1970s (that my
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Vintage Barbie City Sparkler
Vintage Barbie City Sparkler
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Vintage Barbie Bright 'n Brocade
Vintage Barbie Bright 'n Brocade
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Vintage Barbie Blue Royalty
Vintage Barbie Blue Royalty #1469 (1970)
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Vintage Barbie Anti-Freezers
Vintage Barbie Anti-Freezers #1464 (1970)
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Vintage Barbie Shirtdressy
Vintage Barbie Shirtdressy #1487 (1969 - 1970) is a yellow organza dress with a yellow satin slip and can be hard to find.
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Vintage Barbie Pretty Power
Vintage Barbie Pretty Power
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Vintage Barbie Winter Wedding
Vintage Barbie Winter Wedding #1880 (1969 - 1970 is one of the most popular vintage Barbie bridal ensembles.
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Vintage Barbie Velvet Venture
Vintage Barbie Velvet Venture #1488 (1969 - 1970)
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Vintage Barbie Red White 'n Warm
Vintage Barbie Red White 'n Warm Ensemple from 1969 is very hard to find.
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I never really stopped collecting
I received my first Barbie doll in 1963. A bubble cut, who I still own today. I also have the house and airplane I received just a few years later.
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Ken as GI
Some photos of KEN as
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2000 Silkstone Lingerie Barbie - #1
2000 Silkstone Lingerie Barbie - #1 - In 2000 the first Silkstone Lingerie Barbie was released with great success. This was the beginning of the very successful Silkstone Fashion Model collection for adult collectors.
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2000 Silkstone Lingerie Barbie - #2
2000 Silkstone Lingerie Barbie - #2 - The 2000 Silkstone Lingerie Barbie #2 is identical to #1, except #2 is brunette and #1 is blonde.
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Campus Sweet Shop
2008 Campus Sweet Shop is issued in celebration of Midge's 45th birthday and includes a vintage Midge reproduction and the first ever Alan doll reproduction.
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Halloween Barbie Dolls
The first Halloween Barbie Dolls were the Barbie & Kelly Halloween Target gift set in 1997. There have been Halloween Barbie Dolls every year since - both Grocery Store / Pink Box editions and many years had a Target special Halloween edition.
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2006 Holiday Barbie
2006 Holiday Barbie was also designed by Bob Mackie and was the 18th Holiday Barbie doll.
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2007 Holiday Barbie
2007 Holiday Barbie was the "Miss Claus" Barbie
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2005 Holiday Barbie
2005 Holiday Barbie was designed by Bob Mackie and was the 17th Holiday Barbie doll.
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2004 Holiday Barbie
2004 Holiday Barbie was the first Barbie to be called simply "Holiday Barbie"
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2002 Holiday Celebration Barbie
2002 Holiday Celebration Barbie was the 2002 Holiday Barbie.
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2003 Winter Fantasy Barbie
2003 Winter Fantasy Barbie was the 2003 Holiday Barbie. When she was introduced in 2003, she was sold as the first doll in the "new Holiday Visions" series, but she was the only doll in the "series", it was not continued after the first year.
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2001 Holiday Barbie
2001 Celebration Barbie was the 2001 Holiday Barbie. She is wearing a white shimmering gown with a full skirt that is decorated with silver stars.
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Crazy About Barbie
I got my first Barbie when I was almost 12 years old. She was a platinum blonde. My best friend and I played Barbies until we were in our teens!!!
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My 1958 Blond Ponytail Barbie
I am a only child and my mom was divorced when I was 3. My dad lived in another state so he rarely saw me. In 1958, when I was 5, he came to Cal. to
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Beddy Bye Biddle
Beddy-Bye Biddle was made in 1967 and 1968. She was first sold as a Sears exclusive in 1967.
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Bunson Burnie Liddle Kiddle
Bunson Burnie is the fireman Liddle Kiddle. He was made in 1966 and 1967.
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1999 Millennium Princess Holiday Barbie
1999 Millennium Princess Barbie was the first Holiday doll not in the Happy Holidays series. She was designed to welcome the year 2000 and the new millennium
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2000 Celebration Barbie
2000 Celebration Barbie - the 2000 Holiday Barbie - was much more festive than the Millennium Princess Holiday doll from 1999! She always looked more like a New Year's doll than a Christmas doll to me, but is quite festive and beautiful
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1992 Holiday Barbie Ornament
The 1992 Holiday Barbie ornament (from the 1992 Happy Holiday Barbie) was sold as a Hallmark Collector's Club Limited Edition ornament in 2000.
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1991 Holiday Barbie Ornament
The 1991 Holiday Barbie ornament (from the 1991 Happy Holiday Barbie) was sold as a Hallmark Collector's Club Limited Edition ornament in 1999.
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1998 Happy Holiday Barbie
1998 Happy Holiday Barbie was the 11th and last in the series - most collectors were shocked when Mattel announced that this was to be the last doll in the insanely popular Happy Holidays series.
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1997 Happy Holiday Barbie
The 1997 Happy Holiday Barbie marked the 10th anniversary of the Happy Holidays series.
1997 Happy Holiday Barbie - BlondeThis was the only brunette Barbie in the series.
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1994 Happy Holiday Barbie
1994 Happy Holidays Barbie was the 7th Holiday Barbie doll.
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1996 Happy Holiday Barbie
The 9th doll in the first holiday Barbie series was 1996 Happy Holiday Barbie.
Barbie had a different look for 1996 in a Victorian style burgundy velvet coat trimmed in gold braid with white faux fur at the neckline and cuffs and a gold tiered full skirt underneath.
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1995 Happy Holiday Barbie
1995 Happy Holiday Barbie was the 8th Holiday Barbie.
She is wearing a green dress with a silver holly print on the big full skirt.
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1991 Happy Holiday Barbie
1991 Holiday Barbie was the 4th in the series and was looking quite festive in her green velvet gown!
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1993 Happy Holiday Barbie
The 6th Holiday Barbie was the 1993 Happy Holiday Barbie.
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1992 Happy Holiday Barbie
1992 Happy Holiday Barbie was the 5th holiday Barbie
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Vintage Barbie Winter Wow
Vintage Barbie Winter Wow is fur trimmed orange suit is a great mod ensemble.
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Vintage Barbie See-Worthy
Vintage Barbie See-Worthy is Barbie's Sailor dress done in aqua or turquoise blue.
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Vintage Barbie Yellow Mellow
Vintage Barbie Yellow Mellow is a good example of the early mod style - when things were starting to get wilder - but not all the way yet.
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