Toy Tales of Canada now has my biography about my Barbie dolls and me. The interview was done earlier this month. You can find the article here, plus many photos of my collection, some old, some new. The oldest photo is from Christmas 1968, where I am looking at my new Twist N Turn Skipper doll.
Friday, January 29, 2021
Friday, January 15, 2021
Golden switches to boxes in the 1990s
At some point in the 1990s, Golden discontinued its paper dolls in folders and started placing the sets in flat boxes. I call the set dated 1993, #5559, the Teen Talk Barbie paper dolls. Although unnamed, that is the doll depicted on front.
The doll is a photograph while the clothes are drawn. This doll is made of heavy cardboard a millimeter thick and is 12 inches tall. This new style of doll also can be a mannequin for actual Barbie outfits.
Her clothes are the original outfits for Teen Talk and Hollywood Hair, plus separate ones for Sparkle Pretty, Sun Sensation and others, from 1992 and 1993.
 |
| The Teen Talk Barbie paper doll is about 3 inches taller than the earlier Golden paper dolls. |
 |
| There are wigs included with this set to correspond with Hollywood Hair Barbie. |
 |
| This taller, heavier paper doll can be a mannequin for your actual doll clothes. |
 |
| If the outfit is loose-fitting and can fit over Barbie's head, the paper doll can model it. This is a polyester satin nightgown from 1993. |
 | |
|
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Snowman and Barbie have same fabric
On the left is one of my mother's Christmas towel. On the right is the blonde 35th Anniversary Barbie in Greatest Barbecue Ever, both from 1994.
etsy Jan 5 2021
These are three items I have posted on etsy in the past week:
2001 Matchbox book bag and cars
2001 Knits for Barbie book
https://www.etsy.com/listing/934280955/2001-knits-for-barbie-hardback-nicky?ref=shop_home_active_2
1960s burgundy Chanel suit for fashion dolls
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)