Barbie, anyone?

[mistymysterious]

I've been collecting Barbies pretty much my whole life. I got my My First Barbie when I was two years old. It was a birthday present from the little boy next door. Since I've been collecting them for so long, I have at least 100 dolls now (okay, so maybe I was a little spoiled ). Anyone else collect Barbie? Do you have a favorite doll? My favorite is Hula Hair Barbie, which I got in 1st grade. I think what I like about them is that I can tie each doll to a special occasion or memory from my childhood.

[B]

Barbies... first love! Where it all began...!!
I had my first Barbie in third grade I think... They had been released a year or two before (yes, I am that old!!!). Then another one with wigs, a Ken, Skipper and Tutti the following years. Barbies weren't released in Italy, only one very exclusive toy shop in Rome had a few of them. I was very lucky! Then some twenty years later I gave them to my little cousin who eventually destroyed them.
After ages, a few years ago (after having meanwhile bought for my daughter almost every release from 1993 on), I decided to get the repro of "my" first girl in an outfit I didn't have a t the time, but that reminded me best of the style they had then: the Silken Flame Vintage Barbie.

[mistymysterious]

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention, my newest Barbie dolls were thrift store rescues. The store had a box of them, in all conditions. I got about a dozen of the ones I knew I could fix up (plus a couple Kens and a Stacy), and cleaned them and restyled their hair. Now they're good as new, and saved from a possible life in a landfill .

[lalaguy1986]

I am not a huge Barbie fan but I do own quite a lot of them. Nikki and Teresa are my main targets and the ones that I buy.