What a sweet story Arjan. 💖 I think we can all relate. So many dolls I had as a kid that I would give anything to have now. My two favorite Barbie's I kept until I was 16, then one day when renovating my bedroom, we threw them out. I'd give anything to have those beautiful girls now! Someday I will find them again! 💗💗 I think that's why most of us collect....those childhood memories are so precious to us, and nothing lifts your spirit like sitting down with your barbies and reliving that wonderful feeling of the freedom and innocence of our childhoods.😊
Your memory about Sea Holiday Barbie made me tear up too, especially since it involved a neighbour. I think adults sometimes forget the lasting impressions their interactions with kids (not just their own kids) are. Kids need us to see them and be kind to them. I was just reading an article today called, “How parents feel about feelings can deeply affect a child’s development.” It talked about how emotion-focussed parenting programs can help break generational cycles and cause lasting positive biological changes in kids’ brains. I am sure there were people who were mean to you growing up, but those positive reinforcements like the ones you mentioned probably helped you become the sweet person you are today.
That’s so interesting and probably very true! 🥹🩷 Thanks for sharing this here and I hope people read this because it really is so so important! ^^ Thanks again darling! 🙏🏻✨
The 90’s Barbies are so glamorous. The clothes were sensational. I remember buying Barbie and The Rockers for my daughter and having so much fun playing with them together. Superstar Barbie is over the moon fabulous! …. You made me cry so many times as you recollected moments and dolls from your childhood. I’m 73 and the big toy company when I was a child was Ideal Toys. One year they made a doll that was an homage to the Revlon Cosmetic Co. She was beautiful and wore a real pair of nylon stockings with a seam in the back! I got her for Christmas and played with her everyday. This was before Barbie. Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories and encouraging us to do the same. 👍🏻🌹👍🏻
Oh wow 😍 that Revlon girl sounds so fancy! ✨ I’m gonna google that later today haha 😆 you’ve sparked an interest here haha Thanks for the lovely words as always Carol! 🥹🩷 You are the sweetest!
Aww, I found Glitter Beach Barbie with her bikini and jewelry at a flea market yesterday for 50 cents. I couldn't believe it :) So many iconic beach Barbies from the 90s!
I am missing my 1972 Busy Barbie. I saved up my pocket money and bought her when I was 10. I played with her so much she fell apart. They are now rare and hard to find. And very expensive if you can find a good one. I miss her to this day.
How beautiful are these memories 😢💖 I had the first Princess Barbie, and she was really the first doll that I collected money to be able to buy it from my own pocket because my parents were not supportive of me, 😢 but I was able to collect the money and buy her . My happiness was indescribable. I was flying with joy and she lived with me. A while until the day came when my father burned all my dolls , including this doll, and my heart burned with them 💔❤️🔥. My heart broke into millions of pieces, and believe it or not, I still keep her dress and crown to this day. It’s survived the fire because that day she was wearing a Another dress and her dress stayed with me. I am now 46 years old and I still feel like a small child. I feel happy when I see Barbie and dolls in general. I love them very much, and how I wish my family would understand me in my childhood 💔 Now I am a dolls collector and I am very happy with them. I love them so much and will stay like this until the last day of my life 💖💪🏻💖
@Kristin Mary I love my parents even if they don't understand what I love and I will love them forever they love me too but I just wanted them to be open minded.
Oh nooooo!! how heartbreaking that must have been for you!! 😲 I was so relieved to read that you are now a collector and let yourself have ALL the dolls you want 🙏🏻🩷
Your story is so touching. Growing up knowing most people didn’t want me playing with dolls really hurt me, but your story is so heartwarming. Lovely video 💕
Your emotion throughout this video really moved me. I wish I had appreciated my dolls as much as you did when I was a kid as I'm now as a 26 year old getting into them again. Thank you for sharing so many positive memories!
It always amazes how some people have such a photographic memory of their childhood. I can barely anything that happened as a kid. I don’t remember what any of my barbies looked like. I guess I could blame trauma but it would be nice to have childhood items. I’ve been looking for Barbies to potentially buy I’m hoping I find some that would give me that sense of familiarity and maybe rekindle some happy memories.
That was just wonderful hearing your childhood stories about Barbie!! I am so fortunate to have my original Barbie, Ken, and Midge and the doll case from the 1960's. Poor Barbie got her bangs cut out and I almost brushed the rest of her hair bald, but last year I had her professionally restored and she is just gorgeous. Love her so much. I had two little rambunctious brothers so my dolls were my sanity and my escape world. I have since collected about 100 more Barbies mostly from the 90's because I love the Super Star Face. I love sewing and knitting clothes for them. I also clean and dress thrift Barbies to donate to children's charities. Love love love Barbie!!!
aaahhh that’s so awesome! 🩷 love that you donate those girls !! 🥹🩷 And you’re lucky to still have those childhood hero’s of yours! I know all about having rambunctious brothers 😅🙈 haha So I feel you girl!
My childhood Holy grail is Pink n Pretty Barbie. I won her from a school raffle in the 2nd grade. They announced the winners at our school Christmas program and I was so mad that my mom wouldn't stay to the end so I could win "my" Barbie. She was convinced I wouldn't get her because I only bought one raffle ticket. But Monday morning all of my classmates came running up to me to tell me I got her. (Also the school nurse had sewn her an entire wardrobe of clothes) I really want to replace that doll someday. Thank you so much for sharing your super sweet childhood memories! I love hearing these stories! ❤
Ahhhhh 🥹🩷 PINK N PRETTY! what a legend, what an icon! She really is THAT PRETTY ☺️🩷🎀 I hope I also can find her one day, even though she isn’t from my childhood.. She and Perfume Pretty are just gorgeous! 🥹🩷
Aww Arjen you had such a beautiful loving childhood 🥹!! I remember my first barbie doll was Crystal Barbie and then Peaches n' Cream Barbie 🥰 then i guess I lost intetest on dolls and years passed by and then I reconnected with my childhood and the first doll I bought was the first mermaid Barbie (the blue one) and the princess Barbie you mentioned as your first one 😍🤩. Such nice warm memories 😊.
OMG Superstar Barbie! Her eyes! So dreamy. My younger sister and I got her when we were kids. We were pretty poor, so a local charitable organization provided for our Christmas, and she was one of the gifts. God I loved that doll so much. ❤️❤️❤️
8:33 I still have my original Totally Hair Barbie, and her hair is still styled in that hair coil multi braid ponytail from the commercial. Ironically, she's wearing the pink Cut & Style dress. LOL
I miss the Barbie dream kitchen from 1984. All of the pieces smelled like vanilla. The night before Christmas I heard my parents laboriously popping out each individual piece from their plastic frames. It came with a hollow turkey that my sister and I used to put on the Barbie’s head like a helmet. 😂😂😂😂
Omg, my very first Barbie was the Cut and Style redhead! I remember being like 5 and seeing her on my mother's vanity. She was a complete mess though lol. Dirty, hair matted with a ponytail holder stuck in it, naked and only wearing her necklace and pink molded on panties. I didn't care though cause I thought she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever laid my eyes on. My mom let me have her and she instantly became my favorite doll! Sadly, I cut her hair off to her shoulders right after my grandmother fixed it because I thought she would grow new hair. Unfortunately the hair never grew back and her head snapped off shortly afterwards 💔 I loved her though and always thought she looked like my mom with the red Auburn hair and red lips. Now I have three of her, one of which I completely rerooted! It's funny though, I always wondered what the velcro patch in the back of her head was for lol! Anyway, thanks for sharing your stories, I loved hearing them and I hope you get all your childhood dolls back soon! Ttyl ~Amber
whahha aahhh so cute! The things these dolls have to go through with us as kids! 😅🙈 poor poor girls… Thank you darling! 🩷 I have my sights set high for this one! 🙏🏻
My first Barbie doll was Fashion Jeans Barbie from 1981. She had the pink furry tshirt and the pink boots. Eventually my younger sister and I shaved her pretty well. Since she was the oldest doll, some of her body parts really got abused. So we took her head off and put it on the body of a doll that had zero articulation (dollar store level). She became “Mama Barbie” the grandmother matriarch figure of our extensive Barbie family. My sister and I were only 5 years apart, so we were the perfect age to play out some interesting story lines with the dolls. I miss those days since she and I are somewhat estranged now that we are adults and living in separate states. I’d give anything to go back in time. ❤️
Awe, just so adorably cute 🥹🩷 the way our imagination runned free with Barbie is just so adorable! Adulting just plain sucks right? Life happens and sometimes you REALLY just wanna be that kid again worry-free with TONS of imagination 🥹🩷✨
I was a 90s kid. Although my parents weren't rich, they always made sure I had one Barbie gift for xmas and birthdays. When I was extremely young, I had the 80s and 90s Mattel dolls for each Disney "princess" character. I do remember having 3 Princess Jasmine dolls, but I was OBSESSED with Disney Pocahontas. I was a young kid with very tanned skin and super long black hair. Even though Jasmine was released first, I was uncomfortable with her standard outfit and bikini top. When the Pocahontas movie came out, I was obsessed with the character's hair and more conservative outfit. Pocahontas had more songs in her movie, so I also fell in love with her singing voice (performed by the amazing Broadway star Judy Kuhn.) I had 4 different Pocahontas dolls, one John Smith, and one Kocoum. So when I became an adult with disposable income, re-buying my favorite Pocahontas dolls NIB was my top priority. When it comes to the classic Barbie dolls, the SUPER STAR of my childhood was Jewel Hair Barbie. (Cue the angelic choir singing!) I still remember getting that doll for xmas and playing with her for years. I also had the Slumber Party Barbie with the soft body and the light blue outfit. I had a ton of fun with SeaWorld Trainer Barbie, because that doll came with a plastic Orca whale (I still have a lifelong obsession with marine animals especially whales and sharks.)
aaaahhhhh 🥹🩷🙏🏻 I’m so happy you got her back into your life! I also had a sever Pocahontas phase haha, well pretty much with any new Disney Princess movie I had a complete obsession with all the dolls that were released of them back in the 90s 🙏🏻🥹🩷 Thanks for sharing your lovely memories with us, it’s so nice to hear people’s love for these iconic ladies! 🩷🎀✨
Thanks for sharing your sweet memories. I'm so glad your family supported your doll love. 💖 My kids are about your age and my son played Barbies with his sisters. 💖
Seeing this made me think about how different barbies mark different generations of kids 🥹 my first ever barbie was Midge All Starts 1989, I was like 4 and I fell in love with Barbie.
My sister got All Stars Teresa for christmas and I got All Stars Christie! Now I'm 38 and just got All Stars Midge for Christmas last year from my mom 😅.
You had an amazing family growing up. My brother would never have been encouraged to play with dolls when we were little. I'm a little bit older than you, I think, but it was just a different time when such things were not done. I have 5 year old boy/girl twins and they play with everything. Though I would not say they share their toys well. 😂
Ohhh Arjen me too remember in my childhood I had my first Barbie Princess my grandmother gave me when she came back from beach holiday from Puglia in Italy. I remember also had red ferrari, Barbie Secret Jewels, Superstar Barbie, Barbie drem glow with the ombrella, Dreamhouse with pink elevator, Barbie Hollywood hair, Dream dance Ken, Barbie Happy Birthday 1990, Barbie day to night. I don't remember the other dolls. Thank you. Bye ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
@@Barbination Yes and now i have Barbie Holiday 2020 and Barbie fashon and beauty with pink dress and more pink hearts but i bought her a nice pink and silver dress and you are my inspiration with the look. Thank you so much. Bye 😘😘
I went through a point in my collecting journey where I rebought all of my childhood dolls. And...I ended up with multiples of pretty much all of them. I still have my original dolls from about 1983 onward, many of which are in perfect condition still, but the earlier dolls were the victims of my earliest attempts at 'creativity', and ended up being parted out and discarded over time. I do still wish I had the parts from my early childhood dolls, I now have the skills to fix all of my attempts at making them prettier. I know during my childhood I went through THREE 1980 Beauty Secrets Barbie dolls. I just could not resist cutting that gorgeous hair. Now of course I have like 8 of them or something. 😆 And that's not even the record of the doll I have the most multiples of. I have at least ten or eleven 1981 Golden Dream Barbie dolls, and over thirty 1977 SuperStar Barbie dolls. Yes, I have a problem. 😁
whahahha 🥹🩷 OMG!! well honey, you are 100% right to get those multiples! I SUPPORT YOU 😆🩷 The “earliest attempts of creativity” really got me laughing out loud her 😆🩷 haha! Gosh, you have a true Barbie dream collection! 🩷
For me, the Barbie Rewind series came out at just the right time to allow me to capture many childhood memories in relatively few dolls. I have none of my 70s and 80s dolls anymore, so being able to capture various themes of the 80s like aerobics, women in corporate jobs, shopping at the mall, etc. in brand new dolls was fantastic. I particularly liked the P.J. doll because I loved my Sweet Roses P.J. as a kid. She was the first brunette doll I had, and it meant a lot to me that she looked a bit like me. The thing about getting an original doll is that after forty years most of the dolls are not in great condition, and I don't really want to be reminded that I'm that old! I'll go for the reproductions. 😀
My childhood favorites were,of course, totally hair Barbie, gymnast Barbie, and the Cool Crimp Skipper & Courtney. My older sister loved Rocker Barbie and Ken. We got lucky because we had older cousins that handed down all their toys to us.
OMG! My best friend had the cruise ship, I am literally crying, we had such a great time. Wonderful memories playing cruise, the ship had a cup for a chimney! 😍🥲🥲🥲
These stories are so sweet! That’s amazing that your neighbor helped you get to see holiday Barbie. My first Barbie was Tropical Miko, and I just bought her from eBay in the box for $26! You bet I’m going to unbox her, and add her to my daughters collection. My favorite Barbie from my childhood though was absolutely Cool Tops Skipper. The late 80s early 90s skippers had the most mesmerizing eye paintings, I would stare into them forever. I also had a Hawaiian Fun skipper that had a “Z” design in her eyeballs, And a fun time workout skipper with Super curly hair and sea foam green eyes. To this day I find the “anime eyes” Skippers and Courtney’s so intriguing. Always wanted to Courtney, but they never sold them at our local Ben Franklin. Not only did I think they were cuter, but I always liked Courtney‘s clothes better than skippers. I just bought a Cool Crimp Courtney, and Sweetheart Skipper, but out of the box but in good shape. When I was in kindergarten I really wanted a Barbie in the rockers Barbie for Christmas. I didn’t get it and I was heartbroken. Thinking back, I don’t know if they were still making Barbie and the Rockers in 1988. I also really wanted Wedding Day Midge. I loved her purple polkadot blazer skirt that came with the outfit.
It’s true! Courtney always had the cuter look 😆🩷 And now that you mention it, their eyes are really engaging indeed ✨ So lovely that you can share it with your daughter 🩷🙏🏻
awww glad you had supportive family and thats lovely ,,, anything i wasnt allowed at home ie dolls was put in my overnight bag to the grandparents and put in my toy cupboard
You had some amazing memories Arjen! I loved the one about the wonderful neighbour helping you buy the ship theme Barbie. I remember my Mum (I'm in the UK) buying me Skipper at the corner shop one day, (they had a tiny toy section, one shelf lol) I wish I had kept my childhood dolls!
Wow childhood dolls have most of my dolls i played with left some I have to buy again as a collector...memories I always save money to buy a new doll or outfit....special one time I save money to buy 2 outfits they cost so much and I wanted them so much and when I come to the toyshop they was sold out in only a few week....i cry so much over it....this two outfits I have now as a collector but they was hard to find and the joy I feel when I get them....Another memory is 1973 and I want the Mod hair ken so much he have real hair!!! And the quick curl Barbie and skipper I want so much...My parents know how much I wanted this 3 dolls...they lay out the money and i have to pay them back...but I never did I got them as a gift!!!! And the busy Steffie how much I love her....still have her!!!!
In 2015 I thought about my childhood dolls and decided to just out of curiosity see if I could track one down, so i looked up on eBay and found, a totally hair Barbie in a damaged but sealed box and so the adventure on re collecting my childhood dolls started.
I love your story 💕💕 I had Barbies growing up in the 90s, and I had Barbie Folding Pretty House… I loved that house… I did outgrow Barbie when I was around 10…. And my Folding Pretty House disappeared…. I would love to have that house again now as I dive back in to the Barbie universe 💖🎀
I'm totally crying as well because the Barbie world is where some of our happiest times happened. I'm from the same 80s and 90s Barbie era. When my Gran passed in 2009 she gave me some of the most beautiful every Barbie I totally treasure the one she gave the Christmas 2008 like even now I look at them and it's beautiful beautiful memories and the pain I still feel today cause I miss her so much. Barbie is where some of my most precious memories live...Barbie Love to you and the Barbie Doll community🦄🌸💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🌸🎉🎊🎁🎀🎈🎉
Thank you for sharing your Barbie memories! I think all of us collector understand exactly what you feel. I remember that my first "Barbie" was actually a vintage Barbie "clone" doll that had a bubble cut wig. In retrospect, I think she was Fashion Queen clone. I don't even know where my mother go the doll. But I loved her and my mother made an entire wardrobe for her! I have no idea what I did with the doll. I am old now but I still think of the doll and the wardrobe that my mother made for her.
aaawe! That’s so sweet 🥹🩷 your mom was the best for doing all that! Even though she might not be able to afford those ‘real’ items she made them for you which is just even more precious 🙌🏻
Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories. Super Star Barbie was my first Barbie it’s extra special because my cousin gave me her very own Barbie when I came to the United States in 1990, the Barbie was a birthday gift from her dad before he tragically passed away when she was 5 yrs. For me dolls especially Barbies brings so many beautiful memories of my childhood. 🤗
Arjan, I hope that you're doing well. Thank you so very much for making these videos. I love your channel. I am finally able to start my collection. When I was a little boy I wanted dolls so badly, but sadly, i was only allowed boy toys. Tonka trucks, racing cars, basketball, soccer ball, etc. One day, we were going to my cousin's house for dinner. I brought my yellow Tonka pick up truck and legos. I snuck into my cousin's bedroom while the adults were chatting and the kids were all outside playing. I gathered up all her Barbies and their clothes and put them in my Tonka. I built a runway out of my legos. I turned on a lamp and laid it sideways for a spotlight. I sang songs and proceeded to have a fashion show with her Barbies. Time flew by and soon it was time for dinner. I went downstairs but not before putting everything back to where they were in my cousin's room. I was hooked. That Christmas I got some modeling clay. All I wanted to make were high heeled shoes. Fast forward to the present. I am now married to a wonderful man who supports my love for dolls. I am now allowing that little boy in me flourish and enjoy his collection of Barbies and other dolls for now I feel very safe and secure. I just thought I'd share.
AAAAAWE! 🥹🩷✨ that is just the cutest thing ever! A runway built out of legos, gosh would I loved to see that 😌🩷 So glad you are able to live your truth with the love and support you deserve! 🙌🏻🩷
Thankyou for sharing.Can relate.. childhood memories are a safe and happy place and Barbies do remind me of such nice times. I too grew up in the 90s and wish i had the Barbies and others Toys( star castles,ponys and sky dancers) that i had back then..or at least would had listened to my older sister to keep them in the box. I too cut their hair(that exact barbie in your video) and changed their clothes and would colour their hair with texters and glitter pens ..draw on them etc. Your stories are very sweet and i hope you can find the Barbies that you are after. 🌺💐🧚♀️🩷
Great memories!! So emotional and sweet!!! Most of the nineties dolls are in my memory because that was the time I started collecting, luckily the toy isles were filled with great stuff then!!! 💗💗💗
They were!! 🥹🩷🙏🏻 And thanks again so so very much for completing my childhood memory moments with Sea Holiday Barbie! I still have the box unopened and want to show her on camera 🤩🥳🩷👏🏻
This was great! The commercials took me back! I remember my first Barbie was a talking Barbie back in the 70's. I can get her but now she's worth much more.
You definitely unlocked some serious Barbie memories💖. Cool Blue Barbie and Teen Skipper are definitely what started my Barbie collection. I took them EVERYWHERE!
This was such a beautiful video to watch and a trip down memory lane! All I wanted as a kid growing up in the 90’s was Barbies, but that wasn’t acceptable for little boys at the time in my environment. Well,flash forward to my mid thirties, and I now have many beautiful Silkstone Barbies that are proudly on display! 🩷🩷🩷
Hey Arjan! This video took me back in the day. I never had a Barbie as a child but i used to live with my cousin as a kid in Venezuela and she had Barbies that we played together with, I wasn't as lucky as you, so I had to play with them in hiding. Last year, I finally decided to collect Barbies and be more open with everyone about the things that I like without the fear of being judged. I could see that you also had Glitter Beach, My First Ballerina and My First Princess Barbies, my cousin had them, but TBH she was not that much into Barbies she always preferred playing ball, she was very tomboyish. My aunt (my cousin's mom) when she saw I was collecting Barbies and I had my own TikTok and Instagram channel where I show my dolls gave me those dolls (bless her heart) we don't know what happened with My First Princess Barbie, but now I have with me My First Ballerina Barbie and Glitter Beach and others with me. This is video is very meaningful, I know how it is to recall those days. Thanks so much for this.
Aaahhh!!! 🥹💙 That is just the sweetest doll story! Thank you so much for sharing that with us all here! From this point on it’s gonna be doll loving freedom and I just love that for you 💙
The very first Barbie I had was Titan Bubble cut Barbie, I was five and I still have her. The ONLY doll I didn't get rid of when people told me I needed to "grow up" I was to old to have them. I've been able to get some of my old Barbie's back, like the Ballerina Barbie, and the original twist and turn Barbie. I was able to get back my first Skipper (in the red and white swimsuit) and a Tutti doll. Your story brought back a lot of fond memories when my mom would make my Barbie clothes. She couldn't afford to buy clothes so she made all of them for me. I had some rattan doll furniture too that I need to find and replace. Especially the one shaped like a peacocks tail. Those were always my garden furniture.🙂. I'd also like to find the 1962 Barbie Austin Healey. It was given to me at Christmas and I can't tell you how often my Barbie went for a "trip" in the country in it. 🙂 I always needed to be washed. LOL
haha 🤣🩷 those ‘bag’ dolls that went everywhere were the true heroes going through all of it with us in those bags haha 🩷 And people who say things like “grow up” are just unhappy people imo 🙈
You got turned, I have memories of me and my brother going to the toy stores, and department stores like the old Kmart, toys r us and buying Barbie’s every couple of weeks .
The whole reason I still collect clone dolls is because my grandma bless her heart always brought me the like Kmart Fashion Corner or Jakks Pacific dolls, my mom would always say that’s not Barbie her hair is going to be a nightmare so they stayed boxed I still have most 33 years later.
Hallo from germany i an little older than you, i had as child the Malibu Barbie and the olympic game Barbie and i am happy i got Thema back as a reproduktion. I also had this 70 Barbie in the Hippie Look, dont know who she was. I watch your Videos with do much passion .All the best for you
For me , i had dream glow ,western fun barbie and campervan Jem and sindy with her cafe .they all lived together happily. Good times ❤ your story is great 👍
I have almost all your childhood dolls! I don't have the teen skipper with the long hair though or Rocker Ken. I got Inline Skating Barbie, Midge and Ken for Christmas. They were holy grail barbies for me and so very hard to find cheap!!!! I just recently started selling all my 80's and 90's playsets. I just don't have the room 😢. I do however still have a lot of the Pretty Roses furniture sets! Those are a must have...all the detail is amazing. I will never sell them! I also have that huge barbie yacht currently sitting on the floor in my office 😅! I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, probably sell it. I also had a pink barbie camper as a kid, it didn't survive unfortunately. I use to tow it behind my bike with a rope, up and down the road. It didn't stand a chance, lol. I kept all the accessories though! I have since bought it again and that too hangs out in the office, haha. Check out the Pretty Roses barbie and Pretty Roses furniture, it won't disappoint and I bet you will add it to your list of wants/needs!
Ooohhh 🎀🌸⭐️ over here it was called “Sweet Roses” and yes there is some amazing furniture and sets in that line!! The struggle to find room for all the things you love … ugh, I feel ya there.. 🥲 Heartbreaking decision making sometimes 🙈🩷
Arjen, my God, what a touching story🤧💖. Thank you for sharing your story with us, not many bloggers share such things with their followers🙈. My first Barbie and my sister's Barbie appeared with us in 1995 for my birthday😍, by the way, they are still with us today☺ although the hair of our dolls has deteriorated, because once my sister and I decided to bathe our dolls and their hair turned into into some incomprehensible washcloth😭 (now we want to restore them, or rather flash their heads). And my sister and I thought all our lives that we had a real Barbie, but the girls from our Russian community said that we didn’t have Barbie, but Betty or Cindy/Sandy🤔 but I looked at the photos on the Internet and lean towards Betty, It’s a pity that you can’t post photos in the comments, I would show my doll😭 p.s. I'm sorry if there are errors in the message, my English is too bad... Арьен, боже мой какая трогательная история🤧💖. Спасибо что поделился своей историей с нами, не многие блогеры делятся подобными вещами со своими подписчиками🙈. Моя первая Барби и Барби моей сестры появились у нас в 1995 году на мой день рождения😍, кстати они по сей день с нами☺ хотя правда волосы наших кукол испортились, потому что мы как то раз с сестрой решили искупать своих кукол и их волосы превратились в какую-то непонятную мочалку😭 (теперь мы хотим их восстановить, точнее прошить им головы). А ещё мы с сестрой всю жизнь думали что у нас настоящая Барби, но девочки из нашего русского сообщества сказали что у нас не Барби а Бетти либо Синди/Сэнди🤔 но я посмотрела фотографии в интернете и склоняюсь в сторону Бетти, жалко что нельзя в комментариях прикреплять фото, я бы показала свою куколку😭
English is perfect darling! 🩷 But ah! the hairplay memories! I think we all destroyed most of our dolls with an overkill of brushing haha Sounds like you might had a Sindy Doll?! she was from a british toymaker “Pedigree” 🤔 🩷🩷🩷
@@Barbination Ah, Arjen, well, as always, you praise my English, although I know that it is actually not very good😢, thank you for this my Darling Friend💖🤗. I feel so sorry for my Barbie, I don’t even remember what her original hairstyle was😭, I hope I can give her a new hairstyle😍, I also want to transplant her to a new body. Arjen, can I send a photo of my doll to your email (I would have uploaded the photo to Instagram, but it is still blocked in Russia😔), maybe you can help me and determine exactly who she is🙏? By the way, I still have her original outfit🤧 Ах, Арьен, ну ты как всегда, хвалишь мой английский, хотя я знаю что он на самом деле не очень хорош😢, спасибо тебе за это мой Дорогой Друг💖. Мне так жалко мою Барби, я даже не помню какой у неё была её оригинальная прическа😭, надеюсь у меня получется подарить ей новую прическу😍, ещё я хочу пересадить её на новое тело. Арьен, можно я скину фотографию своей куклы на твою электронную почту (я бы кончено отправила фото в Инстаграм, но он всё ещё заблокирован у нас в России😔) , может быть ты сможешь мне помочь и точно определишь кто она🙏? Кстати у меня ещё остался её оригинальный наряд🤧
i was born in 2000 and i have a memory of a very specific barbie doll which i think was my first ''favorite'' barbie doll. she had blonde-dirty hair, with little bangs and a big bun and articulation on her knees. her head broke off at some point but it was ''fixed'' but she really had no neck and i didn't move her head because of it. i also remember her having a baby blue dress, with the lenght around her tighs and very thin shoulder straps, although i don't know if this was her original outfit. i don't really know what happened to her, i just know that i don't have her (or the dress) anymore, and i still have pretty much all of my childhood barbies. still, it's a good memory
Ooh.. well I really have no clue which doll that might be, first thought of a Cali Girl maybe but can’t remember anyone having a bun.. 🤔 Anyway, living for those early Barbie memories 🩷
31:21 the fact that she was in the store… like the chance was so high that she wouldn’t be because there are so many dolls and different stores with different stocks. It was meant to be 😌
I love these stories from your childhood.. they make me think about mine! I also love how supportive your family were of your dolls. Me and my brother used to play for hours with mine and I had a couple of my scene dolls and bratz. Just wish we could go back to those simple times 😭xx
When I got the little mermaid (it was generic) I filled the box with water (plastic part) played with it for hours in my room alone just loving life it was beautiful
So sweet! I still have my Island Fun Barbie, but had to change her body and I'm now in the process of rerooting her. Poor girl was so loved that she looked really beat! 😅 I also still have my Teen Courtney All Grown Up. I love her color combo. But I miss my Totally Hair Teresa and my Barbie and the Beat doll. 😢
Oh my gosh, you and I had the same first Barbie! I was so over-excited when I got her that I immediately had a nosebleed all over her dress and ruined it. 😆 Thank you for sharing such a personal and sweet video. It made my day 💖
I have any of the dolls in your video: The mermaid (all three first mermaid Barbies and the Skipper with the Babys), a repro of Totally Hair Barbie, the Sun Jewel Kira/Marina NRFB (I had her but her hair was destroyed by me), the Sea Holiday Midge (she wears now another Out and I made her hair straight, because it was not curly and not straight), the Cheerleader Courtney (her hair is now also straight), Rollerskate Barbie, Ken and Midge and the Jewel Hair Barbie, Teresa and Midge. From the Rockstars I hade as a Kid the first Derek in leather pants. I grow up in the 80´s (born 1976 and I know what you say "a boy who plays with dolls". But with 16 I started my collection. My mom buyed me the Aladdin Jasmin in a yellow outfit with a tiger. And so it started. I have now nearly 900 dolls. All the dolls of my childhood I buyed again. The jogging Barbie without shoes via Ebay for 10 Euro, Crystal Barbie and Ken, Jewel Secret Whitney, Great Shape Barbie and SKipper, Day and Night Barbie, Tropical Barbie and the Sun Gold Barbie. I miss just the mens that I had: Great Shape Ken, Jogging Ken and Rockstar Derek. I´m always happy to see a man who is also crazy for Barbie. Love from Germany
What a beautiful video! You had me tearing up a couple of times with those memories. I had most of those same Barbies. I was an adult collector and in a Barbie club going to Barbie shows and Barbie events with my mom and grandma. Sadly, I downsized. I am trying to get those Barbies back, too.
🥹🩷🙏🏻 Thanks for feeling it with me darling! Hope you can get the girls back you have you sights set on! And HOW AWESOME! going to all those Barbie events with them 🙌🏻🩷✨
I so understand you on argument of articulated Barbie...Flat feet on 90's articulated riding Barbie I chopped off and try to make heel appropriate by making extension on chopped feet with lower legs taken from those hollow cheap Barbie substitutes 😂. Good bless 2016 fashionistas they made my articulation childhood dreams come true 😅.
Ohhh those 90s Disney dolls are EVEYTHING! Totally forgot to put Jasmine in the line-up!! 🙈🩷 my niece had her and I always thought she was sooo pretty!
Such a nice stories ❤❤❤ thank you for sharing them ❤❤ My first Barbie was Holiday Treats Barbie, and at some point I will regain her. I’m atm on the stage of getting Barbie horses lol
That was a lovely video. You are so blessed to have such wonderful memories and a wonderful family. You are close to my daughters ages but I do have some of the dolls you mentioned as part of my collection. Some of my first Barbie’s were the first talking Barbie. I had the brunette. Her legs fell off but I still have her head. I also had the talking Julia (Diahann Carroll) doll her legs fell off too and my mom probably threw her away. She was beautiful.
Awww, what a great video. Tyco Ariel was one of my childhood favorites too 💕💕 I still have a few Barbies that I want to rebuy into my adult collection. One doll that I never had but always wanted was … pregnant Midge 😂 I know she was super controversial at the time, but that just made me want her more. Maybe someday she’ll finally be mine 🥰
It was so sweet story!💓 Remind me my childhood. I also grown up in the 90's. Then I had only one Barbie doll - the Butterfly princess from 1994🦋 and had a Barbie Jornal from the same year with her on the cover. When mom buys me this doll, I was the happiest boy on earth.🥰 After so many years, I still have her in my collection. Only now she has "carre" hairstyle, because her hair was in bad condition after so many play💇. I remember first Barbie I saw, was in the first class, when one girl came with Fountain mermaid Barbie🧜, and I was completely inlove in this doll. Last year I even found a drawing of her, made by me then🖍️. But my childhoods dream was a Working out Barbie with her movable body.😍 I wanted to buy her, and long time I saved money, but when I already have enough, she was sold out. 😕So now, like adult, when I started collecting, she was the first Barbie I bought. ☺️
aahhhh 🩷✨ That’s awesome! To me it seems Barbie was so magical back in that day! Every doll had that same Barbie feel and it didn’t matter if she was a budget doll or an elegant Princess 🩷
Ok we must be about same age. The tyco Ariel was one of my first dolls too. Also Lil Miss Magic Hair. I think I’ve rebought all my childhood dolls now. I’m 36 btw
I loved this video! Dolls that were part of our childhood are so near and dear to our hearts, they are not only valuable collectible items by now, but they are literally precious memories funneled into an object. As a child I had a Naomi Campbell doll by Simba, which I could re-collect in amazing condition. I think she was part of the Sindy line, but kind of in a spin-off line having three irl super models. I loved her and carried her everywhere with me. And now she is standing on my shelf
It’s awesome to read that your mom did everything she could to get the things you wanted 🩷 I mean, bless this woman!! 🙌🏻✨ 90s Disney era is just PURE MAGIC, those dolls were sooooo pretty no matter which one! I also had a pocahontas and her hair was so pretty! The Valentine’s day Girl shouldn’t be too much trouble to ID.. There are a lot of specialists out there so I hope someone can help!! 🙏🏻🩷🥹
I love your wonderful story arjen😢 😊 it make me feel wonder about how barbie important however my biggest holy grail barbie is Jewel hair mermaid she's meant everything since childhood I remember getting trying to a ariel but they didn't however when I saw jewel hair mermaid barbie i gotta get I remember playing her while taking a bath with pretend she's ariel with her hair flip and I got her so wet 😮 I can't comb or brush her out so good so I had to cut her 😂 I missed that doll so much I will get her soon and keep her good as possible.❤
I still wish I had the Barbie and Baby Chrissy mermaid dolls they released in early 2000. The entire Mermaidia dolls they released in 2006, including the European exclusive dolls. Alina was the only one I didn’t care for from this series. The Fairytopia Lumina mini doll playset. The Azura doll from Fairytopia.
Hi Arjen! Someone thinks YOU'RE the Ken doll from Barbie The Movie "Perfect Day Ken", ain't it adorable? I'm watching the video posted by Life Of Wonders right now, my friend Polo thinks this Ken doll looks more like you than Ryan Gosling. I thought you'd like to know 🤩
@@Barbination yeaaah cool!!! I'm so so glad! If you ever need the opposite 💣💥 I edit like a psycho. I don't always speak but if I do (or sing) it's in Spanish. Thanks Arjen, kisses from Spain! 💋🌴💃🥘
What a sweet story Arjan. 💖 I think we can all relate. So many dolls I had as a kid that I would give anything to have now. My two favorite Barbie's I kept until I was 16, then one day when renovating my bedroom, we threw them out. I'd give anything to have those beautiful girls now! Someday I will find them again! 💗💗 I think that's why most of us collect....those childhood memories are so precious to us, and nothing lifts your spirit like sitting down with your barbies and reliving that wonderful feeling of the freedom and innocence of our childhoods.😊
ABSOLUTELY! 🩷🙌🏻 best therapy there is and without I would go completely insane 😅🙈
@@Barbination LoL...me too! Me too! 😊🧡♥️
Your memory about Sea Holiday Barbie made me tear up too, especially since it involved a neighbour. I think adults sometimes forget the lasting impressions their interactions with kids (not just their own kids) are. Kids need us to see them and be kind to them. I was just reading an article today called, “How parents feel about feelings can deeply affect a child’s development.” It talked about how emotion-focussed parenting programs can help break generational cycles and cause lasting positive biological changes in kids’ brains. I am sure there were people who were mean to you growing up, but those positive reinforcements like the ones you mentioned probably helped you become the sweet person you are today.
That’s so interesting and probably very true! 🥹🩷 Thanks for sharing this here and I hope people read this because it really is so so important! ^^
Thanks again darling! 🙏🏻✨
The 90’s Barbies are so glamorous. The clothes were sensational. I remember buying Barbie and The Rockers for my daughter and having so much fun playing with them together. Superstar Barbie is over the moon fabulous! …. You made me cry so many times as you recollected moments and dolls from your childhood. I’m 73 and the big toy company when I was a child was Ideal Toys. One year they made a doll that was an homage to the Revlon Cosmetic Co. She was beautiful and wore a real pair of nylon stockings with a seam in the back! I got her for Christmas and played with her everyday. This was before Barbie. Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories and encouraging us to do the same. 👍🏻🌹👍🏻
Oh wow 😍 that Revlon girl sounds so fancy! ✨ I’m gonna google that later today haha 😆 you’ve sparked an interest here haha
Thanks for the lovely words as always Carol! 🥹🩷 You are the sweetest!
Aww, I found Glitter Beach Barbie with her bikini and jewelry at a flea market yesterday for 50 cents. I couldn't believe it :) So many iconic beach Barbies from the 90s!
WHOA!! so lucky!! 🥹🩷
I am missing my 1972 Busy Barbie. I saved up my pocket money and bought her when I was 10. I played with her so much she fell apart. They are now rare and hard to find. And very expensive if you can find a good one. I miss her to this day.
Awe.. I hope you will find her one day! 🙏🏻🩷
I finally found an affordable, unboxed version of my very first barbie - 1969 Talking PJ in a pink & orange mini dress ❤ I'm over the moon 🥲
How beautiful are these memories 😢💖
I had the first Princess Barbie, and she was really the first doll that I collected money to be able to buy it from my own pocket because my parents were not supportive of me, 😢
but I was able to collect the money and buy her . My happiness was indescribable. I was flying with joy and she lived with me. A while until the day came when my father burned all my dolls , including this doll, and my heart burned with them 💔❤️🔥. My heart broke into millions of pieces, and believe it or not, I still keep her dress and crown to this day. It’s survived the fire because that day she was wearing a Another dress and her dress stayed with me. I am now 46 years old and I still feel like a small child. I feel happy when I see Barbie and dolls in general. I love them very much, and how I wish my family would understand me in my childhood 💔
Now I am a dolls collector and I am very happy with them. I love them so much and will stay like this until the last day of my life 💖💪🏻💖
Parents always the best at scarring their children for life💜
@Kristin Mary
I love my parents even if they don't understand what I love and I will love them forever they love me too but I just wanted them to be open minded.
Oh nooooo!! how heartbreaking that must have been for you!! 😲
I was so relieved to read that you are now a collector and let yourself have ALL the dolls you want 🙏🏻🩷
Loved this! Also, that barbie and the rockers commercial.... 😂 Ken was like "barbie asked me to join the band, and I was like, that's cool" 😂😂💜
I love the random screams of joy/excitement as well, it's so funny to me for no reason
whahah That commercial is just everything right?! 😍✨⭐️🩷
Your story is so touching. Growing up knowing most people didn’t want me playing with dolls really hurt me, but your story is so heartwarming. Lovely video 💕
I’m so sorry to hear that.. I hope you got to heal that and got yourself some dolls now 😍 Adult Money! yay! haha
Your emotion throughout this video really moved me. I wish I had appreciated my dolls as much as you did when I was a kid as I'm now as a 26 year old getting into them again. Thank you for sharing so many positive memories!
🥹🩷 Ohhh I can talk hours and hours about my 90s kid dreamworld haha, Thank you darling
It always amazes how some people have such a photographic memory of their childhood. I can barely anything that happened as a kid. I don’t remember what any of my barbies looked like. I guess I could blame trauma but it would be nice to have childhood items. I’ve been looking for Barbies to potentially buy I’m hoping I find some that would give me that sense of familiarity and maybe rekindle some happy memories.
🩷🙏🏻 who knows what cute memories those lovely dolls might unlock 👏🏻✨
That was just wonderful hearing your childhood stories about Barbie!! I am so fortunate to have my original Barbie, Ken, and Midge and the doll case from the 1960's. Poor Barbie got her bangs cut out and I almost brushed the rest of her hair bald, but last year I had her professionally restored and she is just gorgeous. Love her so much. I had two little rambunctious brothers so my dolls were my sanity and my escape world. I have since collected about 100 more Barbies mostly from the 90's because I love the Super Star Face. I love sewing and knitting clothes for them. I also clean and dress thrift Barbies to donate to children's charities. Love love love Barbie!!!
aaahhh that’s so awesome! 🩷 love that you donate those girls !! 🥹🩷 And you’re lucky to still have those childhood hero’s of yours! I know all about having rambunctious brothers 😅🙈 haha So I feel you girl!
My childhood Holy grail is Pink n Pretty Barbie. I won her from a school raffle in the 2nd grade. They announced the winners at our school Christmas program and I was so mad that my mom wouldn't stay to the end so I could win "my" Barbie. She was convinced I wouldn't get her because I only bought one raffle ticket. But Monday morning all of my classmates came running up to me to tell me I got her. (Also the school nurse had sewn her an entire wardrobe of clothes) I really want to replace that doll someday. Thank you so much for sharing your super sweet childhood memories! I love hearing these stories! ❤
Ahhhhh 🥹🩷 PINK N PRETTY! what a legend, what an icon! She really is THAT PRETTY ☺️🩷🎀
I hope I also can find her one day, even though she isn’t from my childhood..
She and Perfume Pretty are just gorgeous! 🥹🩷
Aww Arjen you had such a beautiful loving childhood 🥹!! I remember my first barbie doll was Crystal Barbie and then Peaches n' Cream Barbie 🥰 then i guess I lost intetest on dolls and years passed by and then I reconnected with my childhood and the first doll I bought was the first mermaid Barbie (the blue one) and the princess Barbie you mentioned as your first one 😍🤩. Such nice warm memories 😊.
Whoa PEACHES N CREAM 🥰🩷 what a legend she is! 🙌🏻✨ so fun!
OMG Superstar Barbie! Her eyes! So dreamy. My younger sister and I got her when we were kids. We were pretty poor, so a local charitable organization provided for our Christmas, and she was one of the gifts. God I loved that doll so much. ❤️❤️❤️
🥹🩷🙏🏻 So kind and a true wish come true!
8:33 I still have my original Totally Hair Barbie, and her hair is still styled in that hair coil multi braid ponytail from the commercial. Ironically, she's wearing the pink Cut & Style dress. LOL
😆🩷 A combination of two legends! ah!
I miss the Barbie dream kitchen from 1984. All of the pieces smelled like vanilla. The night before Christmas I heard my parents laboriously popping out each individual piece from their plastic frames. It came with a hollow turkey that my sister and I used to put on the Barbie’s head like a helmet. 😂😂😂😂
Hahahahahahaha....turkey head! I laughed 😂!
whahahahh you did WHAT?! 🤣🤣😂😂 that’s just hilarious and something Moschino might see as totally haute couture 😆🩷
Omg, my very first Barbie was the Cut and Style redhead! I remember being like 5 and seeing her on my mother's vanity. She was a complete mess though lol. Dirty, hair matted with a ponytail holder stuck in it, naked and only wearing her necklace and pink molded on panties. I didn't care though cause I thought she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever laid my eyes on. My mom let me have her and she instantly became my favorite doll! Sadly, I cut her hair off to her shoulders right after my grandmother fixed it because I thought she would grow new hair. Unfortunately the hair never grew back and her head snapped off shortly afterwards 💔
I loved her though and always thought she looked like my mom with the red Auburn hair and red lips. Now I have three of her, one of which I completely rerooted! It's funny though, I always wondered what the velcro patch in the back of her head was for lol! Anyway, thanks for sharing your stories, I loved hearing them and I hope you get all your childhood dolls back soon! Ttyl ~Amber
whahha aahhh so cute! The things these dolls have to go through with us as kids! 😅🙈 poor poor girls…
Thank you darling! 🩷 I have my sights set high for this one! 🙏🏻
My first Barbie doll was Fashion Jeans Barbie from 1981. She had the pink furry tshirt and the pink boots. Eventually my younger sister and I shaved her pretty well. Since she was the oldest doll, some of her body parts really got abused. So we took her head off and put it on the body of a doll that had zero articulation (dollar store level). She became “Mama Barbie” the grandmother matriarch figure of our extensive Barbie family. My sister and I were only 5 years apart, so we were the perfect age to play out some interesting story lines with the dolls. I miss those days since she and I are somewhat estranged now that we are adults and living in separate states. I’d give anything to go back in time. ❤️
Awe, just so adorably cute 🥹🩷 the way our imagination runned free with Barbie is just so adorable!
Adulting just plain sucks right? Life happens and sometimes you REALLY just wanna be that kid again worry-free with TONS of imagination 🥹🩷✨
I was a 90s kid. Although my parents weren't rich, they always made sure I had one Barbie gift for xmas and birthdays. When I was extremely young, I had the 80s and 90s Mattel dolls for each Disney "princess" character.
I do remember having 3 Princess Jasmine dolls, but I was OBSESSED with Disney Pocahontas. I was a young kid with very tanned skin and super long black hair. Even though Jasmine was released first, I was uncomfortable with her standard outfit and bikini top. When the Pocahontas movie came out, I was obsessed with the character's hair and more conservative outfit. Pocahontas had more songs in her movie, so I also fell in love with her singing voice (performed by the amazing Broadway star Judy Kuhn.)
I had 4 different Pocahontas dolls, one John Smith, and one Kocoum. So when I became an adult with disposable income, re-buying my favorite Pocahontas dolls NIB was my top priority.
When it comes to the classic Barbie dolls, the SUPER STAR of my childhood was Jewel Hair Barbie. (Cue the angelic choir singing!) I still remember getting that doll for xmas and playing with her for years. I also had the Slumber Party Barbie with the soft body and the light blue outfit. I had a ton of fun with SeaWorld Trainer Barbie, because that doll came with a plastic Orca whale (I still have a lifelong obsession with marine animals especially whales and sharks.)
aaaahhhhh 🥹🩷🙏🏻 I’m so happy you got her back into your life! I also had a sever Pocahontas phase haha, well pretty much with any new Disney Princess movie I had a complete obsession with all the dolls that were released of them back in the 90s 🙏🏻🥹🩷
Thanks for sharing your lovely memories with us, it’s so nice to hear people’s love for these iconic ladies! 🩷🎀✨
Thanks for sharing your sweet memories. I'm so glad your family supported your doll love. 💖 My kids are about your age and my son played Barbies with his sisters. 💖
🥹🩷😍 So cute!
Barbie and the Rockers was the Best !🙌🏿👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🕺🏽🕺🏽🎙💗💜
🙌🏻⭐️🩷 TOTALLY!!
Seeing this made me think about how different barbies mark different generations of kids 🥹 my first ever barbie was Midge All Starts 1989, I was like 4 and I fell in love with Barbie.
My sister got All Stars Teresa for christmas and I got All Stars Christie! Now I'm 38 and just got All Stars Midge for Christmas last year from my mom 😅.
The All Star Barbies!! 😍🩷 I remember those! They were so hip and happening!
You had an amazing family growing up. My brother would never have been encouraged to play with dolls when we were little. I'm a little bit older than you, I think, but it was just a different time when such things were not done. I have 5 year old boy/girl twins and they play with everything. Though I would not say they share their toys well. 😂
whaha 😂
But thanks for the lovely message 🩷✨ I realize my childhood was just golden and i’m thankful every day for that 🙏🏻
Ohhh Arjen me too remember in my childhood I had my first Barbie Princess my grandmother gave me when she came back from beach holiday from Puglia in Italy.
I remember also had red ferrari, Barbie Secret Jewels, Superstar Barbie, Barbie drem glow with the ombrella, Dreamhouse with pink elevator, Barbie Hollywood hair, Dream dance Ken, Barbie Happy Birthday 1990, Barbie day to night.
I don't remember the other dolls. Thank you. Bye ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
Ahhh all just legendary ladies of the 80s and 90s 🥹🩷
@@Barbination Yes and now i have Barbie Holiday 2020 and Barbie fashon and beauty with pink dress and more pink hearts but i bought her a nice pink and silver dress and you are my inspiration with the look. Thank you so much. Bye 😘😘
I went through a point in my collecting journey where I rebought all of my childhood dolls. And...I ended up with multiples of pretty much all of them. I still have my original dolls from about 1983 onward, many of which are in perfect condition still, but the earlier dolls were the victims of my earliest attempts at 'creativity', and ended up being parted out and discarded over time. I do still wish I had the parts from my early childhood dolls, I now have the skills to fix all of my attempts at making them prettier. I know during my childhood I went through THREE 1980 Beauty Secrets Barbie dolls. I just could not resist cutting that gorgeous hair. Now of course I have like 8 of them or something. 😆 And that's not even the record of the doll I have the most multiples of. I have at least ten or eleven 1981 Golden Dream Barbie dolls, and over thirty 1977 SuperStar Barbie dolls. Yes, I have a problem. 😁
Wow 😮lucky you ❤
@@Girl2TheCity not lucky, just old. I've been collecting a loooooooong time. 😆
whahahha 🥹🩷 OMG!! well honey, you are 100% right to get those multiples! I SUPPORT YOU 😆🩷
The “earliest attempts of creativity” really got me laughing out loud her 😆🩷 haha!
Gosh, you have a true Barbie dream collection! 🩷
Doesn’t sound like a problem to me! Sounds like you’re living the dream! 😂❤️
For me, the Barbie Rewind series came out at just the right time to allow me to capture many childhood memories in relatively few dolls. I have none of my 70s and 80s dolls anymore, so being able to capture various themes of the 80s like aerobics, women in corporate jobs, shopping at the mall, etc. in brand new dolls was fantastic. I particularly liked the P.J. doll because I loved my Sweet Roses P.J. as a kid. She was the first brunette doll I had, and it meant a lot to me that she looked a bit like me. The thing about getting an original doll is that after forty years most of the dolls are not in great condition, and I don't really want to be reminded that I'm that old! I'll go for the reproductions. 😀
whahha I feel ya there! 😂🙈🩷
Barbie Rewind is just awesome! They really nailed that aesthetic ! 🎀
My childhood favorites were,of course, totally hair Barbie, gymnast Barbie, and the Cool Crimp Skipper & Courtney. My older sister loved Rocker Barbie and Ken. We got lucky because we had older cousins that handed down all their toys to us.
🥹🩷 Awesome!! best cousins ever! Also Crimp skipper!! she’s so adorable!! 🥹🩷
OMG! My best friend had the cruise ship, I am literally crying, we had such a great time. Wonderful memories playing cruise, the ship had a cup for a chimney! 😍🥲🥲🥲
🥹🩷 Most amazing sets were made in the 90s including this ship!! ^^
These stories are so sweet! That’s amazing that your neighbor helped you get to see holiday Barbie.
My first Barbie was Tropical Miko, and I just bought her from eBay in the box for $26! You bet I’m going to unbox her, and add her to my daughters collection.
My favorite Barbie from my childhood though was absolutely Cool Tops Skipper. The late 80s early 90s skippers had the most mesmerizing eye paintings, I would stare into them forever.
I also had a Hawaiian Fun skipper that had a “Z” design in her eyeballs, And a fun time workout skipper with Super curly hair and sea foam green eyes. To this day I find the “anime eyes” Skippers and Courtney’s so intriguing.
Always wanted to Courtney, but they never sold them at our local Ben Franklin. Not only did I think they were cuter, but I always liked Courtney‘s clothes better than skippers.
I just bought a Cool Crimp Courtney, and Sweetheart Skipper, but out of the box but in good shape.
When I was in kindergarten I really wanted a Barbie in the rockers Barbie for Christmas. I didn’t get it and I was heartbroken. Thinking back, I don’t know if they were still making Barbie and the Rockers in 1988.
I also really wanted Wedding Day Midge. I loved her purple polkadot blazer skirt that came with the outfit.
It’s true! Courtney always had the cuter look 😆🩷 And now that you mention it, their eyes are really engaging indeed ✨
So lovely that you can share it with your daughter 🩷🙏🏻
awww glad you had supportive family and thats lovely ,,, anything i wasnt allowed at home ie dolls was put in my overnight bag to the grandparents and put in my toy cupboard
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What a cute video with so many memories.
Rockers Ken is what Barbie Extra now tries to be. He was extra times a thousand.
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I had the same Ariel doll and I carried her every where with me too! I loved that doll.
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I think it's so cool that your parents bought you and your brothers barbies as a kid.
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You had some amazing memories Arjen! I loved the one about the wonderful neighbour helping you buy the ship theme Barbie. I remember my Mum (I'm in the UK) buying me Skipper at the corner shop one day, (they had a tiny toy section, one shelf lol) I wish I had kept my childhood dolls!
She was just the best 🩷🙏🏻✨
Wow childhood dolls have most of my dolls i played with left some I have to buy again as a collector...memories I always save money to buy a new doll or outfit....special one time I save money to buy 2 outfits they cost so much and I wanted them so much and when I come to the toyshop they was sold out in only a few week....i cry so much over it....this two outfits I have now as a collector but they was hard to find and the joy I feel when I get them....Another memory is 1973 and I want the Mod hair ken so much he have real hair!!! And the quick curl Barbie and skipper I want so much...My parents know how much I wanted this 3 dolls...they lay out the money and i have to pay them back...but I never did I got them as a gift!!!! And the busy Steffie how much I love her....still have her!!!!
Ah! the memories! 🥰🩷 the love, the feels, the collecting of those childhood memories for all the things you loved is just PURE MAGIC 😍👏🏻
In 2015 I thought about my childhood dolls and decided to just out of curiosity see if I could track one down, so i looked up on eBay and found, a totally hair Barbie in a damaged but sealed box and so the adventure on re collecting my childhood dolls started.
We all started with a doll from our childhood 🥹🩷 enjoy hunting yours down! 2015 was also my year I got back into collecting again 🤗✨
I love your story 💕💕 I had Barbies growing up in the 90s, and I had Barbie Folding Pretty House… I loved that house… I did outgrow Barbie when I was around 10…. And my Folding Pretty House disappeared…. I would love to have that house again now as I dive back in to the Barbie universe 💖🎀
🥹🙏🏻🩷✨ Who knows! You might just find it!
I'm totally crying as well because the Barbie world is where some of our happiest times happened. I'm from the same 80s and 90s Barbie era. When my Gran passed in 2009 she gave me some of the most beautiful every Barbie I totally treasure the one she gave the Christmas 2008 like even now I look at them and it's beautiful beautiful memories and the pain I still feel today cause I miss her so much. Barbie is where some of my most precious memories live...Barbie Love to you and the Barbie Doll community🦄🌸💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🌸🎉🎊🎁🎀🎈🎉
Awe, I know those memories are usually filled with not only Barbie but also the people we love very much 🥹🩷🙏🏻✨ Thanks for sharing darling!
I had some 1980's Barbie dolls. I played with them all the time. Great memories for me.
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Thank you for sharing your Barbie memories! I think all of us collector understand exactly what you feel. I remember that my first "Barbie" was actually a vintage Barbie "clone" doll that had a bubble cut wig. In retrospect, I think she was Fashion Queen clone. I don't even know where my mother go the doll. But I loved her and my mother made an entire wardrobe for her! I have no idea what I did with the doll. I am old now but I still think of the doll and the wardrobe that my mother made for her.
aaawe! That’s so sweet 🥹🩷 your mom was the best for doing all that! Even though she might not be able to afford those ‘real’ items she made them for you which is just even more precious 🙌🏻
My mom also sewed us a bunch of Barbie clothes. Looking back, those were some of the best doll clothes I ever owned. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories.
Super Star Barbie was my first Barbie it’s extra special because my cousin gave me her very own Barbie when I came to the United States in 1990, the Barbie was a birthday gift from her dad before he tragically passed away when she was 5 yrs.
For me dolls especially Barbies brings so many beautiful memories of my childhood. 🤗
Oh my, that’s so sad 😢
But what a kind and lovely thing to do of her 🥹🩷 Barbie just brings out the love doesn’t she 😍
Arjan, I hope that you're doing well. Thank you so very much for making these videos. I love your channel. I am finally able to start my collection. When I was a little boy I wanted dolls so badly, but sadly, i was only allowed boy toys. Tonka trucks, racing cars, basketball, soccer ball, etc. One day, we were going to my cousin's house for dinner. I brought my yellow Tonka pick up truck and legos. I snuck into my cousin's bedroom while the adults were chatting and the kids were all outside playing. I gathered up all her Barbies and their clothes and put them in my Tonka. I built a runway out of my legos. I turned on a lamp and laid it sideways for a spotlight. I sang songs and proceeded to have a fashion show with her Barbies. Time flew by and soon it was time for dinner. I went downstairs but not before putting everything back to where they were in my cousin's room. I was hooked. That Christmas I got some modeling clay. All I wanted to make were high heeled shoes. Fast forward to the present. I am now married to a wonderful man who supports my love for dolls. I am now allowing that little boy in me flourish and enjoy his collection of Barbies and other dolls for now I feel very safe and secure. I just thought I'd share.
AAAAAWE! 🥹🩷✨ that is just the cutest thing ever! A runway built out of legos, gosh would I loved to see that 😌🩷
So glad you are able to live your truth with the love and support you deserve! 🙌🏻🩷
Thankyou for sharing.Can relate.. childhood memories are a safe and happy place and Barbies do remind me of such nice times. I too grew up in the 90s and wish i had the Barbies and others Toys( star castles,ponys and sky dancers) that i had back then..or at least would had listened to my older sister to keep them in the box. I too cut their hair(that exact barbie in your video) and changed their clothes and would colour their hair with texters and glitter pens ..draw on them etc. Your stories are very sweet and i hope you can find the Barbies that you are after. 🌺💐🧚♀️🩷
haha! Ah, didn’t we all go through that rough phase of destroying Barbie while actually we were thinking we made them prettier? 😅😂
Great memories!! So emotional and sweet!!! Most of the nineties dolls are in my memory because that was the time I started collecting, luckily the toy isles were filled with great stuff then!!! 💗💗💗
They were!! 🥹🩷🙏🏻 And thanks again so so very much for completing my childhood memory moments with Sea Holiday Barbie! I still have the box unopened and want to show her on camera 🤩🥳🩷👏🏻
@@Barbination the tension is building up!!! 💜💜💜
This was great! The commercials took me back! I remember my first Barbie was a talking Barbie back in the 70's. I can get her but now she's worth much more.
Those commercials are EVERYTHING 🩷⭐️ total Barbie nostalgia!
You definitely unlocked some serious Barbie memories💖. Cool Blue Barbie and Teen Skipper are definitely what started my Barbie collection. I took them EVERYWHERE!
haha!! yeeass!! The Bag ladies! 🥹🩷 Our heroes and best friends in need wherever we went 🙌🏻
This was such a beautiful video to watch and a trip down memory lane! All I wanted as a kid growing up in the 90’s was Barbies, but that wasn’t acceptable for little boys at the time in my environment. Well,flash forward to my mid thirties, and I now have many beautiful Silkstone Barbies that are proudly on display! 🩷🩷🩷
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Hey Arjan! This video took me back in the day. I never had a Barbie as a child but i used to live with my cousin as a kid in Venezuela and she had Barbies that we played together with, I wasn't as lucky as you, so I had to play with them in hiding. Last year, I finally decided to collect Barbies and be more open with everyone about the things that I like without the fear of being judged. I could see that you also had Glitter Beach, My First Ballerina and My First Princess Barbies, my cousin had them, but TBH she was not that much into Barbies she always preferred playing ball, she was very tomboyish. My aunt (my cousin's mom) when she saw I was collecting Barbies and I had my own TikTok and Instagram channel where I show my dolls gave me those dolls (bless her heart) we don't know what happened with My First Princess Barbie, but now I have with me My First Ballerina Barbie and Glitter Beach and others with me. This is video is very meaningful, I know how it is to recall those days. Thanks so much for this.
Aaahhh!!! 🥹💙 That is just the sweetest doll story! Thank you so much for sharing that with us all here!
From this point on it’s gonna be doll loving freedom and I just love that for you 💙
@@Barbination thanks so much, it sure will!!
The very first Barbie I had was Titan Bubble cut Barbie, I was five and I still have her. The ONLY doll I didn't get rid of when people told me I needed to "grow up" I was to old to have them. I've been able to get some of my old Barbie's back, like the Ballerina Barbie, and the original twist and turn Barbie. I was able to get back my first Skipper (in the red and white swimsuit) and a Tutti doll. Your story brought back a lot of fond memories when my mom would make my Barbie clothes. She couldn't afford to buy clothes so she made all of them for me. I had some rattan doll furniture too that I need to find and replace. Especially the one shaped like a peacocks tail. Those were always my garden furniture.🙂. I'd also like to find the 1962 Barbie Austin Healey. It was given to me at Christmas and I can't tell you how often my Barbie went for a "trip" in the country in it. 🙂 I always needed to be washed. LOL
haha 🤣🩷 those ‘bag’ dolls that went everywhere were the true heroes going through all of it with us in those bags haha 🩷
And people who say things like “grow up” are just unhappy people imo 🙈
Dream glow was one I remember having as a kid, her dress used to glow in the dark.
Loved that feature so much ! 🥹⭐️ pure magic for me!
You got turned, I have memories of me and my brother going to the toy stores, and department stores like the old Kmart, toys r us and buying Barbie’s every couple of weeks .
Sounds like heaven !! 🥹🩷🫶🏻
The cut n style redhead Barbie was my first eBay purchase when I was 19 lol. Now I have all 4 of them. Blonde, redhead, brunette and black.
They’re so iconic! 🩷 meanwhile the redhead is in my collection and also have my sights set on the others haha 😆🩷
The whole reason I still collect clone dolls is because my grandma bless her heart always brought me the like Kmart Fashion Corner or Jakks Pacific dolls, my mom would always say that’s not Barbie her hair is going to be a nightmare so they stayed boxed I still have most 33 years later.
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Hallo from germany i an little older than you, i had as child the Malibu Barbie and the olympic game Barbie and i am happy i got Thema back as a reproduktion.
I also had this 70 Barbie in the Hippie Look, dont know who she was. I watch your Videos with do much passion .All the best for you
Ahhh Thank you Roland 🩷🙏🏻✨ Malibu is a true and timeless classic beauty! 🥹
Thanks your Videos are great go on!!!@!!!
Loved listening to your doll memories...so sweet. I hope you are able to get all the dolls you had before! 😍
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For me , i had dream glow ,western fun barbie and campervan
Jem and sindy with her cafe .they all lived together happily. Good times ❤ your story is great 👍
aawe! So adorable! 🩷 those really were the best of times right ^^
I have almost all your childhood dolls! I don't have the teen skipper with the long hair though or Rocker Ken. I got Inline Skating Barbie, Midge and Ken for Christmas. They were holy grail barbies for me and so very hard to find cheap!!!! I just recently started selling all my 80's and 90's playsets. I just don't have the room 😢. I do however still have a lot of the Pretty Roses furniture sets! Those are a must have...all the detail is amazing. I will never sell them! I also have that huge barbie yacht currently sitting on the floor in my office 😅! I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, probably sell it. I also had a pink barbie camper as a kid, it didn't survive unfortunately. I use to tow it behind my bike with a rope, up and down the road. It didn't stand a chance, lol. I kept all the accessories though! I have since bought it again and that too hangs out in the office, haha. Check out the Pretty Roses barbie and Pretty Roses furniture, it won't disappoint and I bet you will add it to your list of wants/needs!
Ooohhh 🎀🌸⭐️ over here it was called “Sweet Roses” and yes there is some amazing furniture and sets in that line!!
The struggle to find room for all the things you love … ugh, I feel ya there.. 🥲
Heartbreaking decision making sometimes 🙈🩷
Arjen, my God, what a touching story🤧💖. Thank you for sharing your story with us, not many bloggers share such things with their followers🙈. My first Barbie and my sister's Barbie appeared with us in 1995 for my birthday😍, by the way, they are still with us today☺ although the hair of our dolls has deteriorated, because once my sister and I decided to bathe our dolls and their hair turned into into some incomprehensible washcloth😭 (now we want to restore them, or rather flash their heads). And my sister and I thought all our lives that we had a real Barbie, but the girls from our Russian community said that we didn’t have Barbie, but Betty or Cindy/Sandy🤔 but I looked at the photos on the Internet and lean towards Betty, It’s a pity that you can’t post photos in the comments, I would show my doll😭
p.s. I'm sorry if there are errors in the message, my English is too bad...
Арьен, боже мой какая трогательная история🤧💖. Спасибо что поделился своей историей с нами, не многие блогеры делятся подобными вещами со своими подписчиками🙈. Моя первая Барби и Барби моей сестры появились у нас в 1995 году на мой день рождения😍, кстати они по сей день с нами☺ хотя правда волосы наших кукол испортились, потому что мы как то раз с сестрой решили искупать своих кукол и их волосы превратились в какую-то непонятную мочалку😭 (теперь мы хотим их восстановить, точнее прошить им головы). А ещё мы с сестрой всю жизнь думали что у нас настоящая Барби, но девочки из нашего русского сообщества сказали что у нас не Барби а Бетти либо Синди/Сэнди🤔 но я посмотрела фотографии в интернете и склоняюсь в сторону Бетти, жалко что нельзя в комментариях прикреплять фото, я бы показала свою куколку😭
English is perfect darling! 🩷 But ah! the hairplay memories! I think we all destroyed most of our dolls with an overkill of brushing haha
Sounds like you might had a Sindy Doll?! she was from a british toymaker “Pedigree” 🤔
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@@Barbination Ah, Arjen, well, as always, you praise my English, although I know that it is actually not very good😢, thank you for this my Darling Friend💖🤗. I feel so sorry for my Barbie, I don’t even remember what her original hairstyle was😭, I hope I can give her a new hairstyle😍, I also want to transplant her to a new body. Arjen, can I send a photo of my doll to your email (I would have uploaded the photo to Instagram, but it is still blocked in Russia😔), maybe you can help me and determine exactly who she is🙏? By the way, I still have her original outfit🤧
Ах, Арьен, ну ты как всегда, хвалишь мой английский, хотя я знаю что он на самом деле не очень хорош😢, спасибо тебе за это мой Дорогой Друг💖. Мне так жалко мою Барби, я даже не помню какой у неё была её оригинальная прическа😭, надеюсь у меня получется подарить ей новую прическу😍, ещё я хочу пересадить её на новое тело. Арьен, можно я скину фотографию своей куклы на твою электронную почту (я бы кончено отправила фото в Инстаграм, но он всё ещё заблокирован у нас в России😔) , может быть ты сможешь мне помочь и точно определишь кто она🙏? Кстати у меня ещё остался её оригинальный наряд🤧
i was born in 2000 and i have a memory of a very specific barbie doll which i think was my first ''favorite'' barbie doll. she had blonde-dirty hair, with little bangs and a big bun and articulation on her knees. her head broke off at some point but it was ''fixed'' but she really had no neck and i didn't move her head because of it. i also remember her having a baby blue dress, with the lenght around her tighs and very thin shoulder straps, although i don't know if this was her original outfit. i don't really know what happened to her, i just know that i don't have her (or the dress) anymore, and i still have pretty much all of my childhood barbies. still, it's a good memory
Ooh.. well I really have no clue which doll that might be, first thought of a Cali Girl maybe but can’t remember anyone having a bun.. 🤔
Anyway, living for those early Barbie memories 🩷
31:21 the fact that she was in the store… like the chance was so high that she wouldn’t be because there are so many dolls and different stores with different stocks. It was meant to be 😌
I love these stories from your childhood.. they make me think about mine! I also love how supportive your family were of your dolls. Me and my brother used to play for hours with mine and I had a couple of my scene dolls and bratz. Just wish we could go back to those simple times 😭xx
Oohhhh me too 🥹🩷✨
My all time favorite 90s Barbie was totally hair Barbie, second was jewel hair mermaid then Hollywood hair Teresa.
Long haired queens yas!! always the best 🩷
When I got the little mermaid (it was generic) I filled the box with water (plastic part) played with it for hours in my room alone just loving life it was beautiful
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So sweet! I still have my Island Fun Barbie, but had to change her body and I'm now in the process of rerooting her. Poor girl was so loved that she looked really beat! 😅 I also still have my Teen Courtney All Grown Up. I love her color combo. But I miss my Totally Hair Teresa and my Barbie and the Beat doll. 😢
aahhh!! 🥰🩷✨ fixing them up and letting them shine again in your collection is just the best 🥰
Thank you for sharing your childhood Barbie memories. These are so much fun, I hope some of your past Barbies you can get them again.
🩷🙏🏻 Thank you darling!
Oh my gosh, you and I had the same first Barbie! I was so over-excited when I got her that I immediately had a nosebleed all over her dress and ruined it. 😆
Thank you for sharing such a personal and sweet video. It made my day 💖
whahaha 🤣🩷 omg! NO THATS EXCITEMENT there 🙈🙈😂😂 Thanks for the giggle there haha
What an amazing story time thank you for sharing wit us 👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
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Ik kom ook uit Nederland en dat met die kadotjes in de vakantie herken ik ook 🥰 dit brengt me echt terug naar mijn eigen jeugd I love this 🥹💜
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I have any of the dolls in your video: The mermaid (all three first mermaid Barbies and the Skipper with the Babys), a repro of Totally Hair Barbie, the Sun Jewel Kira/Marina NRFB (I had her but her hair was destroyed by me), the Sea Holiday Midge (she wears now another Out and I made her hair straight, because it was not curly and not straight), the Cheerleader Courtney (her hair is now also straight), Rollerskate Barbie, Ken and Midge and the Jewel Hair Barbie, Teresa and Midge. From the Rockstars I hade as a Kid the first Derek in leather pants. I grow up in the 80´s (born 1976 and I know what you say "a boy who plays with dolls". But with 16 I started my collection. My mom buyed me the Aladdin Jasmin in a yellow outfit with a tiger. And so it started. I have now nearly 900 dolls. All the dolls of my childhood I buyed again. The jogging Barbie without shoes via Ebay for 10 Euro, Crystal Barbie and Ken, Jewel Secret Whitney, Great Shape Barbie and SKipper, Day and Night Barbie, Tropical Barbie and the Sun Gold Barbie. I miss just the mens that I had: Great Shape Ken, Jogging Ken and Rockstar Derek. I´m always happy to see a man who is also crazy for Barbie. Love from Germany
Oh my gosh! 🩷🙏🏻⭐️ You really have a treasure cove there with many many iconic and legendary dolls! Awesome!! 🙌🏻🩷
What a beautiful video! You had me tearing up a couple of times with those memories. I had most of those same Barbies. I was an adult collector and in a Barbie club going to Barbie shows and Barbie events with my mom and grandma. Sadly, I downsized. I am trying to get those Barbies back, too.
🥹🩷🙏🏻 Thanks for feeling it with me darling! Hope you can get the girls back you have you sights set on!
And HOW AWESOME! going to all those Barbie events with them 🙌🏻🩷✨
I so understand you on argument of articulated Barbie...Flat feet on 90's articulated riding Barbie I chopped off and try to make heel appropriate by making extension on chopped feet with lower legs taken from those hollow cheap Barbie substitutes 😂. Good bless 2016 fashionistas they made my articulation childhood dreams come true 😅.
haha! 😂🙈 YOU DID WHAT?! haha 🩷🩷🩷
This is so fun! I loved my child hood barbies and since I started collecting I've rr+acquired quite a lot of them.
Yay! 🩷 congrats darling and here’s to many many more! 😆🥂
Thank you for sharing ❤ my first Barbie is Aladdin & my female cousin gave me my first female doll which was Disney princess Mulan. I’m July 1,1992 😊
Ohhh those 90s Disney dolls are EVEYTHING! Totally forgot to put Jasmine in the line-up!! 🙈🩷 my niece had her and I always thought she was sooo pretty!
Such a nice stories ❤❤❤ thank you for sharing them ❤❤
My first Barbie was Holiday Treats Barbie, and at some point I will regain her. I’m atm on the stage of getting Barbie horses lol
Ooeeeh I love that doll! 🥹🩷 So Christmassy!! haha
That was a lovely video. You are so blessed to have such wonderful memories and a wonderful family. You are close to my daughters ages but I do have some of the dolls you mentioned as part of my collection. Some of my first Barbie’s were the first talking Barbie. I had the brunette. Her legs fell off but I still have her head. I also had the talking Julia (Diahann Carroll) doll her legs fell off too and my mom probably threw her away. She was beautiful.
ah, talking Julia, now that’s a legend! 🙌🏻🩷
Awww, what a great video. Tyco Ariel was one of my childhood favorites too 💕💕 I still have a few Barbies that I want to rebuy into my adult collection. One doll that I never had but always wanted was … pregnant Midge 😂 I know she was super controversial at the time, but that just made me want her more. Maybe someday she’ll finally be mine 🥰
Ooooh true! 😅🩷 Love that Y2K legend! and controversial ones are the best! haha Bring home the drama mama 🤣🩷🙌🏻
My first Barbie 1989 princess was my first Barbie too 😊. Before her I made my mother buy me Ice Capades Ken... So maybe my first Barbie was a Ken 🙈
haha 😆🩷 Well it is a very cute Ken ☺️
I miss DREAM GLOW so much 🎀 💕 🌸 🌷
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oh you are so sweet , tears also come into my eyes , you told the story , so moving 😍😍😍
🙏🏻🩷🥹 Thanks sweetie!
I got that same Barbie in 1991 for christmas 😮
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It was so sweet story!💓 Remind me my childhood. I also grown up in the 90's. Then I had only one Barbie doll - the Butterfly princess from 1994🦋 and had a Barbie Jornal from the same year with her on the cover. When mom buys me this doll, I was the happiest boy on earth.🥰 After so many years, I still have her in my collection. Only now she has "carre" hairstyle, because her hair was in bad condition after so many play💇. I remember first Barbie I saw, was in the first class, when one girl came with Fountain mermaid Barbie🧜, and I was completely inlove in this doll. Last year I even found a drawing of her, made by me then🖍️. But my childhoods dream was a Working out Barbie with her movable body.😍 I wanted to buy her, and long time I saved money, but when I already have enough, she was sold out. 😕So now, like adult, when I started collecting, she was the first Barbie I bought. ☺️
aahhhh 🩷✨ That’s awesome! To me it seems Barbie was so magical back in that day! Every doll had that same Barbie feel and it didn’t matter if she was a budget doll or an elegant Princess 🩷
Ok we must be about same age. The tyco Ariel was one of my first dolls too. Also Lil Miss Magic Hair. I think I’ve rebought all my childhood dolls now. I’m 36 btw
aahhh Lil Miss!! 🥹🩷✨ I had the mermaid version and yes, 36 ☺️✌🏻
Barbie Hollywood hair… She was 😢❤
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I love your channel 😍 and your super cute collection. Greetings from Spain 💕
I loved this video! Dolls that were part of our childhood are so near and dear to our hearts, they are not only valuable collectible items by now, but they are literally precious memories funneled into an object.
As a child I had a Naomi Campbell doll by Simba, which I could re-collect in amazing condition. I think she was part of the Sindy line, but kind of in a spin-off line having three irl super models. I loved her and carried her everywhere with me. And now she is standing on my shelf
It’s awesome to read that your mom did everything she could to get the things you wanted 🩷 I mean, bless this woman!! 🙌🏻✨ 90s Disney era is just PURE MAGIC, those dolls were sooooo pretty no matter which one! I also had a pocahontas and her hair was so pretty!
The Valentine’s day Girl shouldn’t be too much trouble to ID.. There are a lot of specialists out there so I hope someone can help!! 🙏🏻🩷🥹
That boat is amazing!❤
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What a beautiful video... thank you for sharing... in my case my toy was Super Star Ken and I got it back now nyo!
Yay!! 🙌🏻⭐️🩷 Congrats on getting him! What a legend!!
Thanks for amazing video! I ❤ you Arjen. XOXO
Thank you Leda! 🥹🩷
Goddesk…😂 i totally got that reference.
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Awh, this was so sweet! And such a cute idea!
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Love your stories!
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juuuust what i wanted to see! you!!
🥹🩷🙏🏻 aawe!! haha
Loved the video❤thanks for being so sincere and sharing so many personal memories ❤
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This is soooo sweet!
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I remember my WNBA barbie has that exact same problem with it's feet. I ended up giving her Ken's shoes to just change those freaking shoes sheesh!
😅🙈 I KNOW! the selection was just toooo darn little and it was hard to glam her up with those feet 😅
I love your wonderful story arjen😢 😊 it make me feel wonder about how barbie important however my biggest holy grail barbie is Jewel hair mermaid she's meant everything since childhood I remember getting trying to a ariel but they didn't however when I saw jewel hair mermaid barbie i gotta get I remember playing her while taking a bath with pretend she's ariel with her hair flip and I got her so wet 😮 I can't comb or brush her out so good so I had to cut her 😂 I missed that doll so much I will get her soon and keep her good as possible.❤
Oooooh Jewel Hair Mermaid Barbie 🩷⭐️ We ALL loved her! She’s just the ultimate 90s legend!
I still wish I had the Barbie and Baby Chrissy mermaid dolls they released in early 2000.
The entire Mermaidia dolls they released in 2006, including the European exclusive dolls. Alina was the only one I didn’t care for from this series.
The Fairytopia Lumina mini doll playset.
The Azura doll from Fairytopia.
Early Y2K had some awesome quality dolls! That Barbie and Krissy set is legendary!!🥹🩷
i had the ariel singing 17" doll that now it sells for 300$, wish i didnt threw it away
🥲🙈 I know! If we only knew!! 🙃
Quanti ricordi 😢
Possiedi quelle bambole degli anni 90?
🥹🙏🏻🩷 Nope, but i’m working on it to get them !!
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Hi Arjen! Someone thinks YOU'RE the Ken doll from Barbie The Movie "Perfect Day Ken", ain't it adorable? I'm watching the video posted by Life Of Wonders right now, my friend Polo thinks this Ken doll looks more like you than Ryan Gosling. I thought you'd like to know 🤩
Aahhhh meee?! 🥹🩷 ahh just watched his video, that’s the sweetest! Pollo is just an angel and I often listen/look at his videos to calm my head down 🙃😊
@@Barbination yeaaah cool!!! I'm so so glad! If you ever need the opposite 💣💥 I edit like a psycho. I don't always speak but if I do (or sing) it's in Spanish. Thanks Arjen, kisses from Spain! 💋🌴💃🥘
@@PlayfulCrafts whaha!!🤣🩷✌🏻 thanks honey!!