Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

This month has been busy. But I finally have all the pictures taken of the goodies to show you. But before I get to a larger post, here is a quickie to say Happy Halloween!

My mom got me this beauty for my birthday. 

A generic Barbie with basic articulation but she is cute! And I love the fact that she has a plastic hat. Paperboard broom but that's okay.
 

I love the spider web print on the skirt!

And she has some awesome knee high boots!

 

Larger post with flea market goodies will be up in a few days! Until then, have a fun halloween with family and/or friends!

Barbie Collector Cards

Hi Friends!

Hope you all have been well! I just got over the head cold and now that my son is in preschool, I'm sure I'll be down and out with a lot more in the future. 

When I was home a few weeks ago, my mom picked these up at a garage sale for me. 

Barbie trading cards! Two unopened boxes! 

I have collected cards in the past. Not Barbie cards but basketball cards. I'm not sure how much these are going for secondhand but I do know that some unopened boxes of sports cards from certain years (like Michael Jordan's rookie year for example) can be very pricey. But I'm not like other people. 

So I opened them. :)

And they display just like a standard box of sports cards. With the cardboard cutout. 

The packs are pink and look like this. The titles of the cards are "Celebrating 36 years of Barbie" by the Tempo company.

The cards show dolls from 1959 to 1995. In addition to the standard common cards, there are also cards that form subsets like Sporting Barbie, Swimsuit Barbie, Barbie and Friends, At Home with Barbie and Christmas Barbie. There are also special insert cards like The Beginning, Bride Barbie, Ken & Barbie or Birthday Barbie. Those odds show that I'm guaranteed to get some of these special cards because I have the entire unopened box. 

So on my first pack I opened...busy girl...

...Quick Curl Barbie...

...Tropical Barbie from the Swimsuit subset...

...Solo in the Spotlight...

...City Sophisticate...

...Slumber Party from the At Home with Barbie subset...

...Uptown Chic...

...And the entire cast of Sun Sensation dolls from the Barbie and Friends subset.

Here is a card from the Sporting Barbie subset, Hot Skatin' Barbie. 

Here are some of the special insert cards from the special subsets like "The Beginning." There are 8 and I have all but one. This one is Roman Holiday. 

And this is Barbie-Q!

A Ken and Barbie card. I got all three of these ones. They have pictures on the front and back and they are numbered.

I love these Ken and Barbie ones. 

I even got one of the special bride cards! Unfortunately I got two of the same ones. 

They are individually numbered and have some kind of pop out on them. I couldn't figure out how to pop it up and didn't want to ruin it so I just left it as is. This is a pretty bride doll though!

Then I pulled this card. 

The card reads: Congratulations! You have just made history!! You are one of only 36 people worldwide to have the privilege of redeeming this card to receive the entire Barbie insert collection of the number below. To receive this rare limited collection you must send by "Certified Mail" this card and include a certified $2.35 stamped self addressed DL sized envelope to: Tempo Trading Cards (address). This wild card will be returned punched, with your 20 insert card collection. Number 16 of 36.

I laughed and couldn't believe my luck. This card is over 20 years old and I cannot find Tempo Trading Cards current email or anything anywhere (they are apparently in Australia.) I thought of just sending them a snail mail just to see if they might, still have something or if they have destroyed them all. Not sure but it doesn't hurt to try right? 

And being a former card collector, I do not like saving unopened boxes of cards....for this reason! 

It was so much fun to open these. I got the entire set twice over, now I just need some of my old sports cards pages to display them in. I could even use that binder I got in the Barbie Collectors Club kit. 

So friends, did you collect these cards back in the day? Collect other Barbie cards? (I have the larger cards that came out in 1990.) Let me know in the comments! 

Still working on taking pictures of all the fun goodies I got from my dad so I'll get those up in the next post. Until then!

Happy Haute Couture - October

Greetings!

Welcome to another fabulous doll from the Haute Couture calendar by the master of Haute Couture, Robert Best!

If you missed a month or want to see the glorious dolls we've featured so far, you can get them in the links below!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September

October - Dream Often

Oh my. She is a showstopper. Look at that nightgown.

Presenting, The Ingenue

barbie.mattel.com

WOW! Look at her! Look at the shoes with the little pom-pom. She is so gorgeous! Just a picture of perfection and looks like she is from Old Hollywood. Want.

Here is the excerpt from the Mattel website:

"The storied Tinseltown gets a fresh perspective with the Barbie® Fashion Model Collection, beginning with The Ingenue™ Barbie® doll. Hollywood's newest It girl is equal parts sweet and sassy, dressed in the perfect ensemble for unwinding after a grueling day on set: a chiffon robe and lacy nightie, accented with pale blue ribbon trim. This beautiful starlet even relaxes in style, proving that in Hollywood, the glamour quotient is always high."

What do you think of The Ingenue Barbie? Want her for your very own or have her? Let me know in the comments!

Next up is November 1st!