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Welcome Friends!

I hope you all have been well! I am in denial that school is ready to start up again and the weather might (unfortunately) be changing. I'm a summer girl for sure. 

 

This post has been a while coming because I was waiting on the delivery of some special items.

First, I had to wait for these peeps to arrive.

My dad teased me with this picture back in mid July. And I could NOT WAIT to get my hands on them! Because.......VINTAGE SKIPPER! So he brought them to me at the end of last month when they came down for a visit.

She is a true vintage, easy to tell by how dirty she is and the hair does not have rooting in the crown of her head (and by the body markings too of course.) And oh my she is in BAD need of a spa day.

Now the question is what to dress her in. I have lots of Vintage Skipper "pieces" like, just the top to Jeepers Creepers and Fancy Pants and didn't feel like dressing her in Masquerade or Platter Party. So I thought this one was cute and it looks perfect on her. Lots of Lace from 1970!

 

She turned out SO CUTE! I love this little dress on her. I even gave her original swimsuit a soak in the Oxy Clean and it turned out really nice too. Not pristine but definitely much better than it was. LOVE HER!

Next was this Ken!

Such a lovely Ken, nice dark hair. The orange vest doesn't really go with the tuxedo, haha!

I searched and searched for this grey tuxedo and found out he is the 1983 Perfume Giving Ken! I do have a Perfume Pretty Barbie somewhere around here. :) Need to get poor Ken a nice tuxedo jacket rather than the OOAK orange vest.

And now, Barbie!

A sport jacket with a long dress. It's funny what kids will dress their dolls in, isn't it?

And that hair. Yes, a spa day will do her some good.

 

As I was taking off her jacket, I saw it had an older Genuine Barbie tag.

A search yielded me that this was the 1983 Twice as Nice Reversible Fashion In and Outfitted! Such a cute outfit. Going for high dollars on eBay so it may be a while before I can get the complete outfit.

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And as I was taking her dress off her (no tags, must be a clone fashion) I saw that she has tan lines!

 

So she is none other than the 1978 Sun Lovin' Malibu Barbie! I also have another NIB.

 

The tan lines are just so so cute so she needed to have an outfit that showed them off! I remembered that Mattel came out recently with some Roxy (by Quiksilver) fashion packs. Some beach wear would be perfect for this lovely. So while I was waiting for those fashion packs to come in the mail, I took her to the spa. This was her quick spa outfit. A fun clone hooded shirt and some pink plaid shorts. Fun lazy outfit.

Since the hair was in a high ponytail for so long, it was still bumpy and showing her rooting holes after a wash and super hot water rinse. So in a momentary lapse of judgement I thought that I would flat iron her hair straight. And I had the flat iron too hot. And you can probably guess what happened next.

Yep. Her hair melted and stuck to my flat iron. I'M SO SORRY BARBIE!!

 

I don't think it's too bad honestly. I can maybe get those ends to smooth down so they don't stick straight up. Gosh I was so mad at myself! Lesson learned.

So the fashion packs came in the mail. I chose this floral outfit first

 

And then this wetsuit second. I knew this one would cover up the tan lines but I liked the colors and the accessories. Also are you loving the reusable fashion packaging? I totally am!

 

So first outfit. I put all the accessories on her.

Definitely shows off the tan lines! I kind of like the floral choker but not sold on it. The sunglasses are okay but the headband doesn't really stay in her hair all that well.

The pineapple purse is definitely cute and I like the bracelet. The beach bag does not open (boo!) but won't stay on her wrist so it won't be used. Pants so cute! The waistband is super small on these pants. I don't see how they would fit on a newer Barbie body or even a curvy doll. They were hard enough to get on this old body style!

 

It came with two necklaces. The other was orange stars. It matches but nah, not doing it for me either.

 

What about the wetsuit?

Yeah, super tight in the bust. And it is kind of giving her a perma wedgie. So we'll have to save this one for the next doll.

I am glad I have another pair of flip flops for those dolls with beach feet. Honestly, they don't look too bad on Malibu Barbie!

 

So I decided to go with the other outfit with minimal accessories. Kept the bracelet and flip flops and she's holding her sunglasses.

Her hair still doesn't lie flat from being in that ponytail all these years so I smoothed it over to the side and used a little of my elastic shaping paste to keep down those singed ends from the flat iron. She's beautiful.

And I did not know this, but Barbie clothes are coming tagged again! Hooray!

 

And one last friend. I saw her at Goodwill and I couldn't pass her up.

 

I saw the purple hair, the totally cute kawaii outfit and the big eyes and I thought for sure she was a Shibajuku Girl doll. But after searching for her online I realized she wasn't a Shibajuku girl but a 2020 Fail Fix doll @Kawaii.Qtee.

Fail Fix dolls are a cute concept but I can see how they can lose their luster after one play through. They have a plastic "face" and you can put their mask on and it snaps in place, remove the first face to reveal the beauty underneath. The hair comes all askew with all their accessories embedded in the hair. You are supposed to help them transform from fail to fabulous. But after their hair is all brushed out and they're all accessorized, what's the point to going back to the "fail" face? Their hair is also FULL of product. I would say almost as much as my Rainbow High doll hair after she came out of the box. Like, Holiday Barbie hard. (MyFroggyStuff on YouTube has a wonderful unboxing video of Fail Fix dolls, check it out!)

So she went to the spa and came out better looking than before.

Her hair is soft and shiny and didn't have any pull out. So pretty!

The character on her dress is eating a blue ice cream cone so I gave her these blue ice cream shoes I had from the Monster High Ice Scream set. They don't fit perfectly but until I can find something else, they will do fine.

 

And that's all for today! Like the outfit on Malibu Barbie? Get any Roxy fashions for your dolls? Have any of the other Fail Fix dolls in your collection? Let me know in the comments!

I have one more post coming up and then at the end of September I have a very exciting post. I almost can't wait for September to get here! I hope you'll all be back for those.

Until then!

A Couple of Newcomers!

Hi Friends and welcome back!

Today we have just a couple of new things to show you today. 

Was anyone into Trolls? I had dozens of troll dolls. The top of my dresser was a magical sea of rainbow hair.

I also happen to have her. She is buried but I'll have to dig her out and take some pictures.

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So my dad picked me up this little guy

A Treasure Troll! This is Spritsy. By Galoob. Anyone remember the manufacturer Galoob? They brought us Micro Machines! A quick google search shows us that Galoob was bought by Hasbro in 1998. 

The back of the box

I did not open the box so I'm guessing the sticker book is still in there. I don't remember getting any special gemstones with my troll dolls.  

And looky at this beauty!

This is the 1981 Sunsational Malibu Skipper. The box is pretty beat up and was taped shut so when I cut the tape she came tumbling out. I thought she was still connected to cardboard!

She came with her terrycloth towel but no mirrored sunglasses. The decal on her swimsuit is still intact. (The dark line on the decal is a thread.)
 

I love the purple and pink. 
 

She has pretty sun streaks in her hair. A little ratty but no biggie.
 

Her towel is a nice size. 
 

And as stated by the side of the box she's got the California look! With that fabulous year-round suntan!
 

This version of the Malibu dolls came with a Barbie, Ken, Christie and P.J.
 

This Skipper will look great with my vintage Sun Set Malibu Sunny Pastels Skipper...

...and my 1979 Sun Lovin' Malibu Barbie!

I better get me a Barbie pool quick so all these beach dolls have a place to hang out!

So friends, anyone still have their Trolls or the Troll Barbie? How about any of the Malibu dolls? Let me know in the comments!

I'll have more fabulousness coming up!

Antique Shop Goodies

Hello readers!

I think I have a case of the blah's. I don't feel like working out, I'm tired. I don't feel like myself. Here's to helping that a night off of working out and doing things might pull me out of this slump. But nothing makes me happier than writing about what I love, Barbies! (My husband makes me the most happy by the way) :)

Remember this cutie that my dad purchased for me?

I mentioned that my dad has a booth at a local antique mall where he lives. He found this doll for me at another vendor booth. What I didn't mention at the time was he also purchased two other dolls at the booth as well.

Doll number 1 - 1998 Strawberry Party Barbie

She is so cute. Look at that adorable strawberry dress and hat!

She has beautiful green eyes but this is not the typical "Barbie" face. She looks identical to my
Easter Bunny Fun Barbie (the one I put in a pretty springtime dress.)

Okay, time for doll number 2 - Pilot Tommy!

Oh my goodness, this is just the cutest! I think it was my mom who found this one and put it in the purchase with the other two. My husband flies planes so this one is especially a favorite of mine! This makes two NRFB Kelly Club dolls in my collection. (The other is little Surfer Lorena).

I have a few Barbie projects that I will be starting soon. Maybe sooner than later so I can get out of this blah stage. Maybe I need a vacation?

Project 1: Stacie needs a MAKEOVER in the worst kind of way!

 

This is Happy Meal Stacie and she has not been touched since I bought her at the thrift store months ago. There are no Stacie (Chelsea) clothes in the store anywhere. I looked at eBay a while ago hoping to find her clothes and the entire Happy Meal Stacie set is really cheap. I don't know, maybe I can find an outfit somewhere or I can make one for her. Anyone know of any doll patterns lying around? If they are for a Skipper I can cut down the pattern and have it fit Stacie. 

Project 2: Remember a while ago I blogged about making matching outfits for myself and then Barbie? Read my matching outfits post. Well, I am almost done making my dress and soon I can start the dress for Barbie. I don't know how it will turn out. My sewing machine skills are less than stellar. I have plenty of spare blonde dolls to showcase my clothing creation though. Here's to hoping it turns out okay!

Until next time!