The Barbie Bubble Gum Shop

I have good news. I am once again among the working folk! I have been unemployed for six months and got offered a job today. Hooray! But this blog will not change! My quest will still continue for thrift store and garage sale dolls that need a good home. But because my income will be a little more substantial, it might mean that once in a while I can buy a brand new Barbie and *gasp* debox her! What fun would that be!

Can you all remember the last time you deboxed a doll? I think mine was either the Jewel Hair Mermaid Teresa or the Bubble Angel Barbie. That was a long time ago!

On to today's post. As I was finding a place to store the R/C Barbie Jeep I have, I ran across this playset.

I did not play with this much because when I got this I was around the age where I was about done with playing with dolls. This was a playset where you mold pieces of bubble gum into different shapes, place them in the bubbles, put a token in the register, press the button and DING! Out comes a bubble gum prize.

Let's open up the box shall we?

On the top we have something that doesn't really belong.

Miscellaneous cardboard shapes from All American Barbie and Camp Barbie, and the instructions for Camp Barbie and Super Talk Barbie.

Oh my, old crusty bubble gum......

Old crusty SPARKLY bubble gum

And apparently they were on closeout!

So these are the molds you use for the gum pieces. Heart...

...horse...

...bear...

...and a Barbie! (with ew, residue. Sorry everyone)

 And there is also a stick gum mold.

And you use this press to squeeze the gum into shapes.

Let's try this shall we? :) (Hygiene note, normally I would disinfect this before I used it but it's mine so I think it's okay ;)

Gum added

And press.

See it? Nope, neither do I. I guess I need to use softer gum!

And because I haven't cleaned out the box since I last played with it, here are some examples of the shapes. Here is a horse.

And here is a Barbie shape.

Oh look! Coupons!

See the expiration date on these? LOL!

So let's see what's in the rest of the box. Well, we have these sticks. Apparently you can put the gum shapes on the end of them and make them into a gum-lollipop.

And the tokens to put into the register. One side says Barbie, the other side is a picture of a doll.

And this is called a deflasher. Not sure why but it's what you use to remove the remaining bubble gum from the edges of the molds.

And apparently you use the tumbler you get to coat the gum in powdered sugar. Would that even taste good?

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And a doll stand! Score! I think this will be staying out to hold one of my dolls on my shelf.

Okay, now for the main unit.

So now that we have identified all the pieces here's how it works. You mold your bubble gum and place them in the plastic bubbles. Then add to the main unit through the door.

It rolls to the bottom.

Then when you put in a token and press the cash register button (or just push the button without the token) you get the gum prize.

Then the tokens are stored below in a little bin.

So since I haven't played with this in such a long time, let's do a little re-enactment! We will use the lovely Caboodles Barbie. She has a sparkly dress and cute hat and she will be our clerk.

Skipper decides to take a trip to the bubble gum stand.

She puts in her token.

And out comes her prize!

Not a bad little playset. I don't have a place for it and it looks so much cuter when it's filled with bubble gum. Maybe I could get some play-doh? I think it could be a really fun play-doh set. When I do get a place I might put it together again.

The Help! If I were to sell this (which I'm not) is it really worth something? Do playsets have a resale value? I don't have many other playsets but I do have the Barbie and the Rockers stage. I've always wondered if they would be worth anything. What do you all think?

~Having bubble gum fun!~

Barbie Makeover

So I spent a lot of time today making over some of the dolls that I got yesterday. Here is the makeover photo shoot!

Remember her? 

She is Corinne from Barbie and the Three Musketeers. I fixed up her hair and put on her skirt.

AND...her skirt doubles as a cape.

But I'm leaving it as a skirt. Much cuter that way.

And the other skirt/cape I posted yesterday belongs to this doll.

She is Aramina also from Barbie and the Three Musketeers. I don't have the original dress so I had to leave the top on her and add the skirt.

She cleaned up nicely, no more ink marks and hearts all over her torso.  In the last post the reason why I thought she was some kind of mermaid doll was because I thought that what was in her hair was a sheashell. Come to find out it was just her mask that was broken off.

Remember the Fashionista doll? 

This is a Swappin' Styles Sweetie doll. And this is her original dress. It's a little dirty but I can wash it later. And fixed her hair of course. :)

I added some fun pink shoes to complete the look.

The before pic of Barbie Loves Buzz.

I added some leggings that were on another doll that I purchased yesterday and some purple pumps.

Also, this is not the original doll. The original does not have anatomical legs and has earrings and longer hair. Her original hair style is a ponytail to the side so I tried that with this doll.

She definitely has longer hair when you look at the original. But this hair is saying "To Infinity and Beyond!" It almost defies gravity doesn't it! 

Not bad for piecing an outfit together.

I was confused about this doll. I figured she might be some kind of beach doll because she has the sunglasses attached to her head.

Andrea informed me that she is a 2010 Glam Jet Barbie! Honestly, never heard of her! Andrea sent me a picture and then I found this picture after 30 minutes of searching. I don't think she is that common.

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Since I don't have the adorable outfit and bag, I dressed her in a swimsuit and sarong ensemble. All while matching the sunglasses!

Next, here is a before picture of the other Fashionistas doll.

She is actually a Wave 2 Sporty Fashionistas doll wearing a Swappin' Styles dress. As I was fixing her hair I saw that she had adorable twisties on each side.

I kept her in the dress and added some purple sneakers. That is as sporty as she will get for now!

I also had this super cute, shy smile, side looking dark haired doll.

She is Raquelle from Barbie A Fairy Secret. In the bunch of clothes I bought yesterday was her original dress minus the fairy wings.

The turquoise pumps match the tulle on her dress.

Lastly, remember I had this very dirty doll.

She is Glitter Beach Barbie and she desperately needed a bath. Here she is, all clean and dressed!

It seems that washing her hair brought back the wave in it. I thought for sure the shampoo and conditioner would wash any curl or wave right out. It must be the synthetic hair.

I re-added her bow. I might take it out though because for some reason her hair looks brighter without it. Her legs still need some work as they are full of dark spots and stains. Think that could be from the glitter that girls sprayed on her?

I also washed this Fashionista head. The pink was a little dingy and then I touched up the black on the bow with a Sharpie. :) Sharpie use #800!

I might work on more of them tomorrow. But today I made 8 dolls pretty again. Not bad for a day's work!

~Makeover fun!~