Barbie is not the only character in the Barbie line to have received collectors edition dolls themed after other media. (I mean, Ken too, but this post isn't about Ken.)
Kelly and Tommy (before Kelly became Chelsea) featured in a variety of tie-ins, including in collections that also featured Barbie and Ken such as the Grease line-up, as well as in collections of their own.
Storybook Favorites, for example, was a line-up featuring Kelly and Tommy as classic children's book and fairy tale characters. I never grew up on Raggedy Ann and Andy and always thought they were just names for a line of dolls themselves, so it was only upon looking it up that I discovered the books came first.
I find the Hansel & Gretel way cuter, personally, but that's just my bias showing.
But besides the four in the Storybook Favorites Collection, there have been others. Some of these actually turn up on the secondary market bundled with Storybook Favorites, and I can see why, because they do look broadly similar in style and theme. For example, Kelly and Tommy as Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
I don't know how I feel about this one, whether it's cute or creepy or somewhere in between.
Or as the cast of Wizard of Oz. This one i am completely unreserved about in my praise. I think these are adorable. 10/10 design aesthetic. I mean, just look at Tommy as the Scarecrow above compared to Ken as the Scarecrow in the Barbie and Ken Wizard of Oz lineups.
Tommy does it better!
~ Featuring Yellows ~
I made a tutorial! Hopefully this is useful to somebody out there. This method would also be useful for modding other “plug connector” heads onto much nicer bodies.
Vintage Skipper and Barbie doll ads! Watch my new vid all about vintage Skipper!
Photo and info credits: barbielistholland.wordpress.com fashion-doll-guide.com dollreference.com modbarbies.com howretro.com adventuresinbarbiecollecting.wordpress.com myvintagebarbies.com en.wikipedia.org ebay.com Pinterest.com
SylvanianStoreKeepers has awesome activities over on there page here This one is Halloween costumes!
New doll diorama is up! I went with the Christmas morning theme again, complete with this year's Target sweater ornaments (they're too cute to be called ugly LOL). Plus this is a great way to display some of my mini toys - almost all of them are from Mini Brands! :D Lots of kids in here, so I'm saying some of the adults are in another part of the house LOL
Ryan got a new popper!
Someone is big into the OMG dolls :D
Nothing says Christmas morning quite like toys and wrapping paper scattered everywhere:
This little one is eager to show off her new toy to her mommy on the couch from her daddy's lap:
We have a Bratz fan!
Can't forget the Disney Princess dolls! We need mini Barbies like those and the Bratz... just saying ;)
Someone couldn't wait to play with his new car:
Toys galore:
Decorations:
The tree has real working lights in three different modes!
Happy holidays, everyone!
Here's a doll room box I made in the late 90s
and then this is from 2004
It's hard to see, but the walls were covered with a gift wrap that had really small pale blue stripes
This room box from 2006 left the foam core plain white
and this is the one that's sitting in a closet storage area right now, with fabric on the walls
bonus:
A Christmas Nativity
♫ “O holy night, the stars are brightly shining, It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth; Long lay the world in sin and error pining, 'Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn;
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices! O night divine! O night when Christ was born. O night, O holy night, O night divine.”♫
Toy Sunday for the theme: Christmas
(Little Pullip and Little Byul dolls)
process of some ice skates I turned into roller skates
happy new year eggz ♡
SHARING HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD OF TOYS, DOLLS, MINIATURES & HAPPY THINGS
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