The Rockers are my childhood and is the first Barbie line that read as “Cool” to children. Barbie was rather conservative looking before the Rockers came out. It breaks my heart when those pleather items peel off 😢
Those were fun. I had the pleasure of building Barbie stuff for my baby sister growing up. You are right, a child could never put those together, but older brother loved doing it. :) Building the Dream House was my favorite time.
By far my favorite of the 80's dolls. I had them all at one point and through stupidity lost them. Now I have 2 of the 1st line and am always looking for the rest at a decent price. You and your brother look like you have such fun! Love you guys!
One of the 80s best toy lines! The sets are super fun for sure. Good luck finding the rest! I’m also on the hunt for a couple of them out of box at a good price to go alone with the sets! 🙌🏻😍🔥🔥💗💗
You and your twin are so adorbs💜. My older sister was my best friend and she has passed away - i miss that sibling bond so it lights up my heart when you see it in others!
I can only imagine the time it took and the problems along the way in getting these together. I remember the commercials, but haven't seen the dolls up close and in person. Loving your new room too. As always, well done.
🗣️A huge shout out and thank you for showing us Barbie and the Rockers land! As Barbie and the Rockers #1 fan that stage was worth every second of your 2 1/2 hours building it!! You’re not even a little tempted to take the Rockers out and rock them on that stage?? 🎹🎸🥁 I have Dee Dee coming in the mail on Monday to live in Connecticut with me! Cannot wait until she arrives!! 👏👏
Congrats on Dee Dee! I’m definitely tempted to open them but they just look too good boxed up on the shelf! haha I’ll probably order a couple out of box to play with. lol💗💗
Great content ! I thought I knew about all the structures until this . I didn't know that Barbie & the Rockers had that many . They all look like so much fun ! great props & back drops for a photo session. I liked the Dance Cafe the best ! You guys are great , your segments always feel like a visit ... Thnx for being the best part of UA-cam ! Cheers, Matt
I'm so behind on videos! I just got my Rockers stage and House Party playsets put out for display! Another great video guys!! The House Party playset was a re-release rebranded with the Rockers logo. You can find both the older version and The Rockers re-release online pretty easily. I think the only differences are in the backdrop - the furniture and accessories are pretty much the same. The "Picture" on the wall that wouldn't stick was part of the projection tv unit. In your setup you had the projector on the floor directly beneath it - back in the day you would have the projector set up on the floor in the middle of the room to project the image onto a special screen. I had cousins that had one of these projector TVs in the 80s - they were bulky, and all of the lights had to be out in the room for the picture to look clear. Definitly tech of its time. I seem to remember the playsets coming out near the end of The Rockers popularity. I don't remember seeing the cafe playset back then, so I don't think it was very popular. I was a teenager when all of this came out, but I was actively collecting Barbie at the time. I thought Barbie and the Sensations was a way cooler concept - and more original (not ripping off Jem and the Holograms). I think Barbie and the Rockers are fun nostalgia now, but back then they felt contrived.
To me I always appreciate the add ons that the doll lines have. Generation Girl barbies had the International High school , My Scene barbie had great play sets. The details that go into these environments for Barbie to exist in are so interesting.
these look like so much fun now that you’ve got them unboxed and assembled! worth the effort? i hope so! thanks for showing us these neat pieces from your collection! 😁
Yea the play sets were always expensive to start like a 4pc living room would be almost $30.00 in the mid 90s!!!! But if you waited long enough they’d go down to like $10 we never got a regular priced play set except for Xmas. Every single other play set we got was usually a clearance item. However this usually worked out for us cuz mom would be like “well they’re like $10 you guys can both get 2” (you guys being me and my sister) so we’d make sure to like pick out a whole house cuz our Barbie’s were ours not hers or mine so waiting for the sale usually ended up being so worth it in the long run
Nice! Yeah so many toys eventually wind up on clearance shelves. And Barbie stuff was incredibly expensive in those days compared to today. But such high quality! 💗💗
Wow this video was so neat, I know it was hard for you to open them all but it looks like you both really enjoyed putting them together and they came out really great looking! Hope they are a fun new edition to your cool new doll room. Thanks for creating and sharing your videos!
The parents put together the sets lol…I remember my mom specifically talking about a doll house she and my dad put together for me on Christmas night while us kids were asleep…only to have my younger brother destroy it days later by tearing off all the wallpaper 🤣😭. He also cut off all the hair on my peaches n cream barbie and drew with green marker on my cabbage patch doll when he was little
Oh no! lol some kids are just savage with toys. I was thinking about what a pain Xmas would be for parents who buy their kids these elaborate sets and have to assemble them all. Ugh haha💗
Thanks for build 😅and for all de explanation about the sets! there are amazing! 🎉 I have never seen the back part of the last stage, it was so cute! I love your channel! ❤❤
Hello - Bought the Rockers Stage Set back in around 1997 from a Collector. Can you believe that I still have not opened it? Must get to it soon after this, set it up and place the figures. Thanks for getting us all inspired now - just what we needed. Enjoy your structures ...
Great video, I have the rocking stage and dancing cafe, just missing the rocking house party set. Watching this video made me pull out my sets and take pictures of them with my Barbie and the rockers 😊
I actually own the stage set and have never assembled it because it looked like such a pain in the ass, thank you for saving me the time. Out of the three sets, the house party was definitely my favorite. Also, it’s worth mentioning how iconic Diva and mullet Ken are from this set. Such a fun line! Thanks for posting
Wow, there was actually a lot of thought put into those playsets. Even if it was a pain to build, I did like that the rockin stage was two in one, with the backstage set. Definitely more bang for your buck, back in the 80's. Great video as usual and always enjoy the fun when your brother joins in too.
Always a pleasure to see you both. I noticed that these sets were made by Mattel. The other player in the game was Arco that made a lot of these sets under license. You are right. They are a bit much to put together. And I wonder how a child could have managed! Again, many thanks for another great video!
I have two sets of both the Hot Rockin' Stage and the Dance Cafe, I also have the Hot Rockin' Van and the instruments. And I have a ton of the Rockers dolls, none of which are in boxes. I have all the fashions produced for the dolls as well. I don't have the House Party though, I never saw that before. I certainly would have bought it in the 80s if I saw it for 7 bucks!
So glad to have this video/channel randomly pop on my feed, because that collection room is such a treat for me to see today! 💕 You mentioned about keeping the dolls in the box, though do you have some Rocker dolls out of the box that would be displayed with the sets? Also, do you do anything to the boxes, such as frame them? Thought that would be a fun way to preserve them without taking up too much space nor having to trash them completely.
Thanks so much! Glad you spotted me. I’m planning on getting a couple of out of box dolls to go with the playsets I think. Some boxes, like these I definitely keep, because the playsets can go right back in them. Early 60s Barbie boxes I keep and either store or display with the dolls. Really depends what the box is and if it took much damage. 💗💗
My sister had the Rockin house party when we were kids. I don't recall EVER using the backdrop. I do remember stealing it all to furnish my Dream house (just like yours in the background) that I got for $5 at a garage sale... And stealing her Maxie Mercedes Benz because I thought it looked better with that furniture.
first comment!! I am not quite sure which set is my personal favorite, they are all so great!! perhaps the hot rockin' stage? like the amount of things included and the detail of the stage wow!! even comes with a Record what????? 80s barbies are so good, I like the 90s ones too they just hit differently then barbies today. no comparison. Thank you for opening these for/with us!!! the quality of these held up so good!! the backstage/dressing room area is amazing, thank you for the content!!!
So interesting the Barbie and Jem "war" cause they kind of came out even. Barbie had much better dolls then they put out for Jem. Jem was fine but not Barbie. But on the other hand, Barbie tried putting out a cartoon movie but Jems cartoon was so much better.
The Rockers are my childhood and is the first Barbie line that read as “Cool” to children. Barbie was rather conservative looking before the Rockers came out. It breaks my heart when those pleather items peel off 😢
the most handsome twins on the internet love you guys happy bleated July 4 had that barbie as kid love everything
Haha thank you!! Happy 4th!💗
Fun video!! Dance Cafe is totally my favorite of the three. Thanks for always creating such awesome videos.
Omg thank you so much!! Really appreciate the support! Glad you enjoyed it. I’m with you on the dance cafe. 🙌🏻😍💗💗
They're both handsome! But I got a crush on the one who wore a t-shirt 🤣. Keep it up guys!
Haha why thank you!❤️❤️
Those were fun. I had the pleasure of building Barbie stuff for my baby sister growing up. You are right, a child could never put those together, but older brother loved doing it. :) Building the Dream House was my favorite time.
That’s why I always wanted a sister! lol the only way id have Barbies in the house. 😍🔥
Thanks!
Omg thank you so much!! So generous and very much appreciated!! You’re amazing for all the continued support!💗💗💗💗💗💗
By far my favorite of the 80's dolls. I had them all at one point and through stupidity lost them. Now I have 2 of the 1st line and am always looking for the rest at a decent price. You and your brother look like you have such fun! Love you guys!
One of the 80s best toy lines! The sets are super fun for sure. Good luck finding the rest! I’m also on the hunt for a couple of them out of box at a good price to go alone with the sets! 🙌🏻😍🔥🔥💗💗
This room and playsets are amazing 😮❤😊
Hey thank you so much!! You’re the best!! Really appreciate it. The playsets are a lot of fun. Glad I finally broke into them.💗💗💗💗
Handsome twins. Love it
Aw thank u!💗💗
You and your twin are so adorbs💜. My older sister was my best friend and she has passed away - i miss that sibling bond so it lights up my heart when you see it in others!
So sorry to hear about your sister. ❤️❤️ but happy to know you enjoy the vids. 🫂🫂💗💗
These sets are awesome! Rockin’ House Party is my favorite. As always thank you for sharing your amazing collection with us and can’t wait for more. ❤
Thanks so much! That’s an awesome set. Glad you enjoyed this one!🤘💗
Love you guys 😎❤😎❤️
I can only imagine the time it took and the problems along the way in getting these together. I remember the commercials, but haven't seen the dolls up close and in person. Loving your new room too. As always, well done.
Glad you enjoyed it! The dolls in this line are so fun. And thank you! I’m loving the new room!💗💗
❤ I love those playsets that are like a diorama for Barbie and her friend ❤
Thank you for showing to us.
I'd like so much to play with them 😍
My pleasure!! Happy you’re enjoying the vids!💗💗
I’ve wanted that stage since I was a child, but I’ve never knew about the cafe until now. I love it!
Sweet! Happy I could show you! Really fun sets. 💗💗
🗣️A huge shout out and thank you for showing us Barbie and the Rockers land! As Barbie and the Rockers #1 fan that stage was worth every second of your 2 1/2 hours building it!! You’re not even a little tempted to take the Rockers out and rock them on that stage?? 🎹🎸🥁 I have Dee Dee coming in the mail on Monday to live in Connecticut with me! Cannot wait until she arrives!! 👏👏
Congrats on Dee Dee! I’m definitely tempted to open them but they just look too good boxed up on the shelf! haha I’ll probably order a couple out of box to play with. lol💗💗
I had the ❤🎉tour van😂
@@tiananesbitt7156 very cool
Oh my god!! My brain exploded! I wanted one so bad as a kid! Barbie and the rockers!! 🎉❤
They’re amazing!🤘🤘💗
Thanks for going through the trouble . Great vid !
Happy to do it! Thank u!💗💗
Handsome twins talking about Barbie and the Rockers amazing😚
Haha why thank you!💗💗
So cool to see these sets complete and out of the box! They're ALL definitely on my wish list! 💕💛💫🍓
Right? They’re definitely worth the hunt!💗💗
awwww yeah its a living room party that tends to be the chill area the kitchen at a house party is where the real shizz goes down
Great content ! I thought I knew about all the structures until this . I didn't know that Barbie & the Rockers had that many . They all look like so much fun ! great props & back drops for a photo session. I liked the Dance Cafe the best ! You guys are great , your segments always feel like a visit ... Thnx for being the best part of UA-cam ! Cheers,
Matt
Thanks so much!! I can’t even imagine how much fun I’d have had as a kid with these sets and dolls. 😍 glad you enjoyed this one!💗💗🤘🔥
I'm so behind on videos! I just got my Rockers stage and House Party playsets put out for display! Another great video guys!!
The House Party playset was a re-release rebranded with the Rockers logo. You can find both the older version and The Rockers re-release online pretty easily. I think the only differences are in the backdrop - the furniture and accessories are pretty much the same. The "Picture" on the wall that wouldn't stick was part of the projection tv unit. In your setup you had the projector on the floor directly beneath it - back in the day you would have the projector set up on the floor in the middle of the room to project the image onto a special screen. I had cousins that had one of these projector TVs in the 80s - they were bulky, and all of the lights had to be out in the room for the picture to look clear. Definitly tech of its time.
I seem to remember the playsets coming out near the end of The Rockers popularity. I don't remember seeing the cafe playset back then, so I don't think it was very popular. I was a teenager when all of this came out, but I was actively collecting Barbie at the time. I thought Barbie and the Sensations was a way cooler concept - and more original (not ripping off Jem and the Holograms). I think Barbie and the Rockers are fun nostalgia now, but back then they felt contrived.
Hey from the other side 😊 I'm from Libya and I love vintage barbie dolls
Hey there! They’re the best!💗
To me I always appreciate the add ons that the doll lines have. Generation Girl barbies had the International High school , My Scene barbie had great play sets. The details that go into these environments for Barbie to exist in are so interesting.
Right? Definitely makes me want to open up more play sets. So much fun💗💗
Great! ❤
Glad you like it!💗
these look like so much fun now that you’ve got them unboxed and assembled! worth the effort? i hope so! thanks for showing us these neat pieces from your collection! 😁
Definitely worth the effort! Trying to figure out where I can keep them displayed. lol 💗💗
@@Thedollswitness that’s always the big question with playsets 😆
I absolutely love these videos!
Thanks so much!💗💗
Yea the play sets were always expensive to start like a 4pc living room would be almost $30.00 in the mid 90s!!!! But if you waited long enough they’d go down to like $10 we never got a regular priced play set except for Xmas. Every single other play set we got was usually a clearance item. However this usually worked out for us cuz mom would be like “well they’re like $10 you guys can both get 2” (you guys being me and my sister) so we’d make sure to like pick out a whole house cuz our Barbie’s were ours not hers or mine so waiting for the sale usually ended up being so worth it in the long run
Nice! Yeah so many toys eventually wind up on clearance shelves. And Barbie stuff was incredibly expensive in those days compared to today. But such high quality! 💗💗
I LOVED THIS A LOT NYO!!!
Wow this video was so neat, I know it was hard for you to open them all but it looks like you both really enjoyed putting them together and they came out really great looking! Hope they are a fun new edition to your cool new doll room. Thanks for creating and sharing your videos!
Thanks so much!! I’m glad I opened them. Keeping them in a box you can’t even see through felt like a shame. Happy you enjoyed it!💗💗
The parents put together the sets lol…I remember my mom specifically talking about a doll house she and my dad put together for me on Christmas night while us kids were asleep…only to have my younger brother destroy it days later by tearing off all the wallpaper 🤣😭. He also cut off all the hair on my peaches n cream barbie and drew with green marker on my cabbage patch doll when he was little
Oh no! lol some kids are just savage with toys. I was thinking about what a pain Xmas would be for parents who buy their kids these elaborate sets and have to assemble them all. Ugh haha💗
Thanks for build 😅and for all de explanation about the sets! there are amazing! 🎉 I have never seen the back part of the last stage, it was so cute! I love your channel! ❤❤
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!💗
Hello - Bought the Rockers Stage Set back in around 1997 from a Collector. Can you believe that I still have not opened it? Must get to it soon after this, set it up and place the figures. Thanks for getting us all inspired now - just what we needed. Enjoy your structures ...
Thanks so much! Yeah I’ve had the rockers set for ages and just never got around to it. Totally fun sets 💖
i have seen so crazy ass things at Rockin house parties especially in the bathroom LOL (and maybe i was part of those crazy things too)
Haha I was a kid in the 80s so I missed out on the bathroom fun. lol💗💗
Great video, I have the rocking stage and dancing cafe, just missing the rocking house party set. Watching this video made me pull out my sets and take pictures of them with my Barbie and the rockers 😊
Sweet! Glad you enjoyed it! I think the only missing piece for me would be the tour bus! So much cool stuff in the older lines. 🤘💗💗
@@Thedollswitness Yes! I’ve been looking for that tour bus but so hard to find
I love you both ❤❤❤❤
Back at ya!!💗
love vintage playsets sm just wish I had more space for them, great video!
Thank you! Yeah playsets are awesome but take up so much room. 💗
I actually own the stage set and have never assembled it because it looked like such a pain in the ass, thank you for saving me the time. Out of the three sets, the house party was definitely my favorite. Also, it’s worth mentioning how iconic Diva and mullet Ken are from this set. Such a fun line! Thanks for posting
My pleasure! Such fun sets. Mullet Ken is definitely one of the best! lol
I had all of them i loved dee dee, i was about six or seven im 43 now 😊
Nice! Lucky kid! I turn 40 in about a month, so I was a bit young to remember when they first came out. Such a great line ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm sure all the parents had the same reaction when their kids opened the hot rockin' stage. Lol!
I bet they did! Damn what a chore lol 💗
Wow, there was actually a lot of thought put into those playsets. Even if it was a pain to build, I did like that the rockin stage was two in one, with the backstage set. Definitely more bang for your buck, back in the 80's. Great video as usual and always enjoy the fun when your brother joins in too.
Thank you! They’re definitely more elaborate than I expected. Glad u enjoyed!!💗
Always a pleasure to see you both. I noticed that these sets were made by Mattel. The other player in the game was Arco that made a lot of these sets under license. You are right. They are a bit much to put together. And I wonder how a child could have managed! Again, many thanks for another great video!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! I do have a pool party set and a couple others from arco that are definitely cute. 💗💗
Summer is here time to open or review barbie pools or beach sets
I do have a super cool 70s pool set I should pull out 😎☀️
@@Thedollswitness I have the 1991 barbie pink sparkle I use to put soap bubbles and hot water and the barbies and Ken's really got it on those years
the song... melts my heart
Totally sticks in your head! lol💗
The stage, aka the Barbie Star Trek holodeck ☺️. I actually really like the backstage graphics. Totally cute sets!
haha right? Super cool graphics. Wish it had more furniture for the back but still awesome 💗
these playsets are a lot of fun! thanks for sharing
My pleasure!💗
I have two sets of both the Hot Rockin' Stage and the Dance Cafe, I also have the Hot Rockin' Van and the instruments. And I have a ton of the Rockers dolls, none of which are in boxes. I have all the fashions produced for the dolls as well. I don't have the House Party though, I never saw that before. I certainly would have bought it in the 80s if I saw it for 7 bucks!
Wow nice! I be your collection looks rad! They provided so much fun stuff for the rockers line. Love it 😍 🔥🔥💗💗
Omg these sets are sooooo 80s i love it 💕
Except for the backstage area, it kinda looks like a barn 😅
Haha yeah the backstage could’ve been a bit better with more accessories. Love the sets though. 💗
So glad to have this video/channel randomly pop on my feed, because that collection room is such a treat for me to see today! 💕
You mentioned about keeping the dolls in the box, though do you have some Rocker dolls out of the box that would be displayed with the sets?
Also, do you do anything to the boxes, such as frame them? Thought that would be a fun way to preserve them without taking up too much space nor having to trash them completely.
Thanks so much! Glad you spotted me. I’m planning on getting a couple of out of box dolls to go with the playsets I think. Some boxes, like these I definitely keep, because the playsets can go right back in them. Early 60s Barbie boxes I keep and either store or display with the dolls. Really depends what the box is and if it took much damage. 💗💗
My sister had the Rockin house party when we were kids. I don't recall EVER using the backdrop. I do remember stealing it all to furnish my Dream house (just like yours in the background) that I got for $5 at a garage sale... And stealing her Maxie Mercedes Benz because I thought it looked better with that furniture.
Haha nice! The 79 Dreamhouse is my favorite. And if I’m remembering that car it was a peachy pink color, right? Rad. 🔥
first comment!!
I am not quite sure which set is my personal favorite, they are all so great!!
perhaps the hot rockin' stage? like the amount of things included and the detail of the stage wow!! even comes with a Record what?????
80s barbies are so good, I like the 90s ones too they just hit differently then barbies today. no comparison.
Thank you for opening these for/with us!!! the quality of these held up so good!!
the backstage/dressing room area is amazing, thank you for the content!!!
Thanks so much!! The stage is definitely a must-have if you’re going for rockers playsets. Glad u enjoyed it!💗
amazing as always beautiful men!
Aw thank you!!💗
🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤ paaaaartyyyyy
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Thaaaaaankyoooou
Cute
I get that people love MIB, but I prefer my Barbie boxes open!
I get that! Most of my collection is out of box. I’d go crazy if I couldn’t touch any of them. lol
Dana Deedee 🎤🎶📼
These play sets are cute but they take up to much room.
For sure. Would need a giant collection space.
So interesting the Barbie and Jem "war" cause they kind of came out even. Barbie had much better dolls then they put out for Jem. Jem was fine but not Barbie.
But on the other hand, Barbie tried putting out a cartoon movie but Jems cartoon was so much better.
Exactly! I always saw Barbie as having the better dolls, but Jem having the great source material. Easy to see how they were such heavy competition. 💗
You handsome guys should dress the same - Jk. Great review.
Aw haha thank you. Always creeped me out a bit when twins did that. lol ❤️
You have to find Barbie and Rockers dolls not boxed to display with it
I think I will!💗
i was indy rock barbie with a hawt musician boyfriend just so ya all know Lol
I can see that! You’re painting quite the picture! lol 🤘🤘💗💗
Thanks!
Thank you again for the support!!!! Really appreciate it!! 💗💗💗💗💗💗
@@Thedollswitness I always enjoy your content