Why I became an adult DOLL COLLECTOR | My 9 childhood Barbies | 1980 Golden Dream unboxing
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- For Valentine's Day, I unbox the stunning 1980 Golden Dream Barbie and share the other 9 Barbies I loved as a kid and re-acquired as an adult. Featuring a noisy tuxie kitty Walter at the end.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro, Why I became a doll collector as an adult
1:07 "What if" Twilight Zone interlude
1:40 Unboxing the 1980 Golden Dream Barbie
5:27 Curling Golden Dream Barbie's hair
10:50 1976 Ballerina Barbie
11:40 1981 Pink 'n Pretty Barbie
12:28 1979 Beauty Secrets Barbie
14:16 1982 Dream Date Barbie
15:16 1975 Hawaiian Barbie
15:58 1980 Happy Birthday Barbie
16:47 1976 Marie Osmond Barbie
17:57 1978 Kissing Barbie
19:03 1970s Malibu Barbie, wearing the 1959-64 Evening Splendor dress
20:24 My 10 childhood Barbies
20:44 Outro and outtakes
MUSIC
Jazz Mango - Joey Pecoraro
My Style - Mood Maze
Mysterious Strange Things - Yung Logos
Take U Higher - Mood Maze
Disco Street - Andrey Rossi
Zazie - Kevin MacLeod
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During the first lockdown of covid I went up into my attic after watching a youtube video and dug out all my childhood dolls. The video showed me how I could restore them, and make them look new again. I didn't know at that time that this was going to send me down a path of becoming a full time collector ! Im lucky to have 3 older sisters so I ended up with alot of Barbies from different eras. I think I had around 40 Barbies in the attic with all their original clothing and accessories, including any and all card board accessories ! So in 3 years I've managed to collect 724 Barbies! Im definately a bargain shopper, yardsale hunter, and a thrift store queen ! I also buy large lots of Barbie things and resell anything I don't need to recope some of the money spent ! 90s Barbie is my favorite but I do like 60s, 70s and 80s as well. I stop at anything in the 2000s, they don't interest me much. Well aside from the made to move dolls, they are great for restyles.
The COVID lockdown is when I started too. I pretty much lived on Shelly's channel, @AThousandSplendidDolls. It's so cool that you still had all your childhood Barbies. *Drool!* I love that you're a thrift store queen. That's my husband's department. He's there nearly every day. We've found some great dolls that way, but it's been slim pickings for a while!
This was so much fun and nostalgic to the max ❤❤❤
I believe are we around 10 years apart. So it is amazing to see what dolls you grew up with. My childhood dolls were all 90s Barbies. And I follow some collectors that are even around 10 years younger than me and it's so fun to know what dolls and toys they had.
Loved the stories you told corresponding to the dolls🥺💗 And congrats to adding this absolutely stunning Golden Dream Barbie.💛💖💛
Aw thank you! There are so many great 90s Barbies too. I didn’t realize that til I started collecting. I love how everyone who grew up w them has such great memories, no matter what the era. 🥰
All of these Barbies are such ICONS the story of your mom surprising you made me tear up I had a single mom too and I was one with my oldest nothing compares to a mothers love ❤ Happy Valentine's Day ❤
Awww I love that! And 'icon' is the perfect word for these Barbies! Happy Valentine's Day to you! 🥰💝
Very excited for you 🎉 It’s very heart warming to see people get excited about things from their childhood, and cherish the nostalgia ❤️
Thank you! Allowing ourselves childhood glee as adults is so much fun🤩
I have most of my childhood dolls left ❤😊 and I am Happy for it
That's wonderful! 🥰
I still have almost all my childhood barbies and am never giving them away! I love them so much, mine were mostly hannah Montana barbies and others that just look like original barbie in the 2000's. I feel like I missed out on the 80's barbies because I wasn't born yet, so I'm slowly collecting them!
That's so wonderful that you still have your childhood dolls and that they've always stayed close to your heart. 💓
Beauty secrets is my all time favorite. Still have mine from childhood❤
Definitely Top 5 for me! I love that you still have yours from childhood. Hey, question for you: Does yours have platinum blonde hair or honey blonde hair like mine does? I could've sworn my childhood one was platinum, but the one I have now is honey. Hmm...
@kadawalden definitely honey blonde but I feel like I saw a video that said there were platinums too. Maybe made in a different country than the honey blondes?
I loved this video :)
As a child I had a Fun to Dress Barbie from 1987, I still have her, her hair is totally destroyed :D
However, my dream doll has always been the Day to Night Barbie, so when I started collecting dolls as an adult, she was the number one on my list. My husband bought her for me and he's been buying dolls for me for years now although I could do that by myself, simply because at some point it became a tradition, he buys them for me as gifts and I even appreciate more the dolls that my husband bought for me than the ones that I bought myself. I've been collecting for quite a long time now, so I remember many Barbies from my childhood but I also have great memories from the period of time when I was already an adult collector. Dream Date Barbie is also one of my favourites. I remember exactly the moment my husband announced that he had just ordered her for me. It was a surprise :)
Yay, I'm so glad you get it! The Day to Night Barbie is a classic! It is sooo sweet that your husband gets them for you. Mine does too! Since I began collecting 4 years ago, he's totally into the hunt with me, and he loves to surprise me with them like yours does. 😍 When you're a collector, you're easy to shop for. 😁 Thanks for being here! 🥰🤗
Oh she is really a Golden dream! They all look fabulous. Poor kissing Barbie 💋 She must have kissed far too many people! 😘
Haha! Agreed!
I have most of my childhood dolls. I had a Quick Curl Barbie that I don't know what happened to, she just disappeared. Funny, I recently found her while thrifting a few months ago, so my childhood collection is complete. I only had a few Barbies growing up Quick Curl Barbie, Beauty Secrets Barbie, The Kissing Barbie, Malibu Barbie, Ken and Skipper, the PJ with the tan lines and the Super-Sized Superstar Barbie. I have so many more now, as a doll hunter. My thrift store has been pretty good for vintage Mattel dolls. Recently I'm seeing more and more Rainbow High and LOL doll and current Fashionistas. So, I dig through those bags looking for a treasure. Many years ago, I was at a thrift store, and I saw a little girl in line with a Dream Date Barbie wearing the Dream Date PJ's outfit. I was holding the Dream Date PJ who was wearing the Barbie outfit. I was thinking will the mother think I was crazy to ask if we could swap doll clothes. In the end I just bought the doll in the wrong outfit. 😋
Wow, what an interesting story about seeing Barbie & PJ in reversed outfits at the thrift store. I SO would've wanted to say something, but I probably wouldn't have either. We can tell ourselves that the little girl preferred the blue color of PJ's Dream Date dress, so she wouldn't have wanted to trade anyway. 😄 I too used to get lucky with vintage dolls at the thrift store but yep, I'm seeing way more RH and LOL now too. Monster High is sure absent these days though! Thanks for sharing your experience, I love that! 🥰
Hi Kada you can get sharpie stains out by going over the stain with a dry erase marker usually it wipes right off sometimes needs a repeat. Always works for me.
Awesome tip, I’ll give that a try. Thank you!
I’m such a softie I cried when I saw you holding her in the box oh boy the nostalgia. I’m still wracking my memories about my childhood and Barbie. I either had one and for the life of me I can’t remember which one even though I’ve searched the archives or possibly I made that up and wasn’t allowed one
Maybe you’ll have a Twilight Zone moment too and it’ll appear on someone’s page and it’ll hit you like, ‘That’s it!’ I wish that upon you. 🪄✨💕
@@kadawalden yes I hope so ❤️
Love your vintage Barbies video's so much ! And happy Valentine's day! Sophia MARIA 😊❤💜💞💖
Thank you, and happy Valentine's Day to you too, Sophia Maria
I started collecting Barbies for the same reason as you! I’m also trying to acquire all my missing childhood Barbies. Still on the hunt for Growing Up Skipper and Quick Curl Barbie…at a decent price and condition 😏. I’m older than you so my last Barbie was your first, Ballerina Barbie! And I still have her! …minus the crown so there’s a hole in her head! Your Golden Barbie is gorgeous as is all the Barbies you shared with us today. Fun video! 😊 thanks!
I love that you understand! Quick Curl Barbie is so beautiful, I love that face mold. The thrill of the hunt is kind of enjoyable, isn't it. Good luck in your searches! 😍
My first were late 70s Sun Lovin Barbie and Ken then Fashion Photo Barbie with her stage/case. Then 1980 My First Barbie as she was easier for me to dress. But my favorite was a three pack of dolls called Barbie and Friends w/ Pj, Ken and Barbie. I still have the Pj doll and her striped tank dress that I used with my McDonalds playset in '82.
Ooh, that McDs playset is so cool. Neat that you still have PJ after all these years!
Such a nice collection. Im glad you have your childhood dolls again. I got Fashion Photo PJ for christmas 1978. I did get her again and also have the repro. My grandmother also got me Marie Osmond and Superstar Barbie when i was a kid. I also had the bionic woman and cher. My childhood items that i dont have are cher and the country camper.
Oh my gosh that’s such a gorgeous PJ. I’m so glad you got her again. I love those campers. I had the Star Traveler motor home and it was my fave toy. I have it again, will do a video on that sometime. 😄
@@kadawalden Oh man, i look forward to your video on the motor home. That thing was so big lol. When i was a kid i put a lot of miles on my country camper. It was so fun. I like the picture of the owl inside. That was so big in the 70’s.
@@kimmi6151 Yes, the owl! Lol - You put a lot of miles on yours. 🤣🤣🤣
WOW I have never seen a Golden Dream in that brilliant condition! Shining gorgeous! Your sweet kitty at the end made me laugh, I love how you sang Beyonce to him 🤣😹💛. Always a fun video Kada!
You're the best at noticing those little subtleties, Bugsy! 👏🤗❣
Such a fun video! I'm so happy for you, you're almost done with your childhood collection. I've loved Barbie since I was 5 years old. I'd ask for a Barbie for every birthday and Christmas. I would always get baby dolls and the Sunshine Family. Much later in my childhood I finally got a Barbie! As a kid I had, Beauty Secrets, Ballerina (the same one you have), Twirly Curls, Pretty Changes, Day To Night, Crystal, Birthday (the same one you have), Winking Western and I had one Ken, 1980 Sport & Shave Ken. I also had 3 pets. Dallas, Fluff and Beauty. I foolishly gave them all away when I was a teenager. I never stopped liking Barbie. I started thinking about them again after my second child. So, I started the long process of buying them all again. Last Christmas my sister gifted me the last Barbie I needed to finish my childhood collection! It was the Ballerina Barbie. I cried I was so excited! I have finally, in 2023 finished my childhood Barbie collection! Complete with the three pets I had as well. I never had a Barbie doll house, however I always wanted one. My sister had one. I have happily added the 1978 Barbie Townhouse to my collection. The house was my first acquisition. The dolls and pets came after. I spent hours playing with Barbie's! With friends and by myself. I'm a Barbie girl for life! Have to click the subscribe button! I saw in the comments, you watch "A Thousand Splendid Dolls". So do I. I love their videos! I also bought the Sunshine family again just cuz.
I love everything about this! Sounds like we had many of the same things! Except you had the townhouse, drool! My childhood friend had it - I finally got it as an adult. I did have the Star Traveler and the Dream Pool. Loved! I’m so glad you can relate! And welcome, I’m happy you’re here, sharing this experience with me 🥰🤗
@@kadawaldenI didn't have the Star Traveler or a pool. Those would be fun to see! My sister had the townhouse and she got rid of it. It was my first Barbie purchase as an adult collector. I'm up to 4 large Barbie houses. Had to stop getting those as I ran out of space.😊
@@kadawaldenthank you for the warm welcome!!❤
Hi Kada, I just love your personality and your childlike wonder. You are a girl after my own heart! I too have been trying to recapture my childhood Barbies. I was born in 69 so I bet you and I played with the same dolls. So far I’ve repurchased reproduction Superstar Barbie and Christie, Golden Dreams Barbie (although she’s not as nice as yours) Supersize Barbie, Hispanic Barbie and Black Barbie. I’m still on the hunt for Pretty in pink.
Thank you! I do believe we would’ve played Barbies together. 🥰 It’s so great that you’re repurchasing yours too. You get me. ☺️
You’re the cutest! Love love this video and your energy 💕✨🫶🏾😘
Thank you so much 🤗
Great video! I have recollected all my childhood Barbies and then some. My current favorite is the roller skating Barbie from 1980. I was absolutely obsessed with that doll as a kid. I’d really like to get dream date at some point.
Super cool that you also re-acquired your childhood Barbies. I can't believe I don't remember 1980 Roller Skating Barbie - seems like I would've been obsessed with her too! 😄
As you may already know the arm "gloves " were made of both the solid gold and sheer fabrics .
5:59 Real Copper strands in her hair.
When i got my 1st Beauty Secrets doll i was like OK her secret is, she has No shoulders so she can't wear everything but still love her .
20:11 the dress was also sold without the coat N hat and that was called Golden Girl .
yeah, that doll had a head switch .
Love all that trivia! Thanks for your expertise 🤩🏆
Lovely nostalgic video of dolls I remember from my childhood too 😃! That was so sweet of your mom to buy her for you 👍 my mom was a single mom also back then & we lived on welfare so you can imagine we didn't have much money either 😔 I have Donny Osmond which I remember buying with my own money back in 1982 because he was on clearance for $2 😂 I had dream date PJ & absolutely adored her along with superstar Barbie which I now have as the Repro doll 😍 I never had a Malibu Barbie 🤔 One of my cousins was lucky & she had all the Barbies including the dream house, etc. I think it was seeing your ballerina that reminded me that I had her as a child & wanted to rebuy her so I recently found one in good shape for a good deal & she's on her way 😎
Ooh I can't wait to see your Ballerina Barbie, if you do a vid. She's always meant the most to me. I'm surprised to learn so many people had Dream Date PJ. I had Dream Date Barbie, and I didn't know anything about DDPJ until just a year ago! I have her now, nekkid. Needs her blue dress. So glad you can relate to all this! 🥰🤗
@@kadawalden Yes I will totally make a vid about her 👍🏼Not only can I totally relate, but I think we’re close in age 😃 I was born in 70 so I was six years old when the ballerina came out but I don’t think I got her till I was like seven or a little older not sure 😆
@@MomLuvs2Collect Gen-X all the way, sister! 😍
@@kadawalden 😘🫶🏼
@@kadawalden She arrived today & she is in such wonderful shape especially 😃 I can’t wait to make a video about her hopefully real soon 🤞🏼
Fabulous collection ❤ love them all but gotta say kitty stole the show for me 😂😂 and your Beyonce rendition 😂😂
Ha! I love that you noticed! 😻
@@kadawalden 😂😂
I can’t recall if I had Beauty Secrets Barbie or Kissing Barbie . Maybe the latter. It was during the same time I had Beauty!
Same year, I believe. Both great! Love that you had them too 😍
Me too! I have always collected since childhood but my ballerina doll did not make it with me into adulthood so when I started really getting into college ting again ballerina is the first one I ordered on ebay.
Yes! We understand each other.🥰
Great video! I had jewel secrets, magic moves, peaches and cream, crystal, pink jubilee, and some of the rockers. Def actively trying to reacquire them. Seem to find everything but them tho, but finding amazing dolls along the way.
My little sister had those. Now I’m nostalgic for those too. 😍
I actually found her at a thrift store on the wrong body and she was $0.45. I switched her head to the right body and she looks great! No outfit but her hair still curls which is really cool!
Incredible find! 🤩
@@kadawaldenalso, I have all of my childhood Barbies because my mom saved them for me ❤. We have dolls from pretty much the same era but mine are a little later (80-90). I recently unboxed them and have started cleaning them and sprucing them back up. Man I loved Barbie's as a little girl and I still do. 🩷
@@janealae Aww that’s a good mom ☺️
Beautiful Barbie doll! Sophia MARIA aria! Also Get a💌bowling Barbie doll in Mali soon! 😇💝
I love the Bowling Barbie! She's lovely! Congrats! 💕
@@kadawalden I also have a 1900s Avon Barbie doll from the 90s my baby sister got for me for my birthday ! From Lucky rabbit! Consignment shop ! Sophia MARIA
@@houstonnettles8504 The Avon Barbies are wonderful!
@@kadawalden thanks Again
I got one from a thrift store and her hair is fine. I even washed it with dishwashing liquid iirc.
Great find! 🤩
@lden It's honestly as good as I remember my original one was. I like how much easier to style it is than regular hair but I also remember being underwhelmed at the curling feature.
: )
I do have my original golden dream barbie, I do have my original kissing barbie. I also have two of the super fashion fireworks packs with both barbies. I am missing the ballerina barbie my brother threw her into a fly paper strip and my sister tried helping me out by cutting her out. I have no idea what happened to my birthday barbie but your right mullet city, just a side note I do have Mego Farrah Fawcett with a mullet as well. I did miss out on Dream date and I was so jealous of anyone who had that line. The other line that I had that you didn't bring up is the Western barbie and Ken. I get that because western barbie's winking eye never lasted more than a year if you played with her. As far as getting the sharpie out of kissing barbie use zit cream with 10% benzoyl peroxide and a sunny day (trust me on this) put it on her lips put her in the sun repeat till sharpie is gone . Thank you for being you.
Omg we would’ve been friendsies, with the same Barbies! I love that you still have many of yours. I LOLd about Ballerina in the fly paper. 🤣 Must’ve been devastating though. I actually did have Western Barbie but yes, the wonky eye always bugged so I quietly had no interest in reacquiring her, the poor girl. 😉 Thanks for the benzoyl peroxide tip! 🙏🥰
i might have that one i have a ton ,i forget
Nice! 🤩
Greetings from Puerto Rico, i love your'e collection and your'e video ,maybe you can try to remove the sharpie with 70% alcohol 😊
Thank you! I’ll try your tip. 🤗🙏