A Guide To (Barbie) Doll Collecting! 📖✨
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Barbie, Rainbow High, LOL Surprise, Licca, BJD, Sindy, Integrity Toys or Pullip... It doesn't matter what kind of doll you collect, if you love dolls, then THIS video is for YOU! 💖
Hello fellow Doll / Toy Lovers and Collectors!
Today I wanna take you through a doll collecting guide with tips and tricks on how to collect. Don't hesitate to comment down below if you missed any good tips! And from one doll collector to another: GIRL, sit down because we have some collecting to discuss! ☕🧸🤍
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📚✨ -- CHAPTERS -- ✨📚
00:00 Intro
02:40 Today's Topics
05:07 Why Do We Collect?
14:32 How To Start / Terminology
18:58 Where to Find Vintage Dolls & Pricing
23:42 Storage
27:05 Have Fun & Share te Love!
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This video came out at just the right time for me. At 55 I have decided I want to collect Barbie as I couldn't as a kid. I remember when I was 9 my Dad let me buy a toy and I picked out the 1977 Super Star Barbie( I just l found out this what she was called). He tried to talk me out of it , but I got it. I remember the shame he felt in buying that for me and it caused me to give it to a little girl I was friends with. So I have decided to find me a Super Star Barbie to start my collection. Thank you for the info and this video!
🙌🏻🩷 that’s so exciting!!
As a doll collector myself I find most collectors fall into certain categories. For example I find that people who collect mostly THRIFTED dolls are usually attracted to the artistic and creative side of doll collecting. Restoring the dolls has a calming effect and releaves anxiety. People that collect mostly VINTAGE, especially dolls from their childhood, are usually seeking the security and comfort of a simpler happier time in their life. Those who collect to COMPLETION, who need to have every doll of every series ....are usually resellers, in it for financial and monetary reasons, than actual love of the dolls. And then you have those people who collect in EXCESS. Who just buy and buy, and buy, until their whole house is filled. These people are usually doing it out of loneliness. The huge excess acts almost like a filler of the empty emotional space around them. And of course, these categories can overlap. I myself, collect new dolls, vintage dolls, and do some thrifting. Whatever you collect, as long as it comforts you or fills you with happiness, that's all that matters.🧡 Great topic Arjan!
Not sure your assessment is true in all cases, like you said there’s overlap. Or different reasons, too. But OOF don’t come at me with the loneliness bit…that’s me and I don’t like it 🤣 my house is not full to the brim with dolls, however. Not yet, anyway… 🧐
Called out on the loneliness but 😢 my house has too many dolls and doll houses and I don’t have enough friends in my new city 😢
I can agree with this! I started with collecting 1980s toys from my childhood and of course had to have some Barbies! Really got into them and now I love (some) modern dolls too. I find restoring thrifted dolls or even restyling newer dolls extremely therapeutic.
Absolutely true! It’s the love and joy that connects al of us collectors to one another 🩷🙏🏻✨ Thanks for sharing this interesting take on collector personalities!
Some interesting points. I know I like to be kind to the thrifted ones through giving them a loving home and of course I love thrifted bags of clothes. I have grabbed the vintage one I remembered the most from childhood and am having a fun time feeling safe but also being creative with purchased outfits I’m building.
Hi, Arjen- I love to collect Barbie dolls, but I always limit myself to only 100 (for many reasons). Storing the dolls, cleaning the dust from the dolls hair, and keeping the dolls looking clean and new is very important to me. I have been collecting 40+ years. I also like to build my own Barbie houses, but I limit myself to only 15 houses due to storage in my "Barbie room". I enjoy watching your show and My Froggy Stuff. "Playing" with my Barbies and Kens by dressing them and building them a new house is very comforting to me. I have friends who collect Barbies. We are all in the 70 year old age group. We are happy women who enjoy our Barbies. I enjoy all your videos, my friend. Be blessed.
I chose to resume a small, limited collection of dolls because I am alone and disabled and wanted to have some beauty to add to my environment. I decided to be discriminating. It’s difficult to do but makes me feel more in control of the collection. Yes, my world is not safe and is often chaotic because of my health issues. When I sit down with a doll to restyle her/his hair or change the clothing, I feel useful and at peace. I can see how your dolls enhance your life in a positive way. You choose what makes you feel pleased and don’t just add a doll without consideration. This was a wonderful and informative video. Thank you for being so open and honest with us. So pleased to be a part of the doll collecting community with you! 👍🏻💖🌹💖👍🏻
🥰🩷 Thank you for sharing Carol, and the safety we create is a beautiful and peaceful thing we cherish every day! 🙏🏻🩷
You make some really good observations and identify some great pointers! I was a raging alcoholic for over a decade. I started collecting after I quit drinking, It really helped feel the void left without booze. It brought me a lot of comfort, my first time opening a doll from my childhood that I bought of Ebay I got the most joyous nostagic feeling. I do try not to let my collecting get out of control (addictive personality) but it is hard when there is so many beautiful dolls out there.
Oh wow! 🩷 so proud of you! ✨ And we all have to keep our collecting in control I feel, especially today when there’s SO many stuff coming out from every angle 😯
Your videos bring such joy to this often scary and unsure world around us. Whatever you are talking about you are always so happy and friendly and a ray of sunshine. Thank you for another lovely video and yes I totally relate to all you said about the reasons behind toy collecting. 🥰
🙏🏻🩷✨ Thank you so much darling!
Hello from Connecticut, USA I am 53 years old and recently have begun recollecting The Barbies I played with and cherished as a lil kid. The time period that I played and hung out with Barbie and all her pals was from the late 70s through the early 80s. I have a particular fondness for the superstar era 💖. The only rule I have for recollecting as an adult is that they MUST be out of the box only!!!!! I want to get my hands on them and really experience the joy of them to the fullest. In the 90s I started collecting only the NRFB Barbies and not only did I run out of room but I got bored. Now, enjoying the dolls on the stands in my room is my jam! I totally agree with you on the “safe familiar space” that these dolls bring. When life gets hard it’s a place where I can go and “forget” for awhile. Before I go, have you ever heard of the naturalista line? It’s a black owned brand that makes the most gorgeous dolls with the most beautiful realistic hair. They are so lovely! 🌹
I enjoyed this video very much! I used to feel weird telling people about my collection of dolls. I guess it was fear of being judged. I often wish I had a good friend who shares my passion for dolls. Sadly, I do not. I love to watch doll hunting videos and videos about dolls. I collect Barbies, Monster High, Mermaid dolls, reborn baby dolls and Rainbow High. Basically, I collect dolls that I fall in love with! I often wonder about the “why” and what in my brain has made me love dolls so much. Especially when so many people say that dolls are “creepy”. I do not think that! I love to dress them up, play with their hair and take photos of them. Thank you so much for helping me to see that it’s OK to love my dolls! Who cares what other people think! If it helps me to be happy and “cope” with everything in life! I still wish I had a “dolly loving bestie” though!
I know.. Sadly I still sometimes feel that way and fear of being judged.. But luckily most people turn out to be very positive and supporting about it !
Thanks for sharing dear! 🩷🙏🏻✨
Barbie was my first dolly love. I've been collecting her off and on since I was a kid and I so wish I still had some of my early dolls. Someday I will replace some of them. I started collecting her again when my girls grew up and moved out. I love the Asian dolls because they look like my girls. Now I collect Barbie(of course), Rainbow/Shadow High, Monster High, and some OMG. I have to be mindful of how much I collect because of both budget (I'm a teacher 😂) and space (I have to have my collection in my bedroom because I live with other people. Fortunately my room is decent sized). I go for the lines (Barbie Extra and Looks for Barbie) and specific dolls that I really love and don't try to get every single doll from every doll line. I get why some people are completionists but it just isn't practical for me. And Arjen, thank you for being part of my safe space for collecting. My family isn't negative about it but, other than my youngest daughter, they don't really get it either. I do consider you my doll collecting friend and I just think you are so fun! ❤ ya! (Sorry for the rambling 😂)
whaha aahhh 🥹🩷🙌🏻 Yay! well thanks for sharing sweetie, it’s nice to know we’re not alone and so many of us struggle with many things in life so it’s just nice to celebrate our love for that doll joy in life 🥰🙌🏻
Arjen, you covered all of the bases in this video. Being a Barbie Collector for over 50 plus years, I am truly running out of space. I used to have a Barbie Room, but since I have downsized where I live, I now only have my large 1 bedroom which has turned into a Barbie Museum. I have wall to wall shelving, NRFB Barbies everywhere, my loose Barbies from when I was a child, and my daughters from when she was a child. I had a Birthday and received another 6 Barbies, 2 Barbie coloring books, a box of pastels, 3 surprise open packs of Tattoos of Barbie Stamps, and so much more. I am truly blessed. Thank you for doing this video and mentioning scalpers. I feel they take away the Barbies from us instead of doing good for us. Thank you so very much for this wonderful insight into collecting!
Thank you! More love to you dear. I have my own personal story and thank you for sharing your story. ❤ one piece of advice I can provide is to catalog your collection. It helps tremendously to so you know what, where, who and why. Keep your proof of purchase in the event of an unexpected event. Storage rooms that are climate controlled are best especially if you are traveling. Collect what you love 💗 Take care of yourself and your dolls.
Thanks for sharing sweetheart! ✌🏻🩷✨
Oh wow! The Conceptual Circle of Magic to ward of chaos really hit home for me! I've never really thought about it before, but the way I "play" with dolls (mostly redressing, restyling or restoring) is very meditative for me. I don't watch TV or use social media or even listen to the radio when I do it, it's one of the few times I completely allow myself to cocoon in my own little world and outside worries are shut out.
I've genuinely never thought about that before.
Thank you for another very insightful video!
(Also I'm still not over how perfectly you always match your eyes with your outfits. Set phasors to stun.)
aahhhh SWEETIE, i’m honored to be one of the things you do watch when tuning into the social media spectrum 😅🩷
I had a very rough childhood and my getaway was my Babies. Just started collecting again at the age of 50 years old. I have Depression Anxiety PTSD so this HELPS me so much to deal with my problems.
🥹🩷 Dolls keep us sane lemme tell ya! Glad you’ve found your peace with Barbie!! 🩷🩷
I never ask myself why I collect..there are a lot of reasons. But I never found one answer if I ask "why not". Why not sharing my life with things, that I am in love with. Great video. Thank you, Arjen!🌹
WHY NOT INDEED 😄🩷
If you love it, DO IT
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Loved this video! Having to deal with an aging parent who is in hospital and a teenage daughter who is on the autism spectrum, I can totally relate to wanting a safe space with my dolls. They bring me so much comfort when I am going through difficult times.
I too am taking care of aging parents. It isn’t easy - I can’t imagine having a child too. Nice to know my escapism isn’t just me. Wish you well!!
I’m just so happy and relieved for you that you also have THAT same space of safety because it must be challenging at times for you 🥹🙏🏻🩷✨
Loved this video and the licca doll shout out! Magic circle to ward off chaos really hit home for me, too. I started collecting during the chaos following the 2016 US election and it really comforted me during the pandemic and when I lost my grandmother to covid.
I love connecting with the lovely people of the doll community by watching videos like yours and posting on social media. It feels like we’re all friends. ❤
Love licca too!!!!!
I’m so sorry to hear you head to go through all that so i’m happy you have that magic circle! 🥹🩷🙏🏻✨
Thanks for sharing this sweetie!
Very nice video for people interested in collecting. As someone who is nearing 60 and has had Barbie’s for most of my life, I just collect what I like. Unfortunately for my wallet, I have liked a lot lately: the movie Barbie’s, Monster High 3G, Rainbow High. Goodness, there are so many dolls to collect. I have never really had a space. But since my children are grown and I’m a grandma now, We are turning in one of the spare bedrooms into a doll room. I don’t have anyone in my life that really shares doll collecting either. Finding a community on Instagram and You Tube has been great. My grand daughter and I have even started our own You Tube channel!
Oh that’s so exciting! 🩷 not only getting to fill a whole room with dolly lovelyness but also starting the love on youtube 🙏🏻🩷✨ Thanks for sharing Susan! ^^
Dear Arjen, you are a joy and most definitely pulled at my heart strings with this one! The whole 'hunt' thing, really was a 'Eureka' moment - many times, I would get a much loved doll home and within minutes, be looking for that next one! Well, as they say, humans are a 'collector' species, so we are just aligning with our natural inclination! 😉
My journey into doll collecting as an adult started in 2008 (I'm now 49), and had not had a doll since my mum, without meaning to, embarrassed me at 13 into not collecting dolls anymore. I had saved my pocket money to buy Jem from Jem and the Holograms, and she basically just said rhetorically one day, 'Aren't you too old to be playing with dolls'. I still remember that sense of humiliation - the dolls went away soon after that. Skip to 2008, I was looking for puppets like in the film 'Being John Malkovich', and came across a Dollshe Saint doll instead - that was my very first introduction to bjd's and the rest is history! BJD's, Pullip, Blythe, Ever After High, Monster High, Barbie, Sindy, so many have come and gone, but never forgotten!
I never used to like seeing dolls in boxes, (the poor dolls were suffocating!), but now I can see them as no different to 3D pieces of wall art, if you will and that's great - perspectives are not absolutes and can morph and shift all the time!^^ I'm hoping to collect some vintage Barbies too, which reminds me, somewhat painfully, that me, my sister and cousins were gifted some actual Barbie's from the 60's by my aunts when we were kids, but of course we didn't appreciate them, we just thought they were 'old dolls', (like duh) 😋 So basically, they were destroyed. I was watching Trixie Mattel today, and it made me think of how much dolls are like social-diarists for the times in plastic. lol If I see a 'Pink & Pretty Barbie (1981), my heart skips a beat as I had her as a child - I just remember how special and luxurious I thought her outfit was. Peaches & Cream Barbie was/is much coveted by me also for that nostalgia hit.
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Even though we are lone in our doll collecting, Arjen, I hope you know you are not alone in doll collecting (if that makes sense). We see you, we are here for you. I've said it before, but thank you for doing what you do here on UA-cam - dolls are so incredibly therapeutic and even just watching content like yours, makes the day seem a little brighter.
Best wishes and big hugs! xx P.S. Sorry for the thesis! 😅🥰💛
Hey Arjen!💜 since I’m a Bratz collector it’s not too many items in stores, but online… I’m always searching and I gotta say, the search is the most fun! Dolls are so amazing because they can take us back in time, get us through hardships and allow us to express ourselves creatively. They are truly a treasure💜
Absolutely! 🩷 the thrill of finding that missing doll or highly wanted doll 🙏🏻✨
I’m so sorry you were bullied. Me too. I mostly used books and imaginative play outside at the time, but I find I’m very comforted by dolls and toys now as an adult.
I feel so happy to have grabbed Pet Pal Courtney again, which is the one I really remembered from childhood. My cousin and I are obsessed with the Descendants movies so we’ve been collecting those Hasbro dolls and outfits together too. She just bought me my first Ken, the gorgeous BMR1959 with the makeup and green hair and I’m obsessed with him.
Haven’t been able to move much between some health things and dressing dolls is a very nice self-soothing thing to do that doesn’t require me to lift anything heavy or to walk much.
🥹🩷🙏🏻 I’m glad you found your peace with dolls and sorry to hear about your health… 🩷
Childhood dolls are just the best! They have that valuable piece of healing magic for some reason right? 😌🩷
@@Barbination They really do! I feel like being able to love and take care of them is very positive and healing. You do so much taking care of them when you give them their makeovers with your mini. It makes the videos have such a chill vibe.
🤔 They say being cruel emotionally can cause for instance your children or partner to get sick physically. Maybe the positivity and care being put out to another (even a doll) like this does actually heal. 🩷🩹🩺
Thank you so much for your channel. There is a rush of happiness just to see my dolls each day. Lately, I have been into Barbie but I have many different types of dolls. So I would tell new collectors not to limit themselves to just one type. Certain dolls just catch me and I feel that excitement but not just for Barbie. I love the satisfaction of finding that doll that catches my eye. Many of my dolls I cherish now I do not think I would have wanted at another time in my life. So I would tell a new collector to keep an open mind and eyes. We all have our own eyes for what we like. I am so like you in that my dolls are my escape and have been for a very long time. I am truly blessed and grateful for my doll collection.
Thank you so much for adding this! Defenitely agree with you! 🤗🩷 Collect what makes you happy 🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing your way of collecting. Doll collecting is such an individual hobby. Everybody does it in their own way. But I do think one important thing to keep in mind is that collecting should be fun and one should not go into debt for collecting. It is a money losing hobby. Collect only what you love and what "sparks joy. " I get asked many times by friends how much is my collection is "worth" and how much I expect on my "investment" and why I "destroy" my dolls by taking them out of the box . I tell them I collect for joy and that I don't think of it as an investment. It is an expenditure. It is like having a nice meal out at a restaurant. I enjoyed the meal and that is it. When I get a doll and I dressed it or style it to my liking, it makes me happy. I don't want to look at a doll in the box and hope that it will worth something one day. If someone wants to invest for the future, dolls are not it. Life is too short, if one wants to play with a doll out of the box, then do it. By keeping it in the box may not increase its value and they end up missing out on the fun of playing with the dolls.
Totally agree 🩷 I do keep some in the box for the magic they have but indeed some also need to be freed to have some fun with and I licentie restaurant reference 😆🙌🏻🩷 I’m gonna use that haha
Omg- I have just started collecting and everything you have said about why we collect totally applies to me too. It jives with personal issues too and explains why I started.
🙏🏻🩷✨ Which is OK! it’s a healthy way of coping and don’t let anyone EVER tell you different 😘
Safe space to ward of the horror in this world because I suffer with depression, panic attacks and anxiety and yes Barbie is my definite. Your videos are so important they have touched my Barbie world..Thank you Arien
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Here we go...this is going to be a long one, lol. I loved this video! All of it, good job! I remember binge watching your vidoes to 3 in the morning almost 2 years ago and then sharing a picture of my childhood barbies with you all layed out on my kitchen counter. A week after that I started on this insane journey of barbie collecting. I have learned from my mistakes along the way. I've paid way to much money for dolls I thought were "rare" and turns out they were not. I've come to realize waiting and being patient is key to getting those hard to find dolls. I normally purchase naked barbies to save money and slowly piece together their outfits as I go.
I have over 600 dolls now and storing them has become a challenge! I buy the large Rubbermaid containers that can be stored under my bed. They work great! Every month I rotate dolls I have on display so every girlie can have their time to shine.
I guess the only advice I'd share is just wait. You see a doll you want so bad but it's super expensive, just wait! It will resurface again I swear! You want to enjoy collecting without putting yourself or your family into debt! Happy hunting folks!
Thank you so much for sharing Robyn! 🩷 Indeed patience is key ! 🙏🏻
Such a great video! All new and seasoned collectors should watch this ! It totally resonates with me!
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Oh thank you so much for this video. How right are you!!! It really is that comfort zone where you can hide from the problems of this world. Thanks for sharing this with us. Whenever I have time, I enjoy watching your videos. I don't have much space to store dolls. Therefore, I put them in the display case in turn. I carefully wrap the rest of the dolls in napkins and store them in cardboard boxes. Be sure to add a few sachets of selica gel to the boxes.
Oeh great tip! Keeps m fresh and in just perfect condition 🥹🩷 thanks hon!
❤ I can relate to this completely!! When you told us the reasons why we collect, I definitely had that " aha" moment! My doll room/ collection is definitely my " magical place" that shelters me from the chaotic, and sometimes scary world around me. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ❤Your videos are such a joy❤
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This is absolutely phenomenal! I totally agree, the hunt, the sentimental, that feel good booster (neurotransmitter), They are art to me. I just tell my husband I’m an art collector. Lol. Ty so much!!! (dolls are so good for the brain whether you are little or an adult, amazing)
whaha!! That’s a good one indeed 😆🩷 Well, she IS art, so yeah! 😆
Haha so true. Ty for your videos!
Very interesting video! I like to collect because it does remind me of my childhood, and how much I loved playing with my dolls. So I try to recreate that feeling, that security.
And that hunting thing you mentioned, it's so true!
Tonight I went hunting at a local store that has been selling sets of doll clothes and shoes for Barbie sized dolls at $5.00, and I scored big-time! So I'm on cloud 9 tonight LOL
I think one of my motivations for collecting is I make these things I call "Barbie Packs" for kids.
Usually I give them away at Christmas time, but I'm trying to find places that will take them all year long.
Basically, I pick a doll and I give her a variety of outfits and shoes, jewelry and other accessories so that the child that gets this pack, I hope anyway, that it will impact them like Barbies did for my childhood, and be their "safe space" and comfort.
Plus, it gives me a chance to play again when I make them.
Interesting subject!
awe! That’s so sweet and lovely! 🥹🩷🙏🏻✨ Thank you so much for sharing!
In asian countries ,collecting barbie is a real challenge .I live vietnam and its hard to collect vintage barbie dolls honestly because it cost time and money to get them shiped from US or UK .However i am very happy to see them come home and be a part of my collection
awe! 🥹🩷 now that’s some dedication to collecting Barbie! 🙌🏻
Thank you my friend! 🩷✨
That's why I started my UA-cam channel. Sharing my collection. I store my dolls in storage totes. I recommend Rubber Maid. I unbox most of my dolls, however, a few of my dolls I keep the packaging, and store the doll in the box. My Star Trek Green slave girl is one box I kept, and after Halloween my Draculaura, and Rainbow High masquerade dolls will go back in their boxes to come out next year for Halloween.🙂. It's easier for me at least, to store my dolls in the totes without boxes as I get more in them than I do keeping them in their boxes.
🩷✌🏻✨ Thanks for sharing Nora!
Thanks for all the wonderful tips, Arjen!! 💖 it was interesting to hear about why people get into collecting. I was the youngest of 5 kids, the oldest of which was graduating high school by the time I was born! Both of my parents worked on top of raising 5 kids and getting us to all our extracurricular activities. In my free time at home, I was usually left alone in my room with my barbies. That was my calm, happy time. Everyone was always too busy to play with me, so my barbies became my friends.
Awe, I see! I’m also the youngest of three and I can relate with everyone being too busy so you were left alone with dolls😌 that’s exactly how they became my friends aswell 😅🩷
Arjen I am just so glad to have you as one of my best Collector Friends. I also have no one in my real life who appreciates Barbie the way I do. Many look at my collecting as a frivolous waste of money, however, when they are shown the appreciation in price that many of my dolls have, they are quite surprised. It is so nice to have your videos to tune in to, and I must add that you are quite the Influencer. I keep saying "No More." then you drop a video with another cutie that I probably hadn't planned on buying, but I just have to have her.
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aahhh thank you darling! 🥹🩷 Thanks for sharing and people just don’t know what they’re missing out on 😅😆
“Circle of magic” oh yeah! As for “continue to collect the beauty of the world”, I was ready to cheer. Loved this video and all the thought it provoked; thank you.
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My First Barbie was 1983 and I thought she was beautiful. She was everything that I could imagine in a doll. She had great careers, she was beautiful and she was something that was mine, only mine. I began to play with Barbie a little late in life, but I then left her for a good long while, while I pursued other things… Lately Barbie has called me back to her and I am beginning a new collection. I have the @barbiestyle doll no1 and I am in love… she is gorgeous… I also have the movie dolls… I am going to get some of my dolls from my Mum’s house - thankfully she didn’t sell them or get rid of them. 😊
Oooff! Thank you MOM for not selling those childhood hero’s! 🙏🏻🩷✨ Enjoy darling, so exciting !
I think your collection is amazing I like the fact that you have just Barbies not random dolls like some of the other collectors I've seen I love Barbie and Ken since I was a little girl I recently started collecting again after seeing Barbie the movie I want to have a nice collection if I'm only going to have one get on your mark get set here I go thanks for sharing your video Aloha from Hawai'i 🌴
🥹🩷🙏🏻 ahh thank you!! and so exciting you’re just starting to build your collection! Have fun finding your childhood hero’s! 🎀⭐️✨
This past year has been life changing for me… how I view life, myself, my time and energy. Maybe it’s because I became a mom. I relate to what you say about escaping the chaos. The world is so crazy right now my Barbie’s and the Barbie world is such an escape and happy place. Wanting to live a slower life, more simple and authentic and for me that’s my Barbie collection and staying in my safe zone at times. I used to go on UA-cam and watch a lot of beauty content and you know it never made me feel better after watching it… watching Barbie videos, connecting with other Barbie collectors gives me such peace and happiness. My personal Barbie bubble 🩷
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Dolls are comforting! Thank you for sharing!
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👍💕...on point...you are heartwarming...so nice explanation...I'm collecting since 30 years...on and off...but now I'm crazy f all those new high quality dolls...like rainbow high...I'm collecting all kind of dolls...but mainly Barbie a rainbow high...I hated monster high...loved ever After...but now the monster high are gorgeous...planning to get some...its a never ending field...and its exciting to add a plan f further purchases....hard to not run out of control in moment...advice...be picky a think twice...my collecting story started cause my father hated the dolls back in the seventies...and I got so jealous on my girlfriend in the neighbourhood...she had many Barbies and the house...finally mother bought me one in 72..I was 10 years already...and it was my best ever Christmas gift ...till today I never forget the excitement to finally be a proud owner of a Barbie doll...the twist and turn with her gold silver swimwear a orange jacket...treasuring her till today ❤..I wish you a long life of doll collecting...love your videos...thanks f sharing. GREETINGS FROM GERMANY...Nora....meanwhile proud owner of 400 dolls in my collection ❤😂❤🎉
aahhhww Thank you so much for sharing Nora! 🥹🩷✨ So happy your mother came to the doll rescue ^^
Collecting these days is really tempting with all the stuff coming out so fast and in so many quantities 😳🩷 haha!
It’s a great time to collect that’s for sure!
I have always loved Barbie,as a kid I didn’t have any. Well I had one, one Barbie. Day to night. I started collecting because I can now buy them and live my childhood dreams now. I just love her so much ❤. I just can’t stop collecting her now. She is just beautiful to me.
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What a nice topic. I wanna share my story too. I don’t collect dolls but I like to buy dolls I like, first of all because of budget and space! I have been diagnosed with severe allergy to dogs and cats, and I had to give my lovely black cat baby to my co-worker, who loves him so much❤ so all is good with my previous fur baby. After that I was so lonely and I started to gaze at dolls, because obviously I can have only toys because of my medical condition. When I was a kid I had only 2 budget barbies and few fake barbies because our family was poor back then when I was a child. But I made tons of custom clothes for them and I liked it so much and found comfort in my craft. Now from God’s bless I am in a better position and I thought why not to buy dolls now? And I can bring that joy in my life that I was not able to afford! I remember after school I will got to stores just to have a look at those wonderful Barbies, packed in beautiful pink boxes, with beautiful dresses and shoes! It was a heaven for me, my little secret, even in my teenage years but I simply could not afford them 😢 and I thought that one day, when I will have a pay cheque like those adults, those wonderful dolls would be mine 😊. Then I forgot about my dream due to school, college and career. After I left in this empty spot, after I had to give away my fur baby, it just clicked! I started to buy rainbow high dolls, there were available and started to become very popular and I think I entered this doll world in right time, because I love rainbow high dolls! Such a good quality. In total I have majority rainbow high dolls, and couple shadow. Then other good event happened is a release of G3 Monster High dolls, guys we live in a good time in terms of dolls. And of course I fell in love with them too, only G3, the old ones are too scary for me 😅. Then I thought how about Barbie? The girl who actually brought the spark to me with dolls? And I struggled, my beautiful girl is now pixellated and losing quality😢😢😢. I bought only one barbie extra (#3 pixellated) and few cutie reveal ones, thanks they are not pixellated, have long saran hair. Love 💗 your series of cutie reveal by the way! By the way I just got pink bear girl, she has saran hair, eyes are ok, BUT her lips slightly pixellated. I haven’t found that perfect Barbie doll yet, so I want to learn how to reroot Barbie so girl will have long gorgeous hair 😅. That being said, I am new, I have in total only around 45 dolls, and by calculation I spent around 2k😅😅 cad, so I am very mindful about budget and a space. I am not crazy and not a complete collection person, if I don’t like I can skip entire collection, I buy only dolls I like and interact with, because they are first of all for my mental health and overall joy. I have plans to learn of how to reroot doll, customize their lip colour with acrylic paint and varnish, make clothes and customize shoes 👠. I like that craft aspect of it so I play less video games 😂. And in that case I interact and engage with my dolls, I compain to them about life, news, politics and etc. They are very patient and supportive 😅😊. I live in Canada and can say that Facebook Market place is the safest and cheapest place to buy dolls from collectors in a good condition. I bought couple of thrift dolls and just simply disgusted, they are dirty, moldy, can have a whole bunch of other bacteria and such so I decided never do that. Guys I recommend checking Facebook Market Place. Join dolls communities and see what other collectors have, before release of collections usually they try to sell there first for cheap. I just recently bought from one collector all three Korean band Rainbow high dolls, mint for just $75 cad! Here in Canada some people even agree to ship internationally, so if you approach safely and respectfully people will understand and ship it to you to Europe. Check USA and Canada facebook market, I have seen people sell STUFF! Join our doll communities, become part of it, get to know people and let the Internet connect you guys. I don’t hunt old dolls, I am quite happy what we have now, if anything I have plans to customize until I reach my perfect point. Any way, happy hunting people, the HUNT 😅, let it to bring dolls we wish! ❤. 😊
haha, PHEW, oké well honey! THANK YOU for sharing this story with me! 🩷 it’s amazing how Barbie and dolls in general find their way back into our lives…
… as an adult WITH a bank account this time around 😆🩷 haha
Thanks for the extra tips and glad you have find your way after giving up your fur baby 🥹🩷🙏🏻✨
I'm glad I found your channel and just turned 40 and I wanna start collecting Barbie dolls
That’s awesome! 🥹🩷🙌🏻 Happy to have you here and welcome back to Barbie! 😉😍
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Loved it. Was just invited to a Barbie WhatsApp group here in South Africa 🇿🇦 so I shared this video there.
🥹🙏🏻🩷✨ Ahh thank you my friend!
Thank you for this video. I only have 12 Barbie dolls from the 90s still mint in the box at the moment. I was thinking of extending my collection with Barbie from 1989 to 2000 in the same conditions along with some celebrity and historical figure dolls always made by Mattel.
Oooh sounds lovely! 🥹🩷 Happy hunting!
yeah. They were gifts made by my parents and my American aunt. I was afraid of opening them up lmao. Thank you, I'm waiting a year or two for this hunting cause I'm financially busy at the moment lol@@Barbination
Arjen, thank you very much for such an interesting video. My magic circle of safety is the books my sister and I love to read from time to time, and our two Meena Fleur dolls from Rainbow High🦊. Special thanks for the terminology, I had to screenshot everything so that I could then rewrite it in a notebook😅. I'm so glad that I have such a wonderful friend like you😭🤗 who lives across the ocean! ^^
From time to time I forgot to read the Russian auto-translation😂, because I was looking at your hat all the time😅, I like it so much. What a pity that this hat can no longer be bought anywhere (I remember that you wrote to me that you bought it somewhere in Korea)😊 ~
Арьен, большое спасибо за такое интересное видео. Мой магический круг безопасности это наши с сестрой книги которые мы любим перечитывать время от времени, и наши две куклы Meena Fleur из Rainbow Hhigh🦊. Отдельное спасибо за терминологию, пришлось всё заскринить что бы потом переписать в блокнот😅.
Я так рада что у меня есть такой замечательный друг как ты который живет за океаном!
Периодически забывала читать русский автоперевод😂, потому что всё время смотрела на твою кепку😅, она мне так нравится. Как жаль что её нельзя нигде купить (я помню что ты писал что ты купил её где-то в Корее)😊
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love your video! I am lucky to have collector friend next year we have know eathother in 30 year she live near me....I have one other friend that died for 3 year ego.....I have collect in over 40 years I learn new things each day...wish I have more storage more place......but love to collect!!!!...
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I love it and I can so relate! Thanks for sharing the psychology behind it, I hadn’t ever thought of it but man it’s me! Lol. Love your channel and so glad I have a collector friend too! ☺️☺️
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Try antique shops too. There are some antique malls with lots of vintage dolls still in boxes.
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Love your pastel aesthetic!
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Your collection is so beautiful! These tips are very helpful!
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I'm an artsy figurative style snob and storyteller, when I look at a doll, if I make them embody my style sensibility and create a phenomenology for them (backstory and persona) then I buy them
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you are so sweet! rhank yu so much for this cool video! be safe and take care 🙏🙏🙏✨💖✨
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This was a great video idea and really helpful to doll collectors new and old. Yes dolls are a great comfort and total escapism. We can disappear from the cruel world and enter a fantasy world full of magic where there is no drama. My mum always bought me Barbie's when i was a child in the 70's which I loved, but most of my friends had Sindy dolls. Now I think they are both cute dolls though! ♥
Oh absolutely! Sindy is just as cute and fashionable 🥹🩷
I agree this video was soo wholesome and I also love listening and understanding more about doll collecting and others own opinion on why they collect I appreciate you so much making content like these videos keep it up 🥰🩷
🥹🩷🙏🏻✨ Thank you so much darling!
Regarding storage in basements: not everyone’s basement is the same and some can be okay for storage. However, it is necessary to check the humidity in different seasons with a good-quality hygrometer and buy a dehumidifier, if necessary. Of course if there is mold growing in corners and/or other items stored there like clothes have gotten moldy, don’t risk it.
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Love your videos. So fun and uplifting.
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Arjen please make a video of the Doll Tag...it’s a questionnaire of 20 questions and I am so curious to know your answers nyo!
Oohhh I might have to look into that! 😄🩷 sounds fun!
Thanks for this video! You are the BEST my friend 👏👏👏
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What a great video Arjen! Great guidance on doll collecting. I have a doll/craft room but needs a lot of TLC, usually my crafting and Barbies follow me around the house 🙈 and I craft mainly in the living room so I can watch TV at the same time. Can't wait to have it all set up and have my own kingdom, and have my dolls and crafts displayed, need a warehouse. And anytime you need another doll collector to chat I'm always here for my dear doll collecting friend! Hugs from the UK. Dolls in the UK are quiet expensive. I already prepared my fiance space wise bless him, so lucky he's supportive 🤣🤣🤣
haha! 🥹🩷✨ awe thanks love, and indeed bless those husbands of ours! keeping up with all our doll shenanigans 😆
I live in Mexico and I’d never felt luckier to live in the US neighbor country, we get tons of dolls and I know for a fact that lower countries in the continent do struggle to get them, can only imagine what it is like to try and get them in different continents overseas
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Love these Doll talk videos sooo much💙💟😁😊💙💝😂
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Thank you for the video. I think it's really hard to find vintage Barbie in Europe. Even the today Barbies aren't always present in toy shops and they are really mor expansive.
But... "Quand on aime, on ne compte pas" : When we love, we don't count (money). Sometimes, I order on Amazon US. Shiping and taxes are very big, but I can get some items I couldn't get in France.
Exactly! 🙌🏻🩷 when we love, we don’t count.. even if that means heavy shipping rates and import taxes haha
Love your channel ❤ I love barbie so much ❤ my dolls help me so much 😊
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Best video ever!
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Nossa que perfeito esse vídeo ! Gostei muito ! Parabéns !!!
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Amazing video and tips! Thank you so much for sharing! I try to always find the cheapest vintage dolls that marked my chilhood on ebay or Amazon course in good conditions. For the new dolls I sit down to study them and choose the ones that I really like and buy one or two of the wave due to my space and money
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I love this video ❤
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For me no not like what u felt about dolls , mine was just because I was forbid from them from my family because I was a male and not a “female” ( ik the gender thing ughhh ) to play with the “GIRLS” toyssss so yeah so now I’m an adult with a job and ordered tow Barbie fashionistas to see where I’m going with this feeling and maybe collect more and more with time !
Also I like to dress them and their cute outfits and many many hair styles!!! I’m obsessed with accessories 😢❤!
Aahhh Well, i’m so excited for ‘little’ you that you can now go unlimited with Barbie 🙏🏻🩷☺️
Very informative!
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Hi there, I just subscribed. Loved the video. I love the vintage Barbies, I just started up on this but cannot believe the prices of the vintage clothing and not to mention the dolls. I do have a #4 and #5 Forget #1 #2, #3, (they have a prototype of #1 on eBay - $25,000). I want to show the progress of Barbie in my collection from the early 60's to today. I do have some repros and I absolutely loved the Silkstones. Have you checked some of the prices on those now? It's just unreal. So I am selling off some of my other dolls that I have collected through the years and thinning out. So yes, it's good to search and go to flea markets to see if you can discover anything. The dolls and collecting take my mind off of stress and people nowadays. The dolls take me back to when I was growing up. You provide wonderful tips and just fun looking and searching. Love your collection. You are wonderful and love your videos. Thank you for all you do!!!!
Hi! 🩷✌🏻✨ Welcome to my channel and Doll world darling! Thanks for sharing!
I actually made a video about the most expensive dolls in my collection (Video will be up this coming sunday) and three spots are filled with Silkstones, their value has gone up like crazy!! I was looking them up and being totally shocked 😯🙈
😍🤗🤗🔥💙🎈😍❤🎉 I just love all my Barbie dolls and other other dolls in my collection
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I wish Vinted or Merkari were available in Greece. So many nice people from the community try to help me find doll stuff by sending me listings and I always have to explain that unfortunately the service doesn’t work where I live. 😔
🙄 Ugh, now that’s just frustrating!
Most of my dolls are Barbie's followed by arround 30 Integrity Toys dolls , some Tonner Dolls and just a handful of random other dolls.
I have stopped to collect Integrity Toys dolls and Tonner Dolls arround 5 years ago ... can't remember why (maybe it was the lack of interesting new dolls) ... sad thing is that since December 2018, the Tonner Doll company officially closed. :(
Now I'm at the point that I'm waiting that Mattel releases more dolls that I want , just a month ago I have even bought 2 of my longtime grail collector dolls.
Mattel , I need more new Barbie Looks or Barbie BMR1959 similar dolls !!! ... lol
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Regarding price: When I am on eBay, I select the “sold” filter so I see what dolls actually sell for vs. what sellers think they should get. Also, I live in Canada, and I know that if someone is selling from Canada, the price will usually be lower because the population is smaller, and I think many US residents don’t bother buying from outside their own country.
Ohh that’s a great tip indeed! Thank you so much for sharing! ✌🏻🩷✨
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I’ve seen people use acme cream to get rid of sun yellowing and sometimes marker you put cream on the stains or yellow spots and the. Wrap the doll in cling wrap and leave them on the sun for at least a day and wash it off then repeat if needed it takes multiple times sometimes just thought I’d throw this in here for anyone who has dolls that may need it
Also I so feel seen with that quite on the collection being a circle of magic against chaos and uncertainty my dolls are so calming for me I adore them
Do you have a video on how t9 rebound a doll I want 5o put ‘y color reveal mermaid doll on a new body so I can make her a dress
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Thank you darling!!
Oh my goodness, this was such an intense and informative video. You covered many key points of collecting Barbies. This top is far and wide. As for me I've been collecting Barbies and all sorts of dolls for over twenty years. And let's not get into space, which is always an issue for me. But let me say this was how i snatched my husband. I began by bringing one doll into his home. Then there were more. He also purchased them for me. And if i want my very first Barbie from childhood, it will cost him over $10,000. Which he loves me, but I don't think That Much.😂. The #1 Barbie from 1959. Okay now you know my age..oops!. I'm obsessed with that black and white striped bathing suit. I have all the reproductions including the bathing suit alone framed in a shadow box. So, if you ask if i have an addiction to Barbies. Well yeah!.. keep those videos coming Arjen. I'll keep watching😊❤
whaha!! 😁🩷 all the love for your husband, love a supporting man like that! Just like mine 🥰🩷🙏🏻✨ We are lucky ones y’know 😜 haha
*i meant this topic is far and wide. Beginning with Bild Lily and Ruth Handler .😊❤
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My collection isn't big. I have a few dolls. I dont have a space for a big collection for many reasons. But the bigbest issue is that Im afraid to be judge by my family. I love them with all of my heart. They are great but... Im na audult and I think they wouldnt undestand why Im collecting and why Im spending money on dolls. I keep my barbies im my wardrobe behind my clothes. Nobady knows 😐 They are my safety place but also a secret that I dont want to have.
Ohhh 😐 That’s just why I lose my faith in humanity sometimes.. such little understanding nat narrow minded 🙄
It’s what makes you a happy and fun person and you should be free to do so 🙏🏻🩷
Love your videos
Oohh letting dolls go and sell them is the hardest thing for me, but like yourself, I sometimes just HAVE to!
mainly also due to space issues 😅 UGH!
Good luck on your downsizing and move darling! 🙏🏻🩷
@@Barbination thank u
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you are so special
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HI ARJEN I BOUGHT A ARIEL DOLL AND G3 MONSTER HIGH CLEO DE NILE AND CINDERELLA DOLL SHE WAS WEARING ELSA DRESS ON SO DID RE DRESS ON ELSA DOLL ARIEL DOLL HAS LONG RED HAIR I BOUGHT FROM THIRFT STORE LOVE DAVID😀🥰😀🥰🥰🥰🥰
Love me some vintage Disney dolls!! 😌🩷
How often do you need to dust. Does dust get on the open dolls
I do it about twice a year 😄 and yes it kinda goes on the open dolls so it’s quite the task 😂
Oh I tried so hard to be the first "like"!!!!
🙌🏻🩷 aahh thanks sweetie, you did it!
Did you get rid of your Rainbow High dolls? I didn't see them in the beginning when you were showing your collection.
I still love them but I did stop buying them since well, SPACE, haha and I wanted to focus more on Vintage Barbies for my collection instead of adding new dolls lines 🙈😅🩷 WHICH IS SUPER HARD because these RH doll man! they are just soo good!
@Barbination I like them because the clothes are great quality and I can get them very cheap. I know in Europe they are more money. My favorite Barbie line is The Looks. As much as I like the line I feel like I get more for my money when I buy RH Dolls. Plus, their clothes fit the petite body well.
What is that book behind you
Could be David Lachapelle photography book? 🤔🩷
by the way who is this pretty pink hair sitting with your mini you?
Ohh she’s the Hair Kingdom Dreamtopia girl 🩷✨
@@Barbination thank you!
I have a blane doll my brothers girl freaned grandchild played with him ate the poll he toured black shoued I spay pant him
Hmm well knowing me, I would probably get a new one 😅🙈
THEY HAVE DISNEY DOLLS AT THRIFR STORE WOW WALMART GOT LOT OF DISNEY DOLLS TARGET HAS IT TOO ALSO MARSHELL STORE HAS LOT OF DOLLS JT MAX STORE HAS DOLLS TOO ROSS STORE HAS LOT OF DOLLS AND TOYS ANYWAY THEY HAVE THEM I HOPE YOU CAN FIND THEM ANY STORES THAT NEAR YOU LOVE DAVID😀🥰😀🥰🥰🥰🥰
Well I hope so too David! 🥹🩷🙏🏻
A couple of key learns for me; collect what you love. You are never going to be able to own every single Barbie doll & accessory ever released, so learning what you’re really passionate about (theme, era, face sculpt, license) helps narrow the field on what you’re looking for. The other is patience, in most instances Barbie was mass produced & though we get into the habit of believing in a dolls rarity the reality is she will pop up again (and again) & often times at a better or more affordable price. 🩷
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HI ARJEN HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEOS VERY INTERESTING.
Your words touched my heart i started my mini collection of Barbie from my outfit to make up, dyi stationery with the boxes of make up print the little wallpaper for my little space in my room.
But here in Italy is very difficult to collection because for the prices expensive for now I have 2 dolls and 3 mini dolls.
There is very discrimination also in my family i haven't no one protect me. I posted photos the my mini collection and wish list on pinterestt.
In every convention in Italy are expensive or i can't to go.
My life is not easy with a son and loose work from 14 years and my confort zone is my son here with me but my security zone I not found😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😘
Oh sweetie i’m so sorry to hear this. You should be doing and collecting what you love without judgement 🩷🙏🏻🥹 That is what keeps you sane and gets you through tough times, hang on there darling, thing will get better 🙏🏻✨
@@Barbination OH THANK YOU ARJEN.
Thank you for the nice words they touched my heart. 😘
That whole 'conceptual circle of magic that wards off uncertainty and chaos' quote was definitely an AHA moment for me! Had to hit pause and write it all down. Thank you for making this video! The deeper why? of doll collecting is something that so so rarely gets talked about. 🩷
I know! I just love to understand the different psychological reasons why we do things we do 🩷
I’ve always been of the belief that MIB or NM, means that at some point the doll has been out of the box & replaced to sell or NM can mean that the doll is lose (no box) but has no wear as she’s lived on a shelf with little play. So a NRFB doll would mean that she’s remained sealed the entirety of her life or a completely new release. To broaden the definitions a little more. 🩷
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