BARBIE - World of Fashion - Catalog Insert - 1981

I loved playing Barbies.  That mostly consisted of combing their hair, changing their clothes, and setting up their house.  Most of my Barbie clothes were hand made by my mom, although my sisters and I did make our fair share of clothes out of old socks and fabric scraps.  And our Barbie house was a collection of cardboard boxes with cut out windows and drawn on art, with some handmade furniture.  We did have some of that blow up furniture, but mostly the air went out after a few minutes.  Our cousins had a Malibu Barbie Dream House that we drooled over whenever we were at their house.  My sister plans to win the Lottery and build a real Malibu Barbie Dream House

 I came across a bunch of fun Barbie items recently.............

eBay Items Integration by Auction Nudge

REMCO 1970 Doll - Polly Puff or ?

 

   

 

 

I found this lovely little doll a couple of weeks ago at a vintage show and sale.  I thought she was so cute.  I have been looking high and low to find out who she is, and I can't find anything about her.  REMCO had a similar doll called Lil' Polly Puff, she looks just the same, but has blonde hair and her body is made of a different fabric.  I can't find anything about her being made with Brown hair or having a friend.

 

 

UPDATE

 

She sold for $30, but the buyer didn't know who she was either.  She collects Remco and was happy to get her, but she is still unknown.  Any ideas?

Ebay Sale!!!

I'm having a big sale in my Toy-Addict ebay store.  Everything is on sale and I am still willing to take offers!  Let's clear it out people!! I've got a lot of fun stuff listed there that I'm sure you need!

Sorry, the sale has ended but I still have lots of fun stuff at my store with great prices.

Remco - Sweet April Doll Booklet - Part 2 - Strolling Sweet April 1973

Sweet April was a little before my time, but I had lots of used toys and dolls.  I had her and some of her accessories, but never knew her name.  You can Click on the images to make them larger.



Remco 1972 Sweet April Doll Booklet

Sweet April is a cute little baby doll about 4" tall.  She drinks water from her bottle, and if you give her too much water she cries.  Poor, poor April!  It looks like she has some pretty cute outfits and accessories.  Not sure why the logo has a read head.  I'm pretty sure she only came in blonde hair, blue eyes.

Strawberry Shortcake Greeting Cards Information UPDATE

Some of my pages have gotten neglected lately, and I am trying to fix that.  I have fixed and updated LOTS of fun Greeting Cards to the Strawberry Shortcake Greeting Card Information Page.  There are literally hundreds of cards listed there.  They are one of my favorite parts of Strawberry Shortcake collecting!  There are lots of cards listed here that I don't have.  Those images came mostly from ebay listings that I didn't win.  If you have any of these cards for sale, PLEASE let me know.



  

Big Eyes!!!

The new movie Big Eyes came out over Christmas.  It's directed by Tim Burton, who I love to pieces, and stars Amy Adams(Love her too!).  The movie was fantastic, dramatic and dark at times. It definitely had some subtle Tim Burton touches, but no burning windmills.

The movie follows the story of an artist, Margaret Keane.  Her husband steals the credit for her paintings and she lets it happen for over a decade until they divorce.  Many people still don't realize that she did the paintings, not her husband Walter.  They started a movement that became wildly popular and spawned lots of knock-offs.  Posters, cards, puzzles, and even a doll, Blythe!

My sister collects Big Eyed girls, "but not Keane (Margaret Keane the original painter) because they are too dark and creepy."  She prefers the sweeter girls in harlequin outfits and playing guitars or dressed as sad ballerinas.

I've got this little beauty in my Etsy shop, Vintage Toy Addict right now.  Also not her style, but so randomly odd I had to list it.  It's a big eyed Bonnie, ftrom Bonnie and Clyde fame.  She is holing a violin case, presumably filled with machine guns, and standing in from of a 30's style car she will soon die in.  It's so random and weird!