I'm in the rare situation where my mom (as you've seen) collects dolls, so it wasn't weird that I collected, too. All I can say is don't be ashamed of your hobbies. They're yours and who cares if other's don't understand it. So carry on and collect to your hearts content!

Thanks for the comment! I've collected dolls my whole life, just like my mom. There will always be people who just don't understand doll collecting. But there are a ton of people out there that DO, like everyone that has commented here on this video!

I love dolls.... and its soo true they do give u a good feeling just having them there :)

She really is awesome! Thanks for watching!!!

Thanks for this video, your mom is such an angel. I'm almost 40 yrs old & I'm in the process of moving- I have a very large doll collection,& was indecisive about whether I should keep, sale or give away my doll collection, but after seeing your mom & the passion she has for her dolls inspire me to keep my babies(lol)- I agree with her about the happy, warm feeling you receive by having them around. Thank you & your mom again & God bless!!!

I have been collecting dolls since I was 9 years old. I am now 31. I would definitely agree, collect what you LOVE! Don't just hold onto something because it might be worth something. It really does become a passion. Thank you for sharing your collection. (I am in awe)

So many wonderful dolls! I loved hearing your mom talk about her collection and doll collecting.

Thanks so much for your comment! We appreciate it!

Thank you for your comments! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the spotlight!

Ashley, you are so lucky to share a passion for collecting dolls with your mother! Thanks for posting your mother's story. Your family's history of collecting dolls is fascinating.

Glad you enjoyed the Collector's Spotlight!!

Yep. We frequent toy stores together, go on Monster High hunts, send each other dolls off of eBay that we want for future holidays. It's fun!

Thank you! Keep on collecting and never be ashamed of it!

Thank you for taking the time to comment on this spotlight post! :)

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching and commenting! I hope to do more of these in the future.. I think I might have to be the next subject!

My sentiments exactly!! The dolls I collect are dolls that I love. Financially and lack of space dictates to choose wisely! Madame I truly enjoy your and your daughter’s videos immensely!

Me? My focus is Skipper dolls. However, I have a ton of fashion dolls (mattel), BJD's, and 18" dolls. You can actually see my collection in the second Collectors Spotlight I posted. :)

This is little compared to some collections out there! Thanks for watching!

I love dolls as well and for the same reason she said at the end. They make me fell good and happy.

I love this video. It is one of my favorite KZfaq videos I have ever watched. You had so many great things to say to any doll collector,big or small. You have a wonderful collection. Your Victor/ Victoria doll is adorable. It is so nice that you will be keeping her in the family and the story behind her.

I'm happy to hear this video helped you decide to keep your collection! Thank you for sharing your story!

loved your video, i am 63 and still collect dolls and sew doll clothes for all of them

This was certainly worth waiting for. I love your mom & really enjoyed the video. Thank you for the virtual tour of your doll collection-I loved it. Thumbelina is one of my favorites too. I think you look & sound alot like your sweet mother. Please tell her Thank you for me for taking her time to share with us.

Saige is a nice looking AG doll. I'm more into the older Historical AG dolls, myself, but I must admit that Saige is a very cute AG doll!

Good for you! Thanks for watching!

Thanks, Susan. Your comment is much appreciated!

I'd just like to say this video has validated my doll collection. I'm 20 and have only been collecting for about 6 months now.

She sure does! I wouldn't change my mom for anything! Thanks for the comment. I'll see if I can convince my mom to step in front of the camera again for my channel. She's gone off and started her own YT review channel now!

this last sentence she said means everything!!! and Its kind of sad since Im a 24 male and my mom wouldn't get me loving collect ever after high dolls!

I just love the video about your mothers doll collection. I love my dolls and love to go to doll shows, thrift stores and social media like ebay and craigs list. Doll collectors are great people and I love the doll videos. I learn so much from them. Thank you both for your videos and your great collections.

Wow, you've got the BEST MOM EVER! :) My mom would buy me dolls at times, but not many really, she thought they were waste of money ;) But now that I'm an adult collector I made that up for myself and mom accepted my passion :) Anyways, you girls are so lucky to share the love for dolls! It's so rare that a parent and a child share this kind of interest. Your mom rocks, Kewpie, thanks for introducing her to us and I hope you invite her more often for vids; I'd like to hear her Barbie stories :)

That was a great video of your Mom and her love of doll collecting. I also have a large collection of vintage play dolls that I really love!

You are never to old to love and have dolls.

That was amazing !! Your Mom was so awesome to share her collection:) thank you so much I luved it!

Beautiful!!! I think your mom is awesome. I love seeing adults collect dolls because im 29 years old. A lot of people make fun of me and crack jokes but they don't understand

You're welcome! Thank YOU for watching!

No one is ever too old for doll collecting!

Love your mom's collection as well as yours!!....loved the video:)

Great video. Enjoyed it. Its great to here from collectors that share the same passion for dolls. I have loved collecting dolls for years now. This is so true about ONLY collecting dolls that you love and not looking at it as an investment.

That's Sketchy! She was made by Mattel in 1969. I adore her, too! (Actually both my mom and I have one!) She draws pictures with the help of a magnet wand and stencils.

No worries. I love hearing other people's history with collecting. :)

I collect dolls and have a variety of them, and I was beginning to feel overwhelmed by it and not enjoying my collection anymore. I just wanted to say, thanks to what you said about "buying just what you like and want in your house", and seeing how passionate you are about your collection, its made me see things differently... thank you

Thanks for the comment!

Sure! I just need to figure out how to incorporate it here so it is interesting to you guys!! :)

WOW!!! This is an awesome and beautiful doll collection!!! You have so many and many different varieties!! I watched your daughter's collection and she wrote to me and told me about your video! There are sooo many different kinds of dolls in your collection! Some I haven' t seen before! I do also collect dolls; but my collection is not that big, but I love and enjoy a lot when I get another doll! They are so fun and interesting! They represent so much about human nature, plus you can remember many episodes of your life when you look at each doll. It is really nice now days that we can buy dolls through the internet, but the only bad thing is that some are so expensive. I like to find them also in garage sales or re-sale stores; and of course brand new at the stores.Some I leave in the box because I like the whole packaging and set up of the doll, it is very artistic plus keep them clean and easy to display; the only minus is that they take up too much room. I love and enjoy watching peoples' collections and reviews of their new dolls in youtube!! Thank you for such a nice tour of your collection; it would be so fun to see your whole collection in person! One question: Who are those two dolls in 12:6 at the end of your video? They are very pretty!! Keep collecting and making new videos.

Welcome to the wonderful world of doll collecting and thanks for your comment! :)

What a wonderful hobby and what's even more wonderful it you get the share it with your daughter. What a great bond this makes......Love it!

This was a very nice video in homage to your mom and her wonderful collection of awesome dolls! My mumz also started buying me my first dolls when I was little and then got me started collecting before she passed away years ago - I think she would enjoy my vast collection for sure now and would be 'playing with me at the doll shows here ^_^! Take care.

I know I'm 9 years late lol but just in case you see this since I recently discovered your channel. . .both of you have lovely collections! I've super enjoyed getting to see them. I love the Arwen from Lord of the Rings Barbie doll I see in the thumbnail! I think she's lovely, I've seen the set she's from and low key wanted her. And I even saw one set I have! The Tommy and Kelly dolls dressed up as the Mad Hatter and Alice from Disney's Alice in Wonderland! I have them, too. I've set them aside to take photos with when I read the book Unbirthday, an Alice in Wonderland retelling. I also have a Kelly set that is Dorothy and her three friends from the Wizard of Oz. I don't seriously collect the way you do, but I do have a small collection of dolls special to me. Five American girl 18 inch dolls, the historical ones, that were mine from when I was a little kid and I still have. I'm getting to be very glad I kept them. Molly and Kirsten are the first two I was ever given when I was little, and they're consequently in the worst (But not too terrible) shape since I played with them the most and had them when I was the youngest. The latter three, Julie, Nellie and Kit, are in significantly better condition and their hair is good and really nice unlike the other two. Since I got them when I was a bit older. I love them and those books started me on my lifelong love of history... I have a few of the mini 6 inch AG dolls too which are Emily, Kirsten and Josefina. I also have a couple nostalgic Barbies (not the biggest Barbie fan otherwise but I love these because they were from travels and are really nostalgic and beautiful). one is Chinese and is in full traditional dress. She also holds a sword and has a dragon symbol on her sleeve and a medal around her neck, so she really reminds me of a Mulan even though she isn't officially. I think my Mom got her for me at a Chinese culture day since my sister is adopted from China. The Other one says Miss Jamaica on a sash she wears and she was brought home for me from Jamaica by my Mom when I was a kid. she went there for my cousin's wedding. Her box braided hair and dress are absolutely beautiful. Finally, I have a couple because they have red curly hair, like me, so people have given them to me. Last but not least, Madame Alexander. I have 9 small 5 inch ones from Mcdonald's toys when I was a kid including a Peter Pan, Pinnochio and a few Wizard of Oz ones. They're really cute for small fastfood toys and still have the blinking eyes! And two recent additions are bigger collectible Madame Alexander dolls: the White Witch and Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia! They were grail additions to my collection and I was so happy to find them. It's one of my favorite series and I was so happy to find them! Oh and I almost forgot: the SpinMaster Hermione doll from Harry Potter that I believe you reviewed on your channel in another video. Except mine is the one with the second outfit (jeans and pink jacket) and multiple accessories including her potion bottle, wand, cauldron, cat, and school uniform. Anyway thanks for sharing and I hope you enjoyed hearing a little about my collection :) And I'm 24, so at an odd in between age of being an adult but younger than either of you, so it's interesting to hear your tips since you've been at it longer, though I only get a few things meaningful to me rather than seriously collecting like you do.

Thanks for watching and sharing!

I might feature them in a flashback post one of these days!

Your Mom is so cool. Loved listening to her! You can really tell she is your Mom too, you are very alike.

Awe I loved This Video So Much, i Can Relate to your mom a ton,i am 17 years old and i always get asked why i like dolls,not in a mean way,but just because their curious, and i always just say " you might not understand,but getting a new doll or just having a doll with me makes me happy, they bring me joy and they just make all my problems go away", but they still dont understand lol,but i loved this video and your mom is Amazing, your very lucky :) i enjoyed hearing her story.Thanks for sharing

LPSmushroom 4 How sweet! I'm sure barbee0913 would be happy to hear that!

Love! Great advice too. I bought a limited edition Cinderella Madame Alexander and kind of regret it because although she's gorgeous, I kinda only got her because she's 1 of the 3,000 and assumed one day she could be worth a little bit. Then I thought about what your mom said and yeah I'm just going to collect only what I love and want, and not think about investment.

I feel exactlly the same way! I love my dolls. I have been collecting since I was about three. My mother is also a doll collector.

I love love love your Mom's collection! Does she have any Blythe or Pullips too? Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful collection!

Thank you for this awesome video!! I felt I was getting to old to have a doll in my hands and restyling their hair (I'm 19) glad to know

Great video! I can relate to your mom after finding the new Saige American Girl Doll!

I'm going to post a form of this question on my facebook page tonight. I'll forward along any responses I may get (if any!). Unfortunately, sometimes those who want to collect just have to bide their time... :(

I mainly collect current generation My Little Ponies, so it may be a bit different, but one thing I've found, and something I like about collecting is that although I only buy what I like, I sometimes end up with items that are rare, limited edition, etc. and I often don't even know it until later. For example, I went to a local store and bought two of the same pony, Diamond Rose for $5 each. I opened one and kept the other in the package. A year or two later I read something about her being rare, so I looked her up on eBay and now she's going for $25-$45 unopened! It's a nice surprise, but like I said, I only buy things I like, so I don't intend for it to be an investment, but it's nice to know that she's worth more anyway.

I just stumbled on to this video. A lovely tribute to your mom. I also am an "old lady doll collector" Ha Ha. So I relate. Barbie was invented when I was five. I remember the first time I saw her and was immediately draw to her.

Thank you for watching and commenting!!!

No Blythes in her collection, but she has two Pullips. They're both Wizard of Oz themed. I'm always on the look out for the other two Wizard of Oz Pullips, but no one ever wants to split the set!!!!

@John Obremski, I don't know anyone personally looking for items. I think you should check out the doll auction sites, especially if you have dolls that are considered vintage. Sites like Dollbid (which is brand new) and Ruby Lane are good places to check out if you want to sell them , but don't want to mess with eBay.

I'm sorry that you've had people make fun/crack jokes about your collection. That's not right! Know that there are a lot of other collectors out there that share your passion! :)

I love this video ,my grandma was also a doll collecter (most porselin dolls)And i do the same thing :Moster high,pullips,and my favorites Bjds .Sorry for my bad englisch writing.

i love that you dont stick to 1 brand, i am a doll collector of different dolls but my hole family hates them so im in my own world! i love japanese dolls though

Wow so many dolls!

Thank you for sharing this amazing video, I am also a doll collector, but I only collect 90's Barbies, I can recognize some dolls from your mum's collection like 45 anniversary Bob Mackie doll, Glitter Hair Barbie or Cut 'N Style Barbie and others. :-) I have a 5 years old daughter (who just loves all my Barbies - and hers - new ones - too, but a little less) and I wonder if she will ever collect too or if she will be ashamed of me? I hope for the first. :-)

Hi Cat French. I've been mulling over how to reply to your comment... It sucks that even though you want to support your doll collecting, you still aren't allowed to. I feel for you! It's my opinion that once you start earning your own money, no one can really tell you how to spend it. If you're not working, I have heard from some people that just showing their loved one's videos like this spotlight, my own spotlight, or other doll collectors videos has opened their eyes a bit.

you make me feel happy cause i still play with dolls i am 12 years old and only 3 people at my school know ps i like your video

Thanks!

If you were referring to my mom, she has a bit of everything!

Great video ! You have a super Mom with awesome collection :)

That's a Toffee Witchipoo doll from HR Puffinstuff. It was a 2009 SDCC exclusive doll. Sadly, Toffee line kind of fell apart really quickly b/c production was never on time. Eventually, they just disappeared.

Your mum seems so nice! Could we see more of yours and her collection? Z

Thanks for sharing!

I collect dolls too! Most of my focus is on BJDs, but I have a few other dolls too, whatever I consider pretty. :)

100% agree!!!!

Thanks! :)

This video is awesome :)

I enjoyed this.

Thanks

I really enjoyed your story and seeing all the dolls. I also collect and have quite a variety.I sometimes ask myself why I like dolls...I am not completely sure but like you mentioned , they make me happy. I like sewing for them and changing their outfits seasonally. I have started a blog (pleasentpossibilities.wordpress.com) which only has a couple pictures and entries as I have never tried something online like this before. Thanks for sharing, I truly identify with what you had to say.😃

Thank you For Sharing :) I Love Your Videos

Great advice about ONLY purchasing what you love, not to complete sets.

I love dolls to

Thank you for sharing

I love you'r Mom n_n She's awesome

Your welcome! And I have one question? What do you mostly collect? I collect 18" dolls. Mostly American Girl dolls.

I really love this video. I want to spend time having conversation with you mom about dolls dolls dolls. :)

I'm a starter collector and I watched your other videos and considered the tips but I'm still stuck! What are ways that you figure out which doll to choose?

best Vid ever. Nice job!

What is the name/brand of the toddler doll in the beginning of the video, wearing a floral pink dress and has her hair in a ponytail? She is right behind the barbie doll.

Your mother and you are super cool

love it

1:50 I had the Megaman .Exe figure

Can someone please tell me what doll is in the bottom left wearing red at 4:30