I completely agree the customization aspect of collecting add so much more fun to it. Barbie literally has endless skin tones , face mold, and body types to swap from repaint to really make your own. That’s truly fun in my collecting experience because my collection is truthfully my own world I create

"There are a lot of doll collector's out there who aren't creative people, and it shows." this was a very elegant way of making your point. To put it simply, doll people are weird. We're very protective of the things we collect because Dolls in themselves have so much to project onto. I think MIB , NIB, vs used or out of box collectors all have different views of how doll collecting should be and if dolls are really for kids. Modern Barbie collectors, specifically, have been given varying quality but an incredible amount of range and several decades of kinds of dolls to build a 'portfolio' of a collection. Being able to say "I like this doll, but I would like her better with some personalized touched" and be able to express yourself artistically and sometimes even narratively says so much about Barbie as a brand. This can be accomplished with other dolls, certainly, but Barbie continues to promote handling and play even beyond customization.

Always so jealous of these finds, the charity/second hand shops around here never have anything good

The redhead doll is a reproduction of a 1967-1968 Barbie With Twist 'N Turn Waist wearing the fall 1968 fashion "Smasheroo". There were two variants of this repro, one with brunette hair and one with red hair, which is the more uncommon of the two. The bangs are intentionally 'crooked', they are supposed to be swept to the right side, the original vintage Twist 'N Turn Barbie doll's bangs are actually more curved when they are in original condition, and often will retain a bit of that curve even when played with. If you look at vintage toy commercials for Twist 'N Turn Barbie, you can see what the original doll was intended to look like. The first Drew doll was I believe the early 2000s Mystery Squad Drew, who used the Generation Girl Tori face sculpt.

I collect early 2000s Barbie clothing slowly, as I find it here and there thrifting. I love it. I love Myscene too. Appart from Fashionistas, early 2000s is my area for Barbie. The clothes are so good and remind me of my young days. The red head Barbie has a gorgeous face, and her floral shirt under the monkey seems very promising to ad to the casual outfits closet ;)

I do that with my dolls as well. I also like to thrift older dolls and re-body them on to MTM bodies because some of the older bodies start to become discolored. Love what you did with your dolls.

I’m in Scotland and there’s not the same opportunity for thrifting here so I always get jealous of your thrift posts! Great restyle with the Afro hair!

Your unknown redhead may be Stacey, Barbie's British cousin. Her bangs were originally swept to one side. I just love her!

Cool finds! The blonde in the aqua metallic outfit is Sunshine Day Barbie 2001 (she should have white panties painted on) wearing Pop Sensation 2002 Barbie's top and pants 😉

It’s such a surreal feeling finding a fashion fever doll at a thrift or swapmeet! I’ve been lucky enough to find many (thank the doll gods). I once found the Tia doll with the mono green outfit at the thrift store. And went back a couple days later because I wanted to see what else they had and lo and behold I found 5 other ff dolls! Including the Ibiza drew doll from the United Colors or Benetton! It literally felt like I was in a dream lol. I love watching your doll videos because we both have interest in the same dolls! I was eyeing your dolls in the background there, and would love to see a doll collection video!

I live in a city with 50-11 Goodwills and I stop to look for Barbies every-time I pass one. Some locations sale naked beat up Barbies for $3.99, meanwhile new Fashionistas are $4.99 at Ross. But I did find a fully cloth Extra at another location for $1.99 this week, felt like I won the lotto.😂

You need to keep Francie. She’s my favorite sculpt of all time. She was originally only made for 10 years from 1965 to 1975. The fashion is called Gad about. If you do give her away, give her to a good friend. The TNT repro is wearing Smasheroo. You definitely are a master thrifter. I love your dolls with fros.

I have been trying to buy that red haired tnt doll with the yellow coat on EBay, but she keeps selling for at least $50. If you want to sell her, you can keep any of the clothes you want to keep. Randomly hoping …thank you!

as far as the controversy goes for fashionista #125, thats the one reason i got the doll . they did a race swap of sorts on this sculpt. i love when they do that . just like they did with the Nichelle face sculpt for the Haunted Beauty Ghost barbie doll. stunning dolls

Man you gotta do that Drew restyle, Your styling skills are gonna make her so much justice! so jealous of how your local thrift stores are always with some interesting finds, we don't even have thrift stores with toys here in my country 😭

i love the two reproductions - both of them are literally on my wish list hahaha

Creativity and customisation is a big part of the fun of being a collector. I really love the restyle of that purple haired fashionista, her stark make up bothered me and you toned it down well. I have said this before, I am jealous of your being so close to Mackay’s. My local value village does not compare.

I love the girl with the purple hair! Disco hippy chick realness. And I love how the dolls look with the Afros.

I found a vintage teresa with cut hair. Then I started reroot her, gave a little touchup, gave her mtm body and paint her nails. It was awesome to give a second chance for a doll while having fun in customizing her. Now i love her so much and so proud of how it turns out. It's fun to be a doll collector 😊

The restyle on Summer and the doll with vitiligo look great!!

I absolutely love how you changed the hair on your dolls. I’ve avoided the purple hair doll because I just didn’t groove with me. But with the Afro, I love her. Now I’m going to get her. And the vitiligo doll is one of my favorites. Now I’m going to try to make one with an Afro because she’s so cute with it.

I find lots of fashionistas that I love the face & hair, I give them mtm bodies & restyle their hair & clothes. Even that makes me more connected to them.

You are so lucky to have a place like this where you live. I wish we had places like this. You got some fantastic dolls. All of your make over hair doos look really fabulous. You did a great job with your hair choice. The redhead is going to look amazing, I can’t wait to see what you do with her hair. 🤗🇨🇦

8:01 I agree! I’ll buy a doll with a good head sculpt or a unique feature even with lame clothing. So I can forgive the Fashionista doll line more readily than other collectors.

Love the customizations you made!

They are meant for adventures and living outside the box. That's the true value I believe.

I love the Francie dolls. Even the reproductions are getting so expensive. I tried to find one online but I just didn't have them extra money

Those 2 retro Barbies are sooooo cute omg I need to know who they are !

The vintage repros are a fantastic find. You should keep them. I would jump with joy if I would find repros like this thrifting. I find great dolls in boot sales and charity shops but I never found repros like these. Your afros girls look great.

The TNT Repro is the Smashroo Barbie ! One of my faves. Her ban should look like that. You can Google vintage pictures of the doll to compare. So nice to find so many fun repros. Doll collecting is very individual. One should collect it the way that is fun and satisfying. It is a hobby after all.

Loved the afros on both dolls. I might thrift a couple of dolls and experiment. Also, great thrift finds!

I would keep the reproduction Francis dolls. Those are an amazing find!!!

The afros look great! Congrats on such unique finds, too! Thrifting sounds like such a cool hobby, even with its patience requirement. 😝 Enjoyed the video! 👏🏾

Have you ever heard of Tyler Wentworth ? 16 inch tall dolls designed by Robert Tonner . there is a Trunk set exclusive to as store called Corbett's Collectables . The trunk is covered in leopard print fabric and comes with matching doll size luggage and several items of clothing to mix & match and a doll . Originally it was supposed to come with a white Tyler with reddish blonde curly hair and since i bought mine directly from Corbett's i asked if they could substitute a black doll because i felt the clothes in the set would look better on a black doll and they did it for me . including a Esme doll (black friend of Tyler )

20:39 REpro of 1967 Twist N Turn Barbie wearing reproduction of an outfit called Smasharoo .

I really agree with what you were saying about how fun being a Barbie Collector is. As much as I give Barbie crap, it's because it's still my favorite doll to collect. Even modern Barbie has a lot of great dolls. Idk I just want think that Barbie's really translate well into 11 inch littles versions of people, and can do a lot with them character wise. I like Rainbow High but for me they are really just decorations. I've recently gotten into hair rerooting and it is so fun.

OMG the reroots are amazing totally changing the look 🥰

Speaking of the RIGHT way to collect Barbie. I found an Elvis Blue Hawaiin doll NIB for $50. I really wanted it, but didn't buy it because I actually open all my dolls to eventually redress and stage. I just felt so bad doing that to a relatively expensive doll that had been in the box for so long. I'm sure it will haunt me.

🤩😁🥰Great rerooting and overall restyling 🤩

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I got three TNT face molds that are vintage. A blond version of the one in this video, a brunette with a flip and Jamie who is basically the same face mold but with brown eyes. I also have a Francie.

Love the purple Afro!

A friend of mine looks full white with ginger hair and freckles but has a black dad so the doll you have can truly be part black :)

Love your restyles! And as someone that sometimes keeps my Barbies in the box (like my older 1980s dolls) but mostly collects out of box/removes them from the box I agree that it's way more fun to take them out and "play" with them. I find so much more joy in taking a meh Fashionista and restyling them to be beautiful (plus giving them a mtm body) then just staring at my in-boxed dolls for a couple minutes. LOVE that FF Drew, the FF dolls are the best - so jealous, all I ever find in my thrift stores are dollar store dolls that lived through the Armageddon.

She was one of the first dolls I bought (2nd hand) when I started collecting - she was just so stunning! I didn't think of her as a stereotype, but then again, I don't think of the curvy body as fat - I see it as more "normal". I do agree that the lipstick was a bit much, especially with the glaring white teeth - it did sort of mimic blackface. Those 2 repro dolls are on my wishlist, but since I never want to pay more than $30 for a doll, I'll probably never get them lol. That Drew is adorable! When people talk about the declining quality of Mattel, the first thing I think of is the lack of detail and separates. I was a kid in the 70s, so I was used to dolls that came in outfits you could mix and match at least a little, with accessories. When I recently returned to collecting after nearly 30 year absence, I browsed through so many decades of dolls online, and the Fashion Fever era was definitely a high point for Mattel, IMO. The outfits were layered, detailed, and realistic. "Jeans" on a Barbie now are just printed stretch fabric that is thinner than my underwear. They can't even be bothered to continue a pattern to the back of the outfit.

Dude you are so right. I can’t even get the western ken from the movie because everyone has bought all the dolls already. Really give me a chance to purchase. Please. I totally agree with you. They scup up all the dolls and selling them three times the retail price. We have no chance.

The doll with the Summer head sculpt's afro is too cute. She looks beautiful. You did a great job. I did not know there was a controversy against her. Interesting. I like her darkest skin tone. I like her curvy body. I am a black American. I think she is beautiful. I find when I put my Barbies on shelves because I have high ceilings, I am always dusting, especially my Barbies hair styles. The vitiligo Barbie's afro is too cute also. You are really good with the afros!!! I can see why you prefer the petite body types. The clothes are definitely easier to find. Do you sew? You could make your own designer clothes. I think the right way to collect Barbies are just to get what moves you. I personally try to limit myself to 150 Barbies and Kens total due to storage. Also, my build my own Barbie houses. I limit myself to 15 houses due to the size of my doll room. I do enjoy making my own Barbie furniture also. I like one of a kind furniture. Have continued fun with y our collection!

I really like Summer head sculpt. Haven’t found one yet. 😢

Great job on afro hairstyle❤ Also tried to do afro on a carnival blond doll❤ she looks better

Your Barbies looks so cool whit afro hair

She’s missing the fluffy yellow hat

Summer looks great!

Is the blonde girl next to june in the background wearing the hard rock cafe barbie outfit? She looks so cool!

I’m kinda in love with Francie

The reason the doll raised concerns is because it does look like a doll in blackface tbh which as an actual Black person I can absolutely understand.

I was surprised when you said she looks like a golliwog? I think it's considered a racial slur. Although you're not wrong. Some dark skinned dolls can pull off the light lip color but this one definitely looks better after you fixed her. Personally I prefer getting dolls I already think look cute lmao. I'm just now getting into the hobby tho so maybe I'll be doing some reroots and faceups in the future tho and making some $5 busted looking dolls into absolute baddies

I am in awe! Love it so much. I have a gal that is so ready for a Treatment.

Just have to say that you sure incredibly handsome haha 😅 love the channel!

The doll looks great. I went to a store its name bargain city here in Puerto Rico they had 2018 fashionistas and i got the doll you call Tiffany and i got Margot robbie barbie and color reveal barbie series 1. I might get 2 2018 fashionistas. Next week. Your doll collection looks great.

Great video!❤

I have the same purple sash, it came with my Fianna Bratz doll repro

Your collection looks wonderful! Is it possible for you to tell me what that dark skinned black barbie standing next to kitty-cat dress barbie? She looks gorgeous and I would love to find her to add her to my own collection. OMG, that biracial doll was awesome creation, you are right that hair and hoop combo is super cute! Just amazing! Also that love love love shirt on your barbie is cute!

I hate seeing the videos of people reselling barbies/dolls with zero respect for the dolls themselves. I saw a guy buy up every MH doll at the store and pull their limbs off to sell them separately 🙃 i was devastated

Fashionistas Asha with red hair is originally classic, not tall and she is from 2016.

The redhead reproduction tnt doll is in the outfit smasheroo,and my dolls bangs are like that too ( a reproduction) I don’t know for sure if they are meant to be like that but I had a doll in the 60s as a child I don’t have her now and sort of remember maybe they were 😀

Yessssss plz keep the face coming lol so handsome 🫶🏽

🤗🔥🎈i love 💕 I love that Barbie doll

I really like the hair restyles you have done. The purple hair is lovely and I especially liked the doll with the light brown afro. I'm curious to see how your ginger girl turns out. I am going to try that technique out as well since that hair fiber some of the dolls come with is total shite. Just ugh, gross. I didn't have any fashion dolls as a kid and even though I am enjoying buying Barbies now as an adult, most of the clothing they come is just "meh". The contrast between the quality and attention to detail that the outfits used to have and how that compares to the majority of the modern doll clothing is unbelievable. That doll with the red and yellow outfit was amazing, a lined coat, stockings and everything. I related to what you were saying about customizing your dolls and the satisfaction and connection that brings. I started buying a few dolls last year to practice doing face repaints and wig making and it's developed into a major hobby. My husband is so totally weirded out by this. I'm guessing his tolerance for finding tiny disembodied heads with wig caps on them is quite low or something. 🤷‍♀

Ahhhh, my thrift stores don't have much Barbie anything. Now I wonder if they get nabbed by resellers. Hmmmm

Ahh when i saw the tnt doll she normally comes with a hat yellow fur that's why the the bangs are like that, ohh and the francie is the 35th anniversary. The tnt is worth more i been looking for her. And it's hard to find Iam from teguz u know finding repro is hard or impossible. 😅😅😅

Today's collector doll clothes don't have a fraction of the quality that the clothes of the playline dolls in the mid 2000s had.

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My favorite body is fairy tooth fairy 2020

Really there a right way 😂

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Wow, such treasures! Great finds, even packed well. Can't stand people (or videos) ''how to make money from dolls'', I know they have right to be there too but as a collector don't like it... Love the afro restyles very mush!

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