The Ultimate Guide to Mod Barbie and Friends 

The Doll's Witness + Mod = RU-vid gold!

You can tell this is one of the fashion eras that you particularly enjoy. The vibe of 60's swiniging London crossing the Atlantic. The mixture of fabrics from clear plastics to nylon, eith bold prints. A fun time indeed

I agree with you that Francie is a wonderful mod doll. It's a real joy to watch your presentations because you have such a feel for the areas that you discuss.

Great video! I am French and started to buy Barbie dolls in the late 60s, the mod era. I have a talking Barbie and two others, Francie with blond growing hair, a blond and a red-haired Stacey, two Skippers one red-haired, and a blond one with long curly pigtails. I have all the Mod fashion in pristine condition. My sister has passed away and her dolls remind me of her. I now live in London and I keep on collecting. And Carnaby Street is my favorite place.

Francie is my favorite! I love the Mods. Francie is the only Barbie I had as a child.

The first Barbie I had as a child was the Marlo flip mod Barbie. When I think of Barbie I always think of the mod era Barbie dolls. ❤️

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I didn't have any of the mod Barbies, but my friends did, who'd probably inherited them from their older sisters. I still love them.

My favorite era of Barbie, love the outfits ❤️

I read in an old issue of Barbie Bazaar that in the mid 1960s there was a real dilemma with the designers at Mattel whether or not to transition Barbie into the mod era. Fashion was changing so rapidly and Barbie's image had already been established. Francie was created as a test to see how well Mod inspired designs would sell. Francie dolls actually out sold Barbie in 1966 so the final decision was made to update Barbie.

Pink Power is beautiful and Francie with that growing hair is beautiful. She reminds me of Cindy from the B-52's who wore a simular outfit. It was the time of Fellini and the exaggerated feminine beauty. I absolutely love it! You make me want to collect them all!

I loved this segment ! your choices of character & outfit are spot on . We are essentially collecting the same eras , fashions & dolls . What makes every collection unique is which doll they choose to dress in which fashion. I liked the way you had a separate Twiggy doll for each fashion . I did this in my collection too ! Thank you for being my fave RU-vid content out there ! Cheers Matt

Mod fashion was definitely a 60s thing. And yep, early to mid 70s was pretty granola girl. Love your bowling shirts by the way!

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your collection with us!

OMG, love your collection of Mod Barbies! Thank you for showing!😍This is my favorite area too and I feel happy every time when I'm going through my own collection. All of these bright colors, simply amazing!😊

During all this video in my mind I was listening the Austin Powers theme song... oh behave... lovely dolls and fashion nyo!😻👍🏼💖

Thanks!

You're killing me! My favorite fashions! I can't afford any of it but I do have vintage fabrics and I can sew. I want to make my own little collection.

I love your videos. ❤ One of these days I’m going to get one of these. They’re just so adorable and stylish.

I love the Mod dolls & fashions. I had some of my sister's Vintage dolls & always "cast" them as the parents or older siblings in my little play stories. I played with Barbies as a kid through the 70's, so I had the Malibu line and the Quick Curls and Free Moving dolls. But, every now and then I would see a Mod doll at a friend's house (their sibs were closer in age than mine) and I was SICK with wanting those gorgeous dolls & fashions. They were wild & exotic to me then. Now, I just treasure them alongside the Vintage dolls I collect. I NEED a TNT or Talking Christie doll. I have a Malibu Christie and a Julia (love them both) and recently got a (mute) Talking Brad in AMAZING condition, but I need the earlier Christie. I'm going to an exciting Barbie event in a few weeks and am saving up my pennies, hoping I'll find her there. This will be a video to rewatch several times so I can take it all in! Thank you!

You're the perfect person to be making this video. 10/10

I wish they made a mod Ken!

Great presentation! The MOD dolls were really "the bomb"! Super chic cool, vibrant and fun!! Certainly a style of its own! I did manage to get a remake of Julia boxed & the Becky doll, i.e. Casey doll with a sandy Marlo flip with brown eyes! Nice! Still looking casually for a long haired Stacy, very hard to find!! Thanks, you're always fun.🎉😊

I recently found a julia with a 70s dress at an antique shop i’m obsessed

Heck yeah! Can’t wait to watch this on my lunch break! 😁

I love your collection, how much you want for one of your live action christie barbie ahhh you have so many I've just ever wanted one but can't come across one yet.

Ha! Double take when I saw my name at the end. But once again, another rad video. ✨🧡💜✨

Really enjoyed this episode!

Love your video I love Christie and Julia they are my favorites ❤

Thanks Man, Your channel is super dope🔥also along with Beauty inside a box channel (I believe it’s called), have true educated me on all things Barbie, and it’s very much appreciated. Coming from someone who knows nothing about Barbie and was handed a collection. Thanks

Love these!!!!

LOVE❤

you are so cool and stylish love the dolls too thanks

I found a Brunette Marlo Flip, need to find her a mod outfit. TY

I love those twiggy dolls! Are you also into fashion history? You have a lot of good tidbits of the historical moments/trends that influenced barbie fashion

The Goldie Hawn Blonde Ambition doll. You NEED her! Do you think there’s an original out there?

Well, hello! Best mornings/days are when you upload a new video! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

These are way too pretty to be toys. I'm losing my mind like you are over these super cute/hot outfits.

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I have more mod Barbies than the orginal ones. I got all her mod friends except Christie. My favorite is this Margo Flip with brown hair. She is the one that's in the best condition and the one that cost me the least. Do you have Skipper in the sausage curls i think she's my favorite Skipper. Mod Skipper just looks better in this era.

The fully oxidized hair looks cool. I know they didn't expect that!

Hi

Do you had an occasion why are you collecting 60s and 70s Barbies?

Question: Do reproduction dolls &/or fashions make originals worth any less at all?

I like the Mod Era much more than the Vintage Era. Barbie got much prettier imo and the outfits more creative and exciting. The Vintage Era is way too proper and Stepford Wife-ish for me.

My sister always preferred Francie over Barbie. As kids, we both thought the figure of Barbie was ridiculous, and Francie had a more natural/normal look. My only issue with her (as a child) was that she looked weak and sickly lol. Sleepy doe eyes, pale skin, flushed cheeks, petite stature - all said longterm illness to me - so even though I wanted a less ridiculous/more realistic figure, I wasn't happy until I got a Dusty :D I really want to add a Francie to my collection, more because of my sister than any particular affinity for her, although as an adult, I find her very sweet and charming. I was first going to say, "They should bring Francie back!" then I realized they sort of have with all the petite Barbies. Side note: we had that green/blue/yellow striped dress and the pretty pink. Those Skippers are beautiful! I definitely want one :) Walking Jamie is so pretty - she's got the sweetness of Francie but looks healthy lol. Love your passion - thanks for sharing! I especially love your videos where you show/compare a large number of dolls. Always so informative! Have you thought about doing a video about all the gimmick dolls? Like, talking, busy hands, dancing, winking, etc? It would be interesting to see all the different innovations. I'd even enjoy a study of the different body types over the decades and how they changed.

Wonderful!!!

Thanks!

Thanks!