I love this you guys! I'm 58 now and I was not allowed to have Barbies. The first Barbie I ever fell in love with was my older cousin''s 1968 brunette talking Barbie with the side pony. God did I want that doll !! I pretty much took over my younger sister's Barbies as they were mine, secretly of course. 1973 Quick Curl Barbie and 1974 Sweet Sixteen Barbie - I loved. Today, I've purchased every single damn Barbie that I always wanted as a kid and could never have. Thanks guys for sharing !
I'm 62yo ... I wasn't allowed to even have the boy dolls like GI Joe when I was a kid! Five years ago I just started buying / collecting dolls / toys .... I have Barbies, Monster High, Rainbow High (boys mostly), Fugglers and LEGO. I work as a Disability Support Worker and I've been collecting dolls with disabilities ... super excited to discover Share a Smile Becky .. I'm gunna get her ... thanks ! You're both gorgeous and inspirational x
Oh that’s awesome!! Yeah the whole debate about gi Joe being a doll vs an action figure is one of the silliest things in history. Forcing ‘masculinity’ on a 5 ur old? Come on lol ❤️❤️
I am a 73 year old Barbie collector. I bought my first Barbie at age 13. She is an ash blonde bubble cut in the red swim suit. I couldn’t afford clothes. So I made my own since my mom had taught me to sew! One day, the neighbor was visiting and bragging about an accomplishment his daughter had done! Suddenly Dad said, go get your Barbie! I brought out my Barbie to show the neighbor! My Dad then said, look at what my son has done! He made this dress for this Doll! “ look at the workmanship that he put into this!” I then realized that Dad could have not been more proud of me as if I had e we on a football game! That’s when I realized how cool my parents were to let me pursue my interest! I am a blessed man! My Barbie room sounds like yours with layers of dolls!! Love your channel! Thanks!
I loved the video! It was fun seeing your brother, and you two together. The dolls are great!! The troll hair puff extensions for the Barbie are totally rad!!! I’m a 89’ baby, and I was blessed that my parents brought me dolls and allowed me to play with them, but eventually my father started to say I had enough dolls to play with , so I would get my mother to sneak and buy me a new doll here And there❤
This is amazing, having your twin unbox with you. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and when my dad bought me a Ken Doll at a rummage sale, my Mom had a fit. I started buying Barbies in the 90s, and eBay has helped me get some of the ones from my childhood. Your knowledge is outstanding. Having family enjoy and celebrating with you, makes me smile and warns my heart 🩷
Do you have one of the funnest doll collecting channels I have ever seen! I would love to see other videos than just reviews too, I would like to see the trivia video and maybe a doll room tour someday. I love 90s Barbies but right now I am focusing on the 60s and 70s ones. Plus didn't know you had a twin!
Still have that feeling going to the pink section of the toy store. I had a 68 Talking Ken and played with my younger sisters Barbies with her. The shame LOL
I unboxed some of my 90s collector Barbies recently, too. They aren't worth much, and their boxes were huge. I kept some in the box. The ones on the bottom shelf for my cat can't get to them.
Love this video and i love your channel, I'm a 32 year old man who's finally living his Barbie and doll dream and getting to start and build up my own collection, of which is getting out of control already 😂. Seriously, i don't care though, I look at all my beautiful dolls and they make me so happy. Keep up your fab vids ❤
I really enjoyed watching this segment ! I was born in 1958 the same year Barbie was created. She & her friends & family have always been on my radar , some of my earliest recollections are of girls playing with them in their trunks , the clothes in my neighborhood. Fast forward to the 60s and I was obsessed with Barbie but like you guys it wasn't ok with my parents for me to play with Barbie dolls. I would hide my neighbors doll ( a lemon bubble) in mine and my brothers bed room. I would play with her when my parents went out. My next door neighbor Kim was my best friend and I played in her basement With her Barbies & the first dream house. We are still friends and I can recall everything single thing she had . I have since collected everything in that case and all of the dream houses ! Last I want to add my parents would take us to Sears & I would wander into the girls toy section and there were all the mod dolls and fashions I wanted so badly (1969) that now as an adult I have in my collection ! I am very cool with the fact my parents were not ready for me to be barbie obsessed in my childhood ! as an adult they came around & understood it ,and so much more ...And I am still quite obsessed & have collected pretty much everything out there... Although your segments have alerted me to many things I wasn't looking for until you have highlighted the 90s & 2000s I have made some amazing life long friends... The Doll community rules & thank you again for creating my fave RU-vid Chanel ! Cheers Matt from the friendly Skies ***
Thanks so much!! What an amazing time to be introduced to Barbie! I think a lot of us collectors dream about going back in time and heading into Sears to buy out the Barbie section. lol if I’d been in elementary school during the mod years I don’t know if I could’ve stopped myself from demanding a Barbie. Easy to say now I spose lol I’d imagine parents were even more rigid the further back in time we go. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I am a girl and I have similar experience - I wasn't allowed to have boy's toys, like Lego, cars, swords and other cool stuff my boy - friends used to have. And they were annoyed with them and never want to play with trucks when I came to visit! 😢😄 Nevetheless I loved my dolls and I love them still!
What you say is so true... in the 90's you couldn't even have a Ken (because it was a girl's toy). I adored them because they were huge in size compared to the male child dolls (he-man, rambo, etc). Anyway, I have an ultramini collection of kens that I adore now. Please more videos! dolls and two beautiful men talking... what more could I ask for?
Earring magic midge was the only doll I got from that period of 93-96, otherwise I decided to start zeroing in on the vintage dolls from early 80s and backwards but then the model muse thing pulled me back into the newer dolls
100% was that boy. Had an older girl cousin so I got to play Barbies with her, but for me it was Jem. I wanted her bad!!! My mom, though not thrilled about me wanting a doll, wasn't morally opposed to it. Though the catch was, I had to buy it myself. I remember taking month to save up $13.99 only to then be then reminded that there was also tax. Lol anyway needless to say, I own that entire effing integrity toys line haha.
I'm so glad you finally get to enjoy Barbies!!! If you really love them, it's cruel and unusual punishment to be denied them!!! 2:25 I always *hated* the Barbies with "too much hair"! It wasn't realistic, and the hair got in the way of the fashion, which was the main attraction. I avoided the Totally Hair Barbie, but loved the groovy dress!
Fun video! I actually like the Polly Pocket Barbie Doll hair style but I do struggle with the maintenance of those hair through the years. As i hear and read your stories, I now wonder if or how many boys back then among my own friends/acquaintances might have liked dolls too. I am sorry to think I might have missed out playing dolls with them, it would have been so much fun.
Yeah I think there were a lot of boys who just wouldn’t dare touch a Barbie, no matter how badly they wanted to. Hopefully things are a bit different now. ❤️❤️
I remember I once grabbed my cousins Barbie just to look at it and my uncle sent me home and made this huge fuss about it to my mother. 😂 The homophobia was strong in my family.
lol I can definitely relate! Parents used to be extra insane regarding dolls and boys, when all that gendered marketing for kids is just ridiculous. ❤️❤️
90s Barbies are my favorite and what I’ve started collecting… but dayum!! I’m already distracted by the hotness with one of you, now there’s two!! 🤤 I can’t even tell you what I just watched lol
Were their legs sticky? Im asking because im scared to buy any more old barbies in boxes after reading that they deteriorate after only 15 years in a box. But if they're not i might buy some.
As a trans woman I can relate so much, so for me my mom would never buy me a Barbie however if I happened to have a barbie lying around she had no objection, so now as an adult its been so awesome getting all the barbies I wanted. The first Barbie I rebought was Totally Hair Barbie
I grew up in the 90s. I didn't have Barbie persee but i had the Saved by the Bell dolls and Aladin and Jasmine. And id always be off buying clothes for them. Lol Are you both single?
Wow you guys are Caucasian you parents never let you have a barbie as kid i though Caucasian people open minded in USA, evething you guys say is true it happen to me too I'm Mexican my parents never let me have Barbieb in box in 90s Is only fashion doll never let me is barbie. You guys show more unboxing vintage late 80s & early 90s skipper & Courtney dolls. Because is my favorite doll I have her as kid at thrift store.
There are really open-minded parts of the USA and many that aren’t. And in the early 90s in general, seemingly everywhere, boys didn’t play with Barbie. Definitely plan on some more unboxing vids from the 80s and 90s!❤️
I remember one Christmas season when I was a kid, my parents took my little brothers and me as every year to choose the toys we wanted for that Christmas, and while my brothers were choosing their toys, roaming for the store a box with an airplane pilot Ken caught my attention, I didn't even realize what kind of other toys were around it, I took my mom and dad, may he rest in peace, to show them what I wanted, I didn't realize it was the Barbie aisle, and told her that I wanted that pilot for Christmas, my mom turned to look at my dad and asked him if they should buy it, which It seemed strange to me but I didn't give it much importance, my dad simply saw me, smile and said, let's buy it for him. That Christmas it was my favorite toy out of all the ones I received from my parents, but that same morning I saw a TV commercial where the same pilot Ken came with a flight attendant Barbie with girls playing with them, so I decided not to take it out to play with it outside the house or show it to my friends , and I only played with him inside, I never told my parents that I had discovered that Ken was a girl's toy. Now I collect Ken, Bratz Boys and Marvel Legends, DC and WWE action figures and some Holiday Barbies, especially Bob Mackie ones among other dolls. Hugs from Sonora, Mexico.
Yeah, it’s sad for kids to realize they’re ‘going against societal norms’ at such a young age. Really not something they should even have to consider ❤️❤️
I had lots of Barbies as a kid. My mom even used to make clothes for them, it was never an issue. My whole family didn't make any deal of it - I could play with every toy I liked. Everything was fine 'til I got older, went to school and noticed other boys didn't play with dolls. The first 2 or 3 years of school were still pretty ok, but then too many people around, kids, friends, teachers etc. more and more gave me the feeling owning dolls wasn't "boy accurate". It's a tricky age and when I was like 11 or 12 I finally got rid of all my Barbies, She-Ra's, everything pink or cute etc. and only kept my He-Man, Dino Raiders, M.A.S.K and stuff like that. I got ashamed so much that I even denied ever having owned any Barbies. Sadly, even an open minded Family can't beat small town narrowminds and village schools it seems. At the age of 23 I started my collection of 80s toys, mainly He-Man (some She-Ra and Golden Girl hidden in the back) but it took 15 more years before I dared to start collecting stuff like Rainbow Brite or Care Bears. Sadly, a slight feeling of shame never really went away, even to this day. Anyway: Love your content - we need to see more grown up men being proud owners of a Barbie Collection, My Little Ponys or Polly Pockets 😊👍
Ah nice!! Yeah I loved he man, but she ra was a bit too close to a Barbie it seemed. Glad you were able to get back into it!! Ridiculous that kids can’t just enjoy what they like. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a treat getting a video with your twin too! Makes me sad that you weren't allowed to play with Barbies as children. I love how you've got all the Barbies you ever dreamed of now!
I have cerebral palsy and bought her in the 90s I was 21 and I put her on my mod 70s coffee table I recently bought all three versions of Becky and am on a mission to collect lots of the fashionistas btw I think share a smile as a name is nauseating
This was such a cute video, as someone who's grandma bought me dolls growing up it sucks hearing how ya'll didn't really have that type of experience, but I'm glad you're both able to have the fun and collect whatever the hell you want. Now as an adult collector it's adorable how my mom will literally marvel at my shelves in awe - saying this like "I wish I could dress like that" and "I love your collection."
Glad you had an awesome grandma! And yeah, my mom sees my early sixties stuff in photos now and goes on and on about which ones she had and how cute they are. lol ❤️❤️
I fully can connect with not being able to buy or access dolls so its nice to see your passion and joy for them at a later age. I got to enjoy dolls in my late 20’s and its brought me so much joy
Ohhhhhh NO you didn't!!??!!... Well you did actually just pop the info of you having a twin and having him in the video at the same time!!!! Great to learn and see! You always be keeping it fresh and us on our toes!! Im kinda getting the idea that you both ( definitely your brother at least) are in the Beauty Industry... Hair Stylist perhaps??!!??..
20:30 I was allowed to have Barbies on and off as a kid, but with weird rules lol like I was allowed to have the Heart family since they were modeling good heterosexuality lol but my mom sewed a bathing suit over the Barbie so there wouldn’t be nudity lol later I was allowed to have Skipper, Stacey and Todd since they were kid bodies so it was less scandalous haha I also had Trolls until a cashier at Toys R Us blew in one’s hair and said make a wish; then my mom was convinced they were witchcraft and threw them away 😂 Weird times the 80s and 90s!!
Yes I am a guy and as a boy my mean dad forbid dolls! I am making up for it today with Barbie’s and AG dolls!!! I agree! You two are the cutest boys ever!
Hi there! I’m David from Barcelona! I love your channel. As you, I was not allowed to have Barbies when I was a child…I only had one original 1977 Superstar Barbie but one day she vanished…father intervention I guess…I started collecting them when I was 22 years old, now I’m 48 and there are aprox. 600 Barbies in my collection :)
So I’ve followed you on IG a while but I just discovered you’re YT channel last night and I’m so glad I did! And wow you have a twin how cool! What a bummer your parents didn’t let you have dolls I hope they have changed now. My oldest is 27 and wanted a Barbie party for his 4th birthday so my husband and I went all out even a Barbie piñata. He wanted to collect Kelley dolls so he had a huge collection. ❤
Omg I have a twin sister too 🥺 She is my best friend in the world, I still love sharing my dolls and toys and stuff with her even though we're all grown up. So cute to see you guys enjoying the sick ass toys you never got to play with as kids. Polly Pocket Barbie is a legend!!
Well, as if this channel wasn't fun enough, you go and double the fun factor. Looking forward to what you decide to collaborate on next. Love the dynamic of the pair of you. Well done 😊
Wow! You guys are adorable! And yes, I was that boy too that was not allowed to play with Barbies. I used to play Barbies with my cousin when my dad was not around, so basically hidden, however, I was lucky because I was allowed to have She Ra dolls, I don't even know how was that possible for me, but I guess is because I also loved Masters of the universe and I guess my parents tought they were all the same, but my father made me give them away I guess because he noticed the difference of them with the rest of my action figures and that was really devastating for me as I loved them. Now a days I am 40 and collecting Barbies, better late than never and I am very happy about it! ❤❤❤ I hope to see more videos of you with your brother! Loving the content you do!
I had a very similar upbringing. My folks weren’t thrilled about the idea of getting me dolls. I luckily had an older sister who allowed me to play with her dolls, with her, and by myself. I also thought that idea was history, but I recently heard a mother say to her young son who had stopped by the “pink aisle”, “Those are girl toys.” I interjected and said, “Not necessarily!” and she just laughed, most likely out of her obvious discomfort for being called out.
61 year old here, I grew up in a small city in New Zealand. I was allowed dolls, one of which was Busy Barbie, (1972?) also NZs Barbie clone Debbie the Elegant Doll. I now realise how wonderful my parents were, sadly they have both recently passed away, but wow how lucky was I. Ps love you guys.
When i was a little boy I was told wee boys don't play with dolls not by mum or close relatives but old gossips poking Thier nose in and saying to my mum smack him for playing with dolls , my cousin bought me my very first doll , she was a few years older than me and working in a factory and on Fridays it was half day at the factories an on certain occasions she would take one of my other four brothers shopping , when I was four she chose me to come with and choose my own present , as we lived in the Irish country side and just a few miles from town , but close but was a small country shop it sold groceries hardware and dolls and toys and behind the counter there was a selection of dolls all of them very pretty my cousin noticed that I had fixed my sights on a pretty black doll in a powder blue dress with a matching bow in it's hair , as my cousin was very protective of me , she pretended to buy the doll for herself and atthe same bought a small diecast tractor , once we got out of the shop she said wait to we get back to house and said she really bought the doll for me , im 62 now and I still have the doll and through the years ive gained a vast collection of dolls from different eras my house is my own private museum ive some really old victorian dolls i do collect modern dolls such as barbies mostly the black versions ,my main colletion is black dolls. it was mostly influenced by the black music i grew up on as my dad belonged to the baptist church and there were conventions held in town halls and people from all over the world came over mostly black Americans and they brought their music with them and some stayed in Ireland and my dad's record collection had the most uplifting black gospel music and i loved the gospel choirs and the African American ladies were like stunning fashion dolls themselves I've looked on RU-vid to see if anyone else in northern Ireland collected black dolls but I seem to be the only one , the only people i find is in America Canada uk
This was such a fun video! Love seeing you with your brother, and look forward to any other videos you do while he's visiting 😊 I'm glad you both got to fulfill your childhood desires, though it always makes me sad to hear from guys who weren't allowed to play with dolls as kids. And I totally get what you said about keeping dolls in their boxes! I have a lot of deboxed dolls, but so many I love keeping in their boxes because the artwork or the layout of the packaging is just so nice Also, I wasn't expecting that movie reference! I used to quote that film all the time and the road to tell line is one of my favourites haha (I'm not sure if YT will censor my comment if I write the title of the movie ) Yikes, sorry for the novel of a comment 😅
There are two of you!!!! 🤩I am just 2 years older than you, but my story is kinda similar. I have a collection now. I had 2 Barbies as a child - a bit luckier than you, I guess. But here, in Easter Europe, we had no Barbies before 1990... So now I compensate. Big time :)
You guys are adorable! I ‘m so happy that you guys can now play with Barbie’s! I am a baby boomer and I remember the boy toy and girl toy thing! -I made sure not to place labels on my daughter’s play stuff! Kids just want to play and be happy period ,so they can grow up and be emotionally happy adults! 🫶🏾🫶🏾
OMG! I wanted Totally Hair Barbie so badly… the commercial always mesmerised me. I never asked for her, because I was a “boy”. But my mom would have prob bought her for me if I asked….
My mom was sympathetic with me as a kid and she'd let me pick out one every so often, but I don't remember them staying around very long after my dad would catch wind of it. My sister gave me her collection at one point and then I had to get rid of it. Then I got super into Max Steel (which is another gay boy trap lmao) and had to get rid of those too. So as an adult I've really gone overboard and I have a big collection like you now of Barbie, Jem, Bratz, Max Steel, GI Joe, WWF, all kinds of clones, American Girl, etc. But this is how it always should have been I think. I agree that there's a bittersweetness there that makes them nicer to have.
I have a Tara Lynn that needs a reroot I found thrifting. Do you reroot? Would you like her? I wanted to send to RU-vidr I follow to see if they could fix her. Free.
Oh I have that wheelchair Becky. I mistakenly let me daughter play with it, and broke the wheeelcbair😭, but I still have it displayed with my other Barbie’s
I love you guys. I love Barbies. Not only are you handsome you’re a lot of fun. I am really enjoying your videos. I hope you do more together. You remind me of my childhood crush. Omar Sherif. Keep doing what you’re doing. I really enjoy it. With that said yes I’m old and I still have my first number one Barbie.💖 i’m living two of my favorite things, Omar Sherif, and Barbie.
Stop It!!!!!!! 😮😮😮 There are two of these gorgeous doll loving dreamboats on this planet 😮😮😮 This is so heartwarming to watch you live out your childhood dreams with us🥹 Bless your sweet hearts 💖
The nostalgia! Ah! Omg! You snatch that trolls wig off! lol! Enjoyed seeing you and your brother. Like two kids opening Christmas gifts. My younger brother always inherited my dolls. When we got him his first Barbie after playing with those ugly trolls I remember it like yesterday. Oh how much fun we had.
It’s sad your parents weren’t able to allow you a full and free childhood. Still, there is a kindness in both of you that speaks to good parentage. You are both enjoying your freedom of expression now, in adulthood, and that’s so restorative! Your channel is about more than boys and barbies. Much more. Well done.
Omg I didn't know you was a twin, you both are so handsome ❤❤, I loved totally hair Barbie, I had one great memories of my childhood, I loved Barbie since I was a kid and still to this day as a grown-up and my kids too ❤❤❤
