Love all your finds!!!! The Canadian Barbie is wearing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ceremonial uniform and the jacket is referred to as the Red Serge 😊 The RCMP is Canada's national police force 🍁
I am so jealous of your thrifting sources especially Mackays. It is the main attraction for me in Nashville! I love seeing the unique dolls you find. Thrifting here in Canada is a lot less thrilling but still low cost gambling. I have found the most unique dolls including the ugliest skipper ever. Some have been unexpected treasures to me personally (not really valuable dolls in collector terms) and this is why I enjoy the hunt. Your video is full of the personal aspect of doll hunting which is so fascinating
I'm shocked. He actually finds dolls in box at Thrift stores. The chains like Goodwill put their stuff of value online now. I just find naked Barbies and Disney Princess dolls in very beat-up condition.
The Canadian doll is gorgeous! My Hollywood Nails doll had loose hips. And her nail polish was also dried up. I had her before - back when she first came out, and the nail polish had a pleasant scent.
I so remember that style, I was in my late teens going into my 20s during this time.. I had the hairstyle and the plum lip color.. don’t get me started with the platform shoes and flip flops, Ohhhh babe we were everything back then ❤
I love that you find new appreciation for the old dolls. I love seeing them and hearing your input on fashion and face molds, hair types and makeup. lots of love from Canada!
I own two of the Tori budget mermaids, one wich I keep as a Mermaid and one that have a normal human unarticulated body. The distribution of these mermaids were so weird, I've seen them few times on a big retailer here in Brazil, and got them at a sale. Glad I could put my hands on them, and kinda want more lol, she's great and hope they do more Toris with different colors of hair, and hope they bring back Lara to playline soon
Blaine is way cuter than Ken :) I can see why Barbie dumped Ken for him. But that mushroom cut, haha, that was huge in the 90s. Great find! This guy is better quality than most collector dolls are today. I LOVE that Canadian Barbie's face, I want that doll! And no, I never ever find good thrift store Barbies where I live. I only find destroyed knock off Barbies if I'm lucky
Im always happy to see that you have uploaded a new video :) Blaine surprised me. I know Generation Girl is highly detailed, but was not expecting that cool shirt underneath that jacket. Im also surprised to see that much of a neck on the headsculpt itself. The 90s ken's were easy to clip off, but thats a lot of neck on Blaine! Its a shame a lot of the "leather" clothing is crumbling. Sometimes its not salvageable like Earring Magic Barbie's outfit because its so thin and theres barely enough structure to fix, but this? You can fix easily with one of those faux leather fix kits they sell; you basically crumble the left overs as much as possible, and then recoat it with the new paint. I like Superstar Barbie and this one Ive never really paid attention to until this video. Generally, I avoid dolls of the world because I got the phillipines and she was a glue mess, glue seeping everywhere. Is this the same for Canada Barbie? Shes really pretty and i like her shade of red (I dislike when they use the carrot shade). I think you need to coat that bandaid in UV resin and then use it as a ring, I would be upset to see a future Barbie GBF video without it lol
i live vicariously through your videos bc to curb my spending i only collect barbies with the 59 face hahahaha. love seeing all these fashions and different face sculpts.
❤ Omg I never realized that Canada Barbie was so beautiful. Great price too. I'm going to have to get one. I recently discovered the one from Holland with the Carnival face. I too was hoping for the Hispanic facemold for the anniversary Teresa after hearing youmention it previosly.
i remember the dolls off the world pink collection at walmart it was like a huge row off all the dolls they had them all i used to look at them everytime i would go especially the mexican one and i believe a Australian one for some reason ( also i love ur vids on unboxing older barbie releases)
OMG! The Hollywood Nails and Blaine really brings back memories! Makes me feel old. I remember get them when they were new. Glad you are enjoying them!
In Latin America we get the two versions: purple hair and black-haired. I have the black-haired one, she has no pixels and her hair is soft, yesterday I gave her a wash
You can cut the neck and contour like a made to move/looks ken. The bottoms neck piece if you cut it and maneuver it just right can go back on the neck peg then the newly cut head can go on top with it sliding inside the newly cut one
i wonder why mattel is so exclusive with angel kent the best holiday doll odile and she is a walmart online exclusive, that merman and the first odile, the prince ken , the tori mermaid, i think his work is refreshing and needed in the barbie world and his ooaks are amazing
I sold that Blaine on EBay last year. I felt sad to see him again. I moved into a MUCH smaller space a few years ago and need to pare down my doll collection. I have that Nails Barbie. I don’t like her screening or her body, but those clothing pieces are great! Wow, I want to copy your idea and put it on my red haired Looks doll.
I am not feeling the anniversary Teresa doll either. Just like with the anniversary Christie doll, I don't understand why they went with a sculpt that the character never used before. I would have loved if the anniversary Christie had used her original 1968 face with updated screening and hair. I feel the same about Teresa. I would love to see the 1983 Spanish Barbie face sculpt brought back, but I would make a slight tweak to it. I think it's just a little bit too small compared to other heads, and I think that the mouth should look slightly more serious or slightly more happy. The original sculpt always looked kind of 'blank' and expressionless to me, though it really works for some dolls depending on the screening.
I've been enjoying your videos for quite some time, but I don't comment because I watch on my TV. I just wanted you to know that the fuzzy piece on Hollywood Nails Barbie is a shrug. If you slip both arms through it, with the shrug stretching across her back, you'll see it's a cute look. I don't know why they boxed it as a 3rd layer over the skirt of her dress, because it looks so much better as a shrug. The photos of the faces on the dress do fade with time, so be sure to keep it out of the sun. Your content is always fabulous. Thank you!
Always, awesome video😊 I look forward to them. I would love a room tour, your collection is fabulous, the redhead Looks is gorgeous in her restyling, awesome choice 🤗 I never find anything like your great finds at my Thrift Stores or yard sale.
La Barbie canadiense va vestida con el uniforme de la policía montada del Canadá. Me encanta el Blaine y Frida. Quizá puedas pegar alguna pegatina (de las k se usan para manicura) en la chaqueta de Blaine para tapar el defecto.
Awesome vid💖💖💎 those dolls took me back down memory road where I haven't wasted my life with dolls.I have Hollywood nails Christie. It felt like the first articulated doll I still have with the twist braids🥰🥰🦄🪷🌸🌹🪻💎🪮.And being reminded of barbie's and Ken's breakup😂😂
Love the Burnette Tori Mermaid. I just wish she was available in the US. However, I did saw the purple hair Tori Mermaid at Toys R Us at Macy's, so she'll be on my wishlist for next month.
I'm really jealous how easy it is for you to find such amazing dolls in your area. Where I live you can't find ANYTHING interesting outside of the new un-articulated Barbie fashionistas unless if I go to Other supermarkets or Toys shops that are far far away from where I live. They don't even sell Made to move on shelves outside of a single smyths toy Shop that is out of town. The most I have found in a single thrift shop are these really beautiful out of the box Limited edition Barbie's from the 2000s, which are now gone. Said thrift shop is again far out of town for me.
Putting Frida on a body without leg articulation feels so fucking ableist- For those unaware, Frida Kahlo got into a severe accident that left her unable to use her lower body properly, so Mattel using the body they did does not honor her properly. Making her Made to Move is the best thing to do.
Ooh yeah not a fan of the Teresa head sculpt and I’m bummed they didn’t use the sculpt from the Hollywood nails Teresa doll as I’m pretty sure that was her first original head sculpt made just for her and I loved her with it!
Also, I was really hoping for Freida as Teresa; but seeing the design, I think a lot of people would have been annoyed that she doesnt look too different from the Looks Freida; same skin, same hairstyle etc. I really wish they used Rollerskate Teresa as a reference, but I understand why they chose this. Lina isnt that exciting.. but I am just grateful it isnt Karl. I just dont like that sculpt! I think Victoria would have been interesting. I never thought of Elle, but I always did want one in a lighter skintone for more represntation and I think she would have really looked good as Teresa (hollywood hair teresa!!)
Generation Girl Blaine is not the same Blaine that Barbie dated (once Mattel establishes rights to a name, they will very often re-use it for different characters.) It was the Blaine Barbie dated that got the Tango head sculpt. I've been trying to research Mattel sculptors in the late 80s into the 90s--if sources can be trusted, this Blaine was sculpted by Hussein Abbo, who also sculpted Goddess, Shani/Asha/Nichelle (original Nichelle--what'd I just say about Mattel re-using names), that Ken as Romeo in the Romeo and Juliet set (with claims it was based on his son), and I *suspect* he also sculpted Mackie and 1987 Skipper Incidentally, I went to McKay's the day after you did--we had been planning the trip for weeks, but as soon as I saw you posting the evening before, I knew there wouldn't be anything good left for me. (And don't claim birthday privileges--my birthday's in July, too 😁) -Mountie- Canadian Barbie's boots are based on a boot sculpt Mattel started using around 1970, and used into the mid 90s, so there are more of them out there, somewhere
