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New and Vintage Barbie Dolls, Accessories & Collectibles
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BARBIE COLLECTOR DOLLS
Top row left to right: Dancing with the Stars Samba Barbie® Doll, Dancing with the Stars Waltz Barbie® Doll, and Dancing with the Stars Paso Doble Barbie® Doll
Bottom row left to right: Grace Kelly The Bride Doll, William And Catherine Royal Wedding® Giftset, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Bella Doll
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Barbie 3 Story Dream Townhouse- The Ultimate Barbie Toy
Who wouldn’t want to live in this ultra-posh townhouse? Totally dreamy!
If you have a Barbie lover in your household, the Barbie Pink 3-Story Dream Townhouse is a must-have. This is a fabulous birthday or Christmas present for your little girl- and just imagines the smile on her face when she receives the Barbie Dream Townhouse!
Designed for ages three and up, the Barbie Dream Townhouse stands over three feet tall and comes fully furnished, including lights and sounds on each level! Your child will enjoy having role-playing adventures with Barbie and her friends in this fancy new townhouse.
Enter the world of Barbie! These three stories of fabulousness include a pink personal elevator plus lights and sounds on every level!
Enter through the front door to a warm and glowing light-up chandelier, fancy dining area, and fully stocked kitchen.
Entertain in the second-level homey living room with roaring fireplace and pop up flat screen TV, plus an ultra-luxurious Barbie signature bathroom.
Sleepy? Head upstairs to the third floor posh bedroom suite with a canopy bed and balcony with charming light-up tiki lights and outdoor whirlpool
Barbie 3 Story Dream has the following features:
- Over three feet tall with beautiful lighting and sounds on every level
- Five fully furnished deluxe rooms
- Pink personal elevator
- Roaring fireplace and pop up flat screen TV
- Ultra-luxurious Barbie signature bathroom
- Charming light-up tiki lights and outdoor whirlpool tub
- Sounds include doorbell, kitchen timer, crackling fireplace, shower humming, and flushing toilet.
- Over 55 pieces and accessories (batteries not included)
Real Sounds and Lights
Barbie’s Dream Townhouse is decorated throughout in classic Barbie pink, with lifelike intricate details, lights, and sounds. With over 55 pieces and accessories, the house has five fully furnished, deluxe rooms with chandeliers, tiki lights, a fireplace, and a refrigerator that all light up. Sounds include Barbie “humming” in the shower, the kitchen timer, the doorbell, the fireplace crackling, or the toilet flushing.
Along with the realistic lights and sounds, the townhouse also features a pink, personal elevator, which easily moves from floor to floor with a pull string, and an outdoor spa area with a whirlpool tub and light-up tiki lamps.
Besides the whirlpool, Barbie can entertain her friends by cooking something in the fully stocked kitchen, watching a movie on her pop-up flat-screen TV, or even just snuggling up by the warm, crackling fireplace.
Hours of Interactive, Role-playing Fun
The townhouse provides a setting for interactive, role-playing adventures and includes everything Barbie could need to entertain her guests or have a quiet night at home by the fire. Your child will love pulling the elevator to each floor, filling up the whirlpool for pool parties, and playing with all of the realistic lights and sounds.
The Barbie 3-Story Dream Townhouse is the ultimate play-set for the Barbie lover in your home!
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Barbie History – A History of the 1950s Barbie Doll
Once you start getting into collecting Barbie dolls you usually find yourself wanting to know a little bit of the history of Barbie, especially if you are interested in the vintage Barbie dolls. What you may not realize is that Barbie is named after a real little girl, and for that matter, so is Ken.
Barbara Handler is the daughter of Barbie’s inventor, Ruth Handler. Ruth Handler had noticed that when her daughter played with her paper dolls, she frequently pretended that the dolls were grown-ups. Most dolls available in the early 1950s were baby dolls, so Ruth thought that might represent an opportunity for her husband Elliot’s toy company, Mattel.
- The new doll, now known as Barbie (for Ruth’s daughter, Barbara) was debuted at the International Toy Fair in New York City in March of 1959 as the “teenage fashion doll”.
Mattel wasn’t all that interested in the idea, but fortunately Ruth didn’t forget about it herself, so when she came across an interesting doll in Germany on a trip there with her children she bought three of them to take home. This doll was the Bild Lili. She was an adult doll based upon a German comic strip character and she had been popular in Germany since her release in 1955.
Once Ruth returned to America, she started to work on her new doll for Mattel, basing it upon the Bild Lili doll that she brought home with her from Europe (and Mattel ultimately purchased the rights to Bild Lili). A Mattel engineer, Jack Ryan, helped her with the redesign and this design was sent to Japan for manufacture. The new doll, now known as Barbie (for Ruth’s daughter, Barbara) was debuted at the International Toy Fair in New York City in March of 1959 as the “teenage fashion doll”.
This first Barbie is known in collector’s circles as the #1 Ponytail Barbie doll and she wore a B&W zebra stripe swimsuit and her blond or brunette hair was tied back in a ponytail. She also came with a pair of sunglasses and wore high heel shoes and gold hoop earrings. Designed to be played with, Barbie had movable limbs and she could turn her head as well. She also had a variety of outfits that could be bought to dress her up and, of course, accessories.
With the help of her appearance on the Mickey Mouse Club and a heavy television advertising campaign, over 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during her first year of production. More than 40 years later, Barbie continues to fascinate even as she changes to reflect the times.
| if you would like to learn more about vintage Barbies or are looking to add to your collection, you can see some of the vintage Barbie dolls available on Jenni’s Vintage Barbie websiteJenni Kerala is a mid-century modern collector and collects mod Barbies and fashion accessories.
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BARBIE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR EDITION
My Favorite Barbie Series 1959
The Original Teenage Fashion Model Barbie Doll by Mattel
