BOLO- Recently Spotted at ROSS store Barbie Basics

This past Saturday I stopped in at the local ROSS store and I was browsing in there on the hunch of a post I had seen on one of the Barbie FB groups- ROSS was selling the current Barbie Basics for $14.99. I was able to pick up the Barbie Basic no. 9, and there were only two of them, plus a Barbie Miniland accessory for $2.99. Here was my loot that I got. One is for my friend Allison who has patterns for these dolls and likes their bodies and articulation and is sewing for them. 

 She has a really pretty face and hair and I believe a curvy body so I am glad to have her in my collection. I am looking for the male in this line and the white female. I really wish they would do more of a variety in caucasians and hair colors like they did with the first lines of the Barbie Basics that had the model muse bodies. I like their articulation but now they have limited choices in the caucasion skin tones which sucks. Mattel hits the mark sometimes but this is why I lean more and more towards the vintage dolls and their quality. 

Peace N' Harmony Poppy Parker

 Today I finally got around to taking photos of Peace N Harmony Poppy Parker out of the box. She is very lovely. I still have not assembled all of her jewelry on her yet. She has so many accessories! I used Ultra Violet Poppy Parker to show off her bell bottoms and T-shirt that was so cute. 

W Club Integrity Toys Carry Trunk

My W Club Integrity Toys Carry Trunk arrived this week on the weekend so I finally got around to taking photos and staging with it. I really love this little trunk as they offered it in black to the regular members as the first one was offered to convention members in white. I have wanted a simple little trunk like this and at a push I think you could squeeze two dolls into it. Below is the W Club stock photo of it open.

I used my Peace N Harmony Poppy Parker and her accessories to show how you can display a doll and clothing and shoes , the drawer on my case does not open easily and the ribbon slide thing does not open so I just tied it. So there are some problems with my trunk. I could not get the drawer to open , so I will have to figure out if somehow the drawer is glued shut , the handle almost came off when I tried to open the drawer. This made me a little pissed as the ribbon that ties the doll- does not flip open to thread the ribbon through to secure the doll in place- and the drawer is faulty. Having paid a significant amount of money for this case, I am not pleased with their quality control. This is one reason why I have become more and more picky what I buy from the W Club. But otherwise, I will have to play with it a bit and see how it works. All for now. Lisa 

 

Thrifting for Dolls at Arc of the Thrift store

Today I had some free time and I had alot of errands to run as well - and one of my stops was Arc of the Thrift store. They were having their annual Warehouse sale for Fill A Bag for $5 and I found some neat stuff- not much . I found out much later that they were giving items away for free on the other side of the building but was much too tired after shopping in the main store. I found three new books, some new scarves, a pair of navy pumps , and two Madame Alexander dolls- one with her tag. These were Wendy dolls. Both were marked $10 and came with their stands. One is a Little Women Beth about 1995 and the other is a Little Red Riding Hood, both from the Storybook series. 

Little Red Riding Hood, with the Maggie face mold, she even came with her basket!

Little Women Beth (1995) she still has her storytag on

The store had a selection of Barbies, but there were only two or three I contemplated on getting- and sometimes their prices are outrageous. They had a Sapphire Barbie for $99 ...they get these dolls in all the time, from collectors , it was like Barbie Palooza, when they asked some of the Club collectors who were pretty knowledgeable to help with pricing and they went behind them and escalated the prices on the dolls. I think I had to pay $30 for a Christmas Barbie at that event, but went ahead and paid it because it was a doll I was looking for and would have paid that with shipping. So more later!