30th Anniversary 2018 Happy Holidays Barbie

August flew by and now September is almost gone too- Fall is here! This weekend was the Richmond Doll & Teddy Bear show which I worked the registration table for the promoter, Van Davis. Alot of my friends from the Va. Fashion doll club had tables as dealers and a couple from the Dorothy Coleman doll club had a table or two as well. Next year the show will be held at the Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum on September 18th, 2027, 9:30-3:00pm . The new location is : 880 W. Roslyn Road, Colonial Heights, VA 23834 I have heard great things about the location from a member in the Dorothy Coleman club who helped Van scope the location out and the event promoter from the museum came to the show and was meeting with Van to help with the details on the contracts for next year and also to help promote the show. It also has free parking, as well as a wonderful museum and a great restuarant. I am looking forward to it as the American Legion is a rather small venue, though it is close to home. 

My new acquisition is one that has been hard to acquire without spending a small fortune- 2018 Happy Holidays 30TH Anniversary Barbie. I got her on Ebay on an auction for $25 because her box was damaged and snagged her at that highest bid, very lucky- she usually goes for a much higher amount. 

 

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