Saturday, February 17, 2024

Grolier Books: Barbie & Friends Book Club Books Part 2 continued

I have added a great deal of the Grolier Barbie Book Club books to my collection and have alot of photos to share! Unfortunately, one of the books - Barbie: The Silver Deer, has a page that was ripped out and I only discovered this after sitting down to receive it, otherwise it was in pristine condition, no writing, nothing and I did not discover the damage until I came to the torn out page. Such a bummer. Now I will have to replace the book because I want the collection to be as mint / pristine as possible. The photos in these books are simply amazing from a diorama perspective. 

So Here are the photos with some of the interior photos of the pages as well- Barbie: The Silver Deer






                                                   Barbie: The Turquoise Trail Mystery 





                                                         

                                                       Barbie: The Class Act

                                

 




                                         

                                           Barbie: A Change of Direction





Barbie: High Sea Adventure





Barbie: A Special Ballerina





Barbie: Safe and Sound





Barbie: The Giant Panda Problem





Barbie: D is for Different




Barbie: Double Trouble




Barbie: The Legend of the Pink Pearl






Barbie: The Show Must Go On



Barbie: The Search for the White Star




I hope you have enjoyed my review and cataloging of these beautiful books of Barbie and her stories from the past. Mattel no longer does high quality items with painstaking photos of dioramas using the dolls, everything is cartoon/ Al generated today, because it is "cheaper" but in reality, cheats our kids, and ourselves of the magic of miniatures, dioramas and dolls, and imaginative play. 
I will be having more books and photos coming soon. You can view my album of these books and my doll collection on My Flicker .





Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some new, and old dolly photos to celebrate the holiday!





                                                             and from the archives-