Happy Holidays Barbie 2010

On my thrift shopping Saturday-fun day this weekend I had planned to go to their monthly outdoor Flea market at Oddball's Collectibles and Claire's Antiques in Richmond , Va. Their shop was also open and there is a booth there devoted to nothing but Barbie and other dolls. One of the wonderful thing about Oddball's is they are truly a store for the collector- Christmas villages and ornaments, china, glass, jadeite, star wars, action figures, legos, blow molds, you name it, halloween, and the list goes on.  I found not only two Happy Holidays Barbies there but also a grail doll of a set that I thought of only in my dreams - the Madame Alexander Mystery Blood Pool set - I found the doll referred to as 'Greed'. Madame Alexander a while back in 2003 created a set of dolls with a maid's outfit called 'Blackmail' and it came with a pool of 'blood' to lay the 'murdered' doll on. Each doll- Betrayal, Greed and Desire was dressed in a 1930's evening gown and came with a 'weapon' - a gun, dagger or candlestick, so you could play out your own doll version of a 1930's houseparty murder mystery. It was a fun set for scenes on the dolly message boards. I have already featured the doll I purchased, Greed in a previous blog post and today I am going to move onto Happy Holidays 2010 Barbie. This is a really lovely doll. Again, this is another doll that did not have a stand so I had to search in my box of stands for a suitable one for her. She also had a underskirt of cardboard that holds out her skirt very nicely, so I left it in, it looks better that way. 

                                                                                  

At the end are all the Christmas Barbies I have recently acquired in red, 2017, 2012, 2022, 2024, and 2010. They all look quite stunning. There is one more coming hopefully by today- 2019. Enjoy!

New dolls and Thrift store haul!

I had a fabulous day this Saturday morning going to Odd Balls Collectibles & Clairs Antiques  outdoor flea market they have once a month in their parking lot outside the store. They opened at 8 am this morning and the store was opened as well. I did not find very much outside except a cute stuffed little Beanie Baby stuffed flamingo for $3 that I am going to give as a gift for someone in a couple of months who collects flamingos- always on the hunt for cute gifts and great bargains. My greatest squee! came when I went inside. Odd Balls is the place to go if you collect ornaments, glass, action figures, Christmas or Halloween blowmolds, vintage- anything! or dolls, or Christmas villages- they have a whole booth on that alone- as well as Barbie! In that booth I found two Christmas Barbies- 2005 and 2010 - as well as a Madame Alexander 16" inch AA Paris "Greed" 2003 doll with her original tag! Her shoes were in rough shape, missing the heels, and she did not have her accessories- this was a doll that was part of three doll set, from a convention I believe, such as UFDC, and it was Betrayal (Alex) who came with a gun, Greed- who came with a candlestick- Desire- who came with a dagger- and there was a much coveted 1920's maid uniform in a package that came with a spilled blood/ poison drink . There is an example of this set on Ebay you can see here- 

Madame Alexander 4 doll Betrayal Blackmail set

Below are photos of the doll I purchased today - she was only $40!

My other two finds at this great store were two gorgeous Christmas Barbies I had been looking for and decided to go ahead and get. The prices were less than if I looked with shipping. 

2005 Happy Holidays Barbie Bob Mackie 

                    And next, 2010 Happy Holidays Barbie 

I also stopped in at Michael's because I was looking for those small pumpkins which would be perfect for Rickie and Scooter and Skipper for Halloween, as well as Tutti and Todd and Kelly and Tommy for trick or trick scenes. They didn't have them- everything for Halloween in miniature and all the decorations are 40-50% off. I purchased some little bottles , a neat haunted veiled statue and also this cute Alice in Wonderland Cheshire cat statue. 

Isn't it adorable? They had more neat Alice items, but I couldn't break my budget, which I already had. Here he is with my Mattel Mad Hatter and  my W Club Alice.

I also have 2012 Happy Holidays Barbie to show you, she just arrived, but she needs to be deboxed and set up in a scene for another post. So much to do! Narrowing down the Christmas Barbie list and have very few that will need to be purchased for that large photo I am planning. Enjoy! Lisa