Category: Playline Barbie

In the recent months I was able to find two rare friends of Barbie doll. They are called Devon and Kayla. They were only made for the US-market and never available in Germany. The Dance Club series was produced in 1989. The clothes may be a bit old fashioned but I think they express the feeling from then. I like them because the colours of the clothes are shrill and very bright. This is the first time that the triangle earrings and ring are introduced to the market. I thought that they were used the first time with the very popular Totally Hair Barbie series but obviously they were already available in 1989.

I have always been a fan of the Generation Girl Series but until now I had none of them. Yesterday I got the first of my Generation Girls. She’s called Susie and the european Version of Generation Girl Tori. I like her since she reminds me on the fashion and the feeling from then. Obviously the Generation Girl Tori was made for the whole european market and not only for Spain and Portugal.

About two months ago I found a Todd from the 1970s and now I have also a modern Todd from the 1990s. He is included in the Dream Wedding gift set from TRU from 1993.

Since I had no time to post new articles in the last weeks, I wanna show several new dolls that have arrived in the last weeks. The first one is the Camp Fun Barbie Deluxe set. I got it from another collector who bought her in Italy in the mid 1990s. I have never seen this set before and so I thought it could be interesting for other collectos.

About two weeks ago I found this little Todd on a flea market. He’s from 1974 or 1975 and wears his navy shirt and parts from the outfit  #7986 called “Hubschangezogen”, an outfit only available in Europe.

To complete my favorite series from Skipper doll and her friend Courtney I was searching for the last Courtney to complete my collection. A few days ago I got an offer for the Courtney and I bought her. So here she comes… Phone Fun Courtney from 1995. Now she can phone Skipper. I bought the Skipper back in 1995 when she was available. I deboxed my Skipper but I never really played with her.

After a long journey the Totally Yoyo Nikki doll has finally arrived here.  She has completed my favorite Teen Skipper series. Now that I have the whole Totally Yoyo series I want to show them to you. The first one from this series that I bought was the Totally Yoyo Skipper in 2008.  Suddenly in May 2011 the other two were offered and I bought them. Courtney arrived here about three weeks ago and Nikki arrived here yesterday. An interesting fact to know is that the Nikki doll from the promo pics were a short skirt but obviously it was replaced by the same skirt Courtney wears only in different colors.

Today I wanna show you another part from my Teen Skipper collection.The difference between the Skipper dolls from before 1996 and the ones produced in 1996 is that the Teen Skipper has the same size like Barbie. Before 1996 they were smaller than Barbie dolls. Maybe this was an attempt to make Skipper more interesting for little girls. Her friend Courtney, who was a brunette til 1996, became a redhaired friend later. Skipper also got a new friend called Nikki(aa – doll).
Very interesting to know is that there is a difference in the facial painting between the Courtney made for the european Market and the US Market. I gonna make a picture for comparison in the next days.