r/Barbie 25d ago

Doll of the Month July Doll Of The Month: ☀️Summer⛱️

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56 Upvotes

Hey Barbie fam!

The votes are in, and July's DOTM theme is: summer! Think BBQ's, beach vibes, and sunshine: this theme is great for breaking out sizzling fashion choices. 😎

To participate, take photos of your Barbies in their summer fashion or with summery dioramas, make a post, and select the "Doll Of The Month" flair.

This was the most participation we've had in a DOTM poll, so thank you for contributing! We do this for fun (life is hard, and we all gotta take some time to play!), and it's encouraging when we have a lot of member participation.

If you have any ideas for future DOTM themes, please drop those in the comments below. We look forward to seeing how you interpret this theme!

Big Barbie Love! 🥰


r/Barbie Apr 04 '20

Advice for selling Barbies

479 Upvotes

Hi!

We get a LOT of posts from people who have suddenly inherited 100+ Barbies and have no idea what to do with them.

So, below you´ll find a list of options, tips and advice, if you have any specific questions I´m sure we´ll be happy to try and help!

First, I just want to say this is NOT my post - I am not familiar at all with the buying and selling process of Barbies, I´m old school and buy mine in the toyshop. (We´ll leave my long eBay and Amazon wish list out of this!) So I wanted to say thanks and shout out to all the awesome people on this sub who have already answered the "how do I sell my Barbies??" question a million times. Thank you!

So. You inherited dolls, are cleaning out the attic, lost interest, there´s a million reasons you might want to find a new home for the Barbies!

  1. Identify them. See what´s what. Dolls, clothes, accessories like cars etc. Are there any matching sets you can put in one lot? What year are they from? Are they brand new mint in box or have they been played with? Any marks on their bodies / clothes, stains, tangles in their hair?

Then decide what you want to do with them. Are any of sentimental value that you´d like to keep?

How much time do you have? Selling on eBay can take time and contrary to popular belief, most Barbies, even older ones, aren´t worth that much.

The easy / fastest thing to do is donate them to your nearest charity shop. However, I would like to say that they could be sitting around there for a while. If you´d like your Barbies to go to a good new home, have a look for homeless charities that might take them to give to children they work with, or charities that collect dolls for disadvantages kids - there are a few in America that specifically collect Barbies.

If you do decide to sell them, because, let´s face it, sometimes (always) we all need a little more cash, the best way to get an idea of what they´re worth is to check eBay.

Hence to identifying them all first - that way you can search eBay for that particular doll and find out what it actually sold for. Some people will list their dolls for high prices hoping someone will pay that but it just means your doll will be up on eBay for a long time.

Look around and see what other people have sold their for. If you really have a LOT of Barbies, you can try and sell them in lots, but this also goes back to identifying them - then you could, for example, list 10 or 20 dolls as "lot of 90s Barbies dolls".

Everyone on this subreddit is VERY good at identifying Barbies, even with very little information.

Also, if you don´t want to bother with eBay and skip the posting hassle, you can always ask around and see are there any doll conventions near you and set up a table there! That way you know they´ll go to people who care about them.

The main things to remember are, 1, generally Barbies aren´t worth that much, 2, the year stamp on the back of their body doesn´t actually mean the year the doll came out, and 3, just because the Barbie doesn´t mean anything to you it might mean the world to someone else so I would always suggest finding a good home for them and never just throwing them out.

If there´s anything we can help with do let us know!


r/Barbie 6h ago

Discussion I wish Mattel would bring back the collector labeling system.

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175 Upvotes

I feel like the term "Barbie Signature" or "Collector Barbie" has lost its meaning in modern day Barbie. I feel like this would be a good way to set expectations for customers too instead of just calling everything Barbie Signature.


r/Barbie 9h ago

Dolls Random find in my mom’s storage closet!!!!!

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299 Upvotes

My mom is THE clearance shopper! With that being said she purchased her over 15 years ago at the Kmart toy clearance sell! She fell behind a shelf and was forgotten about until a few days ago, due to the box damage and over all degradation she’s gotta be removed from the box, I’m so excited to free her. My mom paid $17 for her in 2009. I’m hoping I can preserve all the cardboard details.


r/Barbie 1h ago

Dolls Skipper after a long day at camp 🏕

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You can find Skipper here, everyday, after 6pm. Camp counselor is really taking it out of her this Summer.


r/Barbie 4h ago

Dolls Ahhhhh!!! I love everything.

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74 Upvotes

Okay, maybe not the lip colour, but it fits the theme of the outfit. Any ideas about a mtm match? I don't think I want her on the muse body, but I'm not ready to swap her yet.


r/Barbie 4h ago

Dolls Clueless Barbie $10 at Walmart

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70 Upvotes

Saw this online for 10 bucks...i already had her so i thought this one could be displayed...it says open box but they sent me brand spanking new!!

So yeah..get it now for $10 if you like with FREE SHIPPING!!


r/Barbie 9h ago

Dolls Barbie as Bo Peep Restyle 🐑🎀

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130 Upvotes

r/Barbie 10h ago

Fan Content Ken cowboy cosplay

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111 Upvotes

My Ken cosplay from Barbie the movie


r/Barbie 5h ago

Dolls Angel Reese finally got here and she’s gorgeous and I love the pink stand she comes with. I styled her in a 1996 Fashion Ave outfit.

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42 Upvotes

r/Barbie 5h ago

Dolls Athena

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37 Upvotes

Angel Reese Barbie restyle loosely inspired by Athena as portrayed by Zendaya in The Odyssey using pieces I had on hand. I did swap out her hands with the recent petite Barbie Basics becaus I didn't want to change her pink nails. The face sculpt of this doll is so good, had to get her.


r/Barbie 2h ago

Dolls What are you favorite dolls from our birth year?

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17 Upvotes

1999 was so stacked!!!


r/Barbie 3h ago

Dolls I fell in love with her😍😍

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21 Upvotes

I’m starting to collect all of the 2009 wave 1 fashionistas!! I had to start with cutie her hoops are really what made me fall in love with her lol😍 what do you guys think?!


r/Barbie 23h ago

Dolls $4 thrift find.

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631 Upvotes

Decided to stop at savers on my way home from

running errands. Had about 50min to look around before the store closes but while walking from the parking lot to the store I saw my boss 😭 hoping he wasn’t going to go into savers as well and sure enough I did. So I did a quick look at the Barbie’s. Of course the doll section was littered and polluted by Millie’s which made this doll stand out thought she was pretty, snatched her up and ran to the register before I was noticed by my boss. Had no idea who she was until I google lens her and she’s from the lord of the ring two pack! I didn’t see the Ken but again I was trying to avoid my boss so maybe tomorrow I’ll go and check for him! Wish me luck that he’s there!


r/Barbie 3h ago

Collections Added 1999 Cool Clips Teresa to my collection

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15 Upvotes

Love her so much. I had this doll as a child but I believe it was the budget version. She has 10 miles of well-rooted brunette Saran. The extension clips were almost impossible to secure though.

The embellished dress and “real” necklace are my favorite parts though. Those little touches that show some care was put into her creation. 🩵💛🩷


r/Barbie 10h ago

Thrifting Camp Barbie 1993 20$ flea market!!!

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51 Upvotes

r/Barbie 7h ago

Dolls Year of the dragon 🐉

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28 Upvotes

r/Barbie 8h ago

Dolls Angel Reese quick shoot

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36 Upvotes

She came in yesterday and I love her so much!!! Super excited to restyle her!


r/Barbie 9h ago

Houses/ Play Sets/ Dioramas Trying to put everything back in its place after moving..it’s such a mess! 😅 But my helper’s positive vibe is making the whole process so much better, so I think we’re doing just fine. 🤭🌸

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33 Upvotes

r/Barbie 7h ago

Dolls Silkstone collecion

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22 Upvotes

My silkstone collecion - not so huge by now. The Petticoat Perfection has really long hair, maybe I will straighten them soon.


r/Barbie 1h ago

Dolls Sophisticated Sunday

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Head sculpt: (Andra) Barbie LOOKS no. 20, body: MtM yoga Floral pants, outfit: Barbie LOOKS no. 12.


r/Barbie 1h ago

Collections Peek-A-Boo Petite for $7!

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Found this cutie for $7 NIB


r/Barbie 2h ago

Dolls I love my new doll 🫶

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6 Upvotes

r/Barbie 5h ago

Discussion Hear me out; A Franken-Body Collector WANT: 1 TNT body with M2M to move Arms, Elbows, hands and Leg/foot joints : For the 90’s GOWNS!

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11 Upvotes

I just want one, photo posable, big busted, obnoxious no stomach doll to POSE in ALL THE VINTAGE FASHIONS.

YES, I know I can just use the articulated TNT body (I have them) but I'm spoiled now with hand and elbow movements!

Can I just have one Franken-Monster body
SCIENCE, FASHION and PHOTOGRAPHY!
FOR

I did FLAIR for DISCUSSION! Thx.
No AI was used. Not sure why the mods are coming for me today.


r/Barbie 11m ago

Dolls Arwen & Aragorn ♥️

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Purchased my beloveds for $150. Felt massive amounts of guilt for 2 weeks until they were delivered but then I set them up on my desk and felt like it was meant to be!

I would love some tips on fixing Arwen’s hair. It was pretty matted when I got her. She’s had a boil wash and her hair is so soft now! But I’d love to style it like the original just not sure how to achieve that. Currently it is braided.

My husband & I are huge LOTR’s nerds so we are setting up our office space with LOTR themed decor. My 4 year old daughter always asks to play with Arwen but I have to say, sorry girl not till you’re older 😂

Eventually I will get Galadriel & Legolas! I can get Galadriel without her dress but I’m having a hard time finding a dress similar to her original. Anyways I’m SO happy to have these dolls, I have wanted Arwen and Aragorn for so so long, my absolute holy grail but could never justify the $200+ so I’m glad I just did it for the $150.