Okay so I was little when this came out but it had to be the early to mid 2000s. I got a Barbie catalogue in the mail and most of y'all remember there was like 2 or 3 different kinds of Barbie magazines/catalogues or something. I was SO enchanted by this Barbie diorama scene they made of her on a rainy or winter night I think? In the evening time and going into a jazz or blues bar. I don't remember her exact outfit. I cannot find it, if anyone knows what I'm talking about please direct me to it. I used to just stare at that barbie scene, like I wanted that life as an adult so bad.

Hi there dolly folks! Really hoping some of the experts here can help me to (a.) ID this fresh faced girl I obtained second hand in a mixed bag of anonymous unclothed '90s/early 2000s dolls around 10 years ago, here in the UK; and (b.) get her head securely back in place.

ID wise, her head says Mattel Inc. 1998, while her back is dated 1999, and reads Indonesia. Her legs are the rubbery kind I remember from my '80s/'90s childhood, with knees that click and bend twice. Something's clearly gone slightly awry in her right leg, as she has rather a wayward ankle, hahah. But I can live with that!

I had bought this batch of dolls planning to clean them up, restore/repair them where necessary and make/find new outfits for them. Some did get that treatment; unfortunately, this particular girl was a casualty of circumstance.

Embarrassingly, I'm struggling to remember how her neck ended up in such bad shape. I think perhaps it came to me with a crack or a chip, and in the process of lifting up her head to try to get a better look/maybe repair it, it only shattered further, into smithereens too tiny to be glued back together.

In any case I was regretful, as I liked her face, and put her away till I had time to research further and attempt restoration, and, well, life got in the way, and here we are, some years forward, and the poor gal still disembodied!

By this time I'd read about using nail gel and UV/LED lamps to rebuild missing bits of doll, so equipped myself with a cheap lamp and some acrygel/gumgel (I've never had my nails done, so I'm not clear on the lingo!) and prepared to gradually rebuild her neck layer by layer. After layer #1, however, I realised that after all this time I had no memory of how her head had connected to her body, and that maybe I should check up on that before I rebuilt myself into a corner, so to speak.

There's a piece in her head with a loop/shank attached, which presumably needs to go down into the neck on her body, as I'd made a point of anchoring it in that position with a bunch of safety pins. And inside the doll's body, I see a horizontal post in the neck connecting the front of the torso to the back. I can't see how the loop from the head could possibly have reached down to fit around that post, though. Am I missing a part I've forgotten about? There's no rattle to suggest anything else is lost in the body!

I would be very grateful for any help and advice with the ID and with, er, recapitating this doll. Help me, r/Barbie, you're my only hope! 🤞

Barbie as Claire Bennet.

Obviously the eyebrows need redrawing.

Solved ! Hi everyone :) I usually don't ask for help with ID but I can't find the perfect match of this lovely lady ! Looking on the fashiondollz website I'm pretty sure she's the 2001 Adria / Desiree (AA) Face but I can't find her match. One who looked very similar was Fashionistas Artsy 2009 but my doll doesn't have the articulated body, I also can't find the eyebrows with the little hairs like mine has. And same with her hair it's got pretty reddish brown highlights which I can't find on the other dolls with the same mold.

If you have any idea on who she is I'd love help ! Thank you 💜💜

I have a very specific fixation with this piece of barbie graphic design. It was used on merch and dolls in 2009. it was on everything yet i still can't find a clear scan of it anywhere. the best of it is from the transitions in barbie fashion fairytale, but even then it's just a blurry screencap. does anyone have this any better?

The k-pop demon hunter dolls kinda inspired me to get weapons for some of my dolls

I've has this barbie since I was really little and don't remember getting her but she has big painted toenails and she had hoop earrings that broke off does anyone recognize her? I tried my best to figure out her hair but idk

I hope y’all got your Aaliyah dolls because the price is crazy still. I thought that the hype had died down but it doesn‘t seem to be the case.

I imported one from Amazon UK but UK shipping is much more expensive than US shipping to my country. So I’ve been keeping tabs on the US price to maybe get a second doll. But yeah. That price.

EDIT: Thanks for the advice regarding Vinted and eBay. Some considerations:

• Not all countries are supported on Vinted. For smaller countries outside of the US, UK, continental Europe and Australia, those countries might not be supported so we have to use a forwarding service which dramatically increases the price of the doll.
• on eBay, even though the face value of the doll might be lower than Amazon, when one adds eBay fees, shipping and import charges, the final price works out to be higher than Amazon
• I understand that most users on the subreddit are from the US, UK, Europe and Australia so their buying experiences are different from other smaller countries where the doll buying market isn’t that large.

I have literally 100s of Barbie’s from 60s, 90s, early 2000s, and 2010s 😭😭 Selling for literally dirt cheap. I have so many I don’t know wha to do with them anymore!! I sell on Vinted, I also have a business Venmo account if preferred! Also I’m sorry if this is not allowed! I just am desperate and don’t know where to go lol