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My purse? yes, is part of the outfit. All matching, purse, belt and boots. Shopping? ... in New York !
El traje de rayas que lleva Barbara en esta fotografia no es original de Lili Ledy.
English...
Talking Barbara Doll (Barbara Parlante Lili) was produced in Mexico by Lili Ledy Toy Company from 1972 to 1975.
This picture shows Barbara Parlante. The outfit is not Lili Ledy brand.
The outfit you see in the picture where the doll keeps her hands together during the video, was also made in Mexico under License from Mattel in 1975.
Spanish and English below it...
Arte basado en la Muñeca de Bárbara Parlante Lili (Lili Ledy), traje de baño original de 1972 a 1974, México.
Arte de D. Muñoz
English...
Talking Barbara Doll (Barbara Parlante Lili) was produced in Mexico by Lili Ledy Toy Company from 1972 to 1975.
The art in this picure is based on the original doll and swimsuit. Art by D. Muñoz
The outfit you see in the picture where the doll keeps her hands together during the video, was also made in Mexico under License from Mattel in 1975.
Arte basado en la Muñeca de Bárbara Parlante Lili (Lili Ledy), traje de baño original de 1972 a 1974, México.
Arte de D. Muñoz
Talking Barbie and Vintage Ken were the best looking couple of the night!! She is wearing a 1980 Barbie Fashion Collectable halter dress #1906 and he is wearing the jacket, shirt and pants from ‘Victory Dance’ 1964.💙
VINTAGE HAIR FAIR BARBIE ON TNT BODY 1967-74
VINTAGE TALKING BARBIE 1967
WEARING GLO-GO 1969
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOD PARTY DRESSES. I FIND IT FUN, FEMININE AND FLIRTY. SO MY FLICKR FRIENDS...
“WHO WORE IT BEST?” ✨✨
Vintage Talking Barbie Circa 1968 Mint
Vintage Barbie Lunch Date
Natalie's Paris Sweet's & Handmade Kitchen Hutch
Dolls on left are on hand painted on resin bodies (which broke). From the Mattel Vault, Barbie Convention 2006
I love the Twist n´Turn Face Sculpt
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Barbie: "1968 - Talking Barbie Prototype" Limited Edition Trading Card No. 40 (Action/Panini) Canada 1991
Barbie loves the Fab Four! Debbie Jones sent me this groovy postcard for my birthday (thank you Debbie!) and Barbie wanted to pose in front of it! Barbie is wearing a vintage clone jumpsuit with matching hat. Blouse, tights and boots are all new accessories.
Not the best, clearest shot, but I like the atmosphere of it... and it's another chance to show these brocade outfits! Talking Barbie is wearing 'Silver Blues' from 1972, and Hair Fair Barbie (Head and braid gifted from Ingrid: - RomitaGirl67...thanks again, Ingrid!) is wearing 'Firelights' from 1969/70, which goes so great with her braided hair piece... I wanted to put this on her before I changed her hairdo.
Barbie loves the Fab Four! Debbie Jones sent me this groovy postcard for my birthday (thank you Debbie!) and Barbie wanted to pose in front of it! Barbie is wearing a vintage clone jumpsuit with matching hat. Blouse, tights and boots are all new accessories.
SUPPLIES
-Bowl with hot water
-Super glue (or any other kind of glue you like to use that works with plastic)
-Small screwdriver
STEPS
#1: Look at inside your doll's unattached leg. You will see a small piece of plastic that broke off inside the joint. This piece of plastic is what is preventing the leg from popping back on.
#2: To remove this piece of plastic, heat up a bowl or mug with hot water in the microwave until it's bubbling (this depends on your microwave and the size of the bowl/mug).
#3: Place the unattached leg into the hot water. Make sure that the part of the leg with the broken plastic piece is soaking (the socket). The rest of the leg doesn't need to be soaked.
#4: Once the leg is softened, use the small screwdriver to pop out the broken piece of plastic. This may take some finessing. Sometimes tweezers are helpful for this step.
#5: Once the plastic piece is removed, look at your doll's hip. There should be the other half of the knob still attached. The broken piece should line up perfectly with the part that is still attached to the hip.
#6: Using glue, reattach the broken piece of plastic to the hip.
#7: Following the directions on the glue you used, let it dry. I always let the glue dry overnight just to be extra safe. If you attempt to reattach the leg before the glue is dry, it will break again...and then you'll have to repeat the entire process.
#8: Once the glue is dry, heat up the unattached leg in hot water. Make sure that the socket is the part that is soaking.
#9: Once it is soft, line up the socket with the plastic peg on the hip. Using a light amount of pressure, pop the leg bag on. You should hear a click noise. If you don't hear it click into place, then the leg is probably not attached correctly.
#10: Once you are pretty sure the leg is popped back on, gently move it back and forth. This is a way of testing the leg, and making sure it's properly attached. If it's loose and wobbly, you'll need to apply more pressure to get it on correctly.
***IMPORTANT NOTES***
*Sadly, this technique can't be used on all dolls with broken legs. It only works for dolls who have this same sort of articulation. If the doll has another kind of articulation, you won't be able to use this technique.
*Some dolls are very prone to breaking...like the Talking Barbie dolls from the 60s. Sometimes they break again even after you've fixed them. As long as you are careful when repairing them, you can continue to reattach their legs in this manner.
*Certain doll restoration websites actually sell kits for repairing vintage Barbie legs. I'm not sure how they work, but basically they sell replacement leg knobs, neck knobs, and arm joints. I definitely recommend looking into that if you need to.
*It's important not to go overboard with the glue. Too much super glue can actually have the opposite effect--the parts you are trying to glue together might not stick right. Make sure to follow the directions on the glue you are using.
*If you need to fix a doll multiple times, make sure to remove any glue from previous repairs. Rubbing alcohol and hot water should do the trick. Old glue residue can prevent new glue from sticking.
*Certain arm joints can be repaired in a similar manner.
Video tutorial:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io8829HHr30
Missing hip joint replacement tutorial:
www.flickr.com/photos/athousandsplendiddolls/18194548485/...
Finally finished one shelf in the cabinet. It's a little more crowded than I would have liked but...
For the empty space, is PJ and I had to shuffle the Skippers a bit after this to fit two more Skippers. I also include my Silkstone Francies to this batch as I wanted all my Francies to be together. =)
Also included are my repro Stacey and Marlo Flip. Also my Most Mod Party Becky, who is listed as a repro but is really a first issue of her as she was never produced.
I know if I took out the case there would be plenty more room but I love the case on display too!
Up until I was about twelve years old, vintage Barbie dolls seemed like a myth to me and my sister. Perhaps we had overlooked dolls from the 60s all those years at the flea markets, or maybe they simply weren't as abundant as the dolls from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Back then, we didn't have the internet at home, and we also didn't own any Barbie collector books. Our knowledge of vintage Barbie dolls was very vague, and rather muddled. Both Colleen and I were not sure if my 80s Barbie dolls were in fact from the 70s, and if the Best Buy fashions we had were even Barbie. But then one afternoon, sometime in 2003 or 2004, we added our very first vintage doll to our collection. She is pictured here in this photograph--she's the Bendable Legs Skipper sitting on the floor in the Ship Ahoy fashion pack. Both of us knew, without a doubt, that this Skipper was very old the day we found her at a yard sale.
While Skipper would have seemingly been a very momentous, celebrated addition to our rather large collection, on the contrary she was actually somewhat ostracized. She was mostly bald underneath, her eyebrows were very faded, and worst of all, she had no toes. Skipper didn't exhibit the gross, but typical chew marks on her toes...she simply didn't have any. It looked as though her feet had been cut cleanly with a blade. I think this disfigurement turned both me and Colleen off from poor Skipper. It also didn't help that Colleen found the very desired Pizza Party! Skipper doll at the same yard sale. Nori, as she was named, was in excellent condition. She had soft, thick hair and wonderful face paint. Not to mention, Colleen already had her outfit. I guess poor Bendable Legs Skipper never stood a chance. Colleen dressed her in an 80s So Active Fashions pack (which we thought was much older), and stored her in one of the dresser drawers in our basement.
For seven or eight years, Bendable Legs Skipper remained the lone vintage doll in our collection. However, after a nearly six year hiatus from buying/playing with dolls, Colleen and I started to change our opinions on vintage Barbies. It's really all thanks to Marcie Melillo's "Ultimate Barbie Doll Book." Dad let me buy it from Barnes and Noble's website sometime in spring 2010, about six months before we started adding dolls to our collection again. It was in these pages that I fell for 60s Ken dolls...and I fell hard. The very first Ken featured in the book was the original, flocked guy. He had the sweetest, simplest face I had ever seen on a Ken doll. I knew I had to get my hands on one. Within the first few months of buying dolls again, I found myself searching for vintage Ken dolls on eBay, which was where most of my early adult purchases came from since it was winter and virtually no flea markets were open. I found my blonde Ken, in the photo, for $15 wearing his complete original outfit. Dad let me buy him, and he also allowed me to pick out a fashion pack for Ken too. I found another listing for the Touchdown fashion (which my brunette guy is wearing). The outfit was also $15 with shipping, and it came with everything, including the elusive football. Ken was my pride and joy...I even bought a reproduction Barbie at the flea market several months later so he could be displayed with someone. For a good three years, Ken was a staple on my display in my room.
Skipper started to have a vogue with me and Colleen around this time as well. I acquired Martin, the fake brunette Ken, at an outdoor flea market later that summer. He was only $1, was wearing a Swan Lake Prince Daniel top with vintage pants, and was entirely bald. I ended up flocking him with brunette hair after several failed attempts at restoring his blonde fuzz. Martin became my favorite of the two Ken dolls, and I think acquiring him kick started our infatuation with 60s Barbie. That summer, our last one with Dad, we spent a lot of our time at flea markets and antique stores. In our neighboring state, a brand new antique store had opened up--and it was HUGE. Dad loved taking me and Colleen there on random week days when our local flea markets were all closed. It was there we bought a few scraps of clothing for our vintage dolls, and it was also there that Colleen bought Bendable Legs Skipper a straight leg body donor and her beloved Scooter doll. We also found a really cool vintage Skipper case which housed Colleen's 60s-mid 90s Skipper clothes for close to four years. I remember finding the receipt from one of those afternoons about a year later. I was cleaning the basement when I stumbled upon the faded receipt with the antique store's name at the top. I actually started crying, because it was a fond reminder of our last summer with Dad.
Even though vintage Barbie dolls were seemingly elusive and unimportant to us in our youth, they actually were some of the first Barbie related dolls we got heavily into collecting as adults. I remember how thrilled I was every time we added a new piece to our small vintage collection. Besides Ken and Martin, my two lovely flocked Ken dolls, it is my 1964 New Dream House that most stands out in my memory. On our way back from an outdoor flea market (the one we bought Martin at), Dad stopped in at an antique store. While there wasn't much inside, we did come across the Dream House and my first 70s Friendship. Dad bartered and got both for $15...I guess 15 is the magic number when it comes to vintage Barbie stuff! I spent that afternoon on the living room carpet taping the house back together. I was completely floored when I discovered a bunch of handmade clothes from the 60s hiding in the wardrobe along with real vintage Barbie shoes! It was odd to think that more than likely, the house had not been touched since the late 60s, when the last little girl who played with it put it away. As adults, Colleen and I were unable to resist the urge to play with the house...on the few occasions we've decided to play with our dolls since collecting again, the 60s house always makes an appearance.
1960s Barbie dolls will always represent summer 2011 for me and my sister. It was our very first year back into doll collecting, and our last one with Dad. I think for me, 60s Barbies mirror the same sentimentality as my 2000s Barbies. After Mom passed away in 2002, Dad took me and Colleen out every weekend and almost always bought us dolls, many of whom are from the early 2000s. Our last summer while Dad was alive was marked in a very similar manner, only with 60s Barbie dolls. I think in some way, we all knew our time together was like an hourglass with quickly draining sand, so we spent as much time together as possible. Each time I look at one of my Ken dolls, or pull my Dream House out of it's container, I feel like I'm unearthing a time capsule from that special time in my life. For that reason, 60s Barbie dolls will always have a special reservation in my heart, along side my Bratz and 2000s Barbie dolls, who forever hold the memory of Dad, my best friend.
Barbie borrowed Francie's white textured hose from 'Iced Blue' for her 'Pretty Power' outfit ( Her legs were quite bruised!) LOVE it this way!!! :)
Majorette Barbie, Talking Barbie and Spanish Barbie Prototypes. From the Mattel Vault, Barbie Convention 2006
Barbie loves the Fab Four! Debbie Jones sent me this groovy postcard for my birthday (thank you Debbie!) and Barbie wanted to pose in front of it! Barbie is wearing a vintage clone jumpsuit with matching hat. Blouse, tights and boots are all new accessories.
Talker is wearing #1862 'Country Capers' from 1969. It wasn't an outfit that ranked high on my wishlist, but an NRFB example showed up on eBay UK and I won it for a reasonable price. In real life, and on a doll, it's so much more attractive than the photos I'd seen. It was a PITA getting the cuffs over Barbie's hands, though. The shorts are delicioulsy crisp.
Flip is wearing #1862 'Jump Into Lace' that had never been on a doll (still had a bit of the string in it from where it had been sewn to the card).
Talking Barbie in original box and swimsuit. She's in perfect condition. Bought her from a seller who received it as a birthday present. Her mother put it away because she thought it would be a collector's item one day (she was right!). I was lucky to find this for a very, very reasonable price and just couldn't pass it up. I only have one other vintage Barbie MIB - a Sweet 16 Barbie.