This technically very functioning but still with a bonkers eyelid winking Western Barbie was in the lot my mom got excited about and bought on one of her auction sites
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Cool new trend from repro Barbie - try painting the joint just below your nails instead
Here’s some stuff I made in an attempt to feel like I was making anything good or relevant or worthwhile. It didn’t work, but for how much I’m straining to make Something I wanted there to be something to show for it.
One blue freckle person, one Invader Tak, one (Not) My First Homicide Barbie.
This lady (1981 Happy Birthday Barbie) who survived her thrift cleaning ordeal even got to keep her Decision of a hairstyle after very careful smoothing and combing. Her eyes are wildly misprinted, that mark on her cheek doesn’t want to leave, and she needs a paint touch up on her bottom lip, but she’s so goofy looking with half an 80s bubble cut on her head that it has kind of swung around to being charming.
I fixed up my thrifted vintage Ken. I don’t have flocking, but I thought visually just painting the empty places would make him look nice. He got some facial additions also. I think he looks really nice now.
I’m going to find him something to actually wear. The shirt is from a modern Ken, so it is very big on him.
Just thought it would be fun to have these two together.
I feel a little bad that I just did not like this doll in the baby pink fashion luncheon outfit she came in. I think I’d like the outfit in another color, and I have a few dresses I’d really like to have on her, but they need snaps replaced, so for now, I like this light blue dress instead. She’s become a lot more appealing to me now!
Big pile of reproduction Barbie, they were all ten fucking dollars. I de boxed all of them, haha. There’s actually one more and I forgot that I put her back in her box haha. But ten dollar Wild Bunch Francie, I was Losing It.
Also red haired Smasheroo! I already have the brunette one and I got this one assuming she would just be a duplicate but one that I like a lot and I know is pricey enough that I thought $10 hell yeah and then she was a redhead and it was a delightful surprise.
Fashion Photo PJ! (And Barbie.) A proper Francie hanging out there next to reproduction Francie, who has all of her stuff and with also chilling with a vintage outfit in her box. There are also a bunch of vintage outfit pieces but I don’t know how interesting they would be to photograph for anybody, but I think they’re great.
And a Francie and Casey case with artwork I really love on it!
A nnnnnnd this weird Smartees doll my friend found at Goodwill on the way here, Emily the Entrepeneur, whose hair literally fell from her scalp when I touched it haha
Wild Bunch Francie fucking oh my god
Here’s the one I forgot in her box! Was not terribly enamored with her but she was $10, I can’t emphasize that enough.
