Here are some of my favorite early 1970s Barbie commercials that I have found online- the first is actually a Mattel media presentation for the annual Toy Fair in New York where the manufacturers let toy sellers know what is coming from them. Features the talking dolls and Best Buy fashions line. Check out the prices!
Lights, camera, let’s get cooking! Barbie doll is on the set as a TV Chef and star of her own cooking show. She whips up fantastic meals in her state-of-the-art kitchen with her own magic oven – just put in an “unbaked cake”; then open the door and voila – there’s a fully “baked” cake! Push the top of the mixer and it spins. There’s a spacious workstation, appliances, cookware, play food, professional-style lighting and a camera rolling. Includes 12? Barbie doll.
Available in blonde and dark haired versions from Amazon.
Released for this summer at the time of the anniversary of Elvis’s death was a beautiful commemorative set of dolls in the likeness of Elvis and Priscilla Presley at their wedding.
Photos of the set- click to view full size
Elvis and Priscilla Barbie Doll Giftset- Click this link to order your own set!
If only we all were as self-confident as Barbie.
Just six months shy of turning the Big 5-0, the cultural icon is taking on some eye-opening new roles — scantily clad superhero and Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.
She’s also planning a wedding — with a Vera Wang gown, no less — and fit in a starring role in “Grease” in her free time.
She’s one busy gal, that Barbara Millicent Roberts, and unlike the rest of Americans facing that milestone birthday, she shows no signs of slowing down.
And while some may dismiss her as just another pretty face, for millions more she is more than just a friend — she’s a member of the family.
Read the rest HERE
Barbie Fashion: Vol. 1, 1959-1967
If you want to work on building a vintage Barbie collection the Sarah Sink Eames books are collector essentials. Volume 1 is the most comprehensive and beautiful book there is- it details the evolution of Barbie through her earliest years detailing the dolls, the clothes and the marvelous and rare items seldom seen anywhere. This is the first book we are deeming a MUST have for your Barbie library. Click below to order your own copy.
DC Comics Barbies September 2008 Wallcalendar Wallpaper
This summer Mattel and DC Comics have released a new addition to the Superheroes line with Black Canary. There has been a fair amount of controversy over the doll wearing vinyl and fishnets with people calling her “S & M Barbie”.
What critics do not realize is that this is what the screeching heroine wears in the comics.
Smallville introduced their version of Black Canary this winter with Alaina Huffman playing her. For those of you who don’t know who BC is -she is one of the older characters in the DC Universe and has recently married her love the Green Arrow. This season on Smallville Black Canary and Green Arrow will be teaming up in the first episode to rescue Clark Kent as the TV version of the Justice League teams up to fight bad guys.
You can read more about Black Canary on Smallville on our Smallville blog.
For the 1:6 scale collector- DC Comics is releasing a gorgeous Black Canary figure just in time for Christmas.
Black Canary 1:6 Scale Deluxe Collector Figure
Greetings world!
After a two year absence- Southwest Fun Finds is back in business.
We will be posting a vast assortment of fashion dolls over the next few weeks. To start things off I have a few pink box collector dolls and some silkstone Barbie sets that will be going up for sale.
Next week I will start posting my backlog of colorful reroot custom Barbie dolls.
You can view samples of our work on our webpage- we are not offering custom work at this time but you can get a really good idea about the type of work that we do.
