I really love Midge.

my name is ry and im 25 years old! i've been collecting barbies since i was about 4 years old! i have a childish spirit and wanted to share my collection with everyone!

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Barbie Family House (1968)

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Barbie Family House (1968)

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Crystal Barbie - (1983)

I was actually quite pleased to discover this lady! She was in almost perfect condition, aside from some gross sticky stuff on her back (which took a LOT of scrubbing to remove) and a disaster of a hairstyle. We boil washed her hair and then Basil added some soft curls to her, which I found a nice little ribbon to tie around! She came out beautifully. She was very lucky compared to her twin sister, who had a broken neck. 

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The Heart Family - (1985)

I was in shock to find this entire family complete, with their original outfits! They all needed a good scrub and everyone but Dad needed a boil wash. The little girl took forever, since I had to remove her little ribbons and discovered she had glue to hold the ribbons in place. Several boil washes, conditions, and a lot of patience with a comb and I was able to fix her up! I got her hair put into new white ribbons instead! She came out so cute!

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Sport n Shave Ken (1979) aka "The Twins"

I don't really know what to say about these guys except that they're probably my least favorite Kens I own so far. They have awful eyebrows and hair, their waists are way too stretchy, they're just not that great. I don't want to spend a while thinking or talking about them, so they're being paired on the same page. They took forever to identify since I kept thinking the outfit of the one on the bottom was his original outfit. Clothes are so deceiving. Anyways, here they are after being cleaned up and dressed.

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Great Shape Barbie and Toy Story 4 Barbie having a nice chat about Barbie’s new pup! 

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June 21-22, 2019

I have a lot of things to share today! Today we did a count of all the Barbie/Mattel dolls I had as of this morning at 10 AM. 

The final total was 76. This was not including the Share a Smile Becky doll that had arrived in the mail at approximately 11:45 this morning, the Fashionistas Barbie I had picked up from Target earlier this week (It's still in the bag, because I was waiting to open her until I had Becky), or the 5 dolls I ended up grabbing from this really sweet lady I had met earlier this week. I'd like to get photos of every single doll once everything is organized and has a place, so I can document my full total at some point or another. Now that my total count of dolls is getting near the 100 mark, I'm thinking it's time to start figuring out the way I'd like to log and categorize everyone and everything. That will probably be a goal I'll be working towards this summer. In other news, I did mention I met a very nice lady this week and I'd like to expand upon that since it was extremely special. I was working on fixing up some dolls, but was really wanting to add some new things to my collection. I started looking on Facebook Marketplace, but found nothing. Then I started a hunt on Craigslist. I came across a listing for a Barbie Camper from the early 70's for only $15, and decided to text to see if it was still available. She responded quickly, turns out she only lived 15 minutes away and she additionally had many childhood dolls and clothing left as well. I grabbed $25 from the gas station and headed over. I stood in her home, admiring the well loved clothing which was mostly clone clothes but a few pieces were genuine Barbie clothing. I ended up taking 2 giant bags of clothes, a bag of kitchen accessories/food, the camper, and this well loved TNT Barbie from 1967. I couldn't stop thinking about the My First Barbie she also had sat out for me to look over. On Friday we decided to just go for it, my fiance grabbed $20 from the bank after texting her to find out she had 5 more dolls left for us to take home. We ended up taking them all with us. They are still currently sitting in their massive Ziploc inside of my reusable shopping bag, carefully wrapped and set aside for me to look over soon. For now, we're working on our gorgeous TNT Barbie, who we have named Bonnie after her hair color that is known as "Chocolate Bon-Bon". 

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June 14, 2019 - Goodbye Kenzie

10:45 AM

Today I'm back at work and said goodbye to Kenzie.

She came out so beautiful, I am super proud. I ended up having to super glue the splits in her feet. This worked well in preventing her feet from entirely tearing apart. After about 3-4 boil washes, her hair is looking much better. It's no longer so matted and she has a full fluffy afro. It's adorable. I was unable to restore her hair to the way it was originally, since it is so worn from many years of play. The good news is that once I handed her over to Ana, Ana actually preferred the full fluffy frizzy fro (that's a tongue twister isn't it?) to the original look. I agree! I think it looks much fuller and natural! She ended up wearing the dress that my vintage Midge came in. It suited her well, and I don't think I have any other dolls who would suit this dress quite the same. In exchange, she was able to give me the Skipper she was unable to snag from her daughter previously. I'm very excited about this Skipper honestly. She has an adorable outfit, that I'm likely going to use on my doll that I eventually customize to represent myself. I'm also very excited to get this very first transformation video into the process of being edited! It's been a lot of fun to film, and actually much easier to film than I had anticipated. I've had this professional equipment for editing and filming for a while now and haven't made much use of it. It will be a lot of fun to finally compile this all together and get back into editing videos! I have butterflies in my stomach from giddiness thinking about how all of this is coming together. I'll be updating again soon! 

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June 12, 2019 - Continuing Kenzie and Friends

I worked on the new lot from yesterday for about 5-6 hours before calling it a day. Today I slept in past 10 and ended up going out for breakfast and relaxing. Finally, this evening at like almost 8 I've decided to continue working on the lot. I actually got quite a bit done yesterday. I still need to finish up Cool Crimps Skipper's hair as well as Mystery Squad Kenzie's hair. One of my next purchases will be an outfit for Great Shape Barbie from the 80's advertised for her lol. I'm also going to be investing in a crimping iron since I have so many dolls I'd like to crimp the hair of. We just got the kettle all hot, I just heard it turn off. I'm off to fix some hair! Will update later...  

- 7:42 PM

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June 11, 2019 - Today’s New Lot

Today I got a lot from my friend at work's sister who found a bunch of ladies from the 80's/90's/early 00's at Goodwill. I was having a difficult day mentally, so after cleaning the entire house I decided to start working on them. They were pretty gross honestly. They've finally all been cleaned and are relaxing next to me right now in towels with their hair soaking up some conditioner. I'm about to go rinse it, but I'm very excited to share this transformation. 

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i’m going to start moving my journal entries and posts from my alternate site over here - all will be dated. :)

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Parisian Barbie -1979

Before and After! 

For a full list of my transformations, click here:

https://midgeenthusiast.tumblr.com/tagged/transformation

She took a lot longer to identify than I'd like to admit. I had flipped right past her over and over again in my identification book, starting to get angry that I could not figure her out. She's got a very unique face, using the Steffie mold! Her hair just needed a little fixing, and we quickly discovered her hair is cut to be styled into that cute little bun you see in our final photos. We decided to add a little black bow to add a little something to her hair, which I actually bought to be used in a cosplay of one of my favorite Parisian girls- Marinette from Miraculous Ladybug!

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Barbie Vlog #9

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Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Barbie (1997)

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SQUUUUEEEEEEE!!! With major thanks to @zakniteh I finally have one of my favorite childhood dolls again!!! Totally Hair Teresa was only missing her shoes which surprise! I had gotten in a mixed accessory lot about a week ago, go figure:) Her hair is SO SOFT!!!!

LOOK AT HOW SOFT!!! Zakniteh is amazing with hair, it’s perfect:) Squeee!!!! Thank you!!!!!

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🌈Super happy to own this lovely lady🏳️‍🌈

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Butterfly Princess Barbie 1994