Now I really do regret not buying her last year! (there's a few things from last year I regret not buying. It's so hard to know what you are going to wish you'd bought and what's going to hang out in your house as another item of clutter...)
*There's still 3 Tonner dolls listed on the FAO website, but it's Miss Piggy and the Twilight dolls! I wish I could remember for sure that the Tonners were not there any longer, I think so, but... Madame Alexander was still there tho, don't mean to forget that!
Of course, if dolls aren't your thing, they did still have a new Holiday Bear (even if he was not as cute as last year's). And although they didn't have anything as unique as the Sirotan plushies from last year, they do still have all the Stieff animals. I didn't get any good pictures of those, however, since I was getting tired of taking pictures by the time I got to FAO.
Anyway, let's get back on topic here! First up, let's take a quick look at some Barbies I saw at the regular Toys R Us. The Times Square store often has a few things that I either don't see at other stores, or else don't see until later. So here's a couple of those.
I didn't recognize this girl, but she's seems to be a hair styling Barbie?
These intrigued me because they remind me of the concept of the "Wake Up" Momokos. Not getting an interesting outfit makes a bit more sense to me for a Momoko though than it does for a Barbie. I mean, for $25-$40, I could get a really nice Barbie with a really nice outfit!
However, it appears you can get a pretty wide selection of different skin tones and facial features, which is pretty cool:
When I saw these, I was wondering if they really were selling ALL of the dolls pictured on the box (the store only had maybe 2 or 3), but a bit of internet sleuthing says that yes they are. They didn't have any of those accessory packs at the store or I most certainly would've bought one!
Aside from some new fashion fever type outfits (which I will include in the next post I do), the Barbie Basics were the only new things I really saw at Toys R Us. I didn't linger tho, it was a zoo there! However, before I split, I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this:
Reminds me of how I treated my own Barbies as a kid! (I was not a fan at that point... XD)
Moving on to FAO Schwarz, the Barbie section still greeted me with the same layout. There was the big center display:
And the Barbie runway. And the glass cases along the back wall. Although I've got some nice pictures of the Barbies in the display cases in the past, this time I didn't bother because a. my camera was really acting up (I think it's dying... :( ) and b. I didn't really see anything new. I did spot this Barbie off by herself that seemed new:
My friend identified her, but I'm afraid I already forgot who she is... ^^; (the secret here is that I'm not really a Barbie collector at all, I just like to peek at them in the toy stores!) I liked her retro outfits, at any rate. Looking at the FAO Schwarz web page, I think she might be (the surprisingly expensive!! ouch!) Becky. (tho the outfits are not quite the same)
And speaking of outfits, there was a glass display case of those that I think was new:
There was also a table full of these dolls in pink boxes that I believe were marked as being store exclusives. I don't seem to see any info online about them tho, does anyone recognize them?
Lastly, we had a few more collector's dolls.
This one is the Philipp Plein Barbie Collector Doll Platinum Label.
And this one is the Barbie Collector Gold Label "Stunning in the Spotlight" Barbie Doll. She was indeed stunning!
I think we have here Barbie Collector Gold Label "Sparkling Pink 1964" Barbie Doll in both her outfits? It's too bad she's so expensive, I'd love to steal those clothes for my other dolls! >.>
I did not see the Amazonia Barbie while I was there, but having just spotted her now on the FAO website, I wish I had!!
No comments:
Post a Comment