Finally, some new Barbie stuff!

First up we have what I *think* are new clothing sets. It's always possible they are not new, and just haven't been in stock for so long that I forgot about them, but hopefully I'm right that they are new. If not, maybe you haven't seen them either! ;)

I think I don't love any of them overall, but they have some nice elements...



The iPod is cool, and the red shirt that's with it. Maybe the belt (tho I'd have to take the sticker off) - belts are somewhat useful. The rest of it... not so much for me. It reminds me of the set for the pre-school teacher Barbie they had out recently?



Roller skates!!! Sadly, everything else except the white skirt, I am not that interested in. But... Roller skates!! I may have to get this anyway...



Cheerleader outfits. Nothing esp. exciting and I don't see any of my dolls wanting to be cheerleaders... Still the outfit on the right is pretty cute, and there's sneakers...



I don't think this one is new, but I'm not sure. She's pretty blah overall - that dress is nothing special. But the cupcake bag is cute!

Here's a closeup of the bag...



Then we move on to the defintely new. Some Toy Story Barbies! There's a Barbie dressed like the Barbie in the movie (tho I didn't get a picture of her - she was not in stock at the store I was at, tho I'd seen her earlier) with a matching Ken. But there are also Barbies that are dressed in Toy Story theme outfits. I saw two, but there are more...



I really like this one! I think I will be buying it eventually.



This one is also cute, but Woody is not as much fun to me as the little alien dudes. I'm also not sure what I think about that outfit overall. I kinda like the vest and the belt (assuming they detach from the shirt) but I can't say I care about the jeans as much - I have plenty of jeans.

There's also Barbie Loves Buzz. Interestingly, Amazon lists Barbie Loves Ken and Ken Loves Barbie as releases, but they each say only one available. Not sure if these are not US releases, or just really hot sellers?

I didn't really see any new furniture, but I did see this one random set - it's a reissue of the pink mirror. So if you missed out on the pink mirror - or can't stand pink - here's your chance to get it in purple.



I think the dress that the Barbie is wearing is not as cute as the pink dress tho. I'm somewhat amused that the cardboard cat is switched to a dog - they could've just totally reused the original packaging, but I guess they are hoping people will buy both!

Then the last thing I have to show for the moment is that there are new Barbie Basics out in the stores. I have not been totally onboard with the Barbie Basics because I think they are kind of pricey and the outfits were a little *too* basic. It was a nice idea tho - I liked all the different kinds of Barbies. If I actually collected Barbie (and not just her clothes) I would probably have been a lot more excited, because some of the faces are pretty cute.

So considering my particular biases, I think v. 1.5 (as they call it) is an improvement - the clothes look a little bit more detailed to me. The faces, however, start looking a bit repetitive of v. 1. I think if I'd've bought any of the first round I'd be a little irritated, because I'm not sure round 2 is different enough to have both, but I like 2 better.

There was only a small selection of 1.5 at this store - I'm sure there's a bunch more out tho.



The short hair is cute...



I like this outfit. And I kind of like her overall look (tho she's a little too 'hard' looking for me... I like the sweeter faces that look less 'fashion model fierce')

But see what I mean about how similar the faces look to version 1? As a non-Barbie person, I could be missing some subtleties, but I think she's pretty much the same girl as this one but with new hair?



Of course, on a Barbie, new hair is pretty much everything! XD And it's not like Pullips aren't a bit repetitive at this point...

So as you can probably see from that last example, the old versions have a white background, the new versions have a pink background.



This was my favorite of the new girls. For some reason I rather like her. If I'm starting to learn anything from my Barbie-knowledgeable friends (which is unclear! I'm a slow learner! XD) this is the Stephi face mold?



This is an old one, but I like her too. She doesn't really look like a Barbie at all!

That's everything I found so far. I suspect there's more, so I may be adding a second post as soon as I have a chance to go to a different Target!

The new shoe set should also be out, but I didn't see that yet...

EDIT: Ooh, flipped over to BarbieCollector.com to look for additional Toy Story Barbies, and noticed the new Twilight Dolls. Still not a Twilight fan, but these have awesome clothes-stealing potential! Also, I really like Alice's little flippy haircut.