First up is a clothes set. I don't think it's actually new (I haven't seen any updated Barbie clothes sets yet outside of the "Barbie Basics") but it's one I either haven't seen, or haven't seen in a while. It did seem like a few things were re-stocked including the sort of 'kids' one that comes with the mini ipod (I want that ipod! But I don't really want the rest of the stuff... >.>) and the ski set. I really want to like the ski set, but I kind of don't. Boo.
Anyway, this is the set I started off rambling about:
Sort of a rock clothes set. I kind of like it, and the little cd is pretty nifty. Odds are not high I will buy it tho with the overflow of new Liv and Moxie and everything else stuff that is so much cuter. Still, nice. Better if the guitar were real tho!
Next we have an *almost handsome* Ken!! Wow!
Actually, I don't know how good looking he really and truly is, but at least they tried something different with the hair. I give credit for that. He still dresses like a dork tho...
This is also part of this "Barbie Fashion Fairy Tale" line that I don't know anything about. The sparkly skinny Barbies are from this line tho. And there IS a Barbie, but she's one of the lame ones that has a painted torso rather than real clothes.
Moving on, I haven't seen any new "100 pose" Barbies (actually, most of these dolls have been pretty severely out of stock, so I guess they are doing well) but one (really two!) new one that has appeared is this set:
I quite like certain elements about this pair, but since it IS a pair, the price tag is greater. I am not sure I want to deal with buying them as a set. Mostly I like the purple girl's outfit, esp. the boots!! (tho I might not pair the shirt and skirt together normally, myself... XD) The other girl (sweetie) does not do a lot for me, tho I do like the leggings and the shirt ok...
Speaking of good outfits, I only saw a few "Dolls of the World", but I really quite liked Miss Italy.
Isn't that a great outfit? I really want to buy her for her outfit only, but she's a bit expensive for that...
I did see some things that were brand new to me (haven't seen them on flickr, haven't seen them on barbiecollector.com - not that I look hard, so it might be that they are there somewhere!)
One of these was this candy themed doll.
I thought that she must be based on something, but "Dylan's Candy Bar" didn't mean a lot to me. It appears that it is an actual store tho. Checking wikipedia, I was thinking if there were only a few stores, it is surprising they made a Barbie out of it. However, the fact it was started by Ralph Lauren's daughter explains a lot! Once you've seen the website, the dress makes a lot more sense too. Since I've never heard of them before, the store tie-in doesn't mean a lot, and I am mixed about how I feel about the doll/outfit. The colorfulness is appealing, but then when I really stop and look at it, it's not that exciting.
By contrast, this doll I love!
Ok, sure, the "couture angel" name and the wings and all make me think of Victoria's Secret somehow, but the dress is lovely and subtle and I like her hair ornament! So pretty!
Other than that, I saw two new remade vintage Barbies that I had just seen on barbiecollector.com.
Miss 1965 is kind of nice. I like her red coat a lot! Even the top of her one-piece is pretty, tho the bottom makes me feel like she forgot her pants... >.>
This one with the wigs is interesting to me.
I didn't realize Barbie had ever had removeable wigs, so this is news to me. No real interest in buying her, but she's interesting to know about!
Another doll set I'd heard about but never seen in person was this Harley Davidson set.
They are really pretty cool, but the commercial tie-in apparently makes them pretty expensive, because they were $72!! Ouch. So none of them for me.
Finally, this is not a Barbie, but I am finding the Disney stuff to be increasingly cute, so I can't resist showing off this Tiana doll.
I love that she comes with a tiny frog!! I want to get her for that alone, but it looks like she sings or something, so she's a bit more expensive than average. Not really worth getting just to have a frog. Oh well. (she's actually a pretty doll. But I am NOT collecting Barbies and others. No. I'm not! No matter how tempting, and how many of them seem to be accumulating in my room already... ^^;)
And then, just for fun, a Barbie-related sight I ran across in a clearance-type store:
Save your life in Barbie-style! (It looks like people mostly felt safer with Batman tho. I can't blame them. I know I would! XD)
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