✿｡•*¨*•｡ Dorothy Gale, Toto and Retro Lil' •*¨*•｡✿

Here's a couple  Barbie dolls from my collection... Dorothy Gale, with her little friend Toto and Retro Lil', my "repro' Barbie".

Barbie as Dorothy Gale was released in 1999 as part of Mattel's Wizard of Oz Collection..

She  comes in a faithfully rendered outfit, albeit a little shiny, a little basket in which she carries her little dog Tot, who appears to be panting and a pair of "ruby slippers" which light up.

She also says “There’s no place like home!” and “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

Retro Lil' is a 35th Anniversary Barbie, I wrote a post about these Barbies back in 2015, if you want, you read this post (35th Anniversary Barbie) for more information on them.

To my mind the older model Barbies are much prettier  than their modern day counterparts, except for some of the new Fashionistas, but in terms of comparison between the 1950's and 1960's Barbies, and the 1980's and 1990's Barbies and also the early 2000's.

 I'd probably have grown up playing a lot nicer with my Barbie dolls if they had stayed looking like Retro Lil'...

Some of my Barbies...Yep I do have some...shock horror!!!

Repro Bargin Barbie!

I Bought this little lady on Ebay a few months back...she was nude but I'd already fallen in love with the dress and bought it with matching shoes for Blythe to wear lol when I got this Barbie I just had to give her this dress instead!
I paid £1.99 for her...woot, the seller said she had a slight split to one of her ears, but when I got her home and checked her out I found out it was a hair that had got wrapped around her earring lol happy me!
She reminds me of my cousin Lorna lol lucky Lorna looking like this doll!

I've named her "Retro Lil'"

She's an exact replica of one Mattel's Ponytail Barbe range of dolls from the 1960s, Like the original she came in a cardboard box, wearing a black and white stripy swimsuit and sunglasses.

This Barbie is from the Expressions of India Series. She's the Special Edition. Roopvathi of Rajasthan Barbie - from 1998.

The word Roopvathi means "Beautiful Lady" which I think sums her up!

Rajasthani Barbie

Dress made to resemble the traditional clothing worn by women in Rajasthan.

I've never taken her out of the box, I keep thinking about it, but still haven't been brave enough yet!

The whole premise of this series is that Barbie has visited India and fallen in love with the Traditional clothing the women wear ... although that doesn't explain why her hair has turned black and judging by the Bhindi in the centre of her brow, she has also got married!!

Still I'm not knocking it...this series of dolls are really beautiful.

(Sale Photo)

Part of the 1998 Dolls of the World series...This one is the Native American Pow Wow Barbie

I fell in love with this one as soon as I saw her...She's one of the Dolls of The World series from the early 1990s. Pow Wow version - with "buckskin" dress, unfortunately she doesn't have her turquoise feather in her hair and is also missing the neck sash :( she didn't come with a box, but she does have her original silver ring and earrings. This Chrissie Doll is vintage, either 1980s or early 1990s. She came to me in a bulk purchase of Barbies, which I bought for use in art pieces. As she's so pretty I had to keep her back and add her to my collection! I'm such a sucker like that!! She's wearing her original earrings, but missing her ring and clothing...oh well! Dorothy Barbie Man I love this doll, she's so much like the real thing...her voice box can get annoying tho' if you keep pressing it (like I did) lol Wizard of Oz I bought her nude and the clothes separate from an American seller, which worked out cheaper than buying her from Ebay U.K. Her Ruby Slippers light up when she talks!! She only says one of 2 things, which can get a bit annoying but she does sound like Judy Garland and well I love her!