1980s Barbie Dolls, Barbie Toys

When it came to birthdays and holidays, as a child, my heart would just flutter, because I could almost feel a new toy, more specifically, a Barbie in my hands ( I could only wish, didn't get a new Barbie under the Christmas tree until I was a teenager-ahhh!)

I recall an amazing Barbie moment in my life when I was about eight years old that really shocked me! Not only did I get a Barbie (she and her friends weren't new I might add,) but they were definitely Barbie dolls. I and my sister visited an aunt one weekend who suprised us with none other than Barbie, furniture, clothes and more. She blocked off an area in a room complete with Barbie stuff already set up! They were sitting in an airplane, in a portable doll house, lying on the floor ready to be dressed, and also in a boat. She had literally took thetime to pose them. They were ready for little hands to make them talk and walk! My sister and I were given these items from this "favorite" aunt who bought them from someone who was a friend of hers. The dolls had been already played with for years and many were from the 70s and earlier. By the time we got them, most were on their last leg. A little movement and a few legs broke right in our hands. I cried when my sister broke one! You would have thought someone died!

By the time we were old enough to stop playing Barbie, hair was combed until the dolls' heads went bald, toy furniture cracked under pressure, and many, many items saw the garbage dump by relatives and others who couldn't care less. So I dedicate this page to the dolls I wanted and never got, because mom said, "That cost too much!" and also to the ones I saw briefly before I grew up and became a mother to boys (not daughters.) These were the good ole days for me, looking through the Sears Christmas Catalog...wishing upon a star. So please do have some fun scrolling this site and I hope you too will go back down memory lane with me, and who knows you might get weak, like I have done in the past, and buy a few favorites.