ok, guess what???? let me first just tell you what my receipt said at the bottom: YOUR SAVINGS 249.96. yes, i saved nearly $250 just by buying 2 barbies at the mattel toy store. so what did i buy, you ask? Barbie 2000 (yes, this was last year's model) regularly sells for $46.....spent $10.99. And Ferrari Barbie (now this one, *wow*) regularly sells for...$299.95 and guess how much the thrifty wolfie paid? $89.99, yes you saw that, 89.99. and the husband actually sat there and said "get it" which is RARE!!!! ok, so let me hunt some pics for you.

Ferrari Barbie

WoooooooHoooooooo Wolfie!!! You scored Big Time. Enough for you to buy the real Ferrari for the mom of the Barbie collection?? *Sigh* Now we need pix.

Wow!!! I just looked at your picture link. Red is my favorite color. She is stunning! What color is her Ferrari? Can they be anything other than red?! *Sigh* I guess I am never going to look like Barbie! Love her with the chestnut brown hair, though! She looks positively smashing.

(I wish my buttons worked....*sniff* Wolfie's work, why don't mine? *whine*)

i dunno, sweetie!! i thought we finally got geo looking spiffy again! barbie doesn't come with a ferrari but i did see one on the road and about fell out. it was a testarossa and was sporty red!

santa was very nice to me and gave me a lovely barbie doll. this one is the fantasy goddess by bob mackie (my first mackie doll). she is beautiful! lemme get you a link for her pic----

Fantasy Goddess of the Artic

we went browsing through k-mart and i found a new model of barbie. the sunshine day (yeah, like the partridge family) has wider hips and a smaller chest. i bought her just because of that. and i've noticed a newer look for the african american version as well. she has almond shaped eyes vs the wide-eyed version. wonder when they'll make a version of barbie that is brunette with brown-eyes and is not hispanic (i do like the hispanic versions though). and k-mart's toys section (esp. barbie) was sad indeed!

Works for me Wolfie. Brown-eyed brunettes are very special people!

Poor K-Mart. I'm glad I don't own any of that stock.

but they're not being left high and dry. afterall, martha's staying with them. i didn't notice any shortages in the food department either. what i've always disliked about k-mart was the mess it was always in and how nothing was organized or in stock. wonder if mattel will pull their toys from the shelves.

added two more bob mackie designer dolls to my collection: Goddess of the Americas and Goddess of Asia. The third and first out of the collection (Goddess of the Arctic is the fourth). Just need Goddess of Africa to complete the set (but they were out).

Nice, Wolfie! When do you add a real Bob Mackie to your own wardrobe? If you are like me, you need a whole new lifestyle to afford to do that. Pictures? Can you FTP yet? If not, email Terry with your old username and password. I did and am back in business as is John. John has made a few really cute adjustments to his prediction charts. =)

Fantasy Goddess of the Americas Fantasy Goddess of Asia And the only one i still need in this series: Fantasy Goddess of Africa

better link for: Fantasy Goddess of the Americas

The Goddess of America Barbie is STUNNING!!! I had no idea they could be so gorgeous. Since I am running NASA TV at the same time I am running a bunch of other applications, I'm having a slow time of it loading some of the images.

the africa is stunning too, you should see the detail on her dress! but bob mackie dolls all come like that, with extensive bead detail. the asian has a beautiful lime green fully beaded gown and a dragon fan-shaped head-dress. of course, i have to peak around the tissue paper to take a look-see.

check this out: (hope the link works, if not, i'll be back *grin*) New Doll

ok, it didn't.....hang on!

New Doll *fingers crossed*

It works! I can't wait to see the realistic Barbie!!!

i'm gonna be looking for her!

Did anyone find the realistic Barbie? Surely there is a Southern Belle Barbie. I wonder which one he might like... I'm guessing one in Green!

the Southern Belle Barbie is probably closest to the tea barbies.

mattell was having one heck of a sale yesterday--glad i went after work (yes, i worked saturday--it's end of fiscal year and we have to obligate funds like madmen)....enchanting mermaid was not on the menu for price cuts though and they didn't even have one single box laying around for me to drool over. but let me tell you what i did come out of there with: Duchess of Diamonds Countess of Rubies Venetian Opulence let me note that these dolls come in "damaged" boxes. The Royal Jewels Collection had nothing wrong with their boxes but are supposedly missing their certificates (inside the box). Venetian Opulence did not have the lid to her box (nor did any of the others like her on the shelf) and came without "papers." This didn't bother me much since I bought her because I've always liked her.

the 2003 line is here to check out: http://www.barbiecollectibles.com/index-home.asp

well i haven't been here inawhile. am still collecting barbies but now that i'm away from l.a., no mattel store to buy discounted dolls. and i haven't seen any at the flea markets that i'm willing to shell out money for.

I saw a barbie something somewhere.

*laugh*

Wow ! it has been ages! Taking a break from trying to find people to testify on my behalf for the upcoming trial, tell us what new Barbies are in your life now, Wolfie!

here is a link to barbie.com and the 2005 lineup: http://www.barbiecollector.com/showcase/products_by_year.asp?iYear=2005 james bond is in my collection now along with the fairy queen and legolas from the LOTR movies. hoping they have the entire group soon. am still looking for the fantasy goddess of africa to complete my bob mackie fantasy goddesses collection.

march 16, the 2005 fanclub starts!!

I just can't remember who, want, where, when. Maybe it will coem to me. It's lurking around in the shadows of my mind, a Barbie cool thing I heard about somewhere. Maybe it will surface.

Legolas?! How about Arwen? She LOOKS exactly like a pretend person. Lovely!

Legolas and Galadriel are the only ones for now. Not sure if they're going to do any of the other characters (boy, I hope they don't use the little kid sister of barbie for the hobbits)....

hahaha - probably not but they might use the original mold to work from. Furry feet? I wonder.

*laugh*

I know a store filled with Barbies in Austin. It's a doll shop. I took a bunch of pictures there a long time 'a go.

was it a Mattel outlet store? i told the AM i needed to take a trip back to El Segundo, CA just to visit their store.

Nope it was a funky, jam packed antique doll star on Kerbey Lane. If ya' come to Austin, go see it. Or make a point to go see it before they ship you off somewhere.

well, that means they're expensive......some of those doll stores give me the creeps!

No I didn't think it was that expensive. I'll stop by there, I have photos of it somewhere. I don't know when. I know where it is on Kerbey Lane. Kerbey Lane Cafe has great food.

well then i know where to visit when i head up austin way...

It's real close to Mopac off 35th.

I've been to that El Segundo mall store. The line used to wind around the building and they restricted how many you could buy each time !!

*laugh* you got it!

In fact, the lady who took me there commandeered the whole available family and we each got 6 of whatever she wanted. I have no idea what she is doing with them, but she must have zillions of them by now. Like saving pennies. Everyone has more than they already want or need so who cares? I guess she plans to live for 200 more years until they are "valuable" ?!

Back to Barbie, The Franklin Mint christmas catalog has some impressive Barbies for collecting. They are getting more and more into portrait dolls, now.