Box opening - not a doll, Barbie Little Theater!

[zirconmermaid]

Christmas, 1963, and this was under the tree. I played with it til it fell apart and died. It was thrown away, much against my will, but now I can have it again! This one is in fairly tough shape, but so was mine. All the pieces are there, and I plan to do some serious restoration. Sorry about the blurry pictures.









It will probably take a little while for me to fix it up, but I am so happy I could cry!!

[oniakki]

Yay, congrats on finding one again and best of luck in your restoration efforts!

[Greyhaunt]

Isn't recapturing an old memory a priceless event? I'm envious!

[KitKat]

I've never heard of this so I looked it up, Holy crap on a cracker that's awesome!! I hope the clothes came with it too. That set looks like the greatest fun you could have.

[Evelien]

I am SO happy for you. Congratulations!! I kind of understand the feeling, I've had similar experiences, slightly different though. I used to collect little jointed plastic Pamela Love dolls from the Simba company. They always came with this little catalogue that contained a house for them, a bed, a van, and of course lots of different fashions.. but the only dolls I ever found in store were the ballerinas, the Mallorca series and the Disneyland series. Never any other fashions or accessories. As a kid and even as a teenager - I never stopped loving those dolls - I used to drool over the pretty pictures in that little catalogue, "knowing" I'd never own 90% of the stuff in there.

But then, 20 years later there was eBay. I now own the things I wanted as a kid and it feels amazing. I own the bed, the van and other stuff that was probably never brought to stores in the Netherlands. I completely understand childhood memory happiness!!!

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Oh congrats!

I do occasionally search eBay to see if anyone's selling the camping/caravanning Sindy and Barbie stuff I had from the 70s/early 80s. The only reason I haven't got any yet is a decided lack of space!

[cirquemom]

It looks wonderful.
Ebay?
So nice to remember back to the day when everything Barbie wasn't pink, purple, or teal.

[richila]

Congratulations! I looked it up too; it looks wonderful. So much fun!