Do You Collect Barbie Dolls? Did You Have Barbie Dolls Before?

I've never bought a Barbie doll and never had one as a child. I hated dolls. As an adult I've received a couple as gifts and kept them until I found someone, uh, younger, to give them to. I like stuffed animals, though. Does Barbie have a cat or dog? I like Betty Boop's dogs!

We use to and they ere all so pretty. Most of them were bought at walmart. But we gave them all to a lady on freecycle. We were visiting to NY and she was looking for toys for her daughter. We had to rush to catch a plane. So I left my back door open and she was able to go and get so much toys. Boy did she love the barbies,bratz,little ponys,betty spaghetti and so much more. She left my house in the same way I left it for her. It was all packed and siting by the kitchen door. But on the inside as those kids would have stole them.

I never had any Barbie dolls growing up. I was a tom boy. I was never big into dolls. Probably because all of my cousins around my age that I hung out with were boys. I had a few friends that were girls that had them. I played with them when I was hanging out with them sometimes.

I did. I used to love Barbies and at one point used to have a whole drawer full of them. It was always a special thing to get a new Barbie (or Sindy). My brother had Action Men and we used to play with them together.:)

As a girl, I had Barbie Dolls when I was a child. But I didn't have a hobby to collect them, fortunately:) In fact any kinds of dolls would be fine for me. I didn't have to buy Barbie Dolls. There are many choices. Now I grow up and I am not interested in such kind of toys. Besides, I have a son and it is no need for me to buy it as he doesn't like it at all.

i didn't too. i wasn't really exposed with barbies and all, and even if i saw one or two beautiful barbie dolls, i can't ask my mom to buy it for me because its too expensive just like there in your country. but i played with cheap dolls, i just didn't collect them.^__^

i used to play paper dolls though. i love making my own paper dolls and my cousins would ask me to make a doll for them. i also make their dresses. of course its on paper too. i had a lot of paper dolls then. most of them my creation. i lost them eventually. either i gave them away or maybe i threw them all away when i got tired of them.^__^

Honestly, I envied those friends of mine who have collections of barbie dolls. Becuase during our time, my parents could not afford to buy me. They will rather buy food than toys for us. But I already overcame those stage. Now, I no longer want baribie dolls for myself- but for daugther.

when i was young i have one barbie doll and up to now i have that doll i keep it for almost 22yrs my niece like barbie doll so every xmas i send her different barbie doll:-)

Oh my, Barbie dolls. I'm 54, and the one and only Barbie doll I was allowed to have was one of the very first ones that came out. She had black curly hair, and wore a black and white striped bathing suit. My parents didn't allow me to have alot of the accessories, so I learned to make clothes the best I could.
My oldest grand daughter, we started her collection when she was a year old. She has plastic containers of Barbie dolls that are collectibles. Then she had her's that she played with.
Thanks for the memories!

I use to have barbies I was a serious collector,I had mostly the spendie dolls,limited editions, early holiday barbies,had like maybe 75 dolls at one time,it least 5,000-6,000 $$ worth,but they were stolen a few yrs back,So I gave up collecting them.:(