I grew up dirt poor in Appalachia and on Christmas morning a local church brough me a real wrapped present. It was Peaches n Cream Barbie. I'd never seen anything so beautiful in all my life. My little heart stopped beating as I looked at her beautiful gown, her kind face, her gorgeous hair. Used to spend hours just lightly touching her beautiful gown. To this day I still gasp whenever I see one 🥰

@Cavan-md5qc

Ай бұрын

Ahh, yes do you remember the spin toy and change around ruffle!!

I love the Barbie’s from the 80s and 90s ❤ they have such cute faces

I feel super old when young folks like you refer to 80s stuff as “vintage”, because I remember buying it all when it was new on store shelves back in the day. Some of it I still have in great condition, but I’ve collected 80s stuff later as well. Here’s a list of some of my favorites from my 80s collection. I’m pretty sure I have multiples of all of these. 1980 Black Barbie 1980 Hispanic Barbie 1980 Parisian Barbie 1980 Beauty Secrets Christie 1980 Beauty Secrets Barbie 1981 Golden Dream Christie 1981 Golden Dream Barbie 1981 Scottish Barbie 1981 Oriental Barbie 1982 Pink & Pretty Christie 1982 Eskimo Barbie 1982 India Barbie 1983 Dream Date P.J. 1984 Sweet Roses P.J. 1984 Loving You Barbie 1984 Irish Barbie 1984 Fabulous Fur Barbie 1986 Tropical Miko 1986 Barbie and the Rockers, all five characters 1987 Barbie and the Rockers, Barbie, Ken and Derek 1987 California Dream Christie 1987 California Dream Midge 1987 Jewel Secrets Whitney 1988 Perfume Pretty Whitney 1989 Style Magic Whitney I also really love the structures and vehicles from this era. I have the 1979 Dream House, the entire Dream Furniture collection (and some European color variants, the 1980 Dream Pool, the 1977 Star Traveler Motorhome (which I fully restored with custom new labels that I scanned, digitally restored and reprinted), the 1983 Dream Cottage, the Corvettes, Ferraris and ’57 Chevy, the Rockers Hot Rockin’ Van, Dance Cafe, Hot Rockin’ Stage, instruments, etc. And last but not list, we can’t forget about the FASHIONS of the 80. So much great stuff to be had from this decade. I especially love the stuff from 1980-1984.

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Very nice list! Beauty secrets christie is one of my favs too. And golden dream christie is my all time 80s favorite, but I’m saving her for a disco video. 🪩 And I hate to break it to you, but in a couple years stuff from 2000 will become vintage. lol but I get how you feel…even if I was just an adorable child in the 80s. lol ❤️❤️

@seanm6215

3 ай бұрын

​@@Thedollswitnessyea when I was a kid that radio station B101 had the oldies of 50s music. Maybe 60s too.. now I think it's started doing 90s music as oldies

She's beautiful

🤩 how do you resist not opening all these great Barbie dolls… often enough I can’t resist and gotta unbox them

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

I just remind myself of all the unboxed pieces I have, and go play with them. lol ❤️

This video almost made me burst into tears. MY CHILDHOOD.

@Thedollswitness

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!❤️❤️

The 80's was a really good period for Barbie. My favorite Barbie doll from this decade is Feeling fun Barbie. She's awesome! ❤

The Barbie and The Rockers movie was my favorite when I was a kid. I have the record with the soundtrack...

I had Day to Night Barbie, and I still have Peaches and Cream Barbie from wayyyy 🤭 back in my childhood. My Dad bought her for Christmas, and she's still beautiful. I love your videos btw.

Love Kitty Black Perkins and her work on the Classics in the 90s

Cool times gives me 80’s themed diners

What an awesome video! I grew up in the 80s and I remember when these dolls were on retail in stores. "Barbie and the Rockers" are just amazing and they breath 80s style everywhere. Every girl in 85 wanted to look like Madonna, so does Barbie! And the 80s stand out for neon colors. But the most beautiful Barbie ever is "Peaches and Cream". I mean, she stands for herself. No Ken, no playset, no other fashion-set needed. She is immaculate and flawless. When you saw her in a shop, you had look at her! Absolutley mind-blowing. And there was "Dreamglow-Barbie" with "glow in the dark" fashions. "Tropical-Barbie" with extra long hair. "Loving You-Barbie" with her heart-shaped dress. And there was "Sun Gold Malibu.Barbie". Very sexy in a gold bathingsuit. Or "Angel Face-Barbie". Ahhh and "Crystal Barbie" in her white evening dress. And "Dream Date-Barbie". All of these were so unique and iconic. This was the peak of Barbie, I guess. Nothing compares to the 80s.

@matthewsky819

8 ай бұрын

Yea I landed in the East Village NYC at 16 years of age Madonna & Keith Harring Debi Mazar all lived just a block or two away in the 80s we were all friends... Such an incredible time period I associate my earliest memories of collecting Barbie with friend Ricky Wilson from the B-52s he also collected vintage Barbie & lived in the east village and he went to Barbie Heaven way to soon. Most everyone collecting Barbie then was mainly interested in vintage , it was the beginning for me ! My appreciation for 80s Barbie started in the 90s ! This episode of The Doll Witness was a great reminder of how great the 80s dolls were ! Barbie is infinity ! Happy barbie collecting ! Matt Sky

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Nice list! Yeah I knew people would want crystal barbie, and I love the later Malibus too, but ya know…time. lol ❤️

Dream Glow Barbie is my number 1. When I grew up in the 80s I was mostly playing with G1 My little ponys. But my stepsister always got Barbies and Barbie accessories from her father. One day she came home with Dream Glow Barbie, I was so jealous. I wanted one myself, but I only got Sindys or Judiths from my family. And a lot of Barbie horses. As an adult I started to collect Barbies 1 year ago . Dream Glow was the first one I bought. I am so in love and I look at her and all childhood memories come back to me. Since then my 600 My little ponies are sharing shelfs with a lot of other 80s Barbies: Peaches n cream, Lovin you Barbie, Sea loving Barbie, Barbie and the rockers, Crystal Barbie, Angel face and Day to night. They all are favourites. And I swear they are multiplying!!, I am addicted and just got in to 90s dolls. So yes now I need a bigger house

Barbie and the rockers really was one of my favorite doll lines and still is

I’m a Texan Okie as well. And your accent is legit. 😂

Animal lovin’ Ken and Barbie. Back in the day when it was rare to get a pet with your Barbie doll.

Angel face was my first Barbie my mom bought me

Love the 80's music and Barbies. Had many of those dolls before the unfortunate incident.

Love it! Its like time travelin back to the Barbie aisle at Toys R Us with a comical tour guide. I can't handle the astro fashions, they're just so amazing... i love the space themed girl toys of the 80s

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah the astro fashions are everything 🚀❤️

Cool Great Shape Barbie

The 80s was a rocking time for Barbie! I agree with pretty much all of your picks, there's another 80s Barbie I really like but I can't think of which one she is. She came with a black dress with a white jacket. The 80s were just so glamorous, perfect for Barbie!

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Nice. Thank u!

Western, Great Shape & Day to Night are my faves too!

Awesome video! "Cool Times" Barbies were crazy! But I remember they are so of their time. They scream the 80s! ❤

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Love that gang. Super cool group 🔥❤️❤️

Enjoyed your video. I had cool times Midge. She was my favorite doll i had i loved her freckles.

My favorite era of barbie 💕

Love watching! You have good taste in Barbies! I prefer the Barbies from the 80’s and 90’s! Thanks!

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

I loved Pretty in Pink, Loving You, and Crystal Barbie. Also, Dream Magic Barbie ❤

@Thedollswitness

5 ай бұрын

Nice!!🔥❤️

I had the second edition of barbie and the rockers when I was a kid. So fun

So Good ! 80s Barbie ! I really loved Barbie & The Rockers Those massive Earrings & Colors are Magic * Thank you for another awesome video ! Your Chanel is mine & many collectors Happy Place Cheers Matt Sky

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

Western Barbie 😂😂😂😂😂👍🥃🥃🥃🥴🤪 I am from Germany and I have both. I love my „pretty little“ girl, US Western Barbie. Barbie is not always perfect. 😌🥰 Thank you for your content. Love to watch!

Omg I lost my mind when I saw that you have the Astro fashions! Those are so hard to find………at a decent price. Love your videos

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

I love all of these! My favorite 80's Barbie is Crystal Barbie. 😍

Lol Barbie and the rockers was my very favorite as a little girl but also peaches and cream and the one that had red hearts on it loving you barbie had so many but those were my favorites wish i saved all my 80s stuff

Lolololol!!!! I loved this video! Your a RIOT! I was cracking up! Loved your pick of 80s Barbie dolls. I agree with you 95%. Poor western Barbie! Girl looks jacked up and high or drunk! The 80s were exciting and so much fun and very glamorous! Your videos are my new favorites!❤❤❤

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

my 80s childhood thank you

Id be remiss if I forgot to mention "Crystal" Barbie. She was absolutely stunning!! I do have to say though that "My First Barbie" in the yellow and blue mix and match outfit is probably my favorite Barbie of all time.....

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Nice pick! ❤️

Love him soooooo much

Astronaut Barbie and her outfits sooooo cool and the African American one is stunning

Newer i have from the 90's to now

I love your collection! All rockers are amazing ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@giuseppecatanzaro7867

8 ай бұрын

@@Thedollswitness amazing collection and amazing video ♥️

Nostalgia

I don't have good internet now, but I'm watching this as soon as I get home!

I love the rockers as well! I have them and their fashions mib. The other group I love was the sensations !have them as well. We gotta give love to Whitney as well! Who doesn't love a Steffie \pj face mold??!!!

You have the coolest Barbie collection!

Great shape is also a fabulous one🫡

Rhett Rhett what ever shall i do where ever shall i buy them lol

I never had astronaut Barbie growing up but now that I have loose versions I really like the makeup on her

Love the Divine T-shirt 💗

You and I have very similar taste. Astronaut Barbie is just amazing, both 80 and 60S

@Thedollswitness

5 күн бұрын

So good! Love her💗💗

No one dressed like that in Livonia, Michigan where i grew up

Living for your Divine tshirt ❤️

Barbie and the Rockers were over the top! I owned some of that line, but I didn't get into it as much as I should of due to Jem. Now I regret it, because they had some awesome fashions! I find them calling to me from E-Bay.... lol!

Hi i found my Free Moving Barbie yeah in my old Barbie doll pink case yesterday I have this doll since i was a little girl

Thanks so much 💖 I love you💖 I really do💖 but you missed Midnight 🥰 the horse 😘

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I realized that later. Just enjoyed saying ‘honey’ so much…

Uncomfortable with the way you’re speaking?!?! Omg I love it 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you! Lol

magic moves barbie is one of my favorite barbies ever because of how luxurious & magical the cxommercial is genuinely one of the best piece of advertisement ever . . . i really adored the astronaut barbie section finding out about the astro fashions might actually change my life forever & I'm writing it here as a memoir entry . . . also hehe I've had this project since i starting watching jem in the summer but i am so excited to customize each barbie & the rockers member into a jem & the holograms character since i realized there is a one to one with everyone & i can just use another barbie for kimber since she & jem are biological sisters turning dana into aja excites me so much because i love how much the sculpt already resembles her so much hehe

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Oh awesome! Very fun project ❤️❤️

LOL at the accent! I'm from Memphis, but my dad was from up north, and we watched a lot of PBS, so I managed to not sound southern until after I lived in Knoxville a few years. I was sitting here thinking, "wow, that's the first not-goshawful southern accent I've heard," so of course it wasn't southern lol. So glad you explained the reasoning behind Astronaut Barbie not looking like a real astronaut. It always bothered me that it was so pink and girly, but now, understanding it was because kids were scared, makes sense.

love this vid and the Divine T shirt ! *

I only had one Barbie when I was a kid and that was Barbie Rock Star (Europe edition) But the one I was so jealous some other girls had was Dream glow. So that was one of the first I got when I started collecting.

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Dream glow was pretty wild! Like a sparkly Cinderella look, almost ❤️

The Barbie's from 1980 up to 1986 are my personal favorite Barbie era's, they radiated a certain elegance as if they came straight out of a Soap opera series, I myself used to get "Great Shape Barbie" from my grandparents for my birthday, unfortunately I lost my Barbie's when I stopped playing with them, but now I have started collecting Barbie's from the 80's all over again, But i;m really some other great Barbie;s from the 80's in your collection that a sure one of my favorite like, "Pink And Pretty" - "Fabulous Furr" and "Angel Face" Barbie. 😊😉

@Thedollswitness

4 ай бұрын

Nice! Those are some great ones! And damn I love great shape 🔥🔥❤️❤️

@Coffeecorner2000

4 ай бұрын

@@Thedollswitness Thanks, they are great and pretty indeed, and yes Great Shape Barbie is indeed a beautiful doll and i hope to find Great Shape Barbie someday again for my collection she's my childhood Barbie that i loved very much as a kid. 😉❤❤🔥🔥

70's i have , 90's i have ,

I have to check my doll

My fav 80s is Garden Party Barbie🙌

@Thedollswitness

3 ай бұрын

Solid choice!❤️❤️

Another awesome instalment!! the accent was the highlight and then the transition back 😂🫠

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Haha thank u!❤️

Wow! I never knew there were Astro Fashions! Great video!

@Thedollswitness

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! They’re crazy good, right? 🔥🔥❤️❤️

I think my favs are Peaches and Cream, Crystal Barbie and Dream Glow Barbie.

I like astronaut barbie and fashion packs… ❤

My Western Barbie is cool no messed up eyes works perfect no drunk stare lol

@krystajustice1608

3 ай бұрын

No hat no boots

You totally missed an opportunity to dress like the Cowboy from the Village People during your Western Barbie monologue! I actually think "Diva" from Barbie and the Rockers was just Midge trying to be cool. One of my favorite Barbies from the 80's was "Parisian" Barbie. I loved the dress she came in and thought she had a really pretty face. I just cant get enough of you......

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

I really should’ve worn a cowboy hat, you’re right. lol ah well, thank you!!❤️❤️

@jordanodwyer6552

5 ай бұрын

Haha! Midge said she's going to be Diva if she's gonna be in a band 😅

Awesome shirt!! I'm a huge John Waters fan myself.

Whitney is my favorite!!

LOVE IT !!!!!!!

You have any Rockers fashion packs? I have some loose fashions, I think they're great. I also had All Stars Christie and Teresa as a kid and still do. They're in excellent shape. My husband got me the Barbie and Midge inbox for Christmas. Two of my favorite 80s barbies that I got from Santa as a kid are Dance magic and Garden Party ❤. Classic beauties !

I love your shirt!!

I got the outfit for the working out Barbie doll i got it at a yard sale last summer for free with a Fashionista doll and other outfits for free

Skipper is cute

BARBIE SUPERSTAR 88 BEAUTIFUL

I want Peaches and Cream Barbie so bad but she's expensive. :(

I enjoy your videos. ❤

@Thedollswitness

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love your video...

i love how you morphed into a weird Southern accent when describing Western Barbie.....also I see you, Devine!!!!

All star was probably one of my first barbies 😏 i had alot though from the late 80-93 then idkwhat happened i couldnt do barbie much besides the kelly and chelsea dolls lol

Detroit Zoo is awesome here in Michigan

I have Camping Fun Barbie., Midge , Skipper

My favorites; Jewel Secrets Whitney, peaches n cream.

@Thedollswitness

22 күн бұрын

Nice picks!!🙌🏻

@juju-zr5dp

22 күн бұрын

@@Thedollswitness thanks Whitney was a dreambarbie. The only other 80s dream barbie for me is dreamglow.

I love your passion! it’s almost as big as mine! 😮😂❤

I didn't know she All Stars Barbie existed

@krystajustice1608

5 ай бұрын

Cool

Golden Dream Barbie--that wire in her hair didn't hold up well. It got so tangled! But I loved the clothes. Also had the Dream Date Barbie in pink/purple. I'd say I remembered most of these, at least the ones from the 1st half of the 80s.

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Nice. Golden dream christie is probably my favorite from the 80s, but I wanted to save the disco dolls for later. 🪩❤️

Great shape is my only 80s doll in my collection 😂

Excellent Barbie video. I just came across your channel. I follow you on Instagram. You do such an awesome review on all your dolls. I love this 80s video especially there’s some dolls in here that I didn’t have in my collection. Thanks for sharing. 😊👏

@Thedollswitness

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks so much!!!!❤️

Omg I want them all ❤

I have a Dallas looking horse he has bend in the legs and hoofs black Barbie is pretty

I own original Superstar Barbie and The reproduction Superstar Barbie in the short ponk dress

I guessed right

Ummmmmm .....Just my 3¢.... The video is totally Radical and Cool!!!!!..... BUT..... That "Filthy" Divine from Pink Flamingos Tshirt, Ummmmm.... Is the Bomb!!... Thanx for making the video and sharing it with all of us!!!?

@Thedollswitness

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!! My pleasure!!

@DOCDOCFLAMINGOS

7 ай бұрын

@@Thedollswitness For sure!! And saw that you had worn an Edna Turnblad (Divine) T-shirt in another video of yours!!! Are You A Hair Hopper?!?!

07:38 She's from the deep south, too!!! Could've kept the southern drawl!!!😂

@Thedollswitness

8 ай бұрын

Haha true❤️

No belt no leg warmers

I love your collection of dolls. Can you tell me about the Retro Charisse by Milelman dolls, Candi couture dolls? Thanks

The lazy eye winking is just part of the charm. She should have came with a pack of cigarettes. Anyway I love her and that’s all I gotta say. Ps. I just love your humor ❤

I have a Dallas looking horse he has bend in the legs and hoofs