A hankering to start collecting Pippa!

[pedigreegirl]

I only ever had one Pippa when I was younger.I think when it came down to it,I just wanted extra Sindy when given the choice!
Now though,the more I look into Pippa the more I want some!As they are only little,family wouldn't grumble about them taking up room!There is just something about Pippa's fashions,they are so out there!

[Becky]

Hmmmm, I don't know very much about Pippa. I didn't have any as a child. I'm not too sure, I haven't looked at her in much detail. I strangely started having a hankering to collect Barbie last night! I was looking up all the 80s ones I remember as a child. May just collect the clothes and dress the gorgeous Sindy in them!
Have you still got the Pippa you had when you were young? xx

[pedigreegirl]

lol,no,I think she got buried in the garden by my little bruv.When I get around to tackling my jungle of a garden I might find her!
I know nothing about Pippa but stumbled across an ace site last night with loads of info and pics and was taken with the fashions.They are mad!
I really like the first Barbies and bought one of the repros that came out.I also love the avon ones,spesh the red haired winter splendor I think she is called,who comes in a red and black dress.Just stunning.I also love the international Barbies.I love the Irish dancer,she is my fav.I must admit that these are some of the fav dolls in my collection.As a rule though,I don't like Barbie!Saying that,I have got one of my Sindys in Barbie's champagne coloured winter ensemble.It really suits her!

[Anita]

Hi Becky
I never had Barbie as a kid but when I started collecting again as an adult, I went rather overboard on her I would suggest just getting a few you like the look of - the Special Edition Christmas ones are really lovely - BUT - I would also say get one or two Silkstones for sure - they are quite heavy due to whatever materials they used to make the body and head from. Also, some of Silkstone are more striking than others - it really does depend on the colour of the hair and the outfit.

Pippa wasn't one I had as a kid either but I think now they would be lost among the bigger girls I collect (such a pity really)

[zulu2]

I had a few Pippa's as a child, Pippa, Marie and Britt. I have bid on a few when I started with Sindy but they seem to go for more money than I am prepared to pay. She is quite tiny, I never made clothes for her as I did with Sindy, it would have been sooo fiddly. I was never a fan if Barbie as a child, I never thought she was beautiful, but I have been window shopping and am thinking if getting an early one, or a repro, but I haven't been compelled to push the bid button yet. Though I have been buying some clothes, and the vintage stuff is really beautifully made. They seem to go for a price bracket above Sindy though. I will take a few photos of my Sindys in Barbie clothes soon. Bx

[pedigreegirl]

I love those silkstone Barbies too.They are breathtaking.
I agree though Brigid,the Pippas do seem to go for a lot.Fingers crossed,might get lucky one day!

[Becky]

Thanks for that Anita. I'll have a look into them.

I have one of the Avon christmas specials, nothing special as such but very pretty (she is in a box in the cellar or she'd be photographed for the thread!)

I had 2 Barbies as a child. One was Fashion Jeans Barbie 1981. She was my first ever and only one for years. She had a pink jumper on, pink boots and a pair of jeans. I still have the jeans up stairs.
Strangely, for a girl that LOVED Sindy, I chose a lot of Barbie outfits when I was taken to choose an outfit to buy for a birthday etc.

The other was the last doll I ever got as a child- Benetton Barbie. I asked for her specifically for christmas, I think it was 1992. I was 13, and didn't care that everyone thought I was uncool at school, I thought she was lovely. I still have her, dressed to this day. Just missing her shoes.

I would really like to get hold of a nice Barbie of each of the ones I drooled over as a little girl. Peaches n Cream, Dream Glo, Loving You, Twirly Curls, Dream Date and Day to Night. My friend had loads of Barbies and I really liked them, but I couldn't have both Barbie and Sindy, and chose Sindy every time I was asked.

On the look out for the outfits now, even if I can't get the dolls themselves, could start with bog standard 80s Barbies and dress them in the outfits.
I have just one 80s Barbie that wasn't mine as a child,(other than the Christmas one) she needs a reroot, might get her sorted.

Ooooo- now I want them even more!!!
Are there any particular favourites out the ones that you got when you started collecting that you think are nice? x x x x x

[butterflybuttons]

Your brother buried your doll in the garden!!? I hope you can find her.

[pedigreegirl]

Yes,my lil brother was[and still is!]a tyrant!He even threw my brother's Hornby Intercity out the window[upstairs]The resulting scrap is a memory burnt deep in my brain!
And I was uncool for still being into Sindy whilst at secondary school.It hurt a lot when I finally got rid of my collection[bar the spesh ones I kept]but as you know,at least I got some back!
I actually wouldn't mind getting the Barbie who wore a pink office suit that changed to evening wear....ebay here I come!

[butterflybuttons]

I still played with my MLP's until I was 15. I already was the uncool kid, so I didn't really care.

I wanted that barbie too!

[pedigreegirl]

Still waiting for a Pippa.Keep getting outbid!Fingers crossed for this one.....!

[elaine]

Prices on Pippa are quite low at the mo so hope you find one .My Pippa's will never got lost in the big girls - they are on opposite sides of the room ;D
Elaine xx

[lisaastrup]

Pippa is on my wishlist too, but they are so expensive and so is the clothes

But I have 2 Dawn's and 2 new Moons Sindy.

[dollyholic]

The Pippa girl's features are so delicate! I had Mandy and Pippa as a kid, I'd love Mandy again! I've got a few Pippa and friends though from charity shops and a solitary Dawn. They really are very pretty. I'm with you on the outfits too, they're ace!!

Lovely pic of your Dawns Lisa!