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[sindyluvr]

Hi All! I'm Eve from Australia. When I was a kid I had a few treasured Barbies but we never had much money so they were very precious to me. Then Mum brought home a Sindy! She tells me now that my dolly was too expensive but that she was just so beautiful she had to have her. Sindy was far and away my favourite doll. She was a blonde ballerina (late 70s, early 80s I think) and I loved her soft hair, her pretty face and her mobility. Sadly this doll was sold with all my barbies at a garage sale when I was 13. I remember agonising at the time about whether to keep her, but one of her legs had come off so out she went. I have regretted this greatly ever since! A few years later I went to the toy shop with the intention to buy another Sindy and was disgusted to find that she had been americanised. Sooo disappointed!
About 5 years ago I set about trying to replace her and bought a box lot on eBay for $15 after I found a sindy at the op shop (thrift store). I was a bit disappointed that none were exactly the same as my original girl but happy with the purchase overall. These dolls sat on a shelf until about 3 or 4 months ago when I decided to do some research on them. What a treasure trove! There are 2 mid 80s actives, a sad face, a 2gen, a 73 Funtime, a mid 60s girl and a Tammy! Most had issues but nothing a wash, boil perm or reroot couldn't fix.
I must admit, I am now a bit obsessed!
I have been loving eBay and now my collection is getting a bit out of control. My favourite Sindys are the new look sidepart, the hard head ballerina and, of course, the gorgeous Trendy girl.
Oh, and if you're wondering, I did find a replacement for my childhood doll a few weeks ago when I bought a Tammy and two extras on eBay. What the photos didn't do justice to was a near mint 2gen blonde ballerina with perfect face up and...posing ankles! That's my girl!
So satisfying!
Anyway apologies for the length of this post, my hubby and friends are mostly uninterested so I have no one else to bore with my Sindy enthusiasms! Quite happy to be here!
Cheers to all, Eve

[Anita]

Hi There Eve
So good to have you aboard... and Thanks so much for sharing your story with us. ;D It's gone a bit quiet here at the moment as a lot of the girls seem to have migrated to different Pages on Facebook over the last few months..... I am hoping that thing might revive somewhat towards Christmas

Your story of your Sindy collection second time around sounds a bit like how most of us here feel about our dolls too

I also collect Barbie and Tammy as well as Sindy, Jenny, Tressy and various Tonner Dolls such as Tyler Wentworth, Ellowyne Wilde et al; so you can post about your Tammy and any other dolls you might collect in the Other Dolls section of the Forum.
I personally haven't bought a Sindy for ages now, but I do have an '83 Sindy Ballerina with a small soft head that I have to repair the arms and legs on at the moment and another late '70s/early '80s girl that is having a re-root done on her!!

Will try and pop in on a more regular basis from now on and hope one or two of the other girls will come in and make their presence known to you
Luv Anita xxx

[Becky]

Hi Eve!
Welcome to the forum hope you enjoy catching up on all the threads.

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[patricia]

Welcome to the forum Eve. No worries about boring people here about Sindy. We just love to hear about other members dolls and collections. My husband is also not interested. Even my daughters aren't interested!!!! I am all alone in my Sindy hobby.

Looking forward to seeing some of your dolls.

xxx

[sharie]

What a lovely story and introduction. Welcome to the forum