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Mega Bloks® Barbie® Build ‘n Style Pet Shop #MegaBloksBarbie #Giveaway

February 10, 2013 by Momstart 113 Comments

Mega Bloks® Barbie® Build ‘n Style Pet Shop will make an excellent gift to the girl that likes to build but wants something girly. They get to build the set and then use their imagination to play. My daughter LOVES doing this. She has a set that she builds and then she plays with it. She puts her girls to sleep and plays with the pets. Then we put it away so her brother won’t play with it because she hates having to redo anything. And I have to clarify, REDO and REBulld are two different things for her. I think it’s a brother/sister thing.

PetShop

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Pretty Pets Barbie® loves to bring her furry friends to the Mega Bloks® Barbie® Build ‘n Style Pet Shop for a “pet-icure”. Treat each pet to a shampoo followed by stylish grooming make-over. Show off the pets’ tail-wagging looks in the moving pet shop window seat!

PetShopBox

Features:

· Adorable buildable pet shop

· Four super cute pets with themed accessories

· Includes Pretty Pets Barbie® mini-fashion figure with an extra fashion

· Combine with all of the Mega Bloks® Barbie® playsets to build a fabulous world of fashion, friends and fun!

For fans ages 4 and up.

About Mega Bloks® Barbie®

Young girls will be empowered to build ‘n style their very own Mega Bloks® Barbie® world, with over 300 specially-designed pieces and tons of detailed accessories. Collect up to 19 mini-fashion dolls — including Barbie, Teresa, Nikki and of course Ken — with changeable hair, accessories and clothing styles! There’s lots of great places to shop, like the Fashion Boutique and the Pet Shop. Hang out at home in the personalized Luxury Mansion, relax at the pool or hop in your convertible and head to the beach house!

Check out the Build ‘n Style Pet Shop Product Page

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Mega Bloks® Barbie® Build ‘n Style Pet Shop

Retail value $24.99

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Filed Under: giveaway Tagged With: Barbie, Build 'n Style Pet Shop, giveaway, MegaBloks

Discover The World With Barbie: Ireland Barbie Doll

May 12, 2012 by Momstart 20 Comments

You may have grown up with Barbie® Dolls of the World, which has been a Barbie Collector doll for years, and now, the largest and longest-running series in Barbie Collector history is giving the new generation of Barbie fans a glamorous new global line!

My daughter is following in my shoes and at a much earlier age. She LOVES Barbie and plays with all of them. She even shares them with all of her friends outside. They run around with the dolls pretending to make them fly or well who knows what all they do. The imagination of taking care of Barbie has been going on for years and years. When the doll or Zoe arrived I made her close her eyes. image

She waited expectantly

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And she LOVED IT!

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Along with their fab native-inspired ensembles, these dolls come in a special travel carrying case with a special pet and passport. But the real highlight of the recent line lives here where girls can play games with Barbie and learn fun facts about each country! Zoe was learning about countries in preschool before we changed teachers. So I know that she’s at the right age to learn about the countries. She enjoyed listening to it and made me read her everything on the box too.

The 2012 Dolls of the World come from all four corners of the earth, including classic countries represented by China Barbie® Doll and Ireland Barbie® Doll. Plus, the popular Australia Barbie® Doll, and series newcomer, Argentina Barbie® Doll! Zoe’s doll is The Ireland Barbie Doll.

 

We received Samples for this review.

Filed Under: review Tagged With: Barbie, Barbie Collector, Dolls of the World, Ireland Barbie Doll, review

A Barbie Girl In A Billion Dollar World Barbie: A Rare Beauty

November 30, 2010 by Momstart 3 Comments

RareBeauty_official1I was a Barbie fanatic growing up. I never wanted to let go of my Barbie dolls and grow up but thank goodness my parents knew what was best for me. Or did they? No, they did, I didn’t need a Barbie Doll Dream House at age 8 a mirror was a much better choice, but now I can relive the Barbie dream through my daughter. She has a Toy Story Barbie, and so does my son, so they can play Barbie together. She is getting new Barbie clothes for Christmas from her aunt, she’s making her some home made Barbie clothes. Isn’t that awesome? We can dress her and change her clothes and, wait, this is supposed to be about a book I think.

Rare_Beauty_teaserOh and I think dh picked out a new Barbie for her in a purple dress. WINNER!

Ok, now onto Barbie: A Rare Beauty! When Sandi Holder met the 11½ inch tall American icon, Barbie was turning heads in her Red Flare outfit, a rich red velvet tent coat, and sporting the brunette Bubblecut she donned in the early 60s. Now owner of Doll Attic in Union City, CA, the celebrated Barbie doll expert is presenting her incredible collection in BARBIE: A Rare Beauty. I’m thinking Sandi made her fantasies into a profession. She used her dolls, “collection” have you.. to create the glamorous guide to Barbie’s first 50 years. In her book she showcases stunning vintage dolls, classic fashion sets, one-of-a-kind rarities, store displays and many never-before-seen items—all acquired by Holder during two decades of Barbie doll collecting.

Three Barbie dolls are sold every second according to Mattel and I would believe it. These staggering statistics, especially in today’s economic times, prove that Barbie is ageless, even after celebrating her 50th birthday in February 2009. Born Barbie Millicent Roberts, the doll first appeared at the New York Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. The Rare_Beauty_FIRSTsly, side-staring Ponytail Barbie doll wearing a black and white striped, one-piece swimsuit appeared seemingly out of nowhere amongst the era’s one-dimensional paper dolls and chubby baby dolls, selling for a mere $3. That same Barbie doll, shown in BARBIE: A Rare Beauty, earned Holder a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2006 after it sold for more than $25,000 at a Doll Attic auction. Holder’s biannual auctions continue to be a mainstay of her business, offering some of the rarest Barbie dolls and accessories.

Reading Barbie: A Rare Beauty made me reminisce of my little collection of dolls that I had. I still love Barbie and everyone does. So Barbie: A Rare Beauty is the perfect coffee table book. It’s going to start conversations and you’ll have people looking at it never wanting to put it down. You’ll see them smile as they come to a page that reminds them of the doll they used to have. Holder’s book is fun, informative, fabulous to look at and is a great read. The novice collector won’t be lost and the seasoned collector can find plenty to look at, including some never before seen items. It’s great for everyone!

About Sandi Holder:

Unlike the plastic megastar, Holder’s road to prominence wasn’t paved with pink boxes, pilgrim heels and ponytails. Two decades ago when her son fell seriously ill and Sandi suddenly needed to generate income while staying at home, she and Barbie got down to business. With such an impressive resume of over 100 positions, from fashion designer to school teacher to three-time presidential candidate, Barbie was the perfect silent partner in Holder’s plan. Immersing herself in all-things Barbie, she began attending doll shows, buying duplicates and assessing the market and was soon selling vintage dolls from two plastic milk crates in her garage. In 1989, she opened her Doll Attic in a storefront in the San Francisco Bay area.

Holder was named Mattel’s first Dealer of the Year in 2004 and was the 2006 recipient of Barbie’s Best Friend Award given by Mattel designer Carol Spencer at the National Barbie Convention. She has appeared on The Today Show and the Doll Attic has been featured in The New York Times, CNN.com, Newsweek, and others.

 

I was supplied with Barbie: A Rare Beauty in exchange for my unbiased opinion.

Filed Under: 2010 Gift Guide, review Tagged With: A Barbie Girl in a Billion Dollar World, A Rare Beauty, Barbie, book review, coffe table book, doll attic, Mattel, review, Sandi Holder

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