My biggest doll mistake was sending my Bitty Baby to the AG doll hospital. I got that doll when I was around 2 or 3 and she was well loved. I was never into baby dolls much, but I really loved my Bitty Baby. Over the years she acquired some scuffs and scratches and when I was around 10, it was suggested that I send her off to the doll hospital to get her fixed up. I did not realize at the time that they did NOT just touch up the paint, but replaced the doll parts. So, I went to the AG store in the city and went to the hospital booth to fill out her paper work and everything. I remember questioning the decision as I was handing her over, but went ahead with it anyway. A few weeks later, my doll showed up. When I opened up that box, I was absolutely devastated. My original doll was gone forever and I don't think my heart will ever heal from that (she also now has the wrong face mold because some look pretty similar and I guess my father marked the wrong one on the sheet). I wasn't able to play with her after that and she still sits in storage with the other AG dolls that aren't on display. I feel like it sounds silly but losing that doll was truly such a heart breaking thing and a decade later I'm just as upset about it. My biggest doll regret as of now and probably ever.
I feel you on this one. My original Addy has really bad silver eye and I briefly debated about having it fixed for free at the hospital but decided not to because she is MY Addy 💜
mistake I made ..I traded a beautiful ooak antique doll sized fashion for a faceup from a well known faceup artist , then an International doll company loved the fashion so much they used it on their promotional materials and millions of people saw their company doll/photo in that dress and loved it ..my chance at being on the outskirts of near fame was gone because I traded it away trying to save money hahahaha.....this was about 10 years ago ,and I still miss that dress............yes some mistakes are haunting
Reading the regrets make me feel so much better! Sounds like we have all done or sold things we regret... like me selling a huge lot of 1959-1963 Barbie clothes 20 years ago. Now I have several original naked barbies lol.
I would have to say that one of my doll mistakes is believing my sister and mum when they kept telling me I was to old for dolls and kinda forced myself out of them when I was a kid, also is line with that there were so many doll lines I missed out on because of this, another thing I regret is letting my mum give away my baby born I had growing up to my niece seeing it again after it got given to her and how she had destroyed it was heartbreaking my baby born had texta all over her face and I used to take such great care of her
I once had two liv dolls and those two were my very first bjd dolls, unfortunately I wasn’t really into dolls back then so I just casually played with them until I got bored and sold them, it was only a few years later that I started liking bjd dolls and realized that my liv dolls were discontinued 😢😢.
Biggest regret - Not indulging in dolls when they were available, and yes I definitely had the money back then. Now most of the dolls I want are discontinued and the ones that aren't (like a few Rainbow High dolls) have yet to become available where I live. Buying things on eBay isn't always super easy either, since the prices may be reasonable but then the shipping is twice that, if it's from the US and their "Europe only" filter doesn't always work. Luckily the people selling dolls in second hand e-stores where I live don't tend to sell as collectors, so sometimes I can find amazing finds here! Btw, mildew is a type of mold. Great tip to store things with silica! Had forgotten about that.
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls It's ridiculous. I've found several dolls that I want, in really nice condition too, only to find out that oh hey, the doll might be, say $20 dollars, but the shipping is $25. And like.... no. Just no. And combined shipments seem to not be much of thing either? Otherwise that would help, if I only had to pay one shipping fee, but no it's going to be $25 for every. single. doll.
When I was 8 years old I had this beautiful porcelain doll, my first one, and I played with her outside one day because the neighbouring girl really wanted to see her, and we lived in a small school bus so there wasn't really room to play inside, and because she got dirty I thought well, lets give her a bath. When I put her in the water all of her hair just started falling out and I was so scared that my mom would never get me another one that I threw it in the dumpster and I told her that I didn't know where it went. This makes me still feel dumb, sad, and guilty to think about, especally because my mother could have fixed her for me and she was my first porcelain doll and also because the woman that gave her to me died shortly after this😞
You were on the right track with Raggedy Ann. I would've put her in a pillow case, and did the delicate - cold/cold. As for fixing, her hair is yarn, so you could probably 'reroot' it with a darning needling. If you don't feel confident enough, going to a doll doc is probably best
My biggest dolly mistake was giving my childhood Samantha doll to my daughter who was way to young to have her. She really messed that doll up, and then to make matters worse instead of trying to fix her up...I gave her to goodwill 😞 2nd dolly mistake is that my mom made me a raggedy Ann, a really nice one too, and when I left home at 18 I didn’t take her with me and I never saw her again. We still don’t know what happened to that doll 😞
Oh I have so many 😅 - when I cut off all my hair I thought it would be fun to reroot a doll with my own hair. But of course I picked my favorite childhood Barbie 🙄 she came out so gross and bobbleheaded I never touch her anymore. All your rerouting struggles really hit close to home. - I bought a Nellie doll for $40 on OfferUp, I thought I got such a steal but she ended up having fried hair and faded face paint. I still love her but I’m probably going to end up dumping more money into fixing her up than if I had just bought one in better condition with the full meet outfit. - my biggest regret ever is when my friend got rid of her dolls I was too shy to ask her for them. She had all the first chapter ever after high dolls 😭 and they all just got donated to the thrift store
Yessss sometimes you think you're getting a great deal on something that will be easy to fix up and then BOOM you've spent more on it that you would one in mint condition 😫
My biggest doll mistake is a childhood one...sharing with my sister. I had been given a customized Magic Cabin Waldorf doll at the tail end of grade school and named her the most sentimental name Cecelia... Well, I had a younger sister who I adored, and one day I let her play with my doll and you can imagine my horror when I discovered my precious sister tried to put lip gloss on my precious doll. No matter what my mother tried we could not get it out. To this day Cecelia has a smudgey stain across her tiny, single stitch mouth. I think it's taken me 20 years to get over it.. I can now look at it and feel like it's a funny story and how my sister has attached herself to a doll I love so much in such a *permanent* way.
When my parents moved to another house, they asked me, if I wanted My childhood dolls and toys that were stored in the attic. I declined, so all got given away. My grandmother was a seamstress and had made a lot of doll clothes for me, I had even a matching dress with my favourite doll. I regret this still, that I have not thought to keep of not the dolls but the dresses.😞 Luckily my aunt saved one of the princess dresses my grandmother made me when I was 5 years old and I still treasure this one.
I traded the clothes my Mom handmade for my Sweet Sue when I was a child. I had a very persuasive friend. I do still have the doll and most of her original clothes, but I know I hurt Mom’s feelings. I like to think that she is getting a kick out of seeing me restore the doll,
Wow.. that was an awesome awesome video. I can totally relate to everything..10 to 1 ..omg. I felt your pain. Leaving those dolls behind and selling ones you regret and even not being patient and damaging one of them. So heartbreaking 💔 😢. Great job with this video... thanks for sharing👍🏾 😍❤🥰😍❤🥰
I used to collect funko pops, then I got a rambunctious kitten who, until I took them all down and put them in storage, used to bat them off bookshelves and use them as cat toys. (Broke several, I have a Mickey Mouse in several pieces) When he realized that doing that got my attention, he did it *purely* for attention by looking me in the eye as he did it. I also have now two other cats who may or may not find them interesting. Even though he's a few years older, I plan on taking extra steps with my bjd dolls. I don't want to put them in plastic or plexiglass cases (It's too museum for me) but that's a worst case scenario.
This isn't a doll related mistake but... It still pains me to this day to tell this story. My dad gave me a very beautiful jewelry box, which stayed in the family for at least 4 generations. What did I do with it ? I put it in a jar for a school project, thinking I'll be able to retrieve it later. Guess what, my teacher wouldn't give me the box back because the jar was lost or something. I'm still mad about it :'(
This pains me so deeply to hear😨 I remember when I was in kidergarden I brought my favorite stuffed animal to school and my teacher took it away and lost it. I remember being so destroyed by this I hated my teachers guts for the rest of the year and I couldn't even bare to talk to her. I can't even imagine what that must have been like having that happen to a family heirloom and how your family must have treated you after that😭😭😭
Great video! I can relate to so many mistakes. Always a pleasure to see you. I think we all feel like you live next door! Thanks for your honesty! I can’t reveal my biggest selling mistakes. They were not doll-related but personal treasures I sold. It hurts too much to think about it..😳😳😳
Awww on your last mistake... that was sad. I try not to leave anything when I travel. Because I know that I’m going to regret it later. Lol This was another great and informative video! 🤩✨🤩
So glad I found your channel! Love your little black kitty! I can attest that cats LOVE to chew on dolls and accessories, I have dolls that are now in storage at someone else's house ( kind of a slippery situation, not sure if I'm going to get them back now or not, but I'm praying that I will very soon 😢) while trying to get my ducks in a row and get a bigger place to display them, but one or two have little kitteh teeth marks on their hands where they have been chewed on, bc I didn't put them up at the time bc I never thought in a million years that that would happen. This obviously happened before they went into storage, but yes, cats are mysterious and beautiful creatures that love to chew on things that they're not supposed to 🐈⬛🐈
Happy new year! I had to laugh, some of those mistakes sound very familiar. As for storage mistakes: storing natural fiber clothes like wool and wigs without moth repellent...
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls If you keep the stuff in plastic bags (I've seen the doll room tour with your plastic storage hangers) they should be safe enough.
I bought some clothes on E Bay that were stored that way and I had to throw them away. I choked when the package was opened. Maybe cedar instead of chemicals?
Another awesome video! Could you name the artist that redid the faceup for your Nefer Kane? I think I heard something like "Light and dark dolls" but I can't find anything online... :)
My biggest doll mistake was not protecting my first BJD adequately from the sun. She is a tan doll from Soom, and I had her facing a window. I would try to block the sunlight from hitting her when I noticed it, but she still got hit by direct sunlight pretty frequently. By the time I moved her away from the window, all the direct light she got had caused her face, hands, and the tops of her feet (areas unprotected by her clothes and shoes) to fade to a greenish color. Hopefully I can hide it with a face-up, but I regret not being more careful with her.
Your Raggedy Ann doll was probably stuffed with "excelsior" which is a grainy, grassy, horse hair feeling kind of stuffing. It is a yucky brown dry grass kind of color. I think that is what bled through your doll. If you want to try again I suggest that you undress her. Then very carefully open her up and remove the "stuffing". Toss out the stuffing. It may have mold spores or become kinda broke down and hard. You should then soak the doll in cool water with a good doll soap. DOLLSPART.COM has fantastic soap just for this kind of thing. Follow package directions (I'm sorry as I type this I am in my sewing room). The sad part is your doll will have to be restuffed with new batting. But as she is a sentimental doll that's cool. The clothes are an easy repair just touch up the bad parts. Good luck. PS: NEVER LEAVE YOUR DOLLS OF ANY KIND IN A STORAGE UNIT!! Actually, you were lucky.
Thanks for the tips! I knew better than to leave them in storage but unfortunately it was a situation that couldn't be avoided 😭 luckily I'm in a position now where I would never have to do it again
Have you used doll doctors before and, if so, who would you recommend? My Gram is looking to get a porcelain doll fixed (or two) and have you tried (or have you had to) restringing a Magic Attic Doll? Also, I have Baby Sitter Club dolls and the ONE that I bought the lot for (she was my favorite when I was younger) came wrecked with a cracked/crushed torso and I'm sooo torn about attempting to fix her myself or just get a new one...I haven't even fixed up the other ones (and they are easy fixes, too!) because it's made me so sick!
I bought a raggedy Anne fabric puppet (marionette) several years ago that had a dirty spot on her face, but she was a good deal so I bought her. I didn’t want to wash her in the washing machine, so I tried spraying oxiclean on a soft rag and wiping it onto the spot. All I did was manage to do is wipe a hole in her face. She was ruined after that. I feel your pain!
I can't remember who it happened to, but they put a handmade quilt in a trash bag for storage. Somehow when moving it around it was left near a car in the garage. Yeah, the husband put it out with the garbage and it was gone before the mistake was discovered. :-(
I lost my first Raggedy Ann down by the creek while playing there with my best friend. My second Raggedy Ann was ruined when a water heater burst in my apartment. I was away for the weekend and came back to her and books not only wet but molding. I still have my third Raggedy Ann. She's always out, though she doesn't get played with much. Maybe I'll make her a Halloween or Christmas outfit some day. My worst mistake: I cut my big -- 32" -- Uneeda doll's hair when I was five or six. I do intend to reroot her some day. fwiw, I got her when I was two and since she was as tall as I was, I drug her around by her hair for years, so her hair was pretty thin on top even before I cut it. 8^)
I once left a bunch of rare Winx dolls behind at a flea market, including one Enchantix doll that they were asking 2,50 euros for and which is now worth at least 150 euros. I wanted to get all of them but ended up only picking two (one of which I later found at a thrift store as well so now I have two of those, can you believe it?!), partly because my sister told me I shouldn't get more. I still get salty over it, but I later found out my mom had actually wanted to buy all of them and simply couldn't because she didn't have the funds (I was too young to have my own money back then). That made it hurt a little less :')
Oh gosh ... my mistakes are way too many to even pick one! Although I do have a large number of my collection in a non- climate controlled storage unit ( because I lost my house ), so I am scared for them. I am soooo sorry to hear of your Raggedy Ann!! A giant thirty or forty inch Raggedy Ann and Andy are more grail dolls for me. Along with Patty Play Pal, I have always wanted those dolls! Now I sew and I found patterns for Raggedy Ann, and I keep saying some day I'll make myself a big one. But you know how that goes. I hope you can get yours somewhat restored.
I was feeling your pain lol... one of my biggest mistake was trying to repaint/fix my first Barbie’s face, never done one before just watch a few CZcams videos and thought I can do it 😣 let’s just say she almost lost all of her original face paint 😫
My biggest doll regret is that when I was little I had a doll I named Emily and I think she was just a regular baby doll (I haven’t seen her in 20 years so I can’t remember but I’d recognize her if I saw her 🥺) but I LOVED her, she was my favorite. Anyway I can’t remember why but my brother was always taking her and since she was my favorite I didn’t like that and one time he tried to take her from my hands and I didn’t let go. He pulled on her and I was crying and hanging onto her arm and of course it came off… my parents came to stop the fighting and honestly I’m still mad about this, instead of yelling at him and telling him it was my doll they put her away in a closet to keep us from fighting. My mom always said she’d fix her every time I begged for her back but I’m guessing she didn’t know how cause I never saw my little Emily again no matter how much I begged for her. I would’ve even been happy to have her back one armed 😫 I guess I should’ve just let my brother take her and gotten her back later but I was 7 so I didn’t think of that.
Oooo I wish we could identify her for you. Any pics at all of her? Anything else you remember? Like size, what year you had her, did she have hair, soft body or plastic body, etc?
I actually just looked on ebay for the Frozen dolls you spoke of, and they aren't even listed on ebay to my knowledge. There was a sleeping beauty one that was limited to 100 though being sold for like $3000
My biggest dolly regret was something similar to one of yours. When I first got into the hobby I bought an Bobobie Ariel . I sold her and couldn't stop thinking about her. So only a couple of years ago I emailed Bobobie and they just did not answer ANY of my emails. I then emailed "Sun" at Resin Soul . He came through as he always did and i got my girl who I still have but I put her on an Impldoll faun body. LOVE her still. :) I cant believe you have experienced Harrods. Isnt it something else? You need a FULL day there and maybe more to see everything. When I am there I get what I need or go see what I want to see.... And THEN... I go downstairs to the food hall. Did you get to go there when you were in Harrods? And BTW... You know that Harrods have always had a service to where they will ship their stuff to you wherever you are in the world. You STILL may be able to get them now or newer Harrod versions :)
Oh no those dolls were limited to 100 pieces, some Disney Limited Edition dolls sell for a lot and they're some that do just because of how limited they were. Harrods was definitely a very neat experience! I ate the most expensive (and delicious) ice cream sundae of my life there 😋
We have 3 cats.....they adore doll wigs and anything fur or wool Lol! They will steal doll wigs any chance they get. We have a faux fox fur tail that we used for my youngest daughters Halloween costume year before last and one of our cats adores it.....no matter where we put that tail, he will find it! I also do fiber arts and they will literally roll in my boxes of wool when they come in Lol! We have a few Barbies with chewed hands from the dogs, but luckily the dogs are easier to control than the cats...the felines definitely run the house!! I didn't realize you lived in the South, we do too...Alabama:)
Out of all the mistakes I’ve made the two I regret the most are 1. not buying my own Cécile Rey Doll. (I share with my sister but I really want my own now) 2. Not buying a Bonnie and Pearl doll while I was studying abroad in England and saw them in Harrods. Such a big regret! They were beautiful.
Some mistakes really do make us feel ill. Your Kirsten story reminded me of my Felicity doll. I got her for Christmas of 1999. She was the only one I ever got and I was surprised I even had one. My mom did splurge and got me her accessories and boxed book set. Felicity was the queen in my room. She her own space and I meticulously made sure that all her things were with her. For some reason, as a kid, I decided to put her coin in my childhood coin collection. I guess cuz this was like the closest thing I'd have to a coin from the 1700s. Then, I put her coral Necklace in my jewelry box to "keep it safe". At least, I guess that was my thought. When I moved out of my parents house, Felicity was definitely moving out with me. I was devastated to realize that her coin, necklace and hankie were all missing!!!. I scoured all my belongings and couldn't find them where I thought I had put them. To this day, I've never been able to find them. I wonder if my sisters might have pinched them when we were kids and lost them. LOL. Wouldn't surprise me. Anyway, I feel your pain. I replaced them, but it's not the same because I know they are not original. I kinda have that secret hope that they'll show up in my parents house somewhere, but probably not.
That's how I feel too, my original meet outfit just isn't the same because it isn't mine, but I guess at least we were able to replace the items we lost 😫
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Yes, that is a huge blessing. I was thinking more on it and I think one of my major flaws as a collector is waiting to buy something later and then it's gone. A few years ago I saw a Samantha doll in and antique store and thought I'll get her later. Not sure why I thought it would still be there Cuz it wasn't.
I can name that tune in two notes: PA - TIENCE. Goodness knows I have more than one character flaw, but my biggest is definitely a lack of patience. Whether it was collecting too quickly and haphazardly, meaning jumping all over the place without researching and formulating a real plan or budget, or selling a doll on the spur of the moment because a different doll caught my eye, a lack of patience was my dolly downfall. Of course, it didn't help in a lot of other areas of my life either!
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls I know you have talked about how you afford dolls, but if you have additional tips on planning and budgeting, that might make an interesting video.
I enjoyed seeing your Crissy doll. It reminded me of her friend Velvet, with long blonde hair, that I have. I also have a ballerina doll that would spin when you pulled up on part of her crown on top of her head but I don't remember her name. Being baby boomer I have an original Pepples (Flintstones) doll ,unfortunately minus the " bone" in her hair and a "Tippy-Toes" doll. I would love to learn more about these dolls but don't where to begin. I tried before but only got more confused. I would also love to know who might be interested in them since I have a son and nephews and know nobody in the doll world or ebay etc. They need good homes and I'd rather it not be a dumpster or landfill. I want someone who will love them. They aren't perfect but I know a doll person would know how remedy flaws or replace etc. It's like I know what I have but I don't know what I have if that makes any sense. Kinda not like to be taken advantage of and you are the only person I've felt comfortable with. ( I'm southerner too 😂) Thank you for any advice!
Honestly the best thing to do is look on eBay at sold prices, I just did a quick search for pebbles and she sells from $9 - $30 depending on condition.
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls I just saw this video, maybe this lady or someone else can fix her up for you: czcams.com/video/xOHFgwMg_LY/video.html (oh, and I'm not affiliated in anyway, just hope the poor thing will get restored back to glory)
OMG I did the same thing, stored my childhood dolls in my basement and they are full of mold!! The clothes are stained and ruined..My very first doll was "Baby First Steps" by Ideal back in 1964...I still have her but shes ruined...sighs
Decided to take off hats, and accessories for dolls while moving, only for those to be lost. Left a doll that I painted on a black desk chair (he pulled in all the color of the chair). Fingernail scratches on dolls... ugh need I say more
One of my mistake was staining on both of my doll's shoulder with a black line. I made my first black dress so it either the fabric, thread, or the pen outline that was still on the fabric. I can't get rid of staining 😭
Interesting video! May I ask, where are you from? I would guess an American accent but it sounds different to accents I’ve heard before! I’m curious. :)
I'm from South Carolina in the United States. I have a very thick southern accent, and it is different from most of the ones you would hear on TV because they generally "put on" too thick and it's not authentic 💜
My biggest regret was getting rid of my collection of plush Garfields because I grew up and also my cabbage patch doll (it was a fake one) which I gave away again because I didn't need her anymore.
My made to move (blue top) Barbie doll’s neck is completely ruined :( Here’s how it happened: I was getting ready about to play with her with my sister and had to clean her up. I was washing her hair when I heard a tiny crack. I thought it was just her plastic making sounds when so I didn’t think much of it. When I tuned her around to rinse her hair, I saw that her neck was cracked and the pieces were inside her head. I was thinking about just simply taking here head off, removing the little pieces, and gluing it back together. But then I noticed that all around the front of her back was broke. I still decided to removed her head anyway. I tried to heat it up first but got impatient, and when I tried to remove her head… it crashed even more and her neck peg was stuck in her head! Fortunately, I got it out bet her neck peg is pretty messed up now. My mom said that if my dad can’t help me fix it then she will get me a new one. If the first option doesn’t work and I do have to end up getting a new doll, then I will remove the new doll’s head and replace it with the old one (because I have had that doll for almost a year and don’t wanna replace her). Thank you for listening to my TED Talk (jk 🥲)
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Yeah my mom said if my dad can’t fix it then she will get me a new one 🙂 She still isn’t fixed because I kind of forgot about her (and she broke before Halloween) :o
Don't be so hard on yourself. You learned from all the mistakes. i have thrown raggedy's in the washer from the thrift store and they came out somewhat bedraggled. Later i read that you should put them in a pillow case. i was trying to make some money and let a beautiful red haired Tyler, by Tonner go and have missed her ever since. But, we do figure out what we really want or like eventually. At least we are not alone...
At some point I lost track of my traditional Japanese wig doll who was so precious to me as a child that I absolutely cannot believe I even put her in storage, much less let her go. They are available on eBay of course, but I want MY doll for sentimental reasons. My parents are elderly and I often clean their house and look for her every time. I refuse to give up, but my mother thinks she is gone. Maybe she knows something I do not :( Now I just think every last anime figure, or modern Japanese doll is an attempt to fill that void haha
There's one guy here on CZcams that I've seen who specializes in helping old Annies. I can't remember his name though. My old Annie from childhood had stains on her face. She'd had several trips through the washing machine. Now people coffee stain the prim Annies they make.
So sorry, truly, but you had me outright laughing with you along the way...... my heart almost broke with Raggedy Anne..... my sister had one about that large that I actually got her, a set of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy?! I think was his name, from...... Harrods London that I bought in the late 60’s... no clue what she did with them.... tho she still has her Giant Trolls with the long spiky pink hair and blue hair also bought from Harrods.... and her Gollywogs..... lol... and did check for the price of the .....frozen.... closest I could find was at $22,950.00 UGHHHH.... but don’t think they’re the same ones you looked at!! So no fear!! Water under the bridge as they say right?!! Chin up whatnot.... Cherrioh.......
I knew someone would come here and correct me 🤣 it's the spellings I get mixed up...it's spelled Anna which we would pronounce the second way I pronounced it, but we would spell the correct way it's pronounced Ana
"don`t talk with me ;-) :-/ about cats .... and dolls , have to put every one high up and they like my o.a.k-babydolls that much that they want to lie on them all the time , especially on the faces , so .... :-/ ... in hammocks either on shelves etc. only once my former female dog chewed on hands ...and feet of one of my clay-dolls , I succeeded resculpting the whole doll :-P vinyl is a different thing , I have bought second hand dolls and -ok you don`t want to know , most of the time , they are allright , but sometimes it`s obvious :-/ nobody took care before ...poor things ":-P Thanks for All your video`s :-) so nice :-)
I realized that after I said it...you're like the 10th person to comment that 😂 when it's spelled Ana is when it's usually pronounced the way they do so I got it mixed up bc of the spelling
I will always regret not buying the Vivien head from Elfdoll when I could. I was young and in that time (like 8 years ago) it was more complicated to buy abroad but i still regret it ;-;
My biggest doll mistake was sending my Bitty Baby to the AG doll hospital. I got that doll when I was around 2 or 3 and she was well loved. I was never into baby dolls much, but I really loved my Bitty Baby. Over the years she acquired some scuffs and scratches and when I was around 10, it was suggested that I send her off to the doll hospital to get her fixed up. I did not realize at the time that they did NOT just touch up the paint, but replaced the doll parts. So, I went to the AG store in the city and went to the hospital booth to fill out her paper work and everything. I remember questioning the decision as I was handing her over, but went ahead with it anyway. A few weeks later, my doll showed up. When I opened up that box, I was absolutely devastated. My original doll was gone forever and I don't think my heart will ever heal from that (she also now has the wrong face mold because some look pretty similar and I guess my father marked the wrong one on the sheet). I wasn't able to play with her after that and she still sits in storage with the other AG dolls that aren't on display. I feel like it sounds silly but losing that doll was truly such a heart breaking thing and a decade later I'm just as upset about it. My biggest doll regret as of now and probably ever.
I feel you on this one. My original Addy has really bad silver eye and I briefly debated about having it fixed for free at the hospital but decided not to because she is MY Addy 💜
“Don’t look ‘em in the eyes.” Lol
mistake I made ..I traded a beautiful ooak antique doll sized fashion for a faceup from a well known faceup artist , then an International doll company loved the fashion so much they used it on their promotional materials and millions of people saw their company doll/photo in that dress and loved it ..my chance at being on the outskirts of near fame was gone because I traded it away trying to save money hahahaha.....this was about 10 years ago ,and I still miss that dress............yes some mistakes are haunting
Wow that is a bummer! I know how those things you can keep thinking of though, I keep thinking of those Frozen dolls 🤦🏼♀️
Reading the regrets make me feel so much better! Sounds like we have all done or sold things we regret... like me selling a huge lot of 1959-1963 Barbie clothes 20 years ago. Now I have several original naked barbies lol.
Oh noooo!!! I think we all have them, I'm just so glad I can laugh about mine now 😆
I would have to say that one of my doll mistakes is believing my sister and mum when they kept telling me I was to old for dolls and kinda forced myself out of them when I was a kid, also is line with that there were so many doll lines I missed out on because of this, another thing I regret is letting my mum give away my baby born I had growing up to my niece seeing it again after it got given to her and how she had destroyed it was heartbreaking my baby born had texta all over her face and I used to take such great care of her
I regret not buying some dolls in the past too. It is annoying but not as sad as mistake number 2. I hope you will be able to fix her. Poor thing! 😥😢
I hope so too 🤞
My first bjds I kept on the windowsill...they are super yellow now!! D'oh! But I didnt know back then! Ah well, it's part of their charm now xD
I have a resin necklace that's super yellow right now because of the same reason 🤦🏼♀️
I once had two liv dolls and those two were my very first bjd dolls, unfortunately I wasn’t really into dolls back then so I just casually played with them until I got bored and sold them, it was only a few years later that I started liking bjd dolls and realized that my liv dolls were discontinued 😢😢.
Biggest regret - Not indulging in dolls when they were available, and yes I definitely had the money back then. Now most of the dolls I want are discontinued and the ones that aren't (like a few Rainbow High dolls) have yet to become available where I live. Buying things on eBay isn't always super easy either, since the prices may be reasonable but then the shipping is twice that, if it's from the US and their "Europe only" filter doesn't always work. Luckily the people selling dolls in second hand e-stores where I live don't tend to sell as collectors, so sometimes I can find amazing finds here!
Btw, mildew is a type of mold.
Great tip to store things with silica! Had forgotten about that.
Yes, shipping from here in the States to anywhere else is so high!
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls It's ridiculous. I've found several dolls that I want, in really nice condition too, only to find out that oh hey, the doll might be, say $20 dollars, but the shipping is $25. And like.... no. Just no. And combined shipments seem to not be much of thing either? Otherwise that would help, if I only had to pay one shipping fee, but no it's going to be $25 for every. single. doll.
I love the cats expression at 26:37. Black cats are the best in looking confused. 😂 Your cameraman did a great job.
Thank you so much 🥰
When I was 8 years old I had this beautiful porcelain doll, my first one, and I played with her outside one day because the neighbouring girl really wanted to see her, and we lived in a small school bus so there wasn't really room to play inside, and because she got dirty I thought well, lets give her a bath. When I put her in the water all of her hair just started falling out and I was so scared that my mom would never get me another one that I threw it in the dumpster and I told her that I didn't know where it went. This makes me still feel dumb, sad, and guilty to think about, especally because my mother could have fixed her for me and she was my first porcelain doll and also because the woman that gave her to me died shortly after this😞
You were on the right track with Raggedy Ann. I would've put her in a pillow case, and did the delicate - cold/cold. As for fixing, her hair is yarn, so you could probably 'reroot' it with a darning needling. If you don't feel confident enough, going to a doll doc is probably best
My biggest dolly mistake was giving my childhood Samantha doll to my daughter who was way to young to have her. She really messed that doll up, and then to make matters worse instead of trying to fix her up...I gave her to goodwill 😞
2nd dolly mistake is that my mom made me a raggedy Ann, a really nice one too, and when I left home at 18 I didn’t take her with me and I never saw her again. We still don’t know what happened to that doll 😞
Both bummers! Someone was really happy to find that Samantha though!
Love these videos, I really enjoy your tips tricks and insights. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you so much for watching 💜
Oh I have so many 😅
- when I cut off all my hair I thought it would be fun to reroot a doll with my own hair. But of course I picked my favorite childhood Barbie 🙄 she came out so gross and bobbleheaded I never touch her anymore. All your rerouting struggles really hit close to home.
- I bought a Nellie doll for $40 on OfferUp, I thought I got such a steal but she ended up having fried hair and faded face paint. I still love her but I’m probably going to end up dumping more money into fixing her up than if I had just bought one in better condition with the full meet outfit.
- my biggest regret ever is when my friend got rid of her dolls I was too shy to ask her for them. She had all the first chapter ever after high dolls 😭 and they all just got donated to the thrift store
Yessss sometimes you think you're getting a great deal on something that will be easy to fix up and then BOOM you've spent more on it that you would one in mint condition 😫
Thanks so much for sharing! Loved this!!!!
The comments you made about selling dolls are interesting. Your tips and advice would make an interesting video!
I'll see if I can come up with something 😉
My biggest doll mistake is a childhood one...sharing with my sister. I had been given a customized Magic Cabin Waldorf doll at the tail end of grade school and named her the most sentimental name Cecelia... Well, I had a younger sister who I adored, and one day I let her play with my doll and you can imagine my horror when I discovered my precious sister tried to put lip gloss on my precious doll. No matter what my mother tried we could not get it out. To this day Cecelia has a smudgey stain across her tiny, single stitch mouth. I think it's taken me 20 years to get over it.. I can now look at it and feel like it's a funny story and how my sister has attached herself to a doll I love so much in such a *permanent* way.
When my parents moved to another house, they asked me, if I wanted My childhood dolls and toys that were stored in the attic. I declined, so all got given away. My grandmother was a seamstress and had made a lot of doll clothes for me, I had even a matching dress with my favourite doll. I regret this still, that I have not thought to keep of not the dolls but the dresses.😞 Luckily my aunt saved one of the princess dresses my grandmother made me when I was 5 years old and I still treasure this one.
I'm glad you still have the one at least 💜
I traded the clothes my Mom handmade for my Sweet Sue when I was a child. I had a very persuasive friend. I do still have the doll and most of her original clothes, but I know I hurt Mom’s feelings. I like to think that she is getting a kick out of seeing me restore the doll,
@Keaton Mathew uhhh no thanks I respect peoples privacy Thankyou very much
Wow.. that was an awesome awesome video. I can totally relate to everything..10 to 1 ..omg. I felt your pain. Leaving those dolls behind and selling ones you regret and even not being patient and damaging one of them. So heartbreaking 💔 😢. Great job with this video... thanks for sharing👍🏾 😍❤🥰😍❤🥰
Thank you so much for watching 💜
I used to collect funko pops, then I got a rambunctious kitten who, until I took them all down and put them in storage, used to bat them off bookshelves and use them as cat toys. (Broke several, I have a Mickey Mouse in several pieces) When he realized that doing that got my attention, he did it *purely* for attention by looking me in the eye as he did it.
I also have now two other cats who may or may not find them interesting. Even though he's a few years older, I plan on taking extra steps with my bjd dolls. I don't want to put them in plastic or plexiglass cases (It's too museum for me) but that's a worst case scenario.
This isn't a doll related mistake but... It still pains me to this day to tell this story.
My dad gave me a very beautiful jewelry box, which stayed in the family for at least 4 generations. What did I do with it ? I put it in a jar for a school project, thinking I'll be able to retrieve it later. Guess what, my teacher wouldn't give me the box back because the jar was lost or something.
I'm still mad about it :'(
Oh no!!!!! That is terrible 😭
This pains me so deeply to hear😨 I remember when I was in kidergarden I brought my favorite stuffed animal to school and my teacher took it away and lost it. I remember being so destroyed by this I hated my teachers guts for the rest of the year and I couldn't even bare to talk to her. I can't even imagine what that must have been like having that happen to a family heirloom and how your family must have treated you after that😭😭😭
Great video! I can relate to so many mistakes. Always a pleasure to see you. I think we all feel like you live next door! Thanks for your honesty! I can’t reveal my biggest selling mistakes. They were not doll-related but personal treasures I sold. It hurts too much to think about it..😳😳😳
Thank you for the wonderful compliment 😍 it's always hard to regret a sale 😫
Awww on your last mistake... that was sad. I try not to leave anything when I travel. Because I know that I’m going to regret it later. Lol This was another great and informative video! 🤩✨🤩
That's what my hubby always tells me now 😂
Thank you for this video!
That's the worst!! I have a doll right now I'm wanting to buy and my husband keeps asking me if I don't buy it will I regret it forever 🤣
Then take it! ^-^
I say "everything left is lost " ..
So glad I found your channel! Love your little black kitty! I can attest that cats LOVE to chew on dolls and accessories, I have dolls that are now in storage at someone else's house ( kind of a slippery situation, not sure if I'm going to get them back now or not, but I'm praying that I will very soon 😢) while trying to get my ducks in a row and get a bigger place to display them, but one or two have little kitteh teeth marks on their hands where they have been chewed on, bc I didn't put them up at the time bc I never thought in a million years that that would happen. This obviously happened before they went into storage, but yes, cats are mysterious and beautiful creatures that love to chew on things that they're not supposed to 🐈⬛🐈
They love to do a lot of things they shouldn't 😂 but we love them nonetheless 🥰
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls ABSOLUTELY!
GREAT video!!! Loved it! Poor Annabell.
Yay!!! I know, I need to find a doll doctor to help her 😫
Omg! I never thought of leaving them in the car when doing stain treatments!
It works WONDERS!
Happy new year! I had to laugh, some of those mistakes sound very familiar. As for storage mistakes: storing natural fiber clothes like wool and wigs without moth repellent...
Oh no! I've never used moth repellent before but it may be something I need to buy 🤔
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls If you keep the stuff in plastic bags (I've seen the doll room tour with your plastic storage hangers) they should be safe enough.
I bought some clothes on E Bay that were stored that way and I had to throw them away. I choked when the package was opened. Maybe cedar instead of chemicals?
Another awesome video! Could you name the artist that redid the faceup for your Nefer Kane? I think I heard something like "Light and dark dolls" but I can't find anything online... :)
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My biggest doll mistake was not protecting my first BJD adequately from the sun. She is a tan doll from Soom, and I had her facing a window. I would try to block the sunlight from hitting her when I noticed it, but she still got hit by direct sunlight pretty frequently. By the time I moved her away from the window, all the direct light she got had caused her face, hands, and the tops of her feet (areas unprotected by her clothes and shoes) to fade to a greenish color. Hopefully I can hide it with a face-up, but I regret not being more careful with her.
That is a really good one to share, I didn't know sun affected them either when I first started collecting.
Your Raggedy Ann doll was probably stuffed with "excelsior" which is a grainy, grassy, horse hair feeling kind of stuffing. It is a yucky brown dry grass kind of color. I think that is what bled through your doll. If you want to try again I suggest that you undress her. Then very carefully open her up and remove the "stuffing". Toss out the stuffing. It may have mold spores or become kinda broke down and hard. You should then soak the doll in cool water with a good doll soap. DOLLSPART.COM has fantastic soap just for this kind of thing.
Follow package directions (I'm sorry as I type this I am in my sewing room). The sad part is your doll will have to be restuffed with new batting. But as she is a sentimental doll that's cool. The clothes are an easy repair just touch up the bad parts. Good luck.
PS: NEVER LEAVE YOUR DOLLS OF ANY KIND IN A STORAGE UNIT!! Actually, you were lucky.
Thanks for the tips! I knew better than to leave them in storage but unfortunately it was a situation that couldn't be avoided 😭 luckily I'm in a position now where I would never have to do it again
The dreaded doll pox. I have dealt with this so many times will doing repairs and Restorations on vinyl dolls good thing it's easy to fix
Is the "I lost the whole deal"🤣for me
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Have you used doll doctors before and, if so, who would you recommend? My Gram is looking to get a porcelain doll fixed (or two) and have you tried (or have you had to) restringing a Magic Attic Doll? Also, I have Baby Sitter Club dolls and the ONE that I bought the lot for (she was my favorite when I was younger) came wrecked with a cracked/crushed torso and I'm sooo torn about attempting to fix her myself or just get a new one...I haven't even fixed up the other ones (and they are easy fixes, too!) because it's made me so sick!
I've never actually used one before as I can usually do most repairs myself, so I'm not good for recommendations 😫
I bought a raggedy Anne fabric puppet (marionette) several years ago that had a dirty spot on her face, but she was a good deal so I bought her. I didn’t want to wash her in the washing machine, so I tried spraying oxiclean on a soft rag and wiping it onto the spot. All I did was manage to do is wipe a hole in her face. She was ruined after that. I feel your pain!
What is it with the Raggedy Anns?? It's like they don't want to be fixed up 🤣
I can't remember who it happened to, but they put a handmade quilt in a trash bag for storage. Somehow when moving it around it was left near a car in the garage. Yeah, the husband put it out with the garbage and it was gone before the mistake was discovered. :-(
I really think that could be what happened to that dress 🤔
I lost my first Raggedy Ann down by the creek while playing there with my best friend. My second Raggedy Ann was ruined when a water heater burst in my apartment. I was away for the weekend and came back to her and books not only wet but molding. I still have my third Raggedy Ann. She's always out, though she doesn't get played with much. Maybe I'll make her a Halloween or Christmas outfit some day.
My worst mistake: I cut my big -- 32" -- Uneeda doll's hair when I was five or six. I do intend to reroot her some day. fwiw, I got her when I was two and since she was as tall as I was, I drug her around by her hair for years, so her hair was pretty thin on top even before I cut it. 8^)
I once left a bunch of rare Winx dolls behind at a flea market, including one Enchantix doll that they were asking 2,50 euros for and which is now worth at least 150 euros. I wanted to get all of them but ended up only picking two (one of which I later found at a thrift store as well so now I have two of those, can you believe it?!), partly because my sister told me I shouldn't get more. I still get salty over it, but I later found out my mom had actually wanted to buy all of them and simply couldn't because she didn't have the funds (I was too young to have my own money back then). That made it hurt a little less :')
That does sting!! I'll have to look up Winx dolls I am not familiar with them 💜
Oh gosh ... my mistakes are way too many to even pick one! Although I do have a large number of my collection in a non- climate controlled storage unit ( because I lost my house ), so I am scared for them. I am soooo sorry to hear of your Raggedy Ann!! A giant thirty or forty inch Raggedy Ann and Andy are more grail dolls for me. Along with Patty Play Pal, I have always wanted those dolls! Now I sew and I found patterns for Raggedy Ann, and I keep saying some day I'll make myself a big one. But you know how that goes. I hope you can get yours somewhat restored.
Thank you so much and I'll say a little wish that your dolls will be okay in storage 💜
Impatient 😂 Allison, I can totally relate 😁 Great video! I have made more then one same mistakes you have :)
LOL!!! Impatience is one of my worst traits but it's here to stay 🤣
I was feeling your pain lol... one of my biggest mistake was trying to repaint/fix my first Barbie’s face, never done one before just watch a few CZcams videos and thought I can do it 😣 let’s just say she almost lost all of her original face paint 😫
Oh no!! I have a Barbie that needs to be redone and I'm wondering if I should just send her out to someone else 🤔
I made a similar mistake with stuff animal. Do you know if taking them to a dry cleaners would work? Nice video. Thanks!
That's a good idea that I haven't thought of...I may have to try the dry cleaners and see what they say 🤔
My biggest doll regret is that when I was little I had a doll I named Emily and I think she was just a regular baby doll (I haven’t seen her in 20 years so I can’t remember but I’d recognize her if I saw her 🥺) but I LOVED her, she was my favorite. Anyway I can’t remember why but my brother was always taking her and since she was my favorite I didn’t like that and one time he tried to take her from my hands and I didn’t let go. He pulled on her and I was crying and hanging onto her arm and of course it came off… my parents came to stop the fighting and honestly I’m still mad about this, instead of yelling at him and telling him it was my doll they put her away in a closet to keep us from fighting. My mom always said she’d fix her every time I begged for her back but I’m guessing she didn’t know how cause I never saw my little Emily again no matter how much I begged for her. I would’ve even been happy to have her back one armed 😫 I guess I should’ve just let my brother take her and gotten her back later but I was 7 so I didn’t think of that.
Oooo I wish we could identify her for you. Any pics at all of her? Anything else you remember? Like size, what year you had her, did she have hair, soft body or plastic body, etc?
I actually just looked on ebay for the Frozen dolls you spoke of, and they aren't even listed on ebay to my knowledge. There was a sleeping beauty one that was limited to 100 though being sold for like $3000
one set recently sold for nearly six thousand usd
Oh my gosh, cats getting into doll things... My cat likes to attack doll hair, I feel the struggle
They just love that stuff!
My biggest dolly regret was something similar to one of yours. When I first got into the hobby I bought an Bobobie Ariel . I sold her and couldn't stop thinking about her. So only a couple of years ago I emailed Bobobie and they just did not answer ANY of my emails. I then emailed "Sun" at Resin Soul . He came through as he always did and i got my girl who I still have but I put her on an Impldoll faun body. LOVE her still. :)
I cant believe you have experienced Harrods. Isnt it something else? You need a FULL day there and maybe more to see everything. When I am there I get what I need or go see what I want to see.... And THEN... I go downstairs to the food hall. Did you get to go there when you were in Harrods? And BTW... You know that Harrods have always had a service to where they will ship their stuff to you wherever you are in the world. You STILL may be able to get them now or newer Harrod versions :)
Oh no those dolls were limited to 100 pieces, some Disney Limited Edition dolls sell for a lot and they're some that do just because of how limited they were. Harrods was definitely a very neat experience! I ate the most expensive (and delicious) ice cream sundae of my life there 😋
We have 3 cats.....they adore doll wigs and anything fur or wool Lol! They will steal doll wigs any chance they get. We have a faux fox fur tail that we used for my youngest daughters Halloween costume year before last and one of our cats adores it.....no matter where we put that tail, he will find it! I also do fiber arts and they will literally roll in my boxes of wool when they come in Lol! We have a few Barbies with chewed hands from the dogs, but luckily the dogs are easier to control than the cats...the felines definitely run the house!! I didn't realize you lived in the South, we do too...Alabama:)
They just love that natural fiber 🤣
Out of all the mistakes I’ve made the two I regret the most are
1. not buying my own Cécile Rey Doll. (I share with my sister but I really want my own now)
2. Not buying a Bonnie and Pearl doll while I was studying abroad in England and saw them in Harrods. Such a big regret! They were beautiful.
Bonnie and Pearl dolls are gorgeous 😍 I am very lucky I did get a Cecile and still have her 💜
Some mistakes really do make us feel ill. Your Kirsten story reminded me of my Felicity doll. I got her for Christmas of 1999. She was the only one I ever got and I was surprised I even had one. My mom did splurge and got me her accessories and boxed book set. Felicity was the queen in my room. She her own space and I meticulously made sure that all her things were with her. For some reason, as a kid, I decided to put her coin in my childhood coin collection. I guess cuz this was like the closest thing I'd have to a coin from the 1700s. Then, I put her coral Necklace in my jewelry box to "keep it safe". At least, I guess that was my thought. When I moved out of my parents house, Felicity was definitely moving out with me. I was devastated to realize that her coin, necklace and hankie were all missing!!!. I scoured all my belongings and couldn't find them where I thought I had put them. To this day, I've never been able to find them. I wonder if my sisters might have pinched them when we were kids and lost them. LOL. Wouldn't surprise me. Anyway, I feel your pain. I replaced them, but it's not the same because I know they are not original. I kinda have that secret hope that they'll show up in my parents house somewhere, but probably not.
That's how I feel too, my original meet outfit just isn't the same because it isn't mine, but I guess at least we were able to replace the items we lost 😫
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Yes, that is a huge blessing. I was thinking more on it and I think one of my major flaws as a collector is waiting to buy something later and then it's gone. A few years ago I saw a Samantha doll in and antique store and thought I'll get her later. Not sure why I thought it would still be there Cuz it wasn't.
I can name that tune in two notes: PA - TIENCE. Goodness knows I have more than one character flaw, but my biggest is definitely a lack of patience. Whether it was collecting too quickly and haphazardly, meaning jumping all over the place without researching and formulating a real plan or budget, or selling a doll on the spur of the moment because a different doll caught my eye, a lack of patience was my dolly downfall. Of course, it didn't help in a lot of other areas of my life either!
Yesssss I can relate to that so much 🥰
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls I know you have talked about how you afford dolls, but if you have additional tips on planning and budgeting, that might make an interesting video.
I enjoyed seeing your Crissy doll. It reminded me of her friend Velvet, with long blonde hair, that I have. I also have a ballerina doll that would spin when you pulled up on part of her crown on top of her head but I don't remember her name. Being baby boomer I have an original Pepples (Flintstones) doll ,unfortunately minus the " bone" in her hair and a "Tippy-Toes" doll. I would love to learn more about these dolls but don't where to begin. I tried before but only got more confused. I would also love to know who might be interested in them since I have a son and nephews and know nobody in the doll world or ebay etc. They need good homes and I'd rather it not be a dumpster or landfill. I want someone who will love them. They aren't perfect but I know a doll person would know how remedy flaws or replace etc. It's like I know what I have but I don't know what I have if that makes any sense. Kinda not like to be taken advantage of and you are the only person I've felt comfortable with. ( I'm southerner too 😂) Thank you for any advice!
Honestly the best thing to do is look on eBay at sold prices, I just did a quick search for pebbles and she sells from $9 - $30 depending on condition.
Oh my gosh! The streaking happened to my Raggedy Ann and I washed her by hand! I think the streaking was from what they used to stuff them.
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Ooo maybe it is from the stuffing! I hadn't considered that. It also makes me feel a little better since you hand washed yours 💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls I just saw this video, maybe this lady or someone else can fix her up for you: czcams.com/video/xOHFgwMg_LY/video.html (oh, and I'm not affiliated in anyway, just hope the poor thing will get restored back to glory)
OMG I did the same thing, stored my childhood dolls in my basement and they are full of mold!! The clothes are stained and ruined..My very first doll was "Baby First Steps" by Ideal back in 1964...I still have her but shes ruined...sighs
Oh no!
This was great to watch :)
Thank you so much 🥰
Great video you have the best topics
Thanks so much 💜
Decided to take off hats, and accessories for dolls while moving, only for those to be lost. Left a doll that I painted on a black desk chair (he pulled in all the color of the chair). Fingernail scratches on dolls... ugh need I say more
Oh the fingernail scratches have happened to me too 🤦🏼♀️
One of my mistake was staining on both of my doll's shoulder with a black line. I made my first black dress so it either the fabric, thread, or the pen outline that was still on the fabric. I can't get rid of staining 😭
Ive had a line of thread do that too, the designer color fasted everything but the thread and the thread left a stain 😭
Interesting video! May I ask, where are you from? I would guess an American accent but it sounds different to accents I’ve heard before! I’m curious. :)
I'm from South Carolina in the United States. I have a very thick southern accent, and it is different from most of the ones you would hear on TV because they generally "put on" too thick and it's not authentic 💜
Hey! So I have stains on my smart doll and I was wondering what the treatment is to get it off?
You use an acne cream and keep changing it out until the cream bleaches the spots away.
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls okay thank u so much!
Did you try Peroxide on the raggedy Anne doll? I never tried peroxide on a stan doll before.
I haven't
I was trying to find more research on peroxide to make shore it wouldn't mess the dolls up.
Can my 1/3 BJD Doll where 70 CM size jeans I know it’s a little bit big but can it be done?😅
Maybe it all depends, good luck 🤞
I made a mistake when I accidentally cleaned one of my resin doll makeup. And it has a stain on the face up🤗🤗🍀
Yes!! Face ups are so delicate!
My biggest regret was getting rid of my collection of plush Garfields because I grew up and also my cabbage patch doll (it was a fake one) which I gave away again because I didn't need her anymore.
Oh no! I'm really glad I kept most of my stuff and that my mom actually let me keep it.
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Oh its okay. I mean I still had my porcelain dolls and I have added to my collection since then, so its alright.
My made to move (blue top) Barbie doll’s neck is completely ruined :( Here’s how it happened:
I was getting ready about to play with her with my sister and had to clean her up. I was washing her hair when I heard a tiny crack. I thought it was just her plastic making sounds when so I didn’t think much of it. When I tuned her around to rinse her hair, I saw that her neck was cracked and the pieces were inside her head. I was thinking about just simply taking here head off, removing the little pieces, and gluing it back together. But then I noticed that all around the front of her back was broke.
I still decided to removed her head anyway. I tried to heat it up first but got impatient, and when I tried to remove her head… it crashed even more and her neck peg was stuck in her head! Fortunately, I got it out bet her neck peg is pretty messed up now. My mom said that if my dad can’t help me fix it then she will get me a new one. If the first option doesn’t work and I do have to end up getting a new doll, then I will remove the new doll’s head and replace it with the old one (because I have had that doll for almost a year and don’t wanna replace her).
Thank you for listening to my TED Talk (jk 🥲)
Oh no!! I can totally relate to doing something like that 💜💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Yeah my mom said if my dad can’t fix it then she will get me a new one 🙂 She still isn’t fixed because I kind of forgot about her (and she broke before Halloween) :o
Don't be so hard on yourself. You learned from all the mistakes. i have thrown raggedy's in the washer from the thrift store and they came out somewhat bedraggled. Later i read that you should put them in a pillow case.
i was trying to make some money and let a beautiful red haired Tyler, by Tonner go and have missed her ever since.
But, we do figure out what we really want or like eventually. At least we are not alone...
Oh I should have used the pillowcase 🤣 maybe one day I'll get her restored properly
That doll your holding is gorgeous, please tell me about her?
There's several different ones but you can find videos about most here in my channel 💜
At some point I lost track of my traditional Japanese wig doll who was so precious to me as a child that I absolutely cannot believe I even put her in storage, much less let her go. They are available on eBay of course, but I want MY doll for sentimental reasons. My parents are elderly and I often clean their house and look for her every time. I refuse to give up, but my mother thinks she is gone. Maybe she knows something I do not :( Now I just think every last anime figure, or modern Japanese doll is an attempt to fill that void haha
I'm the same as you, I like my exact one for sentimental reasons. Here's hoping you find her 💜
Absolutely send raggedy anne off to someone for restoration. ❤️
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The first one. I'm Shure you can order one feet from pasha same color tone ?
The way the simply beautiful dolls are strung I would rather just deal with the broken toes 😆
wow..... the harrods frozen doll set story.....i'm only listening to this but i feel your pain too!! this is so sad !! >_
The pain is real 🤣
Wow 👍👍👍👍❤️😍
Beautiful
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There's one guy here on CZcams that I've seen who specializes in helping old Annies. I can't remember his name though. My old Annie from childhood had stains on her face. She'd had several trips through the washing machine. Now people coffee stain the prim Annies they make.
She does have a certain...erm...vintage charm I guess 😂
So sorry, truly, but you had me outright laughing with you along the way...... my heart almost broke with Raggedy Anne..... my sister had one about that large that I actually got her, a set of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy?! I think was his name, from...... Harrods London that I bought in the late 60’s... no clue what she did with them.... tho she still has her Giant Trolls with the long spiky pink hair and blue hair also bought from Harrods.... and her Gollywogs..... lol... and did check for the price of the .....frozen.... closest I could find was at $22,950.00 UGHHHH.... but don’t think they’re the same ones you looked at!! So no fear!! Water under the bridge as they say right?!! Chin up whatnot.... Cherrioh.......
I think you pronounced Anna right the first time!
I knew someone would come here and correct me 🤣 it's the spellings I get mixed up...it's spelled Anna which we would pronounce the second way I pronounced it, but we would spell the correct way it's pronounced Ana
"don`t talk with me ;-) :-/ about cats .... and dolls , have to put every one high up and they like my o.a.k-babydolls that much that they want to lie on them all the time , especially on the faces , so .... :-/ ... in hammocks either on shelves etc. only once my former female dog chewed on hands ...and feet of one of my clay-dolls , I succeeded resculpting the whole doll :-P vinyl is a different thing , I have bought second hand dolls and -ok you don`t want to know , most of the time , they are allright , but sometimes it`s obvious :-/ nobody took care before ...poor things ":-P Thanks for All your video`s :-) so nice :-)
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Hey my sister has two of those baby dolls
Magic Nursery dolls are amazing 😍
Haha you call her Annabell haha I hope you get her fixed one day 🙂
Thank you 💜
Omg you said Anna right the first time. It's Ah-na not An-a lol
I realized that after I said it...you're like the 10th person to comment that 😂 when it's spelled Ana is when it's usually pronounced the way they do so I got it mixed up bc of the spelling
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Lol I realized it looked like I commented rudely but that wasn't the intention I was just like wait nooo you ARE right hahaha
I will always regret not buying the Vivien head from Elfdoll when I could. I was young and in that time (like 8 years ago) it was more complicated to buy abroad but i still regret it ;-;
Regrets like that are so hard!