>>8811430>the woman who had formerly lived there mass bought all these dolls at the local stores. And I mean bought all on the shelf in one goNot cool. You shouldn't buy more then two of the same doll in one location. You should leave some dollies for your local community.
>>8811482>Did she think that they were some kind of financial investment for the future?She probably bought them for her retirement thinking they would go up in value or maybe she thought her grand kids could get rich off of them. Pretty sure she never envisioned her stuffed being sold to vultures.
>started collecting sometime around the mid 90's and stopped in 2000.Yeah, the 2000s is pretty much what killed Barbie. Mattel replaced the 50 year old iconic body with the big boobs and small twist waist for a more "realistically proportioned" body. She wasn't allowed to be sexy or edgy anymore. So instead having her wear a sexy short tub dress like Totally hair Barbie would have worn in the early 90s, Mattel started doing a shit load of bad CGI princess movies with her.
>That sure as hell didn't pan out.Pink Anger: Barbie fans vs. Mattel probably didn't help things either. Barbie was so popular in the 90s that Mattel got big, powerful, and greedy, and started sending DMCA take down notices to fan and collector websites. Doll magazines could no longer use images of Barbie or even say her name without getting sued, and re-sellers could no longer sell Barbie at tables during conventions without Mattel's lawyers showing up.
