I spent a day in storage looking through boxes - which is where the dolls in the last post are from. While I was there, I catalogued everything in the boxes. There are a handful that I don't plan to sell, but the marjority are up for sale. I also took the time to sign up for a table at the Denver Doll show next April. My tables will be labeled as Barbies All the Way Down - the same as this blog.  The hype of the Barbie movie is waning as people's attention move on. And its amazing how fast interest in the dolls has disappeared. But I know the true Barbie lovers are still out there. If you have any interest in my dolls, please feel free to reach out to me. As always, they are all NRFB, from a smoke-free home, stored in cardboard in a dry basement. Contact: Barbies All the Way Down/Jehnie Burns in Boulder, Colorado on Instagram @mixtapehistory on etsy @TheNostalgicStitcher

 I spent half a day sorting through boxes in storage. I have gone through all of my Barbies at various different times, but it has been close to a decade since I really looked at every doll in my collection. There are the ones I remember in exceedingly concrete detail. And then there are the dolls that catch me unaware. I forgot they existed, I forgot I own them, I am in awe at the choices Mattel made over time. Here are a couple of the dolls I rediscovered today: XFiles and Star Trek Barbie and Ken Gift Sets How could I ever forget the pop culture crossovers of XFiles and Star Trek Barbie and Ken sets. I'm of the age that, yes, I of course watched both of these series. These two series remain iconic but were in the mainstream milieu in the 1990s in a way that Mattel saw a way to capitalize on a cross-marketing campaign. Does the fact that Barbie is the red shirt suggest that she is disposable? Or is it just that she looks best in red? And I also wonder why Mattel chose to connect ...