EVERY Barbie Dreamhouse! 1962 To 2022!
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
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I miss when the houses would have seperate rooms and more furniture instead of just stickers. The magical mansion and Victorian house are my favourites.
Agree I hate the stickers like the kitchen cabinets, etc
I had the Victorian Dreamhouse it was fun but then it got throw away
Although Mattel loves cutting corners, most of this stuff is due to the increasing production costs. It's just not as feasible to turn a profit making that stuff anymore
I owned the magical mansion. I think if it was re made you’d be shocked about the parents and aunties that would come out of the woodwork to buy it even at an exorbitant price. I believe the magical mansion alone was $500 without furniture.
I agree. Kids want toys that are actually functional. It’s a lot more fun to play with an actual kitchen set than a picture of a kitchen stuck to a plastic wall.
My first Barbie house was actually hand made for me by my great uncle. It has 6 rooms and an attic, electric lights, wall to wall carpet, is fully furnished and the front door opens and closes. Most of the furniture was made by my mom and my grandma sewed curtains and bedding for it. She also contributed building materials, including a brand new cookie sheet that her brother made into the kitchen sink and metal counter tops. It remains the best Christmas present I ever got. I also have the yellow A-frame house and a couple different versions of the 3 storey elevator house. All those were picked up second hand. I've thrifted tons of furniture. It's fun to find bargains and also cool to discover how many different colors any given piece comes in. Thanks for the fun review!
I used to make my our Barbie houses out of shoe boxes! Handmade dolls houses are amazing! Thanks for watching and sharing your memories
@@BeautyInsideABox it's amazing what can be done with imagination and a cardboard box!
Bethene, do you have an Instagram? I would loveee to see pictures!! :)
I hope that house still alive
My older sisters did have a lot of Barbie dolls in the '90s and I would sometimes actually play with their Ken.
My friend converted her heavily shelved wardrobe into a Barbie house. She even stuck little fairy lights in there so it wasn't dark. I was so jealous.
Your friend is genius.
that is really smart!!!!!
I did that for my monster high dolls! My girlies were living in a four story house 🤣 my mom helped me decorate and stick wallpaper for each room.❤️
I am 27 years old now and I am still upset that my mother gave away my 1995 dream house. I still have a Christmas ornament of it, though. It was the best one (in my opinion) and I deeply miss it. One time I went to a thrift store and saw FOUR of them there for sale. I was in college, so I couldn't buy one... I started tearing up in the middle of the store. I'll find another one some day!
I HATED when my mother would give away my toys and clothes.
Fun fact: 9 dollars in 1965 was the equivalent to 81 dollars today….
And $4.99 in 1964 would be like buying something for $46.54 today, Pretty interesting!
@@essenceweebkittyx3 It definitely puts it into a better perspective. When he said cheapest I had a giggle, because nope! 😂
thats crazyyyyyyy
waow
I’m actually surprised there wasn’t a price conversion made of their original prices. But then again I’m a historian 🤷♂️ it’s interesting comparing $4.44 in 1962 to ~$41. But then again, if we look at other ‘inessential luxuries’, records were $2-$4 depending if your record player was mono or stereo, we can understand the luxury of this toy. $4.44 would have been respectfully a weeks worth of groceries, including three pounds of beef, a dozen eggs, a 4 pound bag of flour, milk and cheese, shortenings and fresh produce.
Older woman here. Those old vinyl cases and dollhouses smelled SO GOOD! And I loved my mod 1968 Family House. It was weird, but we were into weird in those days.
I still have mine!
The mod aesthetic is just so great
I had a version of that house from the 70s. It was kind of orange and yellow with a beach theme and kind of mid century furniture. I hated that the only real furniture in the kitchen was a table and chairs so I found a stove and fridge to put in and then extended by putting the table and chairs outside in the "dining area." They gave us 3 rooms then everyone got out their scrap cardboard, tape and wrapping paper and added on! What was really wild was that same house and a camper that was out then were also made in army green for GI Joe. He didn't get the beachy furniture though!
I liked it! The pink roof was hideous with those colors though haha I loved the sitting area
Funny thing a lot of the barbie things I had growing up were vintage, and I kept thinking "I can smell those pictures" XD. In a good way! Vintage barbie stuff smelled amazing for some reason lol
I grew up playing with the 2006 dollhouse and it was really spacious!! I think this also had sounds as well ( like the toilet was able to make a flush noise and the stove would sizzle) plus if you put clothes in the hamper, it shoots down onto the laundry basket downstairs so that was also pretty neat :D
I abused that laundry shoot and would always put the baby down it. But yeah i was super spacious and I loved it so much!
The 1970s townhouse with the elevator is the one I always craved. But my dolls lived in a shack made of old ceiling tiles, and they liked it!
Did something similar, it’s neat how we used our imagination to create things.
i didn't have a barbie house as a kid but I DID have a barbie camper (and a Mcdonalds set), so my barbies lived in a trailer and worked at mickey d's😂I never thought of it as derogatory, though. Barbie was a hard working woman providing for her family. I was mirroring my own family. Great video, Joey!
Isn't that the whole point of Barbies wide variety of skills? It's not necessarily about barbie being a bad ass Astronaut AND veterinarian. It's about her reaching kids where they are and adding possibilities to their dreams. But barbie who works at McDonald's and lives in a camper to provide for her family is absolutely a bad ass. Lol. It's how it should be...
I had the mcds set and LOVED it!!!
My barbie lived in a van. Lol Van life before it got popular. It had a little kitchen and bed. I loved that barbie van.
The camper was the absolute best! I only knew one girl with one of these Dreamhouses (the magical sound ones from 1991) but almost all of my friends had the 1989 Magic Van camper. It must have just been the more affordable option, or maybe they just had a really great marketing campaign in K-Mart/Zellers/Sears Wishbook.
SAME OMG!
I had the 2009 one growing up and so did my cousin, we loved it. Almost everything in it was intractable the shower, the toilet, the tv went inside the fire place and you could press a hidden button to make it come back up, the door bell worked and the light in the dinning room turned on, and the fire place lit us and made noises. The dish washer was fun as it came with food and drinks for the fridge and very small silverware, cups, and plates. last is that it came with so many little accessories and furniture. I used to play with this house from 7am to 8pm, this was before I owned any electronics other than the wii. I am 17 now and part of me wants to buy this house again just so I can go back to playing with it.
I had the same one when I was younger and I loved it so much! I think I still have it somewhere in our attic. The tv was one of my favorite parts of the house. And the lights on the hot tub were everything!
My sister gave me this one! I remember my other sister and I would play with this all of the time.
I absolutely loved this dream house, I still remember playing with it. I'm 15 and when I saw it up there it was like a flash to past. I also didn't have any electronics other than the tv and this dream house was my lifeline. I played with it everyday. I gave it away when i got around 5th grade, a big part of me kinda whishes I didn't though😞
I still have it lol. The chandelier on the bottom floor lit up but my dog ate them all… and i got something stuck behind the tv when i was little and it doesn’t go down anymore sadly lol
Same here
I had the 2013 dream house! My god it was perfect, I played with it every day and I loved all of the buttons and small details and furniture. It was amazing
Aye me too! I still have it because I cant let go of the memories, it was honestly my favorite especially the blow dryer button sound that feels like it was on for more than 3 min lol
I still have it lol
Omg! I had that one too. I can{t wait to pass it down to my kids. I will cherish it foreverrr
AYO same! I put barbies bed on to the 3rd floor room with the tv, and the room thats actually for barbie as skipper/Stacy’s room and the dining room for Chelsea/Kelly instead. (I put the dining table outside). It was really fun to play as it had the closet and the moving elevator. It just looked amazing. My mum and dad hates chucking out toys so I literally have every toy(and my siblings) I owned on the 2nd floor (playroom). And my barbie collection is in my room! Honestly the doll house looks real good, and..I’m 13 😂
yess me too! im actually here because I was playing old barbie flash games for nostalgia and one of the games had music from the 2013 bathroom and i fell deeper into a barbie rabbit hole 😭
i had the talking townhouse from 2002. it was iconic, imo. the advertisement jingle is still ingrained in my brain still lol.
a major staple of my childhood. the mail slot, the turn of the century smarthome theme, even the accessories/furniture it came with were great for my little kid imagination.
13:20 my sister had this in our childhood and we were both OBSESSED. The picture here doesn’t do it justice because the centre wall would rotate like a carousel which was always so awesome. Plus the blue/cream/orange colour scheme was really understated and beautiful (and against the grain of the typical pink, yknow?). Plus it was just a cottage with stickers of cats everywhere like, ugh im still obsessed!
I think my other faves have gotta be 1986, 1990 & 2006 for just hitting those perfect colour schemes with really unique designs. Id love to get ‘86 and fill it with all the frilly, lacy (kinda kitschy) 80s furnitures from that time especially!
I had this as a child too! 😆👌
I actually still have the house minus some of the furniture.The spinning wall and the bed that turned into a shower/bath were my favorite. Such a cool use of space ☺👏👏
I had the 96 “pretty house” and I loved how many animal stickers there were X3 this house had rabbits, cats and dogs all over the place and I LIVED for it!
$4 back then would be would about 38.29$ from over the past 60 yrs.
Omg i had that same house. Maybe mine was second hand because I don't remember the tiny pieces that came with it but it was awesome!
The A frame Barbie house is everythinggggg! Do more videos like these please!!
The first three Barbie houses adjusted for inflation would cost:
1962 - 38.29$
1964 - 46.54$
1965 - 91.69$
I agree with you!!! The A-frame is everything. I thrifted mine (70s version) for $15. Mattel outdid themselves with that miniature masterpiece. I respect how Mattel keeps updating Barbie's real estate, but I think they need to re-manufacture the yellow and pink A-frame with replicas of the furniture ect. Nostalgia is in so I believe they'd do well 😄
They could reissue the A-frame house in cream, gray and black and do furniture packs in more realistic colors with Barbie pink accents. Would be great if they included templates for the removable cardboard inserts so kids and collectors could change the wallpaper . Also it would be fun if they included some easy craft ideas to make accessories with stuff you have around the house. They used to do that with the more EarthDay friendly Sunshine Family dolls and accessory packs. Everything you bought came with a little booklet with at least one craft from a no sew doll apron to a milk carton couch. Lots of fun!
2006 was my dream house. Loved it to bits. It had a doorbell that rang and a working porch light. So nostalgic lol
That’s neat, I think o e of my childhood friends had one that did that. I remember how neat it was. Could of been the same one.
the 2009 dream house was the reason i woke up everyday, went to school and got to the grind……. it was eye opening for me! great video
I remember, being a child of the '60s that $4 was a lot of money for a toy! My mother and grandmother (who was a seamstress and department store buyer) made a lot of clothing because it was too expensive to buy. But though I didn't get the dream house, I did get the cardboard fashion shop and I loved it. In fact, I still have most of it. I now have an A-frame dream house and you can find bathroom pieces for it.
My mom made tons of clothes for my dolls. You could get patterns for Barbie and Ken but not for the other dolls. She cut some down to fit Skipper and Francie. My favorites are some crocheted pieces. A wedding dress and a pink skirt suit that looks very Chanel.
That fashion shop was the bomb! I coveted that and The Little Theater. I have most of the Little Theater costumes, but have yet to find the theater or any of its pieces. I've read that it was one of the least popular of the early Barbie structures and not a whole lot of them were made.
@@oliverhummel156 I had friends who were sisters and their parents were my parent's best friends. They got the Theatre, the College Campus, and the 1964 Dreams house. We had quite a little town going during sleepovers but they were really hard on things and their cool stuff never lasted long! I had lost a couple of pieces over the years but I re-collected them all plus some extra chairs.
@@bethenecampbell6463 I made tons of clothes for my girls. I remember saving up my babysitting money to go to the drugstore to buy clothes. My mom made tons of clothes. I hate now you have to purchase a Barbie to get outfits and they are only stamped on the front.
2000 Dream House was the best one you can’t change my mind (tho the 2006 one holds a special place in my heart as the first time I made a big purchase with my own money and I am still kind of impressed I managed to save that much money as a ten year old)
I love the 2006 one it looks a lot more real then some of the other barbie houses idk why
Growing up I owned the 2013 Barbie dream house and that was one of the highlights of my childhood. All the buttons you could press for sounds and also being able to hang Barbie’s clothes on the clothes rack was awesome
2009 one was SO iconic!!! It’s the one I grew up with and I loved it so so much, good memories💙
I was born in 1963. I had the 1970 and the 1974 houses. My granddaughter has the 2020. Thank you for bringing back such great memories. I loved the video!!
The Barbie stuff is stashed in boxes in the attic at the moment, but my siblings and I didn't ever have an official dreamhouse (not enough room, and my parents didn't have that kind of money). We did receive all the furniture separately and used regular toy shelves to set it up. We made our own stairs out of Legos, as well as our own paper objects for the house (plates, cups, food, pictures for the wall, etc.) , then just used our Imaginations.
I did the same thing
Growing up I had the 2006 dream house I absolutely loved it. I remember it not only came with furniture but also many house accessories. Like a fridge full of food, plates and silverware, bath accessories etc. That was so much fun.
I had the interactive talking dream house of 2002, and it was a childhood higlight for sure, came to this video only to see if you talked about it! She was beautiful
I had the Barbie beach bungalow in the early 00s. That was a folding one as well. It came with an inflatable bed and couch.
LI LOVE the old houses. I didn’t have any of them growing up, but as an adult collector, I first got the first dream house but I wasn’t impressed with its large size and I sold it. I didn’t get the second dream house until many years later. I just love it, and the fact that you can change the rooms around is especially cool.
I have most of the mod era houses. I also have two clone “houses“ from the 70s… A rustic Lakehouse and Hawaiian villa. They were made of cardboard and had cardboard furniture. I am a sucker for the old cardboard furniture.
I remember having the 2015 one and the thing I remember about it most was that that cabinet in the bathroom could turn into a sink, a fish tank or a barbecue and how they all made noises depending on which one you attached to it. I also remember the pool that came in the side, I used to have so much fun with it.
Me too!! I thought that was so cool.
yes!!!
I had that one!!!
Loved reading that, I just found the 2015 dreamhouse in perfect condition for my daughter's first dreamhouse! 😀
The 1984 home actually does have a bathroom! :) the background can be changed out like turning a page on a book which also helps to add in more rooms
My older sister had the 1998 house and it was amazing!! Eventually I got the Princess & the pauper castle for myself! I loved having the option for fantasy or realism
The playsets from the 90's and early 2000's were freaking gigantic
I had something the 1964 Barbie's New Dream House. One thing that isn't obvious is that the layout could be opened to different angles, depending on how much play space was available. For storage, all the furniture could be tucked into niches, and the walls and patio floor folded around, to form a closed box a bit bigger than a portable sewing mechine, complete with a top handle for carrying. I thought the price was a little higher, and my house did not exactly match the photos. The sliding door was a sheet of acetate framed by two sides of the heavy duty pasteboard. It didn't slide without fuss, but it was amazing. The pasteboard construction of the furniture and house was very sturdy, and nearly visual detail on the surfaces was amazing.
We ended up finding a 2004 Happy Family home at a local thrift store and it was very interactive. We were very impressed with all of the noises and it was well loved at our house! 😁 A great find for 11.00 dollars!
Awwww! 💕💕 My father has built me an exact copy of this dreamhouse with the elevator when I was a child and also had his fun playing with the Barbies with me (of course only for the child, lol!). Sigh, memories... 🤩💕🤩💕
It was in the mid eighties I believe... old I am, so sad 😞 😅😂
I used to make my own dolls houses too. Mostly out of shoe boxes. Every time someone got new shoes I would add a room to my dolls house
Go Dad! That's cool that he was so creative and willing to play along.
Jessi Vee's parents also built dollhouses for her and her sister to play with their Barbie dolls.
the barbie house i had as a kid was very cool and unique. it was a barbie house that also functioned as a piece of furniture. it was just under 5 foot tall, made of wood with three stories and drawers on the bottom. i got it when i was a toddler and kept it for years. once i was too old to play with dolls, i used it as a bookshelf. the best part is the floor plan was very open and you didn’t need to crouch down to play with it.
I really enjoy the fact that there are people showing their passion for dolls too, so now I can watch videos like that.
I was born in 1970 and I had the 1979 BDH and I loved it SO MUCH! I still have the most vivid memories of all the furniture and tiny food. I feel like no other Barbie house compares. 💗
I remember that as a child in the 90's I wanted a little house and my father made me the version of the '91 one in wood I loved that house ❤️ the nostalgia
I remember watching the Barbie folding pretty house ads on TV. I wanted it so badly, but my parents refused to buy us big accessories and playsets that would only take up lots of space, especially when we lost interest. If only they could have known I'd never really grow up and would still be obsessed with toys in my mid-30's.
I had that one house with stained glass windows from 1998! I loved it! It was a hand me down form my older sister, and I remember that it had this bathtub that would fold down on the top floor and a really nice elevator in the tower. Mine also had a little baby swing on the bottom porch. I loved that house. Still have some of the furniture from it. Now I'm a model horse collector, but Barbie houses have always fascinated me, even after we got rid of all of mine. Awesome vid!
This took me back so much! I never owned a dreamhouse myself, but my cousins and friends did. Pro tip for anyone with kiddos who want Barbie beds: tissue boxes! Flip them over and put a little fabric and mini pillows on it, voila, a bed! Small tissue boxes make for good pretend dressers and table too. And if they get squashed it's no bid deal. Just give them another box. I'll never forget getting "real" wicker furniture for my dolls when I was 8. Still have most of it, despite some of them being a bit broken. So many good memories. Thank you for the nostalgia! 🥰
Oo! I wanted that 95/98/2000 Dream Home. My mom always told me "You already have a doll house" but it was too small for my Barbies haha
I had the 1995 Folding Dreamhouse--secondhand, mind you--and I still adore it to this day. There are better photos online that showcase the interior, but my favorite part was the built-in sink that would fold out to create a jacuzzi. It offered a lot of versatility, and I loved the amount of floor space it had as it made it easy for me and my brother to play together.
We had this running storyline going where my little brother would play with Lego Hero Factory and I would play the Barbies. The Hero Factory were an alien cyborg race that crashlanded to Earth on Barbie's balcony and hid out at her home. The Barbies would teach them how to blend into human society, and how to be vulnerable and express their emotions. The Hero Factory would teach the girls how to fight and defend themselves.
Totally miss that house, had lots of good memories with it.
My mom still has her 1964 dream house. It’s very charming, and the cardboard works surprisingly well
My sister had the 1968 Family house. It was so cool and well designed because it turns into a case. I think you don't like it because you are looking at it from a 2000's aesthetic, but if you put it in context (or if you just love the late 60's/early 70's aesthetic) it is marvelous.
I think 1968 is so beautiful . In terms of design, it's really cool! I think he just doesn't like this kind of style. It's really awesome and beautiful!
I have a vintage 1969 Barbie Country Living Home, which is the exact design of the '68 Family House, but quite a bit more colorful, with bright blues, greens & pinks. Goes perfectly with my Mod Barbie doll collection, in their fab maxi skirts & boots. I don't think our guy would like this variation, though, because of all the graphics on the vinyl walls. I think it's pretty cool, myself. I love that it folds into a case & I can carry my dolls in it, even fitting all the furniture. I am old, though, & I love earlier Barbie stuff best.
Me and my sister grew up with the folding pretty house from 1996 (yard sale find apparently), the 2002 interactive house and the 2008 three storey dream house. We had a whole community of families that would live in the different houses! The three storey dream house was one of my all time favourite toys from my childhood, and we still have it in the basement
As the Barbie movie gets closer, I'm looking at all the old Barbie things I used to have. I had the 1996 folding house and the 1999 family house. So, so, so many memories playing with those. I also had the hotel and the bakery. I would set up a whole "town" in my room and play out these elaborate story lines that would last for DAYS!
Whoa! My grandma has that Barbie's Family House from 1968 still at her house, furniture and all. Seeing that just sent me through memory lane remembering I used to play with it when I would bring my dolls over to her house. It was like a vacation home for my dolls, heheh.
Me to! Even still have some of her older Barbies
Joey, I enjoy your videos. Thanks so much for taking the time to make them.
It is wonderful that the appreciation of Barbie crosses many generations. Personally, as doll collectors, we have so much to offer each other. Remembering that information is all relative, depending on which generation of Mattel's merchandising one was exposed as a child, makes for a wonderful panoply of people and aesthetics that is fascinating. Your commentary on the 2000 blue Victorian actually piqued my interest to own one. Long ago, my husband gave me the ultimatum, "No more structures!" Therefore, I can only view that house here, longingly. Many of my generation of doll collectors cringe at the now "classic pink". It's not how Barbie began, but it is what it is and Mattel wants us to be there.
I'd like to share a few interesting insights. I hope you won't mind.
The first Barbie Dream House's overall design was inspired by the preeminent designers of the day, Alexander Girard and Charles and Ray Eames. Some of their designs are still manufactured today and are considered classic 20th century Modernist design. So, in 1962, Barbie was on point. I own one of the first Dream Houses. I've owned others, but it remains my favorite because it is the most compact Barbie structure I have ever been exposed. Joey, I hope one of these comes your way. No doubt you'll find it a unique comparison.
Technically, I don't know if this constitutes a Barbie "house", but the Barbie College Campus is worthy of note. The feature you might find of interest is the dorm room, that has beds, desks, and a closet. The dolls for this dorm room would have been Barbie ad Midge. This structure also had a soda shop (I guess I should use the old-thyme "shoppe"). It's a great set and very rare. I think you might appreciate it.
Soon after the Barbie Family Living House there was the Country Living House. The structure was the same as the Family Living House but the graphics were completely different. So was the furniture. From 1965 to about 1970 style deliberately jumped the track, which I reflected in the Family Living House. In the blink of an eye, it seems everything went from hippie to hippie-dippie. Prior to disco, this era was about a return to the earth and a "simpler" life. The Country Living House reflected that.
If I remember correctly, the Dream House of 1979 came with seeds and an area to plant a real "garden" Eeew wee!.
Sleep 'n' Keep cases are not "houses" but worth mentioning. Throughout the 1970s Mattel franchised double doll cases that could store two dolls (usually Barbie and Stacie). There was a center section for clothes. On the underside of the lids there were fold down beds for two dolls. I think I have two of those cases. They are quite interesting.
I totally understand why you do not like the Barbie Family House. As far as style is concerned, it is the transition house between the Mod Barbie House and the Country Living House. Believe me, the stretch is broad.
FYI, in the early 1970s the most popular colors were:
Avocado Green
Cocoa Brown
Harvest Gold
Damn! We were eternally stuck in autumn!
I lived through and escaped all of it. I am xyz young and appreciate what you do.
Thank you for the wonderful, insightful & educational comments 🥰
Late 70’s/early 80’s Barbie girl here. I felt i was getting too old for Barbie in 1981 but I got the double-doll case that christmas with a short-haired Barbie. My favorite Barbie accessories were from a few years before, I think. I had inflatable Barbie furniture. Very 70’s and very fun.
Absolutely agree with you👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thanks for helping educate him.
Oooh can you do a video like this on every Barbie pool? There's wonderful light up fountain one I had as a kid. Man I'd love to have that one back. Great video again!
Oh I would love seeing a Barbie pool video!
I remember getting the 2008 barbie dream house when I was 6 and seeing the commercials every Christmas, it’s extremely nostalgic to me and I’m so mad at myself for getting rid of it 😭😭 i think im gonna buy a used one to satisfy my childhood nostalgia, it was my absolute favorite and so iconic!!
The only Barbie house I ever had was the one at 12:20! My mother made me get rid of all 'childish' things at one point, so I lost tons - books too. I got the house brand-new, we went to a store to pick one out for Christmas, and it was one of the bigger presents I think I ever had, lol :) Brings back great memories!
My parents got me the 1995 victorian-style Dream House for my sixth birthday. Thinking back, it must've been a huge huge effort for them, as we normally couldn't afford this kind of stuff. I hadn't even dreamed about having it, and yet there it was. The happiness I felt that day, and the happiness it kept giving me everyday of my childhood for years and years after that is unmatched. So many beautiful memories around it, and around Barbie in general ❤ made me teary eyed to see it come up in the video.
we have the 2021 Dream House and it is amazing! The “L” shape layout makes it so easy to play in. And there are lots of stories you can play out with all the incredible house elements
The 1986 Dreamhouse looks soo pretty!! I'd still love to have it💕 But the 2011 Dreamhouse is the one I've made the most memories with growing up, it was lovely!
The colors work *far* better in the 2011 house at 16:20! Love the color scheme! Love that house and the details.
Can't believe this is what I'm doing with part of my Sunday. Ha.
But hey, nostalgia can land, even when childhood was marred by a lot. Didn't have true safety, but had a Barbie and Ken. Never had any of her houses - so maybe that's the appeal to this video. Wanted but never got (and money wasn't a supply shortage issue in that family). Nonetheless, one of best kid memories was the super memorable holiday (decades later, still have a strong visual and snapshot image of an episodic memory of setting it up), when I got the pool set I wanted.
[It was an above the ground pool. Our family had installed a real one (with a big wooden deck) on the sloping side yard of that house, into the backyard where the pool stood. Never dawned on me until now that must have had a role in the approval of the gift. The patriarch in that family had serious issues. Still recovering. Yup.]
On a lighter note, as if anyone might ever see this, but I found an image. Of all the images in search, this specifically is the one that rings the most memory bells. The mat that it is one isn't in other photos, but that was there. www.pinterest.com/pin/19281104625439692/
The 95 house was the one we had when me and my sister were kids. I don't remember the elevator being battery operated, but I do remember the bath that turned into a bed
The Barbie Family House morphed into a cute beach house sometime in the mid 70s. The colors were better and it was great for transporting dolls and accessories. I used to pack it FULL, including a dune buggy, to stay over at my grandma's house. If you put it on top of a coffee table you have a two storey house!
Love that! ❤️ thanks for watching
@@BeautyInsideABox I really enjoy your channel. Especially these nostalgia trips and the horrible knock off doll unboxings. 😀
I like to think Barbie's sisters are actually her daughters she just passes off as her sisters and only Chelsea was planned back when her name was Kelly.
@@smb-c3po I never bought Skipper as a sister. Always played like the Skipper generation were the kids. Francie, on the other hand, made sense as a younger sister. In the 60s there was another baby sister, I forget her name, but she was about 5" tall with a poseable body.
Oh my goodness, my mom had that 1974 house as a child! Well, she had the 1973 version which had a slightly different color scheme overall. The cardboard pieces of it got really beat up when she was a kid, but the plastic furniture was sturdy and she gave them to me when I was first getting into Barbies. I didn't have a dollhouse for them yet, but I had furniture and I could spread that anywhere and use my building blocks to make walls to separate rooms however I wanted! The furniture went into the garage for awhile, but we recently found the box that it was in shortly before I watched this video, which I think is a hilarious coincidence!
i had that one from 2002!!! it was everything to me at the time, always had to be involved when i played w my dolls 🥹
I had the Barbie Dream House 1968 & Townhouse 1974. The roof of the 1968 house was plastic. The walls and floors were vinyl covered cardboard and closed around the roof, with a metal turn clasp on the walls to hold it shut. There was a plastic handle that came up through the roof. I gave the 1974 Townhouse to 3 friends, who are sisters, when I was moving away. I also had the Barbie camper, airplane and double fashion closet in the 70’s. So many hours of fun. Loved it all. Cool video!
I had the 2006 three-story Dream House. It, like the 2008 variant, also had a doll stand you could 'clip your dolls into' that would then let them "walk" up the stairs (via crank mechanism on the floor). Also like the 2008 variant, it was missing the kitchen table and chairs (all other furniture came with, and I was very confused by how 'empty' the kitchen was). I don't think the third floor was supposed to detach (it was firmly part of the build, once assembled), though the stereo was actually a fold-out bed.
my mom had the 1986 dreamhouse (which we kept for a very long time) and i had the 2009 townhouse!!! crazy how long these have been around.
I had the 2009 one!!! UGH, I loved that elevator! When you clicked the tv in the living room, it would slowly come back up and the fireplace would crackle! I LOVED IT.
I had the Magical Mansion from 1990 with all of those items. The fireplace lit up and crackled. The backside of the fireplace was a “kitchen” and had a place where a blender could sit and when the fireplace was on the blades of the blender spun.
The vanity lights around the bathroom mirror lit up.
I spent hours with it! Thank you for unlocking a memory!
Me too! Whenever we visited my grandma, she had that dream house out in the playroom. I remember there was a little radio that played music too; maybe it was from something else?
Anyway, i had too always play with it because there was nothing to do lol.
Thanks for this video this was so fun! And now I NEED that 1990 magical mansion, it goes perfectly with my princesscore vibe rn
I loved the 2006 and 2009 one. The 2004 house made real sounds like the previous one.
The 2006 one is the one i had as a kid i loved it :)
0:25 I still have this doll house! My Twin sister and I had a blast playing with it when we were little
Omg I had the 1996 folding pretty house and I remember being obsessed with it for years! This brings me extreme nostalgia 🥰
The first townhouse and 1979 dream house were the ones I grew up with! They were originally my moms and she kept her childhood ones for my childhood :3 She sold the 1979 one 3 years ago and it went for almost $500 usd, sad to see it go but personally Ive always wanted more of a pink and purple house or a castle LOL
I had the 79 too! Also my mothers hand me down. I was always jealous of my friends pink ones, but looking back it was pretty cool to have.
Ahhh this brought back so many memories! My mom was a thrift shopper so I had multiple of the houses from the 80s- early 2000s. I wish I would have kept them :(
This unlocked a memory. We couldn’t afford a house for my Barbie growing up so I made one out of a bookshelf and even made a cardboard and yarn elevator 🥹
I had the '68 Barbie Family House .. but my favorite Barbie house was one my mom made. The rooms were boxes turned on their sides and placed on shelves, and Mom put wallpaper and carpeting in the rooms. (Sihe made some of the furniture, too.) Some of my other dolls, such as Dawn, lived on shelves also, but the Barbie rooms were the fanciest, thanks to Mom using the boxes and decorating them. AND the Barbie house had a bathroom (with bright yellow fixtures--IIRC, I painted them). My Barbie house also had a piano (which was really a jewelery box).
This is such a great video I really love learning about different Barbie playlines and histories. I never owned any of the Barbie houses but they look absolutely amazing and fun.
We need a Barbie Extra Dreamhouse!!
OMG yes!
My fav was the 1996 Folding Pretty House! I still have mine!!!
Prayed, pleaded and begged my mom for this house for Christmas. The 1990 Dream Mansion was a site to behold. At 8 it took me about 6-8 hours to build. The front was stunning glitter panels, lit chandelier and porch lights. reversible linen couch, bed, and fireplace . It came with the furniture pictured. There was additional furniture sets sold separately like a fridge and laundry. Whaaat, my girl was living the life when she pulled up in that 80's silver bullet corvette.
I love the 1979 Dream House, my friend had this and we had so much fun playing with it. I had the glow in the dark bed and a really cool kitchen set though and they were awesome. Maybe do a video on some Barbie sets like those, that would be fun :)
The Magical Mansion and the Victorian ones look really cool. I love the more traditional dollhouse look. I am turned off by how modern and unrealistic most dollhouses are, but those ones look great to me.
I had the Barbie Townhouse, the same as your mom. I got it from "Santa" in the 70's and I loved it! My mom passed away a few weeks ago so seeing this video made me feel so bittersweet. I cried a little. I wouldn't have guessed that I would cry watching THIS! LOL
OMG….I had the 1995 one. I have a pic of me as a kid playing with it. Memories 🩷
Yess I'm loving the editing
My first dream house actually wasn’t considered a dream house. It was called the “beach house” I loved playing with that thing, it was amazing.
I had that one😭
Was it the beach bungalow?
@@yondermileslimpey3892 no it’s called the “2-story beach house” LOL
1986 is my favorite. The color scheme is just visually appealing to me.
I had the 1990 magical mansion and it came with everything you see in the picture. The cushion on the furniture actually was reversible and you could change the style. The French doors opened up to little patios and the giant fire place actually had a kitchen built in so you could move it to separate the dining room and the back of the fireplace has a kitchen. This house was also really cool because it had a working door bell and outside lights that worked! Your video brought me so much nostalgia, thank you!
In the 70's Barbie had a Country Living House. It has a door that opens, a kitchen with swinging saloon doors and a door that goes into her bedroom.
Hi Joey!!! I don’t think I’ve ever been this early to a video before. Hope you’re having a lovely day. 🥺
My grandparents gifted me the 2006 one when I was six. I remember it was so big I could fit through the double doors on the bottom! After I grew out of it the house moved to my grandparents for me and my cousins to play with when we came over. It is still at their house after 15 years and has been well-loved by me and all my cousins! Thank you for bringing up such good memories!
Thank you so much for making this!!
You must hate LOL OMG & RH houses then, the walls are fully furnished in 2D. 😆 I hate them for being made out of wallpapered particle board, they can get warped & not waterproof. 😣
I have to say out of all those dream houses I like the Happy Family the most. It look well lived & is giving family sitcom vibe. 🥰
I hope you'll do the medium & budget houses in the future. I'd like to see if any can top the Totally Real house.
2012 is what I think of when I think of a Dreamhouse. But in terms of one that doesn't take up a load of space, I think my favourite is 1984 Glamour Home
I had the 2012 one when I was little, it was huge like 3 foot tall. I played with it until it fell apart lmao
Midge's house from 2004 absolutely made noise. The toilet flushed the shower ran. There was a little switch by the baby changing table that folded up that turned the noises on. And a little lamp in the changing table that would play some lullaby music for the baby or play some crying noises. The microwave made popcorn sounds that and the sound from the fridge opening always made me happy as a kid.
I had the '92 Fold N Fun! Folding it up and carrying it around was definitely part of the fun; everything snapped together so satisfying! Before that, I got the separate furniture and converted a bookshelf into a doll house.
I had it too! I loved it so much.
I had the Fold’N’Fun House when I was young. My family lived in a fifth wheel, so space was at a premium. The fact it could fold up and be put away was super helpful. Also, the street lamp’s light actually works, too!
I had that one too. I had a really small bedroom back then. It was also more reasonably priced compared to other dollhouses on the market at the time otherwise I wouldn’t have had it. It was a decent size when unfolded, I had so much fun with that house and it was the only house I ever had.
I have 2 of the 2006 dreamhouse, found them both individually at thrift shops for under $30! I'm gonna get rid of them because I don't like the colour scheme either. I love the size though and the spiral staircase! I wish they'd make more dreamhouses with more realistic/neutral colours!
P.S The elevators aren't too unrealistic one of my closest friends literally has an elevator in her house! It sounds lazy but she plays a Saxophone so taking it up the stairs would be annoying af.
Repaint it!!🤍
repaint it to the colors you want. Great crafting project.
@@sharonkaysnowton I kinda wanna make a dollhouse from scratch! Now that's gonna be a crafting project hahaha
I had the 2009 one. The nostalgia I felt when I saw it oh my goshhh. It was an interactive house which made noises as well, like when you flushed the toilet it made a toilet flushing sound, same with the sink and shower. The tv was retractable so you'd push it down and there was a button that you would press that would allow it to pop up again. I remember how much fun my friends and I had playing with that house. So cute to remember those little things again.
LOL, the 2013 had a separate elevator for her clothes, and also a recycling bin. love it.
I can hear the snapping of the plastic and feeling of pinched fingers trying to pop those houses back into their carrying case mode. Sure they were "portable" but at what cost?
Why'd you gotta post when I boutta sleep bratha, i gotta work in the morning 😭😭 (its 1 am here)
Sorry! It’s 6pm here lol
I just found your channel. I have loved Barbie since my childhood in the 1960s and 1970s. I still have all of them. I guess it’s time to do something with them. I just bought a huge Barbie lot from Facebook Marketplace. Your channel has helped me identify which accessories and furniture go with each doll and play set. Thank you so much for sharing all of this information. ❤
Excellent video I love all the houses. Thank you for sharing.