Happy 21st birthday! Turning 18 is such a special milestone in one's life, especially when you're already 30 by that time. BTW, you look really young, I would have never guessed you are 45.
Your comment about Barbie's vest sewn onto her shirt has me screaming because that was actually a thing that companies did in the 90s lmao I remember my teachers having shirts with the vest sewn onto the front like that. It is still lazy, but it was absolutely something you would find at Walmart or Kmart in the 90s 😂
That vest-sewn-on-shirt look wasn't just Mattel being cheap on details; they *actually* made and sold false-vest tops and people bought them and wore them, in suburban America, in 1996. I know, I saw my *own mother* wear one, a jaunty fall seasonal number with a faux turtleneck and little pumpkins embroidered on it. I can still see the cheap brocade when I close my eyes.
Oh god, that explains why I saw more vest sew on shirt than actual vests when I went thrifting looking for vests. I ended up leaving dissapointed, though I still bought 2 of them.
I think the reason why we don't get puffy dresses anymore is because they fell out of favor of the new generation. When we see formal dresses nowadays it's sleek and simple now. Which isn't bad by any means. It just shows how varied fashion and always changing it is for the human race.
i think its because they use a lot of fabric and Mattel do everything as cheap as possible these days. Some male dolls just have painted legs instead of fabric pants!!! Its terrible. There was a Disney boy that has has a jacket and his shirt is just hanging down coz he has no pants it can be tucked into. Its a travesty
Wow people really missed my fucking point. I only see one person who isn't immediately going "their just being cheap!" Can yall actually fuck off and actually contribute to my post and not just go with that immediately?
i am so pleasantly surprised your birth year still falls solidly within my childhood. based on how young you look (in a good way) i would’ve guessed this video would make my 30something ass feel old AF 😭
I feel like this video is going to remind me of the bad years where I wasn't allowed to get Barbies anymore 😬 My mom thought 11 was pretty old for Barbie
i owned blossom beauty barbie and the flowers were not fragile, they were really stuck on there. i was obsessed with this doll, especially with the skirt flipping function and the glitter! and the way you could put the little glitter fairy into a pocket and it would conceal her within the dress! i always thought that was so cool omg. i ALSO had an obsession with the movie free willy!!! that was the same reason my mom bought me ocean friends barbie!! she was my favourite and i loved the colour changing legs and the little orca
Workin' out barbie is my all time fave. I got her for my birthday (I think my birthday?) In 1996 when I was 5. I remember bringing her to kindergarten. Her cassette tape was iconic and I still get the song stuck in my head at least once a month. "You! Me! Workin out workin out barbie!" I chewed the heck out of those rubbery shoes, 10/10 barbie, no critiques. Glad you included her.
oh my god i loved the blossom beauty barbie commercial SO much. i haven't thought of her in two decades, seeing a picture of her now hit me like a nostalgic pink brick lmao
i recently saw angel princess barbie in person at an antique mall and just...she is so STUNNING. especially the AA version, she's so gorgeous. it was very difficult to leave the store without her...
@@yuls_minki i left her unfortunately...i love that doll but i have to control myself because i'm so close to running out of space in my collection lmaooo
"All the people who are offended by it are probably in a nursing home and pose no threat to me." Bold words from a man in his nineties, I'm just saying... Happy birthday! I always enjoy your ranking videos :D
1996 was a pretty good year for Barbie. I have several of the ones on this list, and there are several others that I would love to add to my collection!
1996 was right around the time I started my 'adult' Barbie collection (ok I was 16 at the time but 🤷♀ it felt very mature to be buying my own dolls 😅). I was totally drawn to the floofy ballgown Barbies that were reminiscent of the ones I'd had as a kid in the 80s. I remember particularly loving Angel Princess, Blossom Beauty, Songbird, and Children Collectors Series Cinderella, as well as a ridiculously pretty collector Rapunzel that came out around then too (I thiiiiink the year before?). Never had any issues with the flowers on Blossom Beauty's dress, but I only ever had her on display, so I can't speak to how it would have stood up to regular stress from play. This year is also memorable to me for the debut of Teen Skipper (and Nikki, and Courtney), who I was and still am inordinately fond of for having IMO one of the prettiest face sculpts Mattel has ever produced.
Happy Birthday! That winter fantasy barbie actually made me look her up because I got some real "crimson peak" vibes so I thought it was funny that you got totally different vibes. Also wow there was some good barbies this year. I want that coca cola Edwardian barbie so badly. Edit: oh no there were three of these Edwardian coke bottles? and I want them all? and they're not insanely priced? oh no....
like you with free willy, i was OBSESSED with "oh brother where art thou" at that age. i would take the movie with me to watch at my grandma's when she would babysit me. i would watch it CONSTANTLY at home. do i know what it's about? absolutely not.
I started excitedly listing which ones I had until I realized my mom just spoiled me rotten. 😂She was really out there giving a toddler collector's editions to play with lol
This video was such a trip down nostalgia lane! I recognized so many of these dolls and my sister and I had the following: Angel Princess Barbie We both got this doll as a Christmas present and she was a favorite of my sisters. I later took the angel wings off my doll to play with them on other toys lol Beaupeep Barbie I do not remember the doll herself, but I do remember the bloomers and the shepards crook. So either the og doll was lost or those items were taken from a cousins doll. Working Out Barbie A favorite of mine! She was the first bendy Barbie we had. Also my mom worked out to those home VHS tapes allot, so we use to make the dolls do the same poses as her. Blossom Beauty Barbies Another that we had two of, and the dress flowers did fall off. They think they were sewn on, but I pulled off all the loose ones that were on mine. I remember collecting them into a little bag to play with. Also that little glitter fairy bottle got cracked open during a move and Covered all our toys in that box with glitter. Bubbling Mermaid Barbie My all time favorite bath toy! Her color changing tail blew my little mind. Also her tails was not solid plastic! It was actually hollow. That’s how you got it to blow bubbles, you would squeeze the tail to push out the air through her bubble wand crown. You could also squeeze the air out of her underwater to make bubbles in the bath that way. Thank you for making this video! I hope you had a lovely birthday!
Back when i was a newer doll collector, about seven years ago, I'd come from another collector community (vintage housewares) and one of my friends from there sold me her late mother's collection of Barbies, almost all from the '90s, alll in box; 100 dolls for $100! I recognize so many of them from your video. So nice. But i also just randomly have the Ginger dog Barbie's cute plaid pants from the thrift.
Recommend looking at that so sugary barbie site mentioned in the video, they have Barbie’s categorized by year and it’s so fun looking through your birth year!
@@KingOfGaymesI definitely want to, especially because my mom bought me one the year I was born that I still have in box ❤, i definitely wanna see what else was going on that year in Barbie world Edit: I checked the site and the first two on the list are an anniversary Midge and a NASCAR one and if that doesn't describe my parents I don't know what does 😂 A perfect year for me to be born to them lol
I was collecting Barbie's in 1996 so I KNOW there were a bunch that came out. I just am enjoying the walk down memory lane. I had blossom Beauty Barbie and those flowers were sewed on and did not come off. Wish I still had her. I still have the miniature doll with the glitter inside for some inexplicable reason though LOL. Thanks for the video!
Happy 68th birthday!! Your ranking vids are so much fun! It's so funny how our tastes are so similar but also extremely different imo cookies and cream and cookie dough are the same so i was so shocked when its revealed lol Also love your shirt! Slay your 22nd💕
Starlight Dance Barbie was my first barbie when I was a toddler. I still have her somewhere with her updo sort of intact. She has rooted eyelashes, I think.
Oh my gosh, I had the orca barbie, songbird and the shopping one with Kelly. They were all hand me downs from my older cousins, and while some items where already missing (or I ended up losing lol) I still loved them! PS: I'm not a collector myself but I've been enjoying watching your videos for a while now, reminds me a lot of the joy I had playing with Barbie as a child!
That winter fantasy doll looked more like "romance novel faux historical gown" Barbie lmao. I HAD THAT BARBIE AND GINGER DOLL SET!! I also had working out barbie, she was one of my favs A cousin had blossom beauty and while she is pretty I remember touching the dress and recoiling because of how stiff it all was. I remembery Granny wanting the Edwardian coke doll, but she couldn't ever talk herself into buying toys for herself. Lol Evening pearl Barbie looks like Jackie Kennedy. That holiday Barbie was also one that my Granny wanted. I think she may have bought that one? I know she didnt give it to me as a cover, but u think i remember seeing that in its box.
Ohmygosh I had Blossom Beauty Barbie AND Theresa!! I don't remember the flowers on the dress being very fragile at all, but I wasn't a destructive child so there's that.
Maybe next year for a bday vid, review dolls you were gifted, or make a list of dolls you wish you were gifted/had, or a story time of dolls that are very sentimental to you🫶🏻❤️
Happy Birthday, old man. But really, I had SO MANY OF THEM. I'm a slightly older old man, I guess. I also had the BIG killer whale from the Sea World Barbie dealie, you had to buy her separately- she was realistically scaled with Barbie, and had these little tough velcro pads on her fins you could match up to some Barbie had to make them swim together! I'm pretty sure she could also spout water. I have an incredibly distinct memory of the material the whales were made from. However, Hula Hair Barbie was my queen. I had the one with the blue and purple hair!
Happy Birthday!! Thank you for celebrating with us with such a great vid! For me, chocolate chip cookie dough and butter pecan are friends, not enemies. Although I will say butter brickle is superior to butter pecan, not to sound completely ancient. 😆 Songbird Barbie took my breath away! I've just met her and she's everything to me! The face, the hair, the dress; she is everything that's good in the world poured into a plastic doll mold. 💖
Happy birthday!! I loved my Bubble Mermaid Barbie because her tail would change color under hot or cold water and honestly that was the main feature for her more so than the bubbles. Like the bubbles were cool and all but being able to have a barbie I was able to have in the bath tub and take to the pool and play mermaids with was the real big thing for me.
Easy chic Barbie is hilarious. And as someone who graduated college in 1996 , some of the fashion definitely brought flashbacks. Neon dressed Barbie reminds me of a very distinctive outfit my mom bought me in that time - bright pink fuzzy sweater over matching pink stirrup pants ( which have not come back in fashion, shockingly).
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I feel the same way about cookie dough as you do about cookies and cream, I got them confused for a second and felt so vindicated when you listed the cookies and cream tier lol
The vest sown on the front of shopping fun barbie's shirt is still better than modern mattel. Anything better than printed on and people start claiming "disney checks cleared"
Happy birthday! Evening Pearl Barbie weirdly reminds me of Nancy Regan for some reason??? said it out loud and my sister agree'd but cannot quite put my finger on why. Her hair was never this big, don't know much about her formal fashion, so maybe it's the face? who knows? Girl got Nancy Regan vibes to me regardless .
1996 was part of my "Barbies are for kids " phase of life so I sadly didn't own any of these. Now though I would have loved that BoPeep Barbie. She's reasonably priced on ebay though, so maybe I will have to add her to my collection.
This was great. That Holiday Barbie is iconic. I also appreciate that you got to play with dolls as a kid. It makes your videos so much richer and interesting. Thank you for sharing!
Happy birthday !!!! 14:04 Me and my sis have the Blossom Beauty doll and she has all of her flowers on the dress, still holding on two decades later.... iconic
happy birthday!!! if you're ever anxious about running out of video ideas, know that i for one wouldn't mind watching ranking videos like this for like every year of barbie releases
Happy Birthday!!! Loved the video! '96 was the year I got most of my barbies, this felt so nostalgic😍 The flowers on Blossom Beauty Barbies dress are still all completely intact on my Barbie even though I really played a lot with that dress (it held so many secrets). The flower band that opens the dress, as well as the glitter on the dress are all still intact. The only thing that did not hold up to time was maybe the velcro on the back as usual🥲 but the dress a a whole survived better than the Songbird one (less elastics sure help).
it kinda tracks that ur a august virgo, the august virgos i know (which is all the virgos i personally kno surprisingly) all slay. happy [early] birthday 🎉🩷
I had a few of these! Winter Fantasy Barbie looked SO much better in the brunette version (which I luckily had). The dark hair worked a lot better with the darker lips and dress.
i can’t believe how many of these i owned as a kid! blossom beauty’s flowers… i do remember her losing a few here and there. happy birthday, anyhow! such a cute and funny video, thanks for sharing your rankings!
My sister was born around the same year as you were. So for her birth, we went to buy her a present with my dad and he let me choose a toy for me too and I chose Working Out Barbie (Barbie Gym Tonic in France). I absolutely LOVED her and I listened to the cassette on repeat during my entire childhood ! So much memories, love your video as usual ! Happy birthday !
Oh shit, we’re the same age! Super cool to see all the major barbies from my birth year, never would’ve known about most of them otherwise! Happy [REDACTED]th Birthday!
Happy birthday! As soon as I saw you were ranking 1996 Barbies, I immediately clicked to see where my all time childhood favorite Barbie, Paleontologist Barbie, ranked. Glad to see her get some love!! 🥹 Whatever face mold Mattel used often in 1996 (like on Paleontologist Barbie) is my favorite because she’s MY Barbie, you know? I just think she looks so doe eyed and sweet. Bring that face mold back! Edit: No, it’s not wrong for your ranking to be influenced by sentimental value and nostalgia! That’s half the fun and what makes everyone’s list different.
I'm guessing alot of Barbies was made byt im surprised u knew this much about the gorgeous gal with many occupation so im impressed and love ur videos ^^
96 Holiday Barbie is one of my favorite dolls. I absolutely loved her in 96 and still do. One of the first Barbie’s I bought when I got into collecting.
Happy birthday!! Love your videos ❤️ edit: all these barbies are so cute, I love the first one who is the princess, and all their faces are super sweet, makes me nostalgic 😭
I have Barbie and Ginger and I loved her as a child! The possability was amazing, not very common then, amazing hair and the gimmick of the dog pulling the skate was amazing. Have doctor Barbie and in Spain it came saying that part of the benefits where for children hospitals. WORKOUT BARBIE IS AMAZING! Have her to, and the outfit is amazing in real life. So true, Olimpic Barbie was a reskin of gymnastics. But had them both XD it was te year of articulation Barbie for me I see. But I don't think I got them all the same year. Ocean friends I had Kira and loved her so badly. Her hair is still soft.
Happy 21st birthday! Turning 18 is such a special milestone in one's life, especially when you're already 30 by that time. BTW, you look really young, I would have never guessed you are 45.
i cant believe hes turning 89 he looks so good for his age x
I was older when I was DD's age
I hate how hard this made me laugh
I can’t believe he’s turning 20 already, when I started watching he was only 58
This is so funny this community is awesome
Your comment about Barbie's vest sewn onto her shirt has me screaming because that was actually a thing that companies did in the 90s lmao I remember my teachers having shirts with the vest sewn onto the front like that. It is still lazy, but it was absolutely something you would find at Walmart or Kmart in the 90s 😂
Only the front??
Starlight Dance Barbie's dress is actually accurate to how it looks in the picture. But the way it was placed in the box made it look frumpy.
Ohh I’d love to see you rank all of the “Bridal Barbies”
Ohh, there's an idea 🤔
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Rose Bride Barbie gave me Utena flashbacks 😭
@@ischeele7203well now I have an idea for a customization
@@DarlingDollzyes pls 🔔 🔔
Favorite quote: That’s not a Bob; that’s a Robert. 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Lmao that took me out xD
That vest-sewn-on-shirt look wasn't just Mattel being cheap on details; they *actually* made and sold false-vest tops and people bought them and wore them, in suburban America, in 1996. I know, I saw my *own mother* wear one, a jaunty fall seasonal number with a faux turtleneck and little pumpkins embroidered on it. I can still see the cheap brocade when I close my eyes.
Oh god, that explains why I saw more vest sew on shirt than actual vests when I went thrifting looking for vests. I ended up leaving dissapointed, though I still bought 2 of them.
I remember those being all the rage with adults. A few of my teachers wore them.
Can confirm.
I think the reason why we don't get puffy dresses anymore is because they fell out of favor of the new generation. When we see formal dresses nowadays it's sleek and simple now. Which isn't bad by any means. It just shows how varied fashion and always changing it is for the human race.
See I’m gen z and don’t know anybody who doesn’t love a big poofy barbie ballgown
I feel the main reason is because big puffy dresses cost more to produce. And Mattel try to keep things as cheap as possible.
i think its because they use a lot of fabric and Mattel do everything as cheap as possible these days. Some male dolls just have painted legs instead of fabric pants!!! Its terrible. There was a Disney boy that has has a jacket and his shirt is just hanging down coz he has no pants it can be tucked into. Its a travesty
@@em84cI couldn't imagine all the amazing the design the designers have but being put aside in favor of more boring dolls because they are cheaper
Wow people really missed my fucking point. I only see one person who isn't immediately going "their just being cheap!" Can yall actually fuck off and actually contribute to my post and not just go with that immediately?
I can't believe you'd say that about butter pecan, you're lucky it's bingo night or else I'd be going off.
I’m not in a nursing home and I love butter pecan ! Nothing wrong with that flavor. Only crave it during fall though
Happy 27th birthday! Thanks for always providing us with awesome content. Seriously I was so bored today and got so excited when I saw the upload :3
Thank you!!
Me to! I just got home from school and I went on RUclips and saw that Darling Dollz posted, I’m so excited!
He's actually turning 17
Honestly I’m here for wicked stepmother Barbie
i am so pleasantly surprised your birth year still falls solidly within my childhood. based on how young you look (in a good way) i would’ve guessed this video would make my 30something ass feel old AF 😭
Shhh we're all 21 here 🥰 (lol same)
@@polly_nah can confirm. I've been 21 for 5 years now 🥰
I feel like this video is going to remind me of the bad years where I wasn't allowed to get Barbies anymore 😬 My mom thought 11 was pretty old for Barbie
@@MoonMoonTM lol I guess that makes me 21 for -1 years xD
i owned blossom beauty barbie and the flowers were not fragile, they were really stuck on there. i was obsessed with this doll, especially with the skirt flipping function and the glitter! and the way you could put the little glitter fairy into a pocket and it would conceal her within the dress! i always thought that was so cool
omg. i ALSO had an obsession with the movie free willy!!! that was the same reason my mom bought me ocean friends barbie!! she was my favourite and i loved the colour changing legs and the little orca
I also had this Barbie and I can l confirm those flowers stayed put.
Yes, confirming this too. The flower dress was made out of a plastic-like material, very sturdy to be handled by a kid lol
I totally forgot about the little fairy! This is unlocking so many memories for me 😂 I loved her!
I totally thought the flowers were pockets. I forgot about the fairy though.
Workin' out barbie is my all time fave. I got her for my birthday (I think my birthday?) In 1996 when I was 5. I remember bringing her to kindergarten. Her cassette tape was iconic and I still get the song stuck in my head at least once a month. "You! Me! Workin out workin out barbie!" I chewed the heck out of those rubbery shoes, 10/10 barbie, no critiques. Glad you included her.
Your humor fits so well with ranking videos. Would love an updated RH/SH ranking video if that is something you would like to make!
oh my god i loved the blossom beauty barbie commercial SO much. i haven't thought of her in two decades, seeing a picture of her now hit me like a nostalgic pink brick lmao
Oh gosh same! I didn't have her but I remember the commercial vividly and loving her dress 😅
i recently saw angel princess barbie in person at an antique mall and just...she is so STUNNING. especially the AA version, she's so gorgeous. it was very difficult to leave the store without her...
Did you get her? I bet you did.
@@yuls_minki i left her unfortunately...i love that doll but i have to control myself because i'm so close to running out of space in my collection lmaooo
You have the fucking turtle pfp lmao
This was a real treat as a 90s Barbie girl.
"All the people who are offended by it are probably in a nursing home and pose no threat to me."
Bold words from a man in his nineties, I'm just saying...
Happy birthday! I always enjoy your ranking videos :D
1996 was a pretty good year for Barbie. I have several of the ones on this list, and there are several others that I would love to add to my collection!
1996 was right around the time I started my 'adult' Barbie collection (ok I was 16 at the time but 🤷♀ it felt very mature to be buying my own dolls 😅). I was totally drawn to the floofy ballgown Barbies that were reminiscent of the ones I'd had as a kid in the 80s. I remember particularly loving Angel Princess, Blossom Beauty, Songbird, and Children Collectors Series Cinderella, as well as a ridiculously pretty collector Rapunzel that came out around then too (I thiiiiink the year before?). Never had any issues with the flowers on Blossom Beauty's dress, but I only ever had her on display, so I can't speak to how it would have stood up to regular stress from play.
This year is also memorable to me for the debut of Teen Skipper (and Nikki, and Courtney), who I was and still am inordinately fond of for having IMO one of the prettiest face sculpts Mattel has ever produced.
Happy Birthday! That winter fantasy barbie actually made me look her up because I got some real "crimson peak" vibes so I thought it was funny that you got totally different vibes. Also wow there was some good barbies this year. I want that coca cola Edwardian barbie so badly. Edit: oh no there were three of these Edwardian coke bottles? and I want them all? and they're not insanely priced? oh no....
OH MY GOD YEAH SHE IS SO PRETTY
Omg I remember having a Barbie and Ginger set! That dog was low-key creepy. When the battery got low, it sounded like a demon dog 😅
"That's not a Bob, that's a Robert" you're so funny ahahha
like you with free willy, i was OBSESSED with "oh brother where art thou" at that age. i would take the movie with me to watch at my grandma's when she would babysit me. i would watch it CONSTANTLY at home. do i know what it's about? absolutely not.
The Angel Princess Barbie is captivating me, with her fluffy platinum hair. 🥰😍
I started excitedly listing which ones I had until I realized my mom just spoiled me rotten. 😂She was really out there giving a toddler collector's editions to play with lol
Happy birthday!
Shoppin' Fun would totally be a T-shirt PRINTED with a vest today. You know I've called it.
Ngl I love that trainwreck of a pearl outfit.
Happy birthday! 🎉 Evening pearl barbie is so unhinged that I kinda love it
This video was such a trip down nostalgia lane! I recognized so many of these dolls and my sister and I had the following:
Angel Princess Barbie
We both got this doll as a Christmas present and she was a favorite of my sisters. I later took the angel wings off my doll to play with them on other toys lol
Beaupeep Barbie
I do not remember the doll herself, but I do remember the bloomers and the shepards crook. So either the og doll was lost or those items were taken from a cousins doll.
Working Out Barbie
A favorite of mine! She was the first bendy Barbie we had. Also my mom worked out to those home VHS tapes allot, so we use to make the dolls do the same poses as her.
Blossom Beauty Barbies
Another that we had two of, and the dress flowers did fall off. They think they were sewn on, but I pulled off all the loose ones that were on mine. I remember collecting them into a little bag to play with. Also that little glitter fairy bottle got cracked open during a move and Covered all our toys in that box with glitter.
Bubbling Mermaid Barbie
My all time favorite bath toy! Her color changing tail blew my little mind.
Also her tails was not solid plastic! It was actually hollow. That’s how you got it to blow bubbles, you would squeeze the tail to push out the air through her bubble wand crown. You could also squeeze the air out of her underwater to make bubbles in the bath that way.
Thank you for making this video! I hope you had a lovely birthday!
10:48 this just makes me really hope that Barbie is still making those little movies of hers when Revolutionary Girl Utena becomes public domain
That inclination to adore every superstar in a big poofy gown is absolutely shared, I LOVE that era of Barbie
Back when i was a newer doll collector, about seven years ago, I'd come from another collector community (vintage housewares) and one of my friends from there sold me her late mother's collection of Barbies, almost all from the '90s, alll in box; 100 dolls for $100! I recognize so many of them from your video. So nice. But i also just randomly have the Ginger dog Barbie's cute plaid pants from the thrift.
Happy birthday! And thank you for introducing me to so many dolls I would've never known about through all your videos, it's been a delight 😊
Recommend looking at that so sugary barbie site mentioned in the video, they have Barbie’s categorized by year and it’s so fun looking through your birth year!
@@KingOfGaymesI definitely want to, especially because my mom bought me one the year I was born that I still have in box ❤, i definitely wanna see what else was going on that year in Barbie world
Edit: I checked the site and the first two on the list are an anniversary Midge and a NASCAR one and if that doesn't describe my parents I don't know what does 😂
A perfect year for me to be born to them lol
I was collecting Barbie's in 1996 so I KNOW there were a bunch that came out. I just am enjoying the walk down memory lane. I had blossom Beauty Barbie and those flowers were sewed on and did not come off. Wish I still had her. I still have the miniature doll with the glitter inside for some inexplicable reason though LOL. Thanks for the video!
I was also obsessed with Free Willy as a kid & also could not name any of the major plot points now. Lol it was SUCH a moment at the time tho
Happy 68th birthday!! Your ranking vids are so much fun! It's so funny how our tastes are so similar but also extremely different imo cookies and cream and cookie dough are the same so i was so shocked when its revealed lol Also love your shirt! Slay your 22nd💕
Starlight Dance Barbie was my first barbie when I was a toddler. I still have her somewhere with her updo sort of intact. She has rooted eyelashes, I think.
Oh my gosh, I had the orca barbie, songbird and the shopping one with Kelly. They were all hand me downs from my older cousins, and while some items where already missing (or I ended up losing lol) I still loved them!
PS: I'm not a collector myself but I've been enjoying watching your videos for a while now, reminds me a lot of the joy I had playing with Barbie as a child!
That winter fantasy doll looked more like "romance novel faux historical gown" Barbie lmao.
I HAD THAT BARBIE AND GINGER DOLL SET!!
I also had working out barbie, she was one of my favs
A cousin had blossom beauty and while she is pretty I remember touching the dress and recoiling because of how stiff it all was.
I remembery Granny wanting the Edwardian coke doll, but she couldn't ever talk herself into buying toys for herself. Lol
Evening pearl Barbie looks like Jackie Kennedy.
That holiday Barbie was also one that my Granny wanted. I think she may have bought that one? I know she didnt give it to me as a cover, but u think i remember seeing that in its box.
Ohmygosh I had Blossom Beauty Barbie AND Theresa!! I don't remember the flowers on the dress being very fragile at all, but I wasn't a destructive child so there's that.
Maybe next year for a bday vid, review dolls you were gifted, or make a list of dolls you wish you were gifted/had, or a story time of dolls that are very sentimental to you🫶🏻❤️
Happy Birthday, old man.
But really, I had SO MANY OF THEM. I'm a slightly older old man, I guess. I also had the BIG killer whale from the Sea World Barbie dealie, you had to buy her separately- she was realistically scaled with Barbie, and had these little tough velcro pads on her fins you could match up to some Barbie had to make them swim together! I'm pretty sure she could also spout water. I have an incredibly distinct memory of the material the whales were made from.
However, Hula Hair Barbie was my queen. I had the one with the blue and purple hair!
Happy birthday!!
I can’t believe your already 21, 30, 18! You’ve grown up so fast ☺️
Happy Birthday!! Thank you for celebrating with us with such a great vid! For me, chocolate chip cookie dough and butter pecan are friends, not enemies. Although I will say butter brickle is superior to butter pecan, not to sound completely ancient. 😆
Songbird Barbie took my breath away! I've just met her and she's everything to me! The face, the hair, the dress; she is everything that's good in the world poured into a plastic doll mold. 💖
As a 97 baby, I feel that denial.
A lot of people discount the age since we lost two years to Covid, haha~
happy birthday! 🎉 as a fellow 1996 baby this was a special watch. overall seems like a very fun and strong year for Barbie.
Made me spit my coffee with Evening Pearl Barbie.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy birthday!! I loved my Bubble Mermaid Barbie because her tail would change color under hot or cold water and honestly that was the main feature for her more so than the bubbles. Like the bubbles were cool and all but being able to have a barbie I was able to have in the bath tub and take to the pool and play mermaids with was the real big thing for me.
Video idea- a ranking of all the dolls from each ranking video that have made it into the top tier.
A true showdown of the best of the best.
I can't believe we're getting Barbie reviews from someone turning 76!
Easy chic Barbie is hilarious. And as someone who graduated college in 1996 , some of the fashion definitely brought flashbacks. Neon dressed Barbie reminds me of a very distinctive outfit my mom bought me in that time - bright pink fuzzy sweater over matching pink stirrup pants ( which have not come back in fashion, shockingly).
I feel the same way about cookie dough as you do about cookies and cream, I got them confused for a second and felt so vindicated when you listed the cookies and cream tier lol
The vest sown on the front of shopping fun barbie's shirt is still better than modern mattel. Anything better than printed on and people start claiming "disney checks cleared"
😩😩😩😩 Statue of Liberty!! 😂😂😂
Also, agreed about 1996 Olympics Barbie. Her outfit didn’t enthuse me then, and it does even less now.
Happy birthday!
Evening Pearl Barbie weirdly reminds me of Nancy Regan for some reason??? said it out loud and my sister agree'd but cannot quite put my finger on why. Her hair was never this big, don't know much about her formal fashion, so maybe it's the face? who knows? Girl got Nancy Regan vibes to me regardless
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1996 was part of my "Barbies are for kids " phase of life so I sadly didn't own any of these. Now though I would have loved that BoPeep Barbie. She's reasonably priced on ebay though, so maybe I will have to add her to my collection.
HBD! I would love a ranking from you about the beach barbie lines. Cali Girl, Tropical Beach, Pearl Beach...etc
This was great. That Holiday Barbie is iconic. I also appreciate that you got to play with dolls as a kid. It makes your videos so much richer and interesting. Thank you for sharing!
So many of the puffy dress dolls have a big bow in the front.
Happy birthday!!! Great ranking. I do agree about the so very elaborate updos of 90s. I had a few of these dolls. I always loved the faces
Happy birthday !!!! 14:04 Me and my sis have the Blossom Beauty doll and she has all of her flowers on the dress, still holding on two decades later.... iconic
Happy belated birthday! It’s my own birthday tomorrow and this was the perfect way to set to mood✨appreciate you
City Barbie, School Spirit, Paleontologist Barbie, Ocean Friends, Shopping Fun, Matinee Today and Teen Skipper would’ve gone into top tier for me :)
Happy 98th birthday 🥳
Matinee today Barbie is one of my grail dolls. One day I will find her NIB.
Hahahahaha when he roasted those two poor barbies back to back I was actually crying 😭💀💀
omg we are almost bday twins!!! mine is aug 30 1996 :D happy belated bday fellow virgo!!!
happy birthday!!! if you're ever anxious about running out of video ideas, know that i for one wouldn't mind watching ranking videos like this for like every year of barbie releases
COOKIE DOUGH IS OBJECTIVELY THE BEST!!!!
Happy Birthday!!! Loved the video! '96 was the year I got most of my barbies, this felt so nostalgic😍 The flowers on Blossom Beauty Barbies dress are still all completely intact on my Barbie even though I really played a lot with that dress (it held so many secrets). The flower band that opens the dress, as well as the glitter on the dress are all still intact. The only thing that did not hold up to time was maybe the velcro on the back as usual🥲 but the dress a a whole survived better than the Songbird one (less elastics sure help).
it kinda tracks that ur a august virgo, the august virgos i know (which is all the virgos i personally kno surprisingly) all slay. happy [early] birthday 🎉🩷
omg happy 21st-30th-18th birthday darling 🥳
Don’t forget 56 😀
I had a few of these! Winter Fantasy Barbie looked SO much better in the brunette version (which I luckily had). The dark hair worked a lot better with the darker lips and dress.
Happy birthday! Thank you for inspiring me to pick doll collecting back up as an adult!!
20:10 they free willy it's literally in the name
i can’t believe how many of these i owned as a kid! blossom beauty’s flowers… i do remember her losing a few here and there. happy birthday, anyhow! such a cute and funny video, thanks for sharing your rankings!
My sister was born around the same year as you were. So for her birth, we went to buy her a present with my dad and he let me choose a toy for me too and I chose Working Out Barbie (Barbie Gym Tonic in France). I absolutely LOVED her and I listened to the cassette on repeat during my entire childhood ! So much memories, love your video as usual ! Happy birthday !
my heart is broken I love butter pecan 😭😭
i actually had an ocean friends barbie as a kid but the Kira version. i got a pic from Christmas 1996 with me holding her.
Oh shit, we’re the same age! Super cool to see all the major barbies from my birth year, never would’ve known about most of them otherwise! Happy [REDACTED]th Birthday!
Happy birthday!!!! We have the same birthday!!! so nice we're both turning finally 19
Happy 21st, 30th, 18th, 45th birthday!
Hey, you forgot - *runs* I’m kiiiiiddding!!!
Happy birthday! As soon as I saw you were ranking 1996 Barbies, I immediately clicked to see where my all time childhood favorite Barbie, Paleontologist Barbie, ranked. Glad to see her get some love!! 🥹
Whatever face mold Mattel used often in 1996 (like on Paleontologist Barbie) is my favorite because she’s MY Barbie, you know? I just think she looks so doe eyed and sweet. Bring that face mold back!
Edit: No, it’s not wrong for your ranking to be influenced by sentimental value and nostalgia! That’s half the fun and what makes everyone’s list different.
Okay but it would have been fitting to have Birthday Cake a flavor tier lol
Im so pumped for this video. I love barbie rankings
happy birthday leo legend!!! you are such an incredible asset to this community, thank you for what you do!
I'm guessing alot of Barbies was made byt im surprised u knew this much about the gorgeous gal with many occupation so im impressed and love ur videos ^^
happy birthday!! wishing you the sweetest year yet 🎉
96 Holiday Barbie is one of my favorite dolls. I absolutely loved her in 96 and still do. One of the first Barbie’s I bought when I got into collecting.
P.S. Robert Hair Barbie with pearls I'd totally use as Barbie's crazy aunt Becky.
Happy birthday!! Love your videos ❤️
edit: all these barbies are so cute, I love the first one who is the princess, and all their faces are super sweet, makes me nostalgic 😭
Happy birthday sweetheart ❤
Happy birthday girlie!!
This is such a fun way to celebrate your birthday!!! I really wanna see what kind of Barbie’s came out the year I was born now…
First! Omg this is my first time getting first ahhhh
Also happy birthday 🎉
I have Barbie and Ginger and I loved her as a child! The possability was amazing, not very common then, amazing hair and the gimmick of the dog pulling the skate was amazing.
Have doctor Barbie and in Spain it came saying that part of the benefits where for children hospitals.
WORKOUT BARBIE IS AMAZING! Have her to, and the outfit is amazing in real life.
So true, Olimpic Barbie was a reskin of gymnastics. But had them both XD it was te year of articulation Barbie for me I see. But I don't think I got them all the same year.
Ocean friends I had Kira and loved her so badly. Her hair is still soft.
I remember my estranged uncle giving me that Olympics Barbie, and I cried and cried because I already had it lol
Happy birthday!! And omg this is such a cute idea!