Sindy Waiting For New Hair.

Modelling on the new sofa that arrived today courtesy of eBay Sindy is just arriving the arrival of her new hair which should come tomorrow, then I can begin re-rooting her. I think I may have damaged a few of the plug holes as i pulled out the old hair as some of the holes near the front of her hairline seem a bit big, apparently I can remedy this with glue when I put the new hair in.
Then I just have to get some more black hair so I can do her eye lashes and she'll be finished, sadly I got outbid on the 70's doll I was trying to get from eBay but I'll find more.
I'm also awaiting the arrival of a new sewing machine so I'll be able to start making new clothes for the dolls from the patterns I've had for a while now which will add a bit more individuality to my restorations.

About To Re-Root Another Sindy, And Bought A Paul Doll.

I just got a Paul Doll from good old eBay (Paul is the equivalent of Ken to Barbie), he's by Hasbro and is from 1987. The person I bought him from had dressed him that shirt and a pair of shorts that I think were meant for a Sindy doll so they looked like hot pants, making him look even camper than he does now.
I'm finally going to re-root the older Sindy I bought a couple of years ago now pictured here in the Horse and cart. I'll order some hair from retro dolls tomorrow and start as soon as it arrives, I'm planning to bid on a couple more older Sindy's from eBay too. I hope to eventually make some kind of youtube video featuring them all and telling some kind of story as there are loads done with Barbie dolls.

finished re-rooting Sindy.

I actually finished her a few days after the last post but have only just got round to posting the pictures.


I'm quite pleased with the result but if you are attempting to do a similar thing i.e make a doll that was blonde a brunette, I recommend painting her head a darker colour first. As the light colour of her scalp shows through the hair as you can see in this picture.



My next project will be the pedigree Sindy pictured below in the horse and cart who I will probably restore as a blonde as she is an older doll and it will be nice to restore her to how she used to look.

Started Re-Rooting Sindy.

My re-rooting kit arrived and I've started re-rooting the Sindy doll with black hair, It's a long process but it's starting to look good. I'm also waiting for some patterns to be delivered for clothes for Sindy sized dolls which will be good as I can dress her myself without buying old sindy clothes.

Here's a picture of the front which is nearly done.



And here's a picture of the back which I haven't finished yet.


It'll be a few more days before she's done but the black hair will look good with her lilac eyes I think.

Another Sindy

Really sorry about the lack of posts have just noticed I haven't posted here for more than a year I will try and make more effort posting generally about doll collecting, I haven't got any new dolls recently is the main reason for my lack of posts.



This is a Sindy I got last year but never got round to posting earlier, her hair needs re doing that's why I bought her I found some great Sindy sites that inspired me I intended to give her new hair but just never got round to it. Mysindy.com is a great site with lots of information about Sindy Dolls and useful links, one of them is to the retro dolls site which specialises in the hair for re-rooting many dolls including sindys. I'm going to treat myself to their "complete re-rooting kit" and restore this dolls hair with it in Black, if I'm successful I may take it up as a hobby and start buying up old sindys and re-rooting their hair and making costumes for them, there are some amazing hair colours you can get bright pink and purple etc, you could make some crazy looking dolls. I'll post the results here as soon as I've re-rooted her, and I'll hopefully make a costume for her too.

Sindys Toilet

I bought this on ebay now all I need is the Bath and Sink and I have the whole Sindy Bathroom, I've also bid on another Sindy and have added some links. I've entered the blog on Doll Top Sites (link to right) so be sure to keep visiting so I get to the top :)

Rexard Miss World Doll

Another Rexard Doll though I'm not sure which one as she came without the box, if anyone knows please let me know in a comment.