Still Working On The Last Dolls Hair, And New Additions To My Collection

I've noticed a lot of people on youtube making spoofs of the American show robot chicken with Barbie dolls. I was thinking of starting one myself using Sindy dolls, and using more British humour (which is not what you think it is if you still think we like Benny Hill!) Would anyone be interested in seeing that? Do you think it would be funny? I would make it with the same kind of humour they use in Robot Chicken, just with a British slant. Anyway here are some pictures of the latest additions to my doll collection.

I have got a new addition to my Sindy collection, from the markings on her head I can tell she dates from about 1983 to 1985, so she's nearly as old as me!
The other doll in the above picture is how far I've got on re-rooting the doll in the post below, she needs much more work I've just been really busy lately.

And this is a pocahontas Disney doll my friend gave me as he knew I collected Sindy dolls, sadly he passed away shortly afterwards. I intend to try and restore her hair but I probably won't re-root her as it's quite a tough job and if the doll doesn't need it we quite often don't we just restore the dolls original hair.

Sindy Waiting For New Hair.

Modelling on the new sofa that arrived today courtesy of eBay Sindy is just awaiting 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 (the holes her original hair was threaded through) as when I pulled out the old hair some of the holes near the front of her hairline seemed 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. This doll dates from the early 80's.
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.

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.