As some of you may know, I love collecting dolls, among them barbie(R) dolls. This week has been a little chaotic, because in celebration of Tokidoki (R)´s 10th anniversary, both Tokidoki(R) and Barbie(R) joined super designer power to bring a new doll, which I personally have been anxiously waiting for. I am sure that collectors from both brands had been waiting for a while to see if the rumors were true. I know I was! The date was set for September 1st 2015.

Image created as FanArt by Missha Vara (copyrights of the brand belong to both Barbie (R) and Tokidoki(R), the graphic's copyrights belong to The Happy Baby Blog's Missha Vara)

(Originally posted on October 15th, 2013. This was a review that I made for this doll when it came out in 2013. I am in the verge of merging my previous blog with this one, and since I will be reviewing more dolls of this collection in the near future, I thought it pertinent to repost this review here. I will be deleting the old blog eventually and I know that a lot of people love this doll, reason why I wanted to share it here. It is easier this way than to go back and forth from one blog to the other. Enjoy)

Fabulously Immortalized

After two years of hunting for this doll, I finally made her part of my beloved collection. I love that I can be working and turn to my left, see my doll display case, and there she is, inspiring beauty to my day.

As I mentioned in my previous post (which you can read here), I had been looking for a while for a doll that I really wanted--more like--I needed her. I have been collecting dolls for most of my life, and I felt this was a perfect gift for myself.

The only problem was that I couldn't find the doll anywhere online at a reasonable price. Most of the retailers were selling her for 50% more of the original price and up. I just couldn't afford her that way. That is when I attracted the opportunity by bumping into a Gotta Toy.

And there she was. Only one in stock and waving at me. The price was perfect! It was almost like if I had bought her from the original retailer on sale, plus the shipping cost. Of course I did not hesitate to buy her. This time I had the money and the need to add her to my precious doll collection was immense.

What I liked:
I was very happy to see that Gotta Toy had a diverse array of collectible toys, not only dolls, which gave me a great source to purchase future special gifts for my family and friends who also collect different items. The prices were good, and their service was as good as could be expected, in my opinion.

I loved that I was able to pay through paypal, because I get a little paranoid about sharing my billing information with companies that I barely know. This gave me a sense of trust with Gotta Toy, plus I knew I was also protected under paypal's buyer protection plans.