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Laura Kate Shippert has Paid hundreds of pounds for a single Blythe doll

you are wondering which toys are The Most collectible: train sets, die-cast cars, and of course Star Wars figures. The Most obsessed of the collected samples tend to have One thing in Common - they were originally marketed to the young.

While these toys are collected, exclusively by men, women are less likely to have huge collections of them. So the vintage toys, women looking for?

Blythe Blythe mused about the mysteries of Stonehenge during your visit to the famous Stone Circle , thanks to their oversized head and bulging eyes, to change color with the pull of a cord, not many girls play with Blythe, when it was introduced in 1972.

But Blythe has sell weird way in the last few years, popular and original dolls now for Between £500 and £2.000, depending on your condition.

"they were only published for a year," says Laura Kate Shippert, One of the organizers, which was held in Bristol earlier this month. "They failed terribly; the people thought they were freaky and a bit Scary . "

Blythe doll was lucky enough to see Notre Dame before the disastrous fire of their popularity in the last few years, was called triggered by a book, This is Blythe, in which photographer Gina Garan , The Dolls artfully posing like real models featured. Other then picking up second-hand-Blythe dolls - which were started relatively cheap at the Time - Dressing in glamorous outfits and photographed them in exotic locations.

The renewed interest has led to a new Blythe-produced dolls, in the municipality known as the "Neo Blythe's" - and these are pretty valuable to.

"have you gone anywhere from £100 to £400 new, then after a while some of the more popular and harder to find, and the prices fluctuate," says Laura, Kate.

she has 17 Blythe dolls, but only One is an original from 1972. You Paid £400 for it about 10 years ago, the "bargain" was also in Time .

Blythe decided to go for a classic tourist pose in front of the Eiffel Tower , Laura Kate holds her own collection is still very small in comparison to other people.

"I know someone who has like 40 and I think, 'but you could house a'," she says. "If that's what makes you happy and that is what you want to spend your money, she's an adult, you can make your decisions. It is not cocaine. "

My Little Pony-Martina Foster (right) is known in the pony community as a Sparkler, your favorite My Little Pony-My Little Pony-started phenomenon, as The Toys were in 1982. Over 150 million ponies were supposed to be sold, in the 1980s, with their popularity enhanced by an animated TV series. Actor Danny Devito , also lent his voice for the 1986 film My Little Pony: The Movie .

Martina Foster loves My Little Pony so much, she has filled a "pony room" in your house with Somewhere Between 2,000 and 3,000 of them, to the value of Between £10,000 and £15,000.

Martina was seven years old when she her first - a pony named Tootsie printed with lollipop "cutie marks". You re-discovered when searching eBay, as a student, then you got your old One from The Loft .

These two ponies enjoyed prancing in The Sun , on A Day on The River , Dressing up as a pony is promoted in the UK PonyCon, but the participants are not allowed to wear real metal horseshoes, " I thought, 'I'll buy the One I always wanted to, just for the fun of it'," she says. "And then they get sucked. "

Martina says, the market fluctuates but rarely in good condition can now thousands of pounds to get. The Most she has Spent on it is £200 for a pony by the name of Rapunzel - "a bargain", because it is now worth £500.

Martina is Vice-Chairman of this year in Nottingham this weekend. As well as the tightening of the collectors of the original toys, the convention attracts fans of My Little Pony: friendship is magic animated series, which launched in 2010 is.

My Little Pony was originally built in 1982 by Hasbro, and was revived Three Times since then, While My Little Pony was marketed towards girls in the 1980's, many fans of the animated series are adult men.

", It is quite watchable, even for grown-ups," says Martina . "You can see it, as an adult, and there are some funny things and in the end it is all about friendship and acceptance of other people. "

Pippa Heather Swann photos of your dolls, and posts photos online Pippa was marketed as "the Pocket Money fashion doll", when it was sold in the 1970s, but Vectis auctions Pippa dolls for as much as £1,400 has sold in the past few years. You and your friends are much shorter than normal fashion dolls at only 6. 5 inch (16. 5cm) large, which meant that production costs were low.

Heather Swann started to collect them about 20 years ago, after picking One up in a charity shop for 50p. They wanted to collect to you as a way of regaining their childhood.

"this Is not the reason why people collect toys?", she says.

Heather has over 50 Pippa dolls, of Leicestershire toy-makers Palitoy To Heather 's charity shop find to buy began, more dolls on eBay.

"they were a lot cheaper then, as the ladies begins at a certain age, to find you," she says. "Unfortunately, they are now too expensive, and many collectors are after them. "

Heather says Pippa dolls are more expensive Heather describes her collection of over 50 dolls, as a "medium size" how many women have hundreds. She has seen to sell individual dolls for hundreds of pounds, but The Most you ever Spent £40.

"I don't tend to buy the expensive dolls, I now look for those who have the need for a transformation," she says. "I enjoy The Process of recovery. "

Care Bears Jennifer Hawkins 200-Care Bears take up so much space in your house that you have bought a bunk bed for you, the Care Bears were originally appear to be painted in 1981 on greeting cards, before the character turned into a soft toy in 1983. A TV series followed, as well as books, an abundance of goods, the convinced was several LPs and a film in 1985, for which Carole King , writing and singing songs for the soundtrack.

Jennifer Hawkins loves Care Bears had as much as you, your favorite One , in front of the sleeping Bear go, on your arm tattooed.

"I was looking around earlier, and I think I have a little concern with in every room except my bathroom," says Jennifer, who lives in Gloucester with 200 on the Care Bears .

"But you Make Me happy, so I'm pretty happy to have you, everywhere. I like the cuteness, I like to talk, the small faces, I like the fact that they represent different feelings. "

Jennifer Spent £140 on this 25th anniversary edition of Bedtime Bear, Jennifer of your favorites got a name Beanie "comfort" when your grandfather died The Day after her 14th birthday.

"[The hat] comes pretty much everywhere with me now," she says.

Jennifer had a tattoo of Bedtime bear sitting on a cloud, you estimate your collection worth a few thousand is"". The Spent was on an individual bear £140, which was a 25th anniversary version of the go to sleep, and to spend resisted the temptation, £pay 500 on an original in the 1980s before going to bed, which was still in The Box .

"Unfortunately, I can't afford to spend a month rent on a bear," she says. "This is definitely a bit too much. "

Barbie and SindyBarbie launched was opened in 1959 and quickly became a cultural icon, the collect fans with each new generation of girls.

Linda Richardson was not One of them. As your mother, your Barbies, they hacked gave away their heads.

Most of Linda's puppets advertising mug - "never removed from box," "My Passion was always cowboys and Indians, and motorcycles and All That stuff," says Linda, who lives in Cumbria. But she now has an "obsession" with dolls, and has More Than 500, a value of over £35,000 in a "conservative estimate".

her passion was ignited 15 years ago on a trip to buy gifts for her son.

"I saw these Indians, and it was Barbies and set it off, really," she says.

not to buy The Dolls , which began the exploration of Barbie online and found a whole New World ".

Most of those buys you is aimed at collectors, rather than the typical Barbie dolls for children. She keeps them protected behind glass doors in a room lined with wall cabinets.

Linda some photos of her dolls and puts it on Instagram, These Native American dolls Linda's ignited an interest in Barbie she has also "de-boxed" dolls in dioramas, photos and posts on Instagram. "It's just something to do," she says. "It keeps me out of trouble. "

Others argue for the Barbie-rival, which went on to the best-selling fashion doll in the UK when launched in 1963.

Melanie Quint only had a Sindy as a child, but now has 60 or 70, to a value Between three and four thousand pounds.

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Source of news: bbc.com