Before we start, i'm sorry about the quality of the photos. My back was still absolutely killing me and it made me a bit rushed to get off the floor before I did more damage.
But we've reached the 1980s at last!
The 80s are perhaps the most chaotic of Sindy's decades, ending ultimately with the near demise of Pedigree toys and the acquisition of Sindy by American company Hasbro.
So let's get into it!
The 1980s, Sindy's problem years.
Appologies for the delay. We had a massive heat wave which made doing anything extra hard, then I put my back out.
So it's been a "fun" few weeks. *sigh*
Anyway, this time we're tackling the 70s. Now, the 70s era is the one with the most pricey dolls, they're the ones most people seem to remember fondly and as a result have the biggest collector market. And i get it, they have gorgeous high colour faces, but it's annoying when you're poor and stingy like I am hahah.
That means there's several dolls missing from my timeline here, and i'm unlikely to obtain them any time soon as prices keep just going up and up and up.
Booo!
Maybe i'll get lucky some day.
But hey, let's get into this.
September 6th (apparently) marks Sindy's 60th birthday, so obviously as a big Sindy fan I had to mark the occassion somehow.
Especially considering pedigree themselves can't be trusted to do anything.
For instance, for Sindy's 50th Pedigree made a big song and dance about how there were "exciting things" coming. We got some cute artwork and a website teasing said artwork, but nothing else. In fact, all Pedigree DID do was release some bedspreads and calendars.... in Turkey.
So forgive me if i'm not optimistic this time will be any different.
But let's not let saltiness put a damper on our girl's celebration.
I decided to get my dolls out and do a little time line/retrospective sort of thing, and in the process figure out precisely which dolls i'm missing from my collection so I can have a nice strict wishlist. (how long do you think that'll last? HAH)
this is gonna take a while... we have got 60 years to get through after all.
