Barbie girl in a Barbie world! German collector shows off world's biggest Barbie doll exhibit

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World-famous doll collector Bettina Dorfmann started small with her childhood Barbies and developed an empire of 18,000 dolls, as seen on Sunday in Dusseldorf.

The children’s toy collection can be admired at the East Frisian State Museum in the seaport city of Emden through August 26 under the title ‘Busy girl – Barbie makes a career.’

Dorfmann started growing her Barbie collection almost 26 years ago and has showcased it at doll-themed exhibitions, museums and stores. Part of her exhibition is kept at the Ratingen Doll and Toy Museum, and the rest are displayed at her home.

“Back then, I started small with my collection. Those were the dolls from my childhood, and I just wanted to add a few more, and it started relatively early that I started showing at exhibitions, in museums and so on and then, of course, I needed a lot more dolls, and then one or the other came along, and now I own over 18,000 Barbie dolls,” stated Bettina.

Keeping the collection in good condition is not an easy task stated Bettina, “Everything really must be in great condition, and you have to watch out for the vinyl compounds that change with dust. Then you have to look at how you store them and always check them.”

Dorfmann has five entries in the Guinness World Book of Records, thanks to her vinyl plastic collection.

The Southern California 11 inch (29 cm) tall doll came out in 1959 and was produced by Mattel, Inc. Her image was based on the German Lilli doll, which was based on a comic strip from the newspaper Bild.

Throughout history, Barbie dolls have attracted criticism for the image of women they convey. Her skinny arms, long legs, narrow waist, and big breasts do not reflect a natural, proportionate body and could be a novice stereotype.

Others argue that she was portrayed as a woman of several professions; a doctor, pilot, astronaut, and even a presidential candidate, and was not only relegated to homemaking roles.

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SOT, Bettina Dorfmann, Collector (German): “It’s not that easy to clean the large collection and to keep it clean, because with the Barbie dolls it is really like with postage stamps, so as soon as a corner is damaged or something, it is incomplete, you can like it, but it is not so for the collector. Well, everything really must be in great condition, and you have to watch out for the vinyl compounds that change with dust. Then you have to look at how you store them and always check them. Somehow, there are already adhesions on the plastics and so on with the materials. Well, it is very, very complex and time-consuming to keep everything in good condition.”

SOT, Bettina Dorfmann, Collector (German): “My collection was actually created like this: I took the dolls from my childhood out of the basement and yes, it was just such a beautiful childhood memory. I wanted to give it to my daughter, and she didn’t want it. Then I also realized they were a mirror of our time, except my dolls were from the 60s and my daughter was born in the 90s and then I saw that there was such a resemblance. And then I started to restore and assemble my dolls myself little by little and then went off and visited flea markets and asked people and started to expand the collection.”

SOT, Bettina Dorfmann, Collector (German): “It’s been 26 years now and the whole thing actually only started small back then. I only wanted my dolls to be complete from what they were missing and maybe find a few things that one would have wished for. I was looking for back then then. Yes, and that’s when I came to Barbie Exchanges and of course, you find a lot of collectors there. And for the summer it’s always important that you make good swaps or exchanges, because it is very difficult to find them in the flea markets, where the things you usually find are very much used and that’s why I started to restore the dolls and now I have the only Barbie clinic and I’m now also an expert in dolls and toys and Barbies, of course.”

SOT, Bettina Dorfmann, Collector (German): “Back then, I started small with my collection. Those were the dolls from my childhood, and I just wanted to add a few more and it started relatively early that I started showing at exhibitions, in museums and so on and then of course I needed a lot more dolls and then one or the other came along and now I own over 18,000 Barbie dolls. I have the world record with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records, so actually already 5 entries in the Guinness Book of Records and then also in the German Records Book, in the Indian Record Book and meanwhile, I also got my special (inaudible) mention for activities in enrichening Barbie dolls.”

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