User talk:HayleyJo87

Polly Pocket Collection
http://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/polly-pocket-toys-every-90s-girl-will-remember#.ahdDoJKKD

I asked for a few Polly Pocket toys when I was younger over Christmases and birthdays, including number two on the list, but like most childhood they, became lost in the trunk of my past. A few years ago my dad found a couple in the garage and brought them over to possibly sell online. Whilst scanning the lists of similar items to price my own, I discovered a Disney Pocahontas set- the Powhatan Tent. As Pocahontas was my favourite Disney leading lady (I had the bed-spread; lunch box; dolls, you name it, I had it), I was filled with nostalgia and quickly snapped it up as a treat. My Polly Pocket collection snowballed from there.

Much to my fiancé’s annoyance, I became addicted and was buying two or three a month because with every new set, there was a different thing to appreciate in the art-work, pint-sized objects and secret nooks. Then similar to my Pocahontas obsession, I moved onto merchandise buying backpacks, Roller-skates, everything and anything Polly branded. I’ve only had to stop collecting because I have run out of space to store them in our flat. At last count in total I have close to 50 items in total. I have three favourites sets. The first is the writer’s suitcase, which I built up the pieces to include the stationary, dolls and the pink and gold embossed paper, which to be in mint condition after 23 years was a rare find. The second is a sleepover set, where Polly and her friend are in polka-dot pyjamas, in the lower part of the shell, there is a button to click and the picture changes on the television and the couch folds down into a bed. On the upper part of the shell, a miniature American fridge-freezer opens which reminds me of midnight munchies during childhood sleep-overs with my best friend. The third one is another sleep-over theme but a miniature dressing table where tiny cups, saucers, hair clips and pyjama wearing dolls, two babies and a black cat are a part of the collection.

My most expensive one was probably the Christmas toy shop which is mint in box that I am now too scared to open but I would not make enough from it to sell in this country so it sits in a suitcase with the others. If my fiancé and I ever get a big enough house, I will showcase them in a class cabinet but for now, I only take them out to admire the detailing when I’m feeling particularly nostalgic. Needless to say my old sets were never put up online after my fondness for Polly and her friends grew.

Did anyone else have Polly Pockets growing up? Which ones were your favourites?

HayleyJo87 (talk) 10:48, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

Comments
Polly Pockets!! I remember those! I never loved them too much as a child, but I did have plenty. I remember their rubber clothing and how they would rip if you tried too hard to get them on the doll, haha. But I think its interesting that you're rediscovering the joys of Polly Pocket through the internet and places like Ebay. Without them, there's a chance you would never find these dolls again. Its cool how technology can facilitate that love once more, even about fifteen years after the Polly Pocket craze. Hfk667 (talk) 11:57, 10 February 2016 (UTC)