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Jul. 21, 2024

Collector Lisa’s extreme passion for dolls has led her to assemble one of the most extensive collections we have ever seen – over 30,000 dolls! Lisa has everything from Barbie dolls to horror dolls. 

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1. Crissy Doll

Lisa Whelchel also had one of these dolls growing up! Crissy dolls were known for their "growing hair" gimmick, where hair could be pulled out to a longer length, and then wound back in. This one is Lisa's original from childhood, complete with the original dress. Lisa also found all of Crissy's friends!

2. Medusa Barbie

When a member of Lisa's doll club won a ticket for a trip to Ellis Island featuring all the Barbies of the world, she invited Lisa to go along with her. The designer of this Medusa Barbie was there, and Lisa brought along her certificate of authenticity and got a signature! There were only three of these Greek goddess Barbies released, which makes them a rare commodity. 

3. American Girl Dolls

These American Girl dolls are unique; they were made by the original maker of American Girl dolls, the Pleasant Company, which only produced three models. Lisa stumbled across these at a thrift store, and restored them herself. 

4. Fashion Royalty Doll

This isn't a Barbie! It's a Fashion Royalty doll called Poppy Parker. This particular doll was a convention exclusive, with only 600 released, and it took Lisa a long time to track one of them down, and even then she had to find the outfit separately!

5. Riley Doll

This is a Helen Kish doll. It's especially valuable to Lisa because of the personal connection. She was very close to one of the members of a doll club, who taught Lisa a lot about dolls. When this member passed away, Lisa was given her Riley dolls, since Lisa was the daughter she never had. This particular doll was the member's favorite. It's worth about $100, but to Lisa, it's priceless.

6. Violette Barbie

This is one of the only platinum label Barbies ever created! It comes from the "Silkstone Line", a discontinued line of Barbies created by Robert Best. In order to get Violette, you had to be on a dealer's A-list. They're an expensive item to collect, easily going for over $1,000.

7. The total value of Lisa's doll collection:

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sagafrat69 3 months ago
To see the reaction Lisa W. had when she saw the Crissy doll was fun to watch. No matter how old one gets deep down one can always still be a kid at heart. I remember when Lisa was a teenager and I actually spoke to her by phone when she was a teenager. She hasn't changed much which when you watch the show is sometimes hard to believe if you do remember her when she was younger. She's a little older than me but not by much. "Collector's Call" really blows by way to fast. Should be an hour but then we'd lose a half hour of MASH and I know MeTV lovers would really hate that lol. Good episode. I have to say it had to be a little creepy when you turn the lights off and you have a thousand dolls staring into space. Couldn't pay me to be with all those dolls at night.
AltBill 3 months ago
The best way to watch this show is to record it, then pause the show when the camera pans the collection and try to look at all the stuff. Wish they would cover more than 6 or so items. And stop repeating what is going on, the show is only 30 minutes, we remember. It is a must watch show though.
There was another lady that did a collectors show that was very Good, I don't think it was Me TV, someone help me remember.
top_cat_james_1 AltBill 3 months ago
The show definitely needs an hour runtime. Also wish they would stop revealing the trade/wish-list items right at the beginning of the program! The earlier seasons eschewed this practice.
top_cat_james_1 3 months ago
Lisa's daughter is smoking hot (Big surprise, right?)
AltBill top_cat_james_1 3 months ago
Thats the Facts of Life!
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