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Barbie Princess and the Pauper dolls

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2006 18:20

I managed to find the Princess Anneliese doll in a sale before christmas for £10. Last one on the shelf.
I know the Erika doll's have been hard to get hold of but I am on a mission to try and get dd one.
I've just looked on e-bay and people have been bidding around £30!! . Are these people totally insane??
I know I'd like to get hold of one but I'm not quite that mad.
E-bay are selling the two dolls in a set for about £50!

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sparklymieow · 02/01/2006 18:22

You can not get Erika in the shops now, eBay is the only way. TBH you were lucky to get Anneliese.

sparklymieow · 02/01/2006 18:22

I have both and I did pay 27 pounds last year for Erika

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2006 18:24

I know. I couldn't believe it when I saw it sat on a shelf. There was a small girl playing with it while her mum was looking at something else. I was gritting my teeth behind this girls and in my mind was saying to her "put the doll down and walk away you little brat!"
I must have been standing there for about 10 minutes.
She put it down and I snatched it up straight away.

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sparklymieow · 02/01/2006 18:27

lol I have done that as well, standing behind a child, waiting and willing them to put it down. 50 pounds eh? wonder if dd1 will let me sell her two??

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2006 18:31

If I really think about it dd probably wouldn't care less if I didn't get the other one. She is only 4 FFS. I'm probably buying it more for myself.
I'm sure your dd won't mind if you sell them - anyway £50 would pay for a night out wouldn't it?

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sparklymieow · 02/01/2006 18:33

well, I think they are rubbish together, you can't make them sing together as one is slighty out of sync. So don't worry about it.

SpaGlorytoBlog · 02/01/2006 18:45

Reminds me...Have you met DD's Hispanic Annalise and Erika?

I'm just like You!

Oooh, password is Nikki if you are asked

MaryBS · 02/01/2006 19:24

I had a friend post me an Erika from Australia!

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2006 19:26

That's a good idea - I have a friend in Perth and also have friends in America. Guess I could ask them to keep an eye out for me.

Did it cost much?

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misdee · 02/01/2006 19:31

i paid near on 40pounds for dd1 erika, madness i mnow but she had been asking fora year.

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2006 19:33

Hi Misdee - how are things with you? Hope the pox is clearing in your household. Hope Peter is doing okay.
£40 for on doll. Yup you're mad!!!

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Hulababy · 02/01/2006 22:03

Princess Anneliese is inthe Boots 50% off sale here - only £9.99

Sorry, no Erika of course.

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2006 22:04

Why was the Erika one so much more popular to buy or did they make more of the Anneliese ones for some reason?

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MaryBS · 04/01/2006 15:52

My friend in Australia and I did a gift exchange, I sent her Pickled onion Monster munch and curry pot noodle in exchange! But I believe she paid about £20 for it.

I tried a few friends in America and they couldn't get it.

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