Video clip from National Convention 2010 in Cleveland

The 2010 National Barbie Collectors Convention was held in Cleveland.

I didn't go. I've actually never been to the national convention. I thought about going the year it was in Detroit, looked up the hotel fees and other costs, and realized I couldn't afford the $500 or so it would cost to book before the show sold out, stay at the hotel, and shop at the vendor room.

But there are some clips on YouTube. If you can be patient through the skit in the first part of this clip from the finale from the 2010 convention, you'll see a parade of models wearing replicas of doll fashions. How cute.

When I was a member of the Ohio Fashion Doll Collector Club

The only doll club I've held membership in was the Ohio Fashion Doll Collector Club. It was based in the Akron area and I was a member during the late 1990s. I lived in northwest Ohio then, and Akron was only a 90-minute drive. Akron wouldn't be very do-able with the additional hour's drive from the Detroit area, which is where I live now.


I did go to the doll club's convention in fall 1998 and this was the one of a kind keepsake doll from the show - Teresa in a 1960s "Mod" outfit. I also bought a white version of this dress.