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Maybe you still wish you kind of like could play with one and just relive that experience.

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Jessica, talk to me about the toys that you collect.

I collect vintage Barbie dolls, 59 to 66, because I'm your typical boomer recollecting my childhood.

And I have about $20 and a couple of the original Barbie dream houses and her cars and loads of outfits with all the accessories.

I kind of do it like baseball cards.

I don't, it is possible these days, especially to buy complete outfits.

I don't do that.

I look around for little bits and pieces.

I travel a lot for work when I'm in places for a while.

back before the internet, would put ads in local papers and things and buy collections from people who wanted to get rid of them.

I love it.

Jessica, so you have the dolls.

How do you interact with these dolls? Are they on display? Do you change their clothing every now and then? Do you actually play? Do they have little imaginary conversations between each other?

No, I'm afraid I don't actually play with them.

I do...

Definitely, and not as often as I wish I did, to be honest.

They are on display.

I do change their outfits.

Once in a while, I'll get the Barbie Dreamhouse out.

particularly for the holidays, for instance, and then I'll set it all up like they're having a Christmas party and dress them all in red outfits and whatever.

Things like that I love to do.

That counts as play, Jessica.

That counts as play, I think.

Maybe you still wish you kind of like could play with one and just relive that experience.

866-893-5722 is our number.

You can also write in atcomments at laist.com. Jessica is calling us from Silver Lake.

Jessica, talk to me about the toys that you collect.

I collect vintage Barbie dolls, 59 to 66, because I'm your typical boomer recollecting my childhood.

And I have about $20 and a couple of the original Barbie dream houses and her cars and loads of outfits with all the accessories.

I kind of do it like baseball cards.

I don't, it is possible these days, especially to buy complete outfits.

I don't do that.

I look around for little bits and pieces.

I travel a lot for work when I'm in places for a while.

back before the internet, would put ads in local papers and things and buy collections from people who wanted to get rid of them.

I love it.

Jessica, so you have the dolls.

How do you interact with these dolls? Are they on display? Do you change their clothing every now and then? Do you actually play? Do they have little imaginary conversations between each other?

No, I'm afraid I don't actually play with them.

I do...

Definitely, and not as often as I wish I did, to be honest.

They are on display.

I do change their outfits.

Once in a while, I'll get the Barbie Dreamhouse out.

particularly for the holidays, for instance, and then I'll set it all up like they're having a Christmas party and dress them all in red outfits and whatever.

Things like that I love to do.

That counts as play, Jessica.

That counts as play, I think.