and today I'm doing a restoration on a 28-year-old Polly Pocket set from my collection. Polly Pockets are compact toys that come in many shapes. They were intended to be collectibles in the '90s.

“Someone had posted their Polly Pocket Mulan set, and I was like, ‘What is this? I’ve never seen this before!’ ” she recalls. “Mulan is my favorite movie of all time. I was ...