in 1959 at the New York Toy Fair, her male competitors laughed her out of the room: nobody, they insisted, would want to play with a doll with breasts. Still, Barbie’s sales took off ...

It's the ultimate doll,” Yarbrough says. As of Friday, the current bid is $12,000. Never miss a story — sign ... March 9! “Barbie is really the only toy I played with,” says Volain ...

But even beyond the crossover, the concept of making a self-aware movie about this character does have some story ... is, Barbie has always been a much bigger franchise than other dolls and ...

Barbie, the iconic fashion doll launched by Mattel in 1959, has long been a beloved toy for generations of children ... that children between the ages of 4 and 8 were more likely to talk about ...

Ruth decided there should be a proper doll onto which girls could project their highest aspirations. (In another version of this origin story ... annual Toy Fair in New York City. In Barbie ...

When did we go from decrying the body image standards set by our Barbie dolls to buying merch to wear to midnight showings of the new Barbie film? Jess Bacon explores… In an age of nostalgia, it ...

T he world’s most famous doll is getting her own exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center this spring and summer. Featuring ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

The dolls also include a handful of other clothes they can change into, as well as a toy replica of the car Barbie drives in the film. Gosling's Ken dolls are already drawing buzz — much like ...

She's Barbie: The doll that's launched the imaginations of millions of girls − and maybe as many think pieces about her role in American culture, fashion and feminism. But maybe Barbie is more ...