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Barbie Dolls: A Brief History

by Sally Worsham, Posted Oct 27th 2009 3:00PM

Barbie, quite possibly the most iconic of all dolls, was introduced on March 9, 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York. Ruth Handler, the Mattel co-founder, based the design for the first Barbie off a German doll, Bild Lilli, which ...
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Barbie Girls in a Barbie World - At the Prom?

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jul 10th 2009 5:00PM

Teens are all dolled up for prom. Image: Mikael Buck, Solentnews.biz
Prom has always been about going over the top on the glam front, but two British girls have gone to new and unusual lengths: They had themselves delivered to their prom in ...
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Barbie Designer was a Pervert?

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jan 9th 2009 5:00PM

Mattel's beloved Barbie will turn 50 on March 9th and already the stories celebrating her life and style are popping up on the Web. But, according to a new book, there are hidden secrets in the fashionable, anatomically-impossible doll's past that ...
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Barbie gets leather and fishnets

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 17th 2008 3:00PM

Barbie has always provoked strong emotions in some, but with the introduction of Bratz dolls, she seemed downright quaint. Well, she is quaint no more. With Mattel's September release of a doll based on the DC comic superhero Black Canary, Barbie is ...
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Barbie sells for 17,000 dollars

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Sep 27th 2006 1:08PM

The most expensive Barbie doll in the world was sold at an auction yesterday for $ 17,000.00 US. "Midnight Red Barbie" was sold by a woman in the sale room at Christie's, on behalf of an anonymous collector. Most of the dolls, from the personal ...
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