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Barbie Update: Black and White Dolls Now the Same Price

by Brett Singer, Posted Mar 12th 2010 1:00PM

Can't we all just get along? White and black Barbie dolls are now the same price at a Louisiana Walmart. Credit: Michelle Chidoni, Mattel
Barbiegate ends here.
When Mattel found out a Louisiana Walmart was selling the dark-skinned Ballerina ...
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Breaking Barbie News: 'Mad Men' Dolls and Discounted Black Barbie

by Brett Singer, Posted Mar 10th 2010 3:14PM

Sorry, "Mad Men" Barbies will not come with cigarettes or martinis. Credit: Mattel, Inc.
On "Mad Men," Joan Holloway is used to being called "doll" -- now she really is one. Mattel has announced plans to make dolls based on four characters ...
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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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