October 17, 2012 For many young girls their Barbie doll or dolls were a prized possession, and so were all her accessories. But, times are tough and Barbie is selling her dream house on Craigslist.
January 6, 2012 I want to pick this little girl up and put her in my pocket! At a very young age, she's already grasping the concept of toy makers marketing toward gender.
I came from an era when little brothers were forced to play Barbies by their big sisters
She may not look like the traditional Malibu Barbie, but pop tart Katy Perry reverted to her ‘California Gurls’ look for her toy transformation. Like her pal Nicki Minaj, Perry is a model for a one-of-a-kind Mattel doll on sale for charity.
Attention Nicki Minaj fans — your idol has now been recreated in the form of a one-of-a-kind Barbie. You can even take her home, too… for the right price, of course.
October 19, 2011 A new Barbie doll has been released that features, what Mattel calls, "Trendy Tattoos". The new Barbie was designed by Simone Legno, Italian creator of the Japanese influenced brand, Tokidoki.
Also described as a "Funky Fashionista", the new Barbie features ink up her left arm and across her chest. What, no lower back tat? The new doll is not being marketed to kids, but rather collectors for $50.
June 10, 2011 Sarah Burge, a 50-year-old British party planner and erotic novelist, has gained notoriety for spending close to $1 million on plastic surgery in an attempt to make herself into a human Barbie.
And Burge also has no problem passing her love of the surgeon's knife on to her 7-year-old daughter, Poppy, whom she just presented with a voucher for breast implants.
April 20, 2011 As a 16-year-old, Galia Slayen made a life-size Barbie out of wood, chicken wire, paper-mache and -- of course -- two big balloons as way to deal with her anorexia.
Now, four years later, Slayen is a sophomore at Hamilton College and is using the massive (but freakishly slim) doll she built to start a conversation about eating disorders and body image issues.
February 9, 2011 They met in 1961 and formed a decades long courtship. Then, in 2004, Barbie and Ken decided to take some time apart, and Barbie stated dating Australian surfer doll Blaine.
Now Mattel is using the web, Facebook and Twitter to let America decide
