Barbie is an interesting toy to me.  A solid role model for girls who does basically everything in the world.
I've loved Barbie since I was a little girl, and then grew up to get into marketing for children's toys. She's such an icon.. a figurehead for the toy fashion doll market for the last 50 years. But heck, there's still been controversies and lawsuits, and even parodies of her and her lifestyle. Guess that speaks to her popularity.
Yeah, anything that spurs on lawsuits is a popular thing.  What's your favorite Barbie?
doll and her lifestyle.
Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company's largest and most profitable line. However, sales have declined sharply since 2014. The doll transformed the toy business in affluent communities worldwide by becoming a vehicle for the sale of related merchandise (accessories, clothes, friends of Barbie, etc.). She had a significant impact on social values by conveying characteristics of female independence, and with her multitude of accessories, an idealized upscale life-style that can be shared
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parodies of the