I always wanted to get some barbie dolls and give some to my daughter but dont really know much about them, Do you know anything about barbies? 
I do actually,  Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel,
Oh cool, I know that barbies have been around for a while, When did they actually start making them? 
That would be in 59, American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll 
Wow back in 1959 thats wild! Are barbies made with non toxic material? I dont want my child to get sick if she gets a piece in her mouth.
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
Street in San Francisco. In the altered Barbie movement, Barbie is "...a kind of three-dimensional blank canvas that allows artists to display their reverence, humor or biting satire." Salleé was at first hesitant to venture into altering Barbies, as Mattel has a history of legal action against parodists. In Salleé's specific case, she stated her motivation as, "I can do just about anything I think of with a Barbie. With any other medium, it just gets boring." Her re-creations