I used to love collecting Barbies when I was younger, but my girls really didn't play with them much.  Do you know much about their history?
I like Barbie dolls too. I know the first Barbie was sold in 1959.
Wow, she's aging well then I would say!
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
. Their father had given an interview in 1959 when he said, "I guess I didn't do very well bringing my boys up. I think I failed them by giving them too much work and discipline, too much money, and too little time and attention. But I did my best and so did their mother." Lindsay responded by saying "I don't know how our dad could feel he's failed us as a father. Reading that he had said that in an interview really shook me up.