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These 10 Holiday Barbies Make Timeless Gifts
These 10 Holiday Barbies Make Timeless GiftsFor over 60 years, Barbie has been a staple toy for children around the world. With her iconic fashion, flawless looks, and array of careers and lifestyles portrayed, Barbie continues to evolve with the times. But it's during the holidays where Barbie truly sparkles with Christmas cheer and yuletide style. Throughout the decades, Mattel has released special edition Holiday Barbies that capture a festive spirit while also serving as timeless collectible
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Dec 4th 2023
A Barbie Girl Out of This World!
Look up at the stars tonight, and you might see Barbie on her
first space trip with Italian astronaut Samantha
Cristoforetti! While heading off to the International Space
Station just days ago, Cristoforetti invited her special companion up to zero
gravity to inspire girls as young as 8 and 11 years old to succeed in STEM
(science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and answer all their
questions just in time for the first day of World Space Week.As of 2019, research has shown that
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Oct 7th 2022
The Mad Genius Behind Monster High Dolls
Since 2010, Monster Highhas had us screaming––out of
excitement! The brand put a twist on the “normal” fashion dolls people usually
think of––the prim and proper Barbies and ultra-chic Bratz dolls now had some
competition! And not just any kind of competition––Monster
High is perhaps the most unique doll line to date!What’s the Monster High Story?Monster High is an exciting fictional story about fashionable
monster girls and boys (or “ghouls” and “mansters”) who go to high school and
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Sep 19th 2022
A Guide to Finding and Collecting Timeless Vintage Barbie Dolls
Iconic Barbie has been delighting children since the mid-20th
century, and her popularity remains unchanged for young girls and collectors
alike. Some limited-edition Barbie dolls sell at auction for many thousands of
dollars. Though you might not have the funds to purchase a $100,000 Barbie, you
can still build decent Barbie collections with some know-how and research.Barbie's BackstoryIf you're interested in Barbie
collections, then perhaps you might like to know about Barbie's origins.
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Jun 29th 2022
The Beautiful Barbies of the Great Eras Collection
In the 1990s Mattel had a great idea; this
idea was to incorporate history into their new Barbie collection, and so The
Beautiful Barbies of the Great Eras, also known among Barbie fans as ‘The Great
Eras Collection’, was born.The Barbies of the Great Eras is a collection
of 10 different Barbie dolls. The idea of this collection was to represent
different important Eras in History, to make us travel through time with Barbie
in order to learn more about the beauty and fashion of each chosen
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Jun 13th 2022