|
|
|
|||||
Archive:
| |||||
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11: BARBIE AT 50 ... As hard as it may seem, a symbol of ageless American youth is celebrating her 50th birthday this week - the Barbie doll ... While Barbie has often been the target of cultural analysis, there is no arguing with success. (PR Newswire)
'Kids witnessed sex acts' Mar 10, 2009
Cezanne Visser, also known as "Advocate Barbie", is seen outside the Pretoria High Court ... Visser, better known as "Advocate Barbie", admitted that she had in 2002 pretended to a children's home that she and her former lover, Dirk Prinsloo, were married. (iAfrica.com)
O'Neil off deadline: All the cool toys are old Mar 10, 2009
Wakefield - This week Barbie turned 50 ... I was feeling the results of my age as I read a story online about Barbie turning 50 ... The neighborhood girls would get together and play Barbies. (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)
UK aid convoy crosses into Gaza Mar 10, 2009
World's biggest Barbie collection. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News -- Africa)
Barbie Celebrates 50 Years Mar 9, 2009
Barbie, the world's most popular doll, celebrates her fiftieth birthday on 9 March 2009 whilst retaining her youthful looks without any plastic surgery. Barbie made her debut at the American International Toy Fair, New York, on 9 March 1959, sporting a top-knot ponytail and wearing her trademark zebra-striped swimsuit ... However, Mattel sold more than 350,000 dolls within the first year once Barbie hit store shelves. (Suite101.com)
Banning Barbie Mar 9, 2009
Just when you think you've heard everything, a West Virginia lawmaker wants to ban Barbie dolls. Barbie is celebrating her 50th anniversary this month, and this legislator believes she is a bad influence on girls ... Which toys will join Barbie and be targeted for extinction. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
After 60 years, Circuit City powers down Mar 9, 2009
The preternaturally young Barbie is celebrating her 50th birthday Monday as any other doll would do, by getting a new face, a new tattoo and a fabulous new home. Yes, Barbie of the eternally teenage profile and good hair days is having a midlife makeover. (Insight on the News)
Car dealer turns toy store into showroom Mar 9, 2009
Customers who once browsed for Barbie, Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo will this fall be able to shop for 335s, M6s and a redesigned hard-topped Z4. Chapman BMW is spending millions of dollars to convert the defunct Toys 'R' Us store at Eighth Street and Camelback Road into a new home for its pricey German automobiles. (AZCentral -- Business)
Barbie Moves to a New Six-Floor Home in Shanghai to Escape U.S. Recession Mar 8, 2009
Barbie Moves to Shanghai to Escape U.S. Recession (Update1) ... March 6 (Bloomberg) -- As consumer demand slumps in the U.S. and , Barbie has packed her matching pink luggage and moved to ... Barbie is charming and attractive. (Bloomberg)
* Barbie at 50: Is Mattels star still in fashion? Mar 8, 2009
Barbie at 50: Is Mattels star still in fashion. The worlds No. 1 toymaker has just opened a flagship store in Shanghai and a big birthday bash will be held tomorrow at Barbies Malibu Dream House ... Jonathan Adler, the designer of Barbies real-life Malibu Dream House, is pictured inside a mirror framed by Barbie dolls in the house in Malibu, California, on Wednesday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sweet & sour move for Barbie Mar 6, 2009
Sweet move for Barbie ... Sweet move for Barbie ... As consumer demand slumps in the US and Europe, Barbie has packed her matching pink luggage and moved to China. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
In the Barbie World Mar 4, 2009
The women and gender studies program, directed by professor Brenda Cooper, took Barbie to a new level this month by planning a Barbie Bash where students and the community were invited to redesign dolls so they no longer fit into stereotypical gender roles. Students in media smarts and intro to women and gender studies classes were assigned to make Barbie, Ken, G.I. Joe and Bratz dolls whoever they wanted them to be without focusing solely on clothes and hair (for women dolls) and muscles and... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Cyberschooling Mar 2, 2009
Many popular toys such as Barbie and Lego, television channels such as PBS Kids, ABC Kids, and CBC Kids, and magazines such as Highlights have websites with fun and educational activities. Additionally, homeschoolers can use subscription educational websites such as BrainPOP, which offer animated online lessons based on academic standards and curricula, or more expensive accredited virtual schools, many of which are listed on Homeschool. (Suite101.com)
'BARBIE AND RUTH': Scandal tainted career of doll's creator Feb 23, 2009
Scandal tainted long career of Barbie's creator - USATODAY.com ... Scandal tainted long career of Barbie's creator ... "Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her," by Robin Gerber; published by HarperCollins. (USA Today -- Money)
Wenham dollhouse maker Nancy Shane is very serious about toys Feb 22, 2009
For example: A platter of food one-fiftieth the size of the real thing can go for $35; a bonnet-top secretary desk too small even for Barbie can snare as much as $455. Shane admits the money she has splurged on her passion is "sinful.". (Boston Globe)
Please Play With the Toys Feb 19, 2009
Possibly in honor of the attendees, this year s fair celebrated many oldtimers anniversaries Barbie s 50th, Candyland s 60th, and G.I. Joe s 45th, giving the over 1,100 exhibitors and the middle-aged folks who came to see their wares an opportunity to revive old memories. It also gave the grownups a sneak peek at what they think kids of all ages want most: the hottest toys that will soon be hitting the market, the ones you'll be fighting other parents for the privilege of buying. (Fox News)
50-year-old Barbie makes catwalk debut in New York Feb 16, 2009
A model presents a creation by designer Brian Reyes during a fashion show celebrating Barbie's 50th anniversary during New York Fashion Week in New York, February 14, 2009 ... BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The classic Barbie doll finally made her catwalk debut to celebrate her upcoming 50th birthday in what turned out to be the most popular event held during the opening days of New York Fashion Week in the weekend ... Introduced at the New York Toy Fair in 1959 as "the teenage fashion model,"... (Xinhuanet, China)
New takes on old favorites at NYC toy fair Feb 16, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Barbie is turning 50, Legos are going digital and Razor is making girly pink scooters with tasseled handlebars ... At the Barbie exhibit, El Segundo, California-based Mattel Inc. was celebrating the baby boomer icon's 50th birthday with a line of nostalgic dolls from her early years ... The 1959 Barbie wore a striped swimsuit, mules and curly bangs that would look right at home on TV's "I Love Lucy.". (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Fantastic plastic? Barbie's changing role Feb 15, 2009
Can Barbie survive another half century ... Can Barbie survive another 50 years ... Take a look at Barbie's transformation from beach bunny to style icon. (MSNBC)
Saintly Obama gets priestly slam Feb 15, 2009 Toy stores brim with fake Barbies and floppy-eared bunnies Feb 12, 2009 Toy makers not playing around in downturn Feb 11, 2009 China's imports crash Feb 11, 2009 China Says 4,000 Toy Companies Close as Recession, Standards Reduce Demand Feb 7, 2009
Besides Hula Hoops, Barbie lunch bags and Valentine heart trinkets, the novelty store stocks such joke religious items as Jesus pencil erasers, "Beware of Nunzilla" wind-up toys and, most recently, the Obama devotional candles. But to La Torre, the candles featured in a big window display were "the final straw" for a store "that feels the need to mock and ridicule the Catholic/Christian faith.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising Taps Mattel as Master Toy Licensee for James Cameron's "Avatar" Feb 14, 2009
The Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Barbie, the most popular fashion doll ever introduced, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, American Girl, Radica: and Tyco R/C, as well as Fisher-Price brands, including Little People, Power Wheels and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. Mattel is recognized as one of 2009's "100 Best Companies to Work For" by FORTUNE Magazine. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
In one shop, Barbie-look-alike dolls peer from a basket, their blue eyes glaring at customers while they sit still like pageant queens waiting to be graded. They do not have "Barbie" branded on their packaging, and they cost a lot less than their picture-perfect, plastic sisters ... Here a "fake Barbie" doll will cost you Rp 15,000, while the real deal at department stores will set you back about Rp 120,000. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
The news came after the nation's largest toy maker said its fourth-quarter profit fell by nearly half on weak sales of core brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels. "The biggest challenge we have this year is certainly the economy and how the consumers are going to deal with what little spendable income they have," said Neil Friedman, president of the Mattel Brands division at Mattel. (MSNBC -- Business)
Mattel Inc., the world's biggest toymaker, said this month that fourth-quarter profit plunged as consumers cut spending on Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars during the worst U.S. holiday-shopping season in 40 years. Mattel imports from China, where more than 4,000 toy companies closed last year as demand fell and countries tightened safety standards, accordi 00004000 ng to the official Xinhua News Agency. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
the worlds biggest toymaker, said this month that fourth-quarter profit plunged as consumers cut spending on Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars during the worst U.S. holiday- shopping season in 40 years. Mattel imports from China. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Back to Toys News
©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc.
All rights reserved. Patents pending.
Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009 |