Barbie sales plummeted 20% from 2012 to 2014 and continued to fall last year. A line of toys designed to teach girls to build, Lego Friends, helped boost Lego above Mattel as the biggest toy ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible, but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended. The toy ...

The doll was available exclusively at Toys “R” Us and on their website. Jewel Girl Barbie is displayed by Mattel at the American International Toy Fair in New York on Feb. 14, 2000.

There was only one Barbie. That all changed thanks to the help of a few pivotal Mattel employees who passionately told the powers that be that little Black girls deserved to have Black Barbies.

Barbie dolls depicting U.S ... and "close the gap that comes between girls and their full potential," per a company statement announcing the toys ahead of the Paris Olympic Games.

with the goal of encouraging “girls to learn more about making decisions to change the world for the better,” the toy company said in a tweet Monday. The new Barbie’s launch comes just a few ...

little Black girls wanted to see themselves in Barbie as well," she said. Sonya Larson smiles as she looks at her Black Barbie exhibit at The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures on March 9 ...

This Week In History: On March 9, 1959, the Barbie doll made her first appearance at the American Toy Fair in New York ... The doll inspired the song "Barbie Girl" in 1997 in which Aqua sings ...

Despite toy industry naysayers ... drawing criticism for presenting teenage girls as ditzy—Barbie set her sights on the executive branch with “Barbie for President,” wearing a red, blue ...

“Barbie is an iconic toy. I myself played with them when I was ... “To put it across frankly, my seven-year-old girl isn’t as skinny or petite like some of her classmates,” said the ...