Barbie Life

Barbie's dolls full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, Barbie parents' names are given as George and Margaret Roberts from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie has been said to attend Willows High School and Manhattan International High School in New York City, based on the real-life Stuyvesant High School. Barbie has an on-off romantic relationship with her beau Ken (Ken Carson), who first appeared in 1961. Like Barbie, Ken shares his name with one of Ruth Handler's children. A news release from Mattel in February 2004 announced that Barbie and Ken had decided to split up, but in February 2006 they were back together again.

Barbie has had over forty pets including cats and dogs, horses, a panda, a lion cub, and a zebra. She has owned a wide range of vehicles, including pink Corvette convertibles, trailers and jeeps. She also holds a pilot's license, and operates commercial airliners in addition to serving as a flight attendant. Barbie's careers are designed to show that women can take on a variety of roles in life, and the barbie dolls has been sold with a wide range of titles including Miss Astronaut Barbie (1965), Doctor Barbie (1988) and Nascar Barbie (1998).

Mattel has created a range of companions for Barbie dolls, including Hispanic Teresa, Midge, African American Christie and Steven (Christie's boyfriend). Barbie's siblings and cousins were also created including Skipper, Tutti (Todd's twin sister), Todd (Tutti's and Stacie's twin brother), Stacie (Todd's twin sister), Kelly, Krissy, Francie, and Jazzie.

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The First Barbie Dolls

The Rising generation maybe will not interested with the apperance of the first Barbie dolls. The dolls not yet glamour like now. Barbie dolls from Mattel is the most popular and the best selling doll launched in 1959. Ruth Handler (1916-2002) the American businesswoman is regarded as the creator of Barbie doll. Inspired by Bild Lilli, a German doll from a popular character appearing in a comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Die Bild-Zeitung, Handler with help from engineer Jack Ryan reworked the design of the Lilli doll. The new doll was given name Barbie dolls, coming from Handler’s daughter Barbara. March 9, 1959 is the official birthday of Barbie dolls, this date is the first time Barbie dolls made its debut on the American Toy Fair. The first Barbie doll were manufactured in Japan wore a black and white zebra striped swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as either a blonde or brunette. Barbie dolls directly make market in the world, around 350000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production. Barbie dolls was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys. It’s estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with Mattel claiming that three Barbie dolls are sold every second. And now Barbie became a big branded in the world with the huge range of product such as books, fashion, movie and video games