NIKKI TOP MODEL

Doll rules the runway! Barbie^®, Summer^® ,Teresa^® and Nikki dolls are featured in the ModelMuse^® body. Each doll is dressed in the latest fashions, and comes complete with a second outfit, extra shoes, purse, sunglasses, a special black hairbrush and shoe box with the Barbie^® silo head logos, plus a model's black portfolio that includes a mix and match fashion booklet!

TOP MODEL IN SUMMER

Summer® Top Model Hair Wear Doll Top model rules the runway, and these dolls turn heads with a streak of color! There is a glamorous hair attachment and accessories that the girl can share too! Summer® doll is dressed in charming fashions for spring.

BARBIE TOP MODEL

Barbie® Top Model Hair Wear Doll Top model rules the runway, and Barbie® doll turns heads with a streak of color! There is a glamorous hair attachment and accessories that the girl can share too! Barbie® doll is dressed in the most charming fashions for a spring show. Doll cannot stand alone.

MAGAZINE of BARBIE COLLECTOR

MAGAZINE - BARBIE COLLECTOR - SEPT/FALL 2007 - 2ND ISSUE Item Number: 07-BCOLLSEP Our Price: $5.99

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KELLY DOLL

KELLY - HEARTS AND KISSES KELLY DOLL - BLONDE ONLY Item Number: 05-H0277 Our Price: $7.99

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SUPERHEROES BARBIE

BATGIRL BARBIE DOLL - FROM THE DC SUPER HEROES WORLD - 2008 DC SUPERHEROES BATGIRL™ BARBIE DOLL PINK LABEL™ COLLECTION The courageous, crime-fighting comrade of Batman™ has arrived. Our caped crusader Batgirl™ Barbie® doll is superhero-sleek in her stylish black batsuit with brilliant yellow cape, gloves and fiery red hair. Item Number: 08-L9630 Our Price: $40.99

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BARBIE SHANGHAI DOLLS

BARBIE COLLECTOR EXCLUSIVE - 2008 The dolls look pretty in pink, carrying shopping bags, pet pooches in carriers, and “passports.” In addition to their stylish ensembles, both dolls come with a separate outfit dressed on a mannequin for added dress and play fun. Additional accessories include silvery and golden jewelry, sassy shoes, and hip handbags. Item Number: 08-F9605 Our Price: $89.99

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STORY OF BARBIE MINI KINGDOM

Barbie Mini Kingdom is a new line of miniature Barbie dolls manufactured by Mattel that are about 6" in height (about the size of the Dawn doll and Pippa Doll), featuring the main female characters from most of the Barbie films. The line was started in 2006 with a special set of Clara from Barbie in the Nutcracker, Rapunzel from Barbie as Rapunzel, Odette from Barbie of Swan Lake, and Anneliese and Erika from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper. The line has extended to have birthday dolls that include Annika from Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus, Genevieve from Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses, Rosella from Barbie as the Island Princess Clarette from Barbie as The Sleeping Beauty, Eden from Barbie in a Christmas Carol, Elina from Barbie: Fairytopia,Barbie from The Barbie Diaries, Mariposa from Barbie Mariposa, Thumbelina from Barbie Thumbelina Liana and Alexa from Barbie and the Diamond Castle, Cinderella from Barbie Cinderella. The dolls came with various accessories and a pet. The line also included a castle and a horse-and-carriage sized appropriately for the smaller dolls.

BIOGRAPHY OF BARBIE

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, her 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. She 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 doll 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, 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. For more details, see the List of Barbie's friends and family.

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The barbie story

She took the world by storm, surprising skeptical toy critics at New York's Toy Fair in 1959. With her good looks, charm, and charisma, she won audiences over in record time. Soon, little girls across America, and later, the world, were singing her praises. In the coming years, both adults and children would collect her in record numbers. Today she remains one of the hottest selling toys in the world. Her name is Barbie. This is her story.

She began like any other great invention does - as an idea in a visionary's head. Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel Toys, was watching her daughter Barbara play with paper dolls and imagine them in grown-up roles when the idea hit her - why not make a teenage doll that little girls could play and dream about the future with? Ruth recognized the value of helping children realize their dreams and goals through play. After researching the current doll market, Ruth confirmed that while there were plenty of baby dolls available, there were no three-dimensional teenage dolls. She then resolved to create such a doll through her own company, which she co-founded with her husband Elliott Handler.

Ruth and Elliott unveiled Barbie® doll, the teenage fashion model, at New York's annual Toy Fair in 1959. Initially, toy buyers were skeptical. Never before had anyone seen a doll so small, yet so sophisticated. As a teenager, Barbie was completely unlike any of the baby or toddler dolls popular at the time. Critics posed the question - Would anyone buy her?

Undaunted by skepticism, Mattel stood firmly behind the first Barbie doll, launching an innovative television ad campaign. Barbie quickly caught the attention of little girls across the country. She soon became a worldwide sensation, and remains as popular as ever today.

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Operasi 100 Kali Karena Terobsesi Boneka Barbie

Semua pasti mengenal boneka barbie, boneka yg mempunyai tubuh sempurna,wajah yang cantik, berambut pirang, pinggang seperti gitar spanyol dan berkaki panjang.

Fisik Barbie yang sempurna itu telah menginspirasi banyak orang, anak-anak dan dewasa, untuk memiliki penampilan yang sama. Salah satunya adalah Sarah Burge (49) yang menyatakan dirinya sebagai "Real Life Barbie" (Barbie hidup). Agar fisiknya mendekati boneka cantik itu, ia merombak habis tubuhnya lewat operasi plastik. Tak tanggung-tanggung, sudah 100 kali operasi plastik yang dilakoninya.

Burge yang berprofesi sebagai ibu rumah tangga dan penata kecantikan asal Inggris itu telah menghabiskan uang sekitar sembilan miliar rupiah. Dia pun tercatat sebagai orang yang melakukan operasi plastik terbanyak di dunia, mengalahkan pemegang rekor sebelumnya, Cindy Jackson, yang juga rajin operasi plastik agar fisiknya mendekati ikon Mattel Toys ini.

Menurut situs dailymail, Burge mulai melakukan bedah plastik untuk merekontrusi wajahnya setelah ia menjadi korban pemukulan dan hampir meninggal. Saat menikah tiga tahun lalu, Sarah berdandan ala boneka Barbie. Ia mengenakan gaun pink dan veil panjang. Setelahnya ia mulai terobsesi untuk mengubah penampilannya.

Biaya miliaran rupiah yang telah ia keluarkan itu antara lain untuk membiayai laser wajah untuk menghilangkan kerutan, mengecilkan payudara, mengecilkan perut, menaikkan bokong, dan berbagai perawatan kosmetik lainnya. "Bukannya saya tidak puas dengan penampilan saya, tapi usaha yang saya lakukan ini adalah bagian untuk menghentikan proses penuaan," katanya beralasan.

Bila di negara Barat cantik selalu dipersepsikan dengan bentuk fisik tinggi, langsing dan pirang, konsumen di Indonesia dibuat percaya dengan ideologi cantik yang berarti berkulit putih, rambut panjang dan hitam, serta tubuh langsing. Tapi tak perlu pusing dengan bentuk kecantikan fisik dan tubuh ideal seperti yang didoktrin industri kosmetik, selama Anda berbahagia. Seperti filosofi bisnis yang diusung Anita Roddick dari The Body Shop yang mengatakan bahwa tidak perlu berkulit putih atau bertubuh langsing untuk menikmati hidup.

In Buenos Aires, a Barbie playhouse big enough for fans

Reporting from Buenos Aires -- The glittering storefront in this capital's trendy Palermo district once housed an art gallery and then a Chinese restaurant. Now it's a haze of pink: all Barbie, all the time.

Inside, girls face a dazzling constellation of Barbie-labeled outfits and trinkets, watch Barbie DVDs on a flat-screen TV or choose their preferred Barbie hairdo ("Butterfly," "Princess," "Fashion Fever"). A rear door leads to the high point: the Casa de Barbie, complete with life-size Barbie bedroom, Barbie costumes and makeup counters, even a catwalk for showcasing Barbie couture or staging a Barbie disco.

And, everywhere, of course, are dolls. Lots of dolls.

"This place is fantastic," said Michelle Blanchard, 37, accompanying her wide-eyed daughter, Francisca, 4. "For little girls, it's a place of dreams."

Welcome to the world's only stand-alone Barbie store, an "experiential marketing" experiment deemed such a runaway hit that the mercantile temple to Barbiedom may be replicated on a global scale. Coming soon: a five-story Barbie emporium in Shanghai.

Feminists may cringe at the busty, narrow-hipped figure, and intellectuals may bemoan her portrayal of womanhood, but as she approaches her 50th birthday next year, Barbie remains, like Coca-Cola and Levis, a made-in-the-USA original with seemingly irresistible appeal the world over.

"She's an emblem of consumer capitalism and a global brand," said M.G. Lord, a writing teacher at USC and author of "Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll." "She both reflects the marketplace and has changed it."

Barbie has long been a bestseller in Argentina and much of Latin America. This summer, "Barbie Live," a Broadway-style musical revue showcasing a blond Barbie look-alike, was a sensation on the Buenos Aires stage and later toured Latin America.

"Every Argentine woman wants to be Barbie," Ramiro Mayol, the producer of the show, told the newspaper Critica.

Not quite. Here, as in the United States, many have questioned the message Barbie conveys to young girls. Eating-disorder activists worry about the doll's impossible figure.

"I've heard people criticize Barbie because she's supposedly anorexic, gives off a negative image," said Clara Aynie, 13, who was spending time at the store recently with two teenage friends. "But I always liked playing with Barbie and wanted to be like her."

Stepping inside the Barbie store is a true immersion experience.

Girls can shop for clothes, have their nails and hair done, peruse the latest dolls and buy Barbie accessories such as wristwatches, two-way radios and play laptops. Entry is free, though admission to the Casa de Barbie, the fantasy-land in the rear, is about $10. A manicure runs about $6, hair braiding costs as much as $20, and an elaborate "Barbie Full Style" hairdo can set Mom back $38.

"My daughters always have a great time in the Barbie store," said Araceli Bras, 40, mother of Guillermina, 9, and Lula, 4. "Everything's very expensive, but it's worth it just to see how they enjoy it."

The only surprise, perhaps, is that someone didn't think of it sooner.

The shop was the brainchild of Roberto "Tito" Loizeau, an Argentine marketing executive who collaborated with Mattel, which owns and jealously guards the rights to its doll. Loizeau had noticed the exuberant response to a Barbie-themed area set up inside a suburban mall as an advertising hook.

He pitched the Barbie store idea to Mattel, which had long experimented with beyond-the-doll commercial ventures -- fashion shows, Barbie boutiques in department stores, Barbie-logo clothing stores in Tokyo. Mattel approved all aspects of the Buenos Aires venture, including the design, and the store opened in September 2007.

"We used Argentina as a laboratory to really understand what it is to run a retail store," Richard Dixon, general manager for Barbie, said in a telephone interview from El Segundo, where Mattel is based. "It is truly collapsing five decades of history and product legacy into a four-wall experience."

The Barbie store is the latest marketing incarnation for this singular, never-static franchise: an 11 1/2 -inch plastic diva who has had more makeovers than a Rio Carnaval queen.

Barbie has evolved from a mid-20th century plaything in a zebra-stripe swimsuit to a 21st century retail and digital colossus, transitioning through myriad phases: 1950s teen fashion model, mod hipster, first female astronaut, Olympic swimmer, NASCAR racer, basketball pro and recurrent presidential candidate. She sprouted her first bellybutton in 2000, at age 41.Four years later, she survived a breakup with longtime beau Ken. (The couple "decided to spend some time apart," Mattel explained.)

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Hard Rock Cafe® Barbie® Doll 2008

Hard Rock Cafe® Barbie® doll embodies a gothic punk vibe. The doll’s black and red goth glam ensemble features a lace up corset top, short flared skirt, vibrant red fishnet stockings, edgy boots, and fingerless gloves. Modeling raw energy and independent spirit, Hard Rock Cafe® Barbie® doll comes with a jamming HRC “guitar” and collector pin. Rock on®!

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2008 Holiday™ Barbie® Doll

2008 Holiday™ Barbie® doll pays homage to 20 years of holiday-themed Barbie® dolls! Wearing a gorgeous and glittery silvery gown as seen in the DVD Barbie™ in a Christmas Carol, this doll exudes a wintry sophistication. Accents include silvery drop earrings, luscious long hair pulled up and away from a beautifully painted face, and as always -- perfect packaging. The doll stands against a red foil background featuring holiday ornaments and snowflakes. 3-D "snowflakes" appear to be suspended in the package as if Barbie® doll is in the middle of a winter wonderland.

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