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Barbie's Feet Finally Get a Break With New Look
2015-06-04 23:11:37| Toys - Topix.net
After 56 years of standing on high heels, Barbie's feet are getting a break with a new design that, for the first time ever, allows her to wear ballet flats. "If you recall, the regular feet on the Barbie -- she could wear flats, but they wouldn't lie flat," said Adrienne Appell, toy trend specialist for the Toy Industry Association.
Hello Barbie's critics using Mattel doll to wage privacy fight
2015-03-29 01:19:45| Toys - Topix.net
Mattel's Hello Barbie, a new doll that can hold Siri-like conversations with kids, was meant to help spur a turnaround for the company. Instead, it's drawn the ire of one of the toy industry's most influential critics.
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Hello Barbie's interactive abilities and Web connection are just plain creepy, say critics
2015-03-26 23:52:38| Toys - Topix.net
Mattel's Hello Barbie, a new doll that can hold Siri-like conversations with kids, was meant to help spur a turnaround for the company. Instead, it's drawn the ire of one of the toy industry's most influential critics.
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Hello Barbie's Critics Say Talking Doll Is a Privacy Threat
2015-03-25 07:19:47| Toys - Topix.net
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Hello Barbie is displayed at the Mattel showroom at the North American International Toy Fair, on Saturday, Feb. 14, in New York.
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Don't worry, Barbie's not dead
2015-01-28 22:46:17| Toys - Topix.net
Mattel chief executive Bryan Stockton resigned this week after a five-quarter sales slump and three years of flagging sales of the company's best-known brand, Barbie. It is, however, definitely not the end of the Barbie phenomenon, or, at any rate, of what Barbie stands for: An unattainable ideal of princess-like femininity that is all about looks, not brains.