Thursday, July 9, 2009

Barbie Holiday Scene Barbie Doll


Barbie Holiday Scene Barbie Doll
Just in time for all those fab holiday parties, Barbie doll comes dressed in a glamorous red satin mini-skirt with a sequined top and glittery candy cane striped sash.
Features matching clutch purse, diamond pendant necklace, earrings, and bracelet. The doll also comes with a brush to style her long hair.
Dimensions: 12.88" h x 8.75" w x 9.88" l, .53 pounds

Price: $10.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Barbie Princess Tough Trike

Barbie Princess Tough Trike



Features

Similar to the Dora Tough Trike but is now available with the Barbie princess theme
This rugged trike sports the fresh, vibrant Barbie Princess color pallet and graphics.
Other included play features are storage under the seat and the pretend clicker key.
Perfect trike for young girls!


From the Manufacturer

A refresh of the current Dora Tough Trike which is now going to be available with the Barbie princess license. This rugged entry-level price point trike will have the fresh, vibrant Barbie Princess color pallet and graphics. Other included play features are storage under the seat and the pretend clicker key.

Product Description

Styled for a princess, yet tough enough for years of fun and adventure! Girls can hop to troll around their entire kingdom. Trike features a pretend key that turns and clicks, and there's a secret storage compartment under the comfort-ride seat for trinkets and treasures. Durable tires and rugged treads pair up for "off-road" fun. Trike has all the essentials that parents look for, too, like a wide, stable wheel base, easy-grip handlebars and big no-slip foot pedals. For outdoor use only. Holds up to 55 lbs.


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Barbie My First Skates - Girls

Barbie My First Skates - Girls





Girls Barbie inline style skates help kids learn to skate, keeping pace with growing feet and growing skill. Features contemporary styling with inline front wheels and training wheels for balance with realistic looking high boot. Padded boot collar ensures comfort, with hook-and-loop straps for easy on and off. Size adjustable, from child's shoe sizes 6 through 12. Includes 1-2-3 Learn To Skate feature that leads to free wheeling fun! Recommended Age Range 2 Years and Up


Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer These inline-style skates help kids learn to skate, keeping pace with growing feet and growing skill. Start with setting #1 so beginners can walk in the skates with one wheel locked. As confidence and ability increase, advance to level #2, where the adjustment wheel rolls forward but not back. Then it’s on to #3 for "freewheeling" fun! Rear wheels are spaced apart for added stability. Padded boot collar ensures comfort, with hook-and-loop straps for easy on and off. Size adjustable, from child’s shoe sizes 6 – 12.

Customer Reviews

These do say 2 and up!

I bought these for my two year old for her birthday. She loves them! The whole point is for them not to roll easily. Obviously these would be a bad choice for anyone searching professional quality skates. They are a perfect choice for your toddler. (They are the same skates as the Little People ones, I bought these since they have matching helmet and pads available!)

'First Skates' is right
The skates are great for now. Just know they don't fit past a 12. They are kind-of difficult to get the childs shoe in, even at size 11 1/2. But my Granddaughter is having a ball now. For First Skates they 'fit the bill'. I'll just be looking for another pair soon.

Perfect for my 3 year old
My daughter recieved these skates as a gift for her 3rd birthday. What a delight!! She loves them. She is not able to use them alone for very long (I hold her hand) but she enjoys them all the same. They go on over her shoe and fit very snug. You can move the wheels and lock them so they dont send her flying across the floor when she hits a smooth surface.. We usually take her on the side walk and they work very well on it..Great present!!!

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Folding Princess Castle

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden Folding Princess Castle






Wooden play castle features hand-painted pink accents to keep any princess happy in her castle, plus two removable turrets, balconies, flying buttress, flag and a working drawbridge! Castle opens fully for hours of engaging play. Measures 17.5"L x 27"W x 15.25"H.

Customer Review

GORGEOUS, HUGE Worth every penny! Updated review TWO years later...

FINALLY! A castle for girls DIMENSIONS: 18" W x 15"deep closed and 26"high (Including the flag) and an incredible 36" or 3 FEET long when unfolded. Bigger than my daughter's dollhouse, this princess castle is enormous, and folds out to be even bigger, it is natural wood with very pretty screened (not hand painted but still very nice) flowery decorations. We try to buy all wood toys (some painted some not) and this was, while not unadorned, a very beautiful alternative to the nauseatingly pink and plastic princess castles out there. The roof and turrets are pink accented with gold, a very nice and pretty touch. The quality is excellent, as are all Melissa & Doug items. Don't even hesitate to get this one - your daughter will absolutely love it. When you consider how unique it is, how beautiful and well-made it is, how BIG IT IS, and how now your daughter can have a castle to rival that of your son's, it is well worth it. This is actually bigger than my son's blue castle. My two play with theirs together and the hours of imagination and cooperative play with all the different story lines (his knights and her princesses) is just endless. May 2008: UPDATE: over a year later and this castle is still is perfect shape after hours and hours of play. The ONLY caveat would be the flag - it is held on by a magnet, which does make sense since if it had been glued on it would have broken off by now, but it gets lost easily and the castle looks so much prettier with the flag on. To contradict myself, being able to take it off easily lets my children act out "capture the flag" storyline. I just have to move heaven and earth to find it when misplaced. I cannot believe how much this product has come down in price. I paid over [...] for this when it was first released. Now, with a lower price and Amazon Prime free shipping, you can't go wrong. As a commenter pointed out, it is small inside for furniture, but, this is not really a dollhouse after all. Add the fantasy/princess figures, a unicorn for the unicorn stable and your children will be all set. UPDATE JANUARY 2009 I just purchased the M&D matching princess furniture. The castle has held up to much playing and still looks brand new. After the Tinkerbell movie, it became a fairy castle. The Papo fairy and princess doll figures, Tales and Legends I think, fit perfectly, too. The Disney princess figurines (the mini ones, favorite moments) are a good size also. I am still very happy with this purchase and daughter is still playing happily with it. Our local upscale toystore has this for just under a hundred dollars. Amazon's price is still the best around.


A great castle for a princess!
We were searching for a doll house, and all seemed to be plastic junk, made for barbie size, boring, or very expensive. This was a great find (and at a great price). Warning: the Melissa and Doug doll house furniture are really too big for this. SOLUTION: The Playmobil stuff, Royal Bedroom #4253 by Playmobil for instance, is PERFECT. They have several rooms meant to extend the Playmobil castle that fit nicely as additions to this castle (we have the kitchen Royal Kitchen). All the playmobil stuff goes in a box, the castle folds shut, and the whole thing can go in the closet when my daughter is not playing with it. Yippie!

Very nice!
My two daughters (4 and 2 1/2) both love playing with this. I bought Disney Princess figurines to go with it. It also looks nice in the room when they're not playing with it. Very good quality. I'm sure it will last a very long time. Sometimes the flag, which attaches with magnets, falls off, but that's no big deal

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Barbie 2009 Holiday Doll

Barbie 2009 Holiday Doll

Product Description


* 'Tis the season
* 2009 Holiday Barbie doll shine in a shimmering pale pink and golden lame gown
* With an artfully wrapped bodice and sparkling tulle
* Magnificent chandelier earrings complete the look.
* For the adult collector.

2009 HOLIDAY Barbie Doll 'Tis the season to shine in a shimmering pale pink and golden lame gown with an artfully wrapped bodice and sparkling tulle. Magnificent chandelier earrings complete the look.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #4277 in Toys & Games
  • Brand: Mattel
  • Model: N6556
  • Released on: 2009-07-01
  • Dimensions: 13.00" h x 3.75" w x 11.00" l, 1.75 pounds

Features

  • 'Tis the season
  • 2009 Holiday Barbie doll shine in a shimmering pale pink and golden lame gown
  • With an artfully wrapped bodice and sparkling tulle
  • Magnificent chandelier earrings complete the look.
  • For the adult collector.

Barbie 2009 Holiday Doll

Barbie 2009 Holiday Doll
From Mattel

Price: $44.95 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Barbie Collector Holiday 2009 Barbie Doll


Barbie Collector Holiday 2009 Barbie Doll



Description Product Description 'Tis the season to shine in a shimmering pale pink and golden lame gown with an artfully wrapped bodice and sparkling tulle. Magnificent chandelier earrings complete the look. Doll cannot stand alone.

Barbie Collector Holiday 2009 Barbie Doll

Barbie Collector Holiday 2009 Barbie Doll
From Mattel

Price: $79.99


Barbie® & The Diamond Castle Princess Liana Doll

Barbie® & The Diamond Castle Princess Liana Doll

Barbie doll is featured here as Princess Liana from "Barbie and The Diamond Castle" who sings two songs from the movie and wears a mesmerizing glittery gown that magically transforms with the flip of a switch. Her necklace lights up when she sings. Pair her with the Princess Alexa doll, sold separately, to hear beautiful duets. Requires 3 "button-cell" batteries, included. Doll measures 11.5" tall.

Barbie takes on a whole new look with the adventurous "Princess Liana" -- the character she plays in the movie "Barbie and the Diamond Castle." This singing Barbie comes with a dress that "magically" transforms from "plain" to "fancy" and has the trademark long, blonde hair that little girls love to brush. With her jeweled purple tiara, this Barbie is sure to delight aspiring princesses age 3 and up--whether or not they've seen the movie.

Barbie® & The Diamond Castle Princess Liana Doll

Barbie® & The Diamond Castle Princess Liana Doll
From Mattel

List Price: $29.99
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50th Anniversary Barbie Glamour Doll

50th Anniversary Barbie Glamour Doll


From the Manufacturer
50th Anniversary Barbie Glamour doll Gold Label Collection. A remake of the fashion featured on the original 1959 doll. Adds new details with a couture twist for today.Celebrating Barbie doll's 50th Anniversary a beautiful glamour doll designed by Robert Best. From the Barbie Fashion Model Collection.

Celebrate Barbies 50th Anniversary * A remake of the fashion featured on the original 1959 doll * Adds new details with a couture twist for today * Beautiful glamour doll designed by Robert Best * Great vintage look for the perfect Barbie collector She looks great for her age! Barbie turns the big 5-0! Add to your collection!This beautiful 50th Anniversary Barbie glamour doll is designed by Robert Best. Featuring everything she needs to remain a timeless beauty, this is one Barbie you won't want to miss out on!



50th Anniversary Barbie Glamour Doll

50th Anniversary Barbie Glamour Doll
From Mattel

List Price: $49.99
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Barbie

Barbie History

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002) is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.

Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle. In recent years, Barbie has faced increasing competition from the Bratz range of dolls.

History

Three first editions of Barbie dolls from 1959, exposed in Prague's Toys Museum.


The original Barbie was launched in March 1959

Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara at play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most children's toy dolls were representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic about the idea, as were Mattel's directors.

During a trip to Europe in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler came across German toy doll called Bild Lilli.[1] The adult-figured doll was exactly what Handler had in mind, so she purchased three of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel. The Lilli doll was based on a popular character appearing in a comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Die Bild-Zeitung. Lilli was a working girl who knew what she wanted and was not above using men to get it. The Lilli doll was first sold in Germany in 1955, and although it was initially sold to babies, it became popular with adults who enjoyed dressing her up in outfits that were available separately.

Upon her return to the United States, Handler reworked the design of the doll (with help from engineer Jack Ryan) and the doll was given a new name, Barbie, after Handler's daughter Barbara. The doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. This date is also used as Barbie's official birthday.

Mattel acquired the rights to the Bild Lilli doll in 1964 and production of Lilli was stopped. The first Barbie doll wore a black and white zebra striped swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as either a blonde or brunette. The doll was marketed as a "Teen-age Fashion Model," with her clothes created by Mattel fashion designer Charlotte Johnson. The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan, with their clothes hand-stitched by Japanese homeworkers. Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production.

Ruth Handler believed that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance, and early market research showed that some parents were unhappy about the doll's chest, which had distinct breasts. Barbie's appearance has been changed many times, most notably in 1971 when the doll's eyes were adjusted to look forwards rather than having the demure sideways glance of the original model.

Barbie was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television and advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys. It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with Mattel claiming that two Barbie dolls are sold every second.[2]

The standard range of Barbie dolls and related accessories are manufactured to approximately 1/6th scale, which is also known as playscale.[3] Barbie products include not only the range of dolls with their clothes and accessories, but also a huge range of Barbie branded goods such as books, fashion items and video games. Barbie has appeared in a series of animated films and made a brief guest appearance in the 1999 film Toy Story 2.

Almost uniquely for a toy fashion doll, Barbie has become a cultural icon and has been given honors that are rare in the toy world. In 1974 a section of Times Square in New York City was renamed Barbie Boulevard for a week, while in 1985 the artist Andy Warhol created a painting of Barbie.[4][5]



Friday, June 19, 2009

2009 Barbie Thumbelina Movie Trailer

2009 Barbie Thumbelina Movie Trailer

Barbie ™ Runway Show 50th Anniversary 2009 Full Show. Part 3

Barbie ™ Runway Show 50th Anniversary 2009 Full Show. Part 3

Barbie ™ Runway Show 50th Anniversary 2009 Full Show. Part 2

Barbie ™ Runway Show 50th Anniversary 2009 Full Show. Part 2

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Barbie ™ Runway Show 50th Anniversary 2009 Full Show.

This is the Part.1 of the Barbie ™ Runway Show 50th Anniversary 2009 Full Show.

Barbie 2009 Holiday Doll

Barbie 2009 Holiday Doll

Description: This the season to shine in a spectacular pale pink and golden lame gown with an artfully wrapped bodice and gemstone-encrusted tulle skirt. Magnificent chandelier earrings complete the look. Doll includes a matching 50th anniversary ornament with golden ribbon to celebrate her 50th anniversary! Doll cannot stand alone. Bring her home today!

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