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Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor.She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 [2] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
In September 2014, Disney announced Hasbro as the licensed doll maker for the Disney Princess line starting on January 1, 2016. [67] Mattel again became the licensed doll maker, instead of Hasbro, in January 2022 and the characters of Frozen were part of the line. [97] [98] The latest collection of dolls was available for purchase in January 2023.
In 2008, Hasbro entered into a deal with Universal Pictures to make at least 4 films based on its brands and products. In 2012, the poor performance of the first film from this partnership, Battleship, caused other projects in development to be shelved or sold off to other studios. [3]
The makers of the commercial said that the dolls' names were Roxanne, Nick and Tad. Mattel claimed that the commercial did "irreparable damage" to its products, [113] [114] but settled. [115] In 1999, Canadian nude model Barbie Doll Benson was involved in a trademark infringement case over her domain name, BarbieBenson.com. [116]
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In response to a growing rise of digital and interactive media as well as the gradual decline of the sales in dolls, toys and accessories in the 1980s, Mattel partnered with animation studios to produce films [1] [2] which were broadcast on Nickelodeon in the United States from 2002 [3] and released on home video formats, originally by Family ...
Forbes says the dolls’ success helped make Larian family patriarch, Iranian immigrant Isaac Larian, a billionaire. Real estate developer Ryan Hekmat, who married into the family, and Larian’s ...
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