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Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson Jr. is a fashion doll introduced by American toy company Mattel in 1961 as the counterpart of Barbie, who had been introduced two years earlier. Similar to Barbie, Ken is from Willows, Wisconsin , [ 1 ] and has a fashionable line of clothing and accessories (although he made his debut wearing only a swimsuit). [ 2 ]
Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson (1961–1967, 1969–present): Barbie's male counterpart and boyfriend as well as the second character added to the line. Mattel announced a split between him and Barbie in 2004 [7] and a reunion on Valentine's Day in 2011. [8] According to books published by Random House in the 1960s, Ken's full name is Kenneth Sean ...
Delve into Ken’s long life on the toy shelf, from his origins as beach-loving Kenneth Carson to his break-up with Barbie in 2004, as well as his present-day portrayal by Ryan Gosling.
For a brief, shining moment in the early 1990s, though, one Ken doll emerged as an accidental superstar. ... On shelves for only six weeks, it became the best-selling Ken doll in Mattel history.
In 1960, Mattel introduced Chatty Cathy, a talking doll that was voiced by June Foray and revolutionized the toy industry, leading to pull-string talking dolls and toys flooding the market throughout the 1960s and 1970s. [18] [25] In 1961, Mattel introduced the Ken doll. [26]
From "Ken's buddy," Allan, to pregnant Midge, to all-but-forgotten dolls like Video Girl Barbie and Sugar Daddy Ken, read on for a real-life look at some of the discontinued Barbie dolls that make ...