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Ken's best friend, Allan Sherwood (Midge's boyfriend, later husband), was introduced in 1964. In 1968 Brad, the first African American male doll, was introduced as the boyfriend of Barbie's African American friend, Christie, who was introduced in 1967. [15]
She is Barbie's frenemy as shown in The Barbie Diaries, Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale, Barbie: A Fairy Secret and the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, and has a twin brother named Ryan. Grace (2009–2015): This African-American doll made its first appearance in the 2009 SIS Line, she used to be a friend of Barbie who moves to Chicago ...
The first Allan doll was released in 1964. He was marketed as Ken's friend who could also fit into Ken's clothes. [2] In 1991, the spelling of his name was changed to Alan. [3] The Wedding Day Alan doll featured Alan marrying Barbie's friend Midge. [3] The doll was also part of the Wedding Party Midge Gift Set. [4]
As seen in "Barbie," Ken frequently takes a back seat to Barbie. The movie's tagline says it all: "She's everything. He's just Ken." For a brief, shining moment in the early 1990s, though, one Ken ...
Barbie’s best friend has had a turbulent history — and was unceremoniously pulled from store shelves in 2002 for getting pregnant. Now she’s back in the movie “Barbie” and ready for her ...
Around 300,000 Barbie dolls were sold in 1959, her first year on the market, per Mattel. Carol Spencer, a doll designer for Barbie from 1963 to 1998, explains the craze.
Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years are the most valuable at auction, and while the original Barbie was sold for $3.00 in 1959, a mint boxed Barbie from 1959 sold for $3552.50 on eBay in October 2004. [92] On September 26, 2006, a Barbie doll set a world record at auction of £9,000 sterling (US$17,000) at Christie's in London. The doll ...
As the release of Greta Gerwig's Barbie draws closer, fans are eagerly anticipating getting a look inside Barbie Land -- and what happens when the titular doll is forced to venture into the Real ...