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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 ...
As Barbie (Margot Robbie) takes viewers on a tour through Barbie Land, one doll's appearance sticks out. Midge, played by Emerald Fennell, sports a huge baby bump as she eagerly waves to Robbie's ...
Earring Magic Ken, also known as "Gay Ken" and "Fey Ken", [1] is a model of the Ken doll introduced by Mattel in 1993 as a companion to its Earring Magic Barbie figure, one of five dolls in the Earring Magic Barbie line. [2] [3] The doll is notable for inspiring a toy craze among gay men (including some claims that it was the highest selling ...
Margaret "Midge" Hadley Sherwood is a doll character in the Barbie line of toys by Mattel that was first released in 1963. She was marketed as Barbie's best friend. Although created at the same time as Skipper, [1] Midge was re-introduced in 1988 as part of the play line, though two vintage reproduction dolls were made specifically for collectors in 1993 and 1998.
In 1993, to draw attention to what they regarded as outdated gender stereotypes exemplified by the dolls, a group of East Village performance artists calling themselves the Barbie Liberation Organization orchestrated an exchange of voice boxes between 300 Teen Talk Barbies and Hasbro Talking Duke G.I. Joe action figures, which were replaced on ...
1959: Barbie. This plastic princess has dominated the toy scene since her 1959 creation. ... According to CNN, a few years later, 8.9 million of the toys were recalled over 150 reported injuries ...
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 ...
Zalkin has sold individual dolls for $10,000. He recalled one octogenarian couple’s lifetime collection— over 500 “mint condition, original dolls and clothing still in the original packages ...