More models are available with flatter feet and US producer Mattel is making the dolls more down-to-earth, according to a study by Monash University near Melbourne, Australia. Barbie, born in 1959, ...

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“Barbie models her footwear choice based on task demands, being flat-footed and wearing flat shoes when she needs to work on her feet, be physically active or more stable,” they added. “Given Barbie ...

What does the guy with 1,700 Barbies, or the woman with 41,000 Trolls, think of Trump’s ideas about doll austerity?

“The dolls with the strawberry-blonde hair are certainly the most desirable, often realising up to $3000,” he says. Those who played with Barbie or have collected the doll as an adult would also be ...

Cepia, a Missouri company that was behind the 2009 holiday season hit Zhu Zhu Pets, launched a line of 11-inch fashion dolls called Decora Girlz last year. CEO James Russell Hornsby said he was ...