Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Dolls magazine report on 2012 Dolls of the World

The Dolls of the World series is my favorite one of the Barbie line. This is what brought me into Barbie collecting in 1995.

Dolls magazine has a report, Globally Gorgeous: Mattel expands Dolls of the World Barbie line, listing the 10 dolls that are in the international run for 2012 and the new features we are seeing this year.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

My new fav: Fashion Designer Barbie!

This is a doll that the Project Runway fans will love, but I suspect my crafty and frugal friends will enjoy her too!

Fashion Designer Barbie is one of the newest dolls on the shelf. Barbie announced this doll in January, and I found her this week at Meijer in Monroe, Mich.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Barbie is "cool" again with the older girls

Mattel had quite a struggle for a time with how to market Barbie to its original demographic: older girls who had moved past baby dolls but still like to play.

But according to industry reports, it's cool again to be a Barbie fan in the age 8-11 bracket. IOL has this report: Barbie bounces back.