At a Los Angeles Target, I locate Barbie in the toy aisle, beaming down at me from her dream house (pink convertible ... another beautiful doll.” It’s a sign that even kids as young as 6 ...

Kids loved Mattel’s 2010 “Video Girl Barbie”—a doll with ... couldn’t roll into the Barbie Dream House, and Mattel decided to ...

because with the kids, one of the main play patterns with Barbie is styling and combining the hair. When the hair is short, we weren't able to do that. But we included a hair pick [with the doll]." ...