A line of toys designed to teach girls ... were “eating Barbie’s lunch in the older-girl demographic, and Disney Princess was chomping away at the younger-girl demographic,” explains Dickson.

Released in 1990, the Barbie Cake Toppers set is ... in conjunction with the iconic NES game, these toys featured characters like Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Koopa Paratroopa.

In 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the dolls and further tell PEOPLE about the differences they've made Hedy Phillips is the Senior ...

Your vinyl collection could also be worth as much as £10,000. But did you know that those nostalgic old toys like Barbie, Lego and My Little Pony could also sell for thousands of pounds?

Even the small fraction of gender-specific toys—Barbie, for example—were mostly ... The homemaker is the princess; the carpenter, the action hero. "You take the pink backdrop down, but it's ...