Barbie is a prominent figure to many who grew up with her. Her parents, George and Margaret Roberts, have been a mystery for ...

Ken was released two years after Barbie came out in 1959 when consumers requested a boyfriend for the doll. Handler was always using inspiration from her family for the dolls, as the doll Allan is ...

Are plastic toys dangerous? Toy company Mattel ... paper dolls of adult women”. An instant hit, Barbie, along with her boyfriend Ken who was introduced in 1961, has had to “evolve with the ...

Ken may be Barbie’s boyfriend, but in more than 60 years, she has not married or had children. In Ruth’s memoir “Dream Doll: The Ruth Handler Story,” she wrote, “Barbie has always ...

“Barbie is the most collected toy after baseball cards,” Rosen told ... dismissed as a shallow and anti-feminist throwback. Poor Ken was frowned upon too, when people would dismiss a couple ...

When it comes to making toys for children ... shows off their impressive character build, recreating Barbie in the game featuring Ken as her Guardian. The collaboration between Mattel and TOKYOPOP ...

“Barbie” finds the pair kicked out of Barbieland ... and it is served with a miniature Ken doll. It will be available through Sunday. Shorty’s Tap x Taco at the Waterfront, steps away ...