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Last year, in celebration of World Space Week in October 2021, Barbie created a Cristoforetti doll that comes with its own space suit and helmet, and even took it on a zero-gravity flight.
BillyBoy* designed two Barbie dolls for Mattel working as a designer and consultant, "Le Nouveau Théâtre de la mode" in 1984 and "Feelin' Groovy" in 1986. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] After finishing working with Mattel, BillyBoy* formed the "BillyBoy* Toys" company, [ 12 ] and in 1989 BillyBoy* and his partner released the Mdvanii fashion doll.
The series was discontinued after only 5 dolls, but the dolls live on as their face and body sculpts are used for other Barbie dolls ever since. The Model Muse body in particular has become the new standard body for collector dolls in the Barbie line. Daria (2004–2005) was the Caucasian doll in this collection. Two versions of her were ...
A celebrity doll is a doll modeled after a celebrity. Celebrity dolls have been in production for a very long time. In the 1840s, several famous ballerinas were featured as paper dolls. Also in the 19th century, various military heroes were portrayed as dolls or figures. With the advent of silent films, dolls of film stars
Susan Stern's documentary Barbie Nation provides an unauthorized look at Barbie, the world's best-known doll. (Illustration by Jay Sprogell for Yahoo / Photo: Getty Images) (Illustration by Jay ...
Forsythe is best known for his famous "Barbie" portraits, portraying Barbie dolls in surprising situations usually without clothes and often juxtaposed with some sort of kitchen or cooking appliance. This line of art is called the "Food Chain Barbie". [2] In each composition, Forsythe shows the world as seemingly mad.
Jack W. Ryan (November 12, 1926 – August 13, 1991) was an American designer. Ryan worked at toy company Mattel for 20 years, becoming the company's vice-president of research and development and subsequently working as a consultant.
Barbie is inspired by the popular doll invented by Ruth Handler, while Oppenheimer is a biographical tale adapted from the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.