Barbie is a familiar face in Germany, where she was first available in 1959.
"The Barbie Dreamhouse is the expression of a conventional role model that isn't OK, " he said.
And toy maker Mattel has not turned the official Mulan doll into an Asian Barbie.
Actually, one of them was Hannah Montana, who on main choices is now ahead of Barbie.
For the first time since 1999 Barbie's U.S. sales were up last year, by 3%.
The problem was most acute for Mattel's most profitable product: a pink plastic doll called Barbie.
For every piece of plastic the U.S. exports to China, the Chinese produce another Barbie doll.
Barbie and Hot Wheels remain the premier toy brands for girls and boys, respectively.
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Would you recommend Barbie as Rapunzel to a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas?
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In 1971, Malibu Barbie hit store shelves, and with her, the first Malibu Dream House.
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Through Barbie, little girls could fantasise about themselves not as mums, but as fun-loving adults.
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The Klarsfelds found Barbie in Bolivia and helped organise his extradition in 1983, after first conspiring to kidnap him.
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Only Lego comes close: for all Barbie's durability, she has always had lots of rivals.
Olga Oleynik, not as famous as Barbie, is also on her way to becoming a celebrity.
Mattel has even sued commercial artists for showcasing Barbie in an unflattering light.
Barbie sales in the U.S. rose 16% in the third quarter, while her revenue was flat overseas.
Mattel, which makes Barbie dolls, put on a fashion show to celebrate the leggy blonde's 50th birthday.
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To keep demand up, the Tamagotchi, like the Barbie doll, continually emerges in new colors and designs.
Several decades ago, Barbie's creator, Ruth Handler, saw a Swiss doll called Lilli, voluptuous and wearing heels.
It is safer for Mattel to add another item to its Barbie range than risk something new.
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Mr. COLBERT: We've all done backsies, asking for the return of your Barbie doll or baseball card.
She has no male companion (Barbie has Ken) and modest clothing that covers her knees and shoulders.
Barbie drives the U.S. boys and girls toys division, which makes up more than a quarter of sales.
Cool Blue Barbie, with hair streaks and denim overalls, released in June, is doing better, according to Mattel.
The :60 spot shows a doll, resembling Barbie, wowed by a male doll in his red Z roadster.
There is evidence Barbie personally tortured prisoners and was blamed for 4, 000 deaths and a further 7, 500 deportations during the war.
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The couple also tracked down the infamous Nazi Klaus Barbie, member of the Gestapo and known as the Butcher of Lyon.
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But they do try to compete with toys, such as Barbie, that they take to embody Western decadence.
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