Biggest News aggregator with 200 million news articles | vimarsana.com
1959. ruth handler, a co—founder of the toy company mattel, creates barbie, named after her daughter. until then, us children had only played with baby dolls. barbie would change everything. targeted advertising aimed at kids during the mickey mouse club led to the rise of pester power — children nagging their parents to buy them something. by the end of the year, 350,000 barbies had been sold. now mattel announces live action, barbie, live action pj, the new fashion dolls that you can really move, you can pose... barbie continued to develop. in the 19705, there were experiments with the mobility function, they got their own new touch and go stands that let you make them dance