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/// 28 June 2013 ///
The dolls I was hoping were updates of Tutti® and Todd® are actually called Max® and Marie®.
/// 11 March 2011 ///
Celebrate with a big fat sale at Toys 'R' Us!
/// 10 February 2011 ///
And you can have them super-cheap.
/// 09 February 2011 ///
A Silkstone® Francie® doll is on the way!
/// 24 November 2010 /// (Updated: 26 November 2010)
Black Friday means interesting dolls.
/// 25 October 2010 ///
Ken®'s getting a makeover for his 50th birthday.
/// 18 October 2010 /// (Updated: 25 October 2010)
/// 12 October 2010 /// (Updated: 18 October 2010)
Target gets more "exclusive" dolls that are destined to go on "permanent sale" for half-price in the near future.
/// 02 September 2010 ///
The latest poop-scooping Barbie® doll is more direct when it comes to her favorite pastime.
/// 08 June 2010 ///
A wedding-themed Barbie® giftset shows up at Target featuring a new Skipper® doll.
/// 25 March 2010 ///
Another "Quintessential Barbie®" doll makes the scene.
/// 07 March 2010 ///
The new SuperStar™ Barbie® doll is available for US$3 this week!
/// 15 February 2010 ///
We already get to see pictures from Toy Fair!!
/// 14 February 2010 /// (Updated: 24 March 2010)
A picture of the Mad Hatter doll from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland has been released.
Update [24 March 2010] - There were listings for an Alice doll, too, but most of them have disappeared....
Update [24 March 2010] - There were listings for an Alice doll, too, but most of them have disappeared....
/// 13 February 2010 ///
The title says it all. (Well, you should still read the diary entry anyway.)
/// 11 February 2010 ///
A new trailer for Toy Story 3 was released that finally reveals how Ken® and Barbie® fit into the movie - and what they look like!
/// 07 February 2010 ///
Playmates released an "updated" version of Rainbow Brite®.
/// 05 February 2010 ///
A new line of basic Disney Princess ballerina dolls is showing up.
/// 31 January 2010 /// (Updated: 07 February 2010)
An exclusive new doll and bike Barbie® giftset is available at Target stores in the US, although it most likely isn't really an "exclusive".
/// 31 January 2010 ///
Robert Tonner is apparently considering making a Lady Gaga doll....
/// 13 January 2010 ///
Target has a new exclusive Fairy two-pack featuring "reissues" from the Mariposa™ line.
/// 02 January 2010 ///
I saw Daniela® and Alexis® from the new wave of Liv® dolls.
/// 22 December 2009 ///
Walmart also had a set of four exclusive "reissued" Candy Glam™ dolls for "Black Friday".
/// 22 December 2009 ///
Walmart had a set of four exclusive "reissued" Glitter Princess dolls for "Black Friday".
/// 26 November 2009 /// (Updated: 13 January 2010)
Die Another Day Barbie® looks like Halle Berry, but this isn't the first time Berry's been Barbie-ized.
Update [13 January 2010] - It turns out this doll actually has the unused Halle Berry head sculpt after all!
Update [13 January 2010] - It turns out this doll actually has the unused Halle Berry head sculpt after all!
/// 25 November 2009 ///
Continuing the tradition, Walmart will have some bizarre Barbie "reissues" for Black Friday this year.
/// 25 November 2009 /// (Updated: 16 January 2010)
Target apparently only has one Christmas-themed exclusive Barbie® doll this year - Happy Holidays® Barbie, a combination of a Holiday Stocking™ doll and a Christmas Morning™ doll - rather than the usual three.
Update [16 January 2010] - There were actually two different versions of this doll!
Update [16 January 2010] - There were actually two different versions of this doll!
/// 19 November 2009 ///
I saw the new Barbie® in a Mermaid Tale™ Beach Barbie® beach Barbie doll.
/// 14 November 2009 ///
Apparently the email form hasn't been working for... possibly three months or something. If you've sent any messages to me through the form, I didn't get them.
/// 08 November 2009 ///
Mattel will begin selling their own Bratz® dolls in the Spring of 2010.
/// 05 November 2009 /// (Updated: 08 November 2009)
It looks like it's true that all of the black dolls in 2010 will be using the enlarged 2001 Adria (aka black Barbie 2001 or Desiree®) head.
/// 31 October 2009 ///
I posted pics of some more OOAK dolls for Halloween.
/// 30 October 2009 ///
I saw her last night!
/// 26 October 2009 ///
The basic fairy Barbie dolls for 2010 have the tiny bodies and very big heads.
/// 09 October 2009 ///
"The View" gets their hands on the So In Style™ dolls, and that causes me to write even more about them.
/// 07 October 2009 /// (Updated: 26 October 2009)
Another assortment of "re-issued" Fashion Fever™ dolls is available at Target. UPDATE: These dolls are on sale for $5 until Christmas!
/// 06 October 2009 /// (Updated: 08 November 2009)
Pictures of one of the Barbie® as Merliah™ dolls from Barbie in a Mermaid Tale™ - who apparently has the arms from the Easy for Me 1 2 3 dolls.
/// 24 September 2009 ///
Entertainment Earth put up pictures of the rest of the dolls in the Barbie® in a Mermaid Tale™ beach assortment, including - yes - two Barbie® dolls and no Summer®. Also, I was right - Teresa® and Nikki® (or is it really Grace®?) have changed to new heads.
/// 21 September 2009 ///
Entertainment Earth put up pictures of the beach Barbie® and Ken® dolls for 2010!
/// 17 September 2009 ///
Target's exclusive Merry Monsters™ Kelly®, Miranda®, and and Kayla® dolls.
/// 09 September 2009 ///
/// 31 August 2009 ///
Lots of juicy details about Spin Master's Liv® dolls.
/// 26 August 2009 ///
Mattel uses Aqua's "Barbie® Girl" song in a commercial for the dolls.
/// 21 August 2009 ///
Barbie® Fashionistas™ is a new assortment of highly-articulated playline Barbie dolls currently available exclusively at Peek & Cloppenburg stores in Europe.
/// 13 August 2009 ///
Who are Erika™, Tia™, Kendal™, and Sierra™?
/// 11 August 2009 ///
Spin Master sent me a Liv® doll to try out.
/// 07 August 2009 ///
Pictures of the first Barbie® My Favorites Mini B™ Giftset.
/// 04 August 2009 ///
More information about Liv™, a new line of articulated fashion dolls from Spin Master.
/// 31 July 2009 ///
Taking a cue from Barbie® (okay, probably not), Tyler Wentworth® celebrates her 10th anniversary by switching back to her old head sculpt.
/// 31 July 2009 ///
Target's exclusive Halloween Barbie® doll for 2009 is Pink Halloween® Barbie.
/// 31 July 2009 ///
I saw an exclusive Then & Now™ Bathing Suit Barbie® giftset at Target.
/// 27 July 2009 /// (Updated: 03 August 2009)
The So In Style® section of Barbie®.com has been updated with more information - and it includes hints about some more "mystery dolls".
/// 26 July 2009 ///
Liv™ is a new line of articulated fashion dolls from Spin Master.
/// 25 July 2009 ///
Information about a So In Style® doll assortment tied into the Rocawear clothing brand was released...a while ago. The assortment features a male doll and (apparently) a fourth female character.
/// 24 July 2009 ///
The new SpongeBob SquarePants® Barbie® doll is arriving in stores!
/// 05 July 2009 ///
The really pretty new-head Barbie® doll with the closed-face box that I was looking forward to got produced with the old head instead.
/// 25 June 2009 ///
Getting all up-in-arms about the So In Style® dolls' hair.
/// 24 June 2009 ///
The So In Style® dolls are starting to show up.
/// 20 June 2009 ///
Barbie®'s old 1998 "Generation Girl™" head returns in the playline.
/// 29 May 2009 ///
More catalog photos showing Barbie®'s new open-mouth head sculpt.
/// 12 May 2009 ///
Target's new Beach Party™ Barbie® and Teresa™ giftset is actually a refreshed version of their Surf's Up™ giftset from last year. Plus, there's a refreshed Beach Party version of the Surf's Up Color Change Diver™ as well.
/// 04 April 2009 /// (Updated: 06 April 2009)
Current playline Barbie® dolls with rooted hair (at least the ones from Indonesia) are having their heads filled with glue at the factory. Unfortunately, the glue doesn't set up completely, causing viscous liquid to seep out the back of the heads where they're tag-barbed to the box liners.
/// 03 April 2009 ///
German toymaker Simba's US operations become yet another casualty of the so-called "Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act".
/// 15 February 2009 ///
Toy Fair 2009 starts today! This page collects all the entries posted about it.
/// 12 February 2009 ///
The wave of nostalgia continues as the original Barbie® logo from the 60's returns on playline Barbie packaging.
/// 08 January 2008 ///
A catalog photo shows Day 2 Nite™ Nikki® with Teresa®'s head.
/// 23 January 2007 ///
My Ballerina Barbie® doll's leg fell off.
/// 19 January 2007 ///
Even though most of the new dolls for 2007 are using new head sculpts, the "ethinc" basic Ballerinas use old ones. Also, interesting stuff about their shoes, and some leg problems.
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