The toy industry loves a good buzzword and lately the one I’ve been seeing is…
Category: Barbie
Chris Byrne, John Baulch, James Zahn, and I thought it would be interesting to our…
Mattel is pulling out all the stops in generating interest and excitement around the new…
There have been any number of fads and frenzies in toy history. The Hula Hoop…
Most years when we pick the finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame—and…
April 4, 2023For Immediate ReleaseContact: Shane Rhinewald, srhinewald@museumofplay.org,585-410-6365 ROCHESTER, NY—The Strong National Museum of Play…
Barbie is hot. Not just with little girls and not only with their moms. She…
For as long as play has existed, humans have been making dolls in some form…
Dressed in her inaugural gown of red, blue, and silver, Barbie made her political debut…
“Barbie quite simply changed my life.” Many of us can say that, in one way…
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Barbie is back….Big Time. Here is how the Wall Street Journal sizes it up: Mattel…
On my first visit to The Strong National Museum of Play in February 2016, I…