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After two years of living in her six-story Shanghai mansion, Mattel's iconic American doll Barbie is moving out.

"Barbie's been out in the world and had fun, and she's ready for her second career, " says Rachel Weingarten, a pop culture expert.

Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just a single Barbie. Actually, her name was Barbara.

Cindy: He was worried if it was a sister. He would have to play Barbie dolls with her.

Daniel: Barbie? You know, I might be seven, but I'm not a girl.

Barbie is not the only international brand using new strategies to try to target this important consumer group in Shanghai.

The real Ken did not like the three-dimensional Barbie dolls, being described as having the appearance of "a woman who sold sex" .

This child soon learns that Barbie dolls are by no means the only physical objects that pass into and out of her young life at a rapid clip.

Mattel says ninety percent of girls in the United States between the ages of three and ten own at least one Barbie doll.

In fact, to me, it seemed like the Barbie games were the only franchise blatantly targeting females.

Combing her Barbie's long hair when she was a girl was the "highlight of my play experience, " she said.

Devastated: Barbie, in a state of shock, chops all of her hair off to resemble a man; Ken's preferred choice.

Do you worry that mothers might be reluctant to have their daughters play with such a stereotypical female model as Barbie?

You do not know how difficult it is to compete with Barbie dolls.

If Barbie wants to put things right with Ken, she's going to have to quit trashing rainforests.

But to millions of girls and women around the world, Barbie is just a good friend.

Under the company the technical expert with the engineer's help, Barbie doll bore like this!

Yet could it be that Barbie, far from being a relic from another era, is in fact a woman for our troubled economic times?

But even as he revelled in his new-found celebrity, Ken's aim was always to win back Barbie, Mattel says.

The dislocated head of a baby doll stares blindly through the gate; WALL-E and Barbie Pet Doctor boxes are strewn across the yard.

Those car makers were inspired by the popularity of Barbie Doll and made up a car that was designed like a Barbie Doll Car.

Among the toys joining the cast is a Ken doll, voiced by Michael Keaton, who plays a version of Barbie's male sidekick with a dark side.

I don't see her adopting five children from five different countries, but I could see Barbie with a conscience, activist Barbie.

Canturi, an Australian jewellery designer, said he wanted to pay homage to Barbie's "modern yet timeless style" .

Sad: Eventually, Barbie is left alone at the dinner table, waiting for her famous partner to join her.

And yet, some people still believe that Barbie is a bad influence.

The very first time I felt hatred burning in my chest was when Darcy, the guy next door broke my beloved Barbie and wrote all over her face.

"Video Girl" Barbie has a small built-in camera, a hidden LCD display screen and a USB cord that allows kids to upload videos to a computer.

Barbie was so impressed by my dedication that she said she would give my choice a shot.

Heartbroken Ken decided to take dramatic action to let Barbie know just how he feels.

Upon her return to the US, Handler reworked the design of the doll and named it "Barbie" , after her daughter Barbara.

The maker of Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price toys did not actually do anything terribly wrong.

It's a Beetle from Volkswagen - complete with a shocking pink paint scheme, pink wheel nuts and a Barbie logo.

Please promise me that you won't bug our new Barbie neighbor. Good fences make good neighbors.

The store will be a pink mecca for all things Barbie and will attempt to broaden the doll's appeal to older girls and their mothers.

That's one important reason why Barbie chose Shanghai, after extensive research, over any other world city.

Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (see photo) could have the next Barbie doll modeled after her, UK media reported.

Statue of Liberty, Barbie, "the United States Gothic, " Buffalo nickel and Uncle Sam called five major symbol of American culture.

"Barbie has been talking and she said Marian said, 'Shoot me first, " ' Rhoads said.

Recently, the grand opening of the Barbie Megastore in Shanghai prompted me to reminisce about Barbie and what she means to us.

She'll be jumping in her 'Barbie Pink Bus' to head on tour in the near future, the spokeswoman said, declining to disclose further details.

So Barbie can be a pet doctor. Barbie can be president of the United States.

If I were an economist, I'd study Barbie as a barometer of macroeconomic ups and downs.

Well. My wife collects them. She seems to have a thing about Barbie dolls.

Barbie has been an astronaut, a doctor, a teacher and a princess a thousand times over. But a tattoo artist?

The Barbie emporium appears to be suffering from a different problem, with crowds of sightseers but very few people making big purchases.

Regina's like the Barbie doll I never had. I'd never seen anybody so glamorous.

From Barbie to Snow White, all show our desire to turn princess.

As the recession deepens, Barbie's conservative values are also back in vogue.

Barbie dolls are quite popular, you know.

Last month, he proposed banning sales of Barbie and other dolls that influence girls to put too much importance on physical beauty.

He notices that it's been a long time since she upgraded her version of the game.

The shape of the Barbie doll experiences successively roughly 500 times above of correction and improve, become the appearance of today.

Billed as the largest private collection of Barbie dolls, the lifelong passion of a Dutch mother will go under the hammer next month.

Some of your classmates keep a pet. Others sleep with a teddy bear or a Barbie doll.

Barbie survived and was in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recovering from shoulder, hand and leg injuries.

As a Chinese American girl growing up in the 1970s, I was fascinated by Barbie's rear end.

It is a dark and rainy night. Barbie is reading in her bed. Kelly and Stacie run in. "Tell us a story, Barbie, " says Stacie.

The toy manufacturer Mattel has closed its flagship Barbie store in Shanghai just two years after it opened to much fanfare.

Ross has a hard time accepting that his son plays with a Barbie doll; he tries to get him interested in more masculine toys.

Barbie-branded range of designer clothes for girls, and a branded perfume, are also in the pipeline.

Jeannie wrapped her finger around her blond pony tail as she described Barbie's ball gown.

No wonder why Nian at the age of 2 stared this newly set of Barbie Dolls.

With about $5bn in annual sales, the company is the world's largest toymaker, owning the Barbie, Fisher Price and Hot Wheels brands.

Well, little girls seem to love Barbie dolls.

Kate: Well, I have two Barbie dolls and a dollhouse at home. They're fun, but I really like your LEGO set.

Barbie has changed a lot over the years and has managed to keep up with current trends in hairstyles, make-up and clothing.

' "Mattel continues to be committed to developing the Barbie brand in China, " the company said in the statement.

And if the dolls were too small for your liking - here is a life-size cut-out of Barbie.

Then we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of a world that lionizes Size Two Hollywood starlets and Barbie-doll figures.

Costume Ball Barbie. . . -Once upon a time, before there was Barbie, almost every doll in America. . .

Analysts said Barbie, Best Buy and Home Depot were seen by consumers as expensive in a very price-sensitive market.

I did have a Barbie doll, but she often wore G. . I. . Joe fatigues and went to war with him.

Thank you for giving me such a nice barbie doll.

If you were looking for someone perfect, you pick the wrong girl, go buy yourself a damn barbie!

Jackie Kennedy soon sashayed onto the world stage and Barbie already had a wardrobe fit for a first lady.

Now, according the proponents of the clash of civilizations, both Barbie and Fulla occupy these completely separate spheres.

Whether China can give Barbie new life remains to be seen: Mattel's recently opened store in Buenos Aires has been _drawn_crowds.

Then a Barbie commercial came on. My daughter sang along with the theme song "Be who you want to be, B-A-R-B-I-E. "

You notice your daughter playing with a Barbie that you told her she couldn't buy at the store.

Regina's like the Barbie doll I never had.

Eva: Hi, Tina, you know the first Flagship Barbie Store opened in Shanghai the other days?

Jason Wu was born in Taipei, and liked Barbie dolls and enjoyed designing doll clothes when he was young.

Barbie has undergone a lot of changes over the years and has managed to keep up with current trends in hairstyles, makeup and clothing.

From a young age, children play with toys like Barbie dolls and burly action figures, with bodies that are physically impossible to achieve.

The other morning Darcy came back with a brand new Barbie his mom forced him to buy, handed me unwillingly, and pleaded for my forgiveness.

My Malibu Barbie will no longer be wearing white to her wedding.

Barbie was only $3, but you had to buy 200 outfits for her wardrobe---everything from ski suits to tiny mink jackets.

Even Ken, Barbie's long-suffering, chino-wearing boyfriend, has had a makeover and new hairstyle.

The Barbie store is packed on weekends at the moment.

Legions of outside suppliers make clothes, accessories and toys for the doll, while online Barbie fan clubs nurture sales.

"But even when you didn't have money for the bus, " Smith said, "you bought me a Barbie doll. "

Mattel's Barbie doll made its public debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Having studied Wal-Mart's flyer, she was keen on the Hot Wheels Barbie Jeep advertised at more than 50 percent off.

That means they can afford to buy 19 Barbie dolls a year each, as long as they do not buy anything else.

Red skirt, leather jacket, typical smile. . . . . . Barbie Hsu took her effort to lead nearly all topics to the brand she endorsed.

A Barbie doll was buried in an American government timecapsule as representative of life in the 20th century.

Barbie and Millie "s assistant, Alecia, enlist the help of some magical fashion fairy-muses to hold a fashion show of Alecia" s new designs.

Nevertheless, a course on race which describes the whiteness of Barbie as unbearable seems incredibly unscientific.

These toys limited the imagination; so Handler introduced Barbie the Teen-Age Fashion Model, named after her daughter, Barbara.

This spot attracts local TV stars, gays and lesbians, international celebrities but, most of all, this is Barbie land.

Some educators dismiss as simplistic and overdone the notion that girls eagerly await such "feminine" software as barbie CD-ROMS.

He decides, in a moment of goodwill, to upgrade the game on Barbie's computer, too.

When Barbie later goes to check her account, it has decreased by the T-shirt's cost.

So much so that Mattel once produced a talking Barbie doll whose stock of phrases included "Math class is tough! "

Barbie dolls are always girls' most loved toys, some children even clasp their dollswhereverthey go. If it is because of loneliness?

Climax: It all comes to a head when Barbie walks in on Ken with another man.

all the rest goes on clothes, shoes, make-up and . . . Barbie?

Beauty Queen Barbie Hsu arrived in Shenyang yesterday to attend the opening ceremony of new Tissot store.

Industry analysts believe Barbie will remain a bestselling and lasting icon regardless of competition.

Daniel: It's Barbie, you know that. Hey, Barbie, say hello to Pig Tom.

You're right. Girls love Barbie. Show me a Barbie doll.

Others believe that Barbie represents an independent, and career-focused woman.

After the criticism toward Barbie dolls from feminist, people then discuss equality and emancipation of women again.

On this date in 1959, the first Barbie doll was introduced to the world at the American International Toy Fair.

The toymaker Mattel recognised this when they introduced an Angela Merkel Barbie, complete with black trouser suit, this year.

Barbie and Millie assistant packs ahiah, got magic fashion elves held to introduce the new design of packs a fashion show.

Well I thought we might have a barbie.

THE Barbie doll is 43 this year, a great age for a toy. Most toys have cruelly short lives.

Where did Ruth Handlers inspiration for the design of the Barbie doll come from?

On television feminists said Barbie was a bimbo and bad for children.

Feminists continue to bash Barbie, claiming that her beauty and curves treat women as objects .

"100 per cent plastic beauty" reads a sign on the wall of the Barbie spa and beauty salon on the second floor.

Just between us girls, almost every of us was a proud owner of Barbie Doll.

Barbie also embodies career flexibility, a valuable attribute in difficult times.

Her old Barbie bicycle was just too babyish, and besides, it needed a new tire.

I'm defiantly not your typical girl and I'm certainly no barbie.

Oh I'm having so much fun - well Barbie we're just getting started.

Yesterday's withdrawal covered some of its most popular lines, such as Polly Pocket dolls, Doggie Day Care play sets and Barbie play sets.

Barbie's career has spanned hundreds of jobs, and her makers have striven valiantly to keep up with the latest trends.

But in China, Mattel is breaking that brand mould in a big way: Barbie is supposed to transform herself from a doll into a lifestyle.

In this storybook, Barbie leaves behind her acting career and her ex-boyfriend Ken to travel to Paris and help her Aunt Millie.

Where did Ruth Handler's inspiration for the design of the Barbie doll come from?

Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars.

's Shanghai Barbie store, essentially a quasi theme park featuring the leggy doll, closed this year.

As a child I was playing with the boys and building forts while my sister played with Barbie dolls.

She sat on the floor and removed her bright pink rain boots, with Barbie on the sides, and easily slid the new shoes on.

Well, I've never heard of a little girl that didn't love Barbie dolls.

"The end, " says Barbie. Kelly and Stacie look up. The rain stops. "We like your story! " says Kelly.

This course explains how every element of racism has come together to create the popular Barbie doll.

Hope that more more beautiful "straw" works, "water barbie" sweet smile to every corner of the world.

Customers like to buy the authentic Barbie that they think is beautiful, and Barbie is known to have blond hair and blue eyes.

Even the marketing of the Barbie doll came from a children's focus group.

Up for sale are 4, 000 dolls spanning the entire history of Barbie and her friends, family and fashions which stretches back to 1959.

Barbie was said to be "the archetypal woman" , amodern Mona Lisa.

Alessandro and Giuseppe are Barbie Doll collectors and dealers from Rome, Italy.

Barbie will still be sold in other shopping outlets across China, Mattel's spokeswoman says.

Do you know why Barbie and Ken don't dress in underwear?

Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars.

The case involved a numbered company which operated a chain of restaurants in the Montreal area under the trademark BARBIE'S.

Diwali Barbie doll wears a teal sari with golden detailing, a pink shawl wrap, and exotic jewelry.

For hundreds of years, girls have played with dolls and dressed them up, from paper dolls to Barbie.

At 50 Barbie will also be a marvel of plastic surgery and eternal youth. And she still knows how to party.

Through two Barbie websites, girls can design clothes, network and play games.

During my time, barbie dolls were expensive! At 7, Barbies were overpriced blonde, curvy, ideal woman packed in plastic.

Women are once again pressured to act in a way that is unreal, like a barbie doll.

Lilly is the doll that would inspire Ruth Handler to design the Barbie doll.

Before the designs are complete, the fairies are kidnapped, and Barbie, Alecia, and Millie must complete the show on their own.

The firm's signature products include Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.

"Barbie just got plonked down in China. "

Thenew Barbie will restore the doll's place inthefashionworld, he adds, which will mean itisbetter see off the threat of younger rivals.

Lilli was a shapely, pretty fashion doll first made in 1955. Lilli is the doll that would inspire Ruth Handler to design the Barbie doll.

Barbie looks around. She sees a bunny . "There are two princesses named Kelly and Stacie. . . " Barbie begins.

When Ruth Handler created Barbie in 1959, a post-war culture and economy thrived but girls still played with baby dolls.

Shields grew up a free man and became a carpenter. Barbie Helld was his informally adopted daughter.

But rules of origin make it seem that China gets $2 each for Barbie dolls.

There is a generation of women who lived in a very different China and didn't have access to Barbie or other western toys.

Mirror hog: Barbie quickly grows suspicious of Ken's feminine side. He is shown above blow-drying his hair.

Not long afterward, astronaut Barbie landed on toy store shelves.

Now explore them in detail, beginning with Barbie's T-shirts.

Meanwhile, Barbie has some hip new rivals on the scene. MGA.

A course called The Unbearable Whiteness Of Barbie is mandatory for those who enroll themselves in Occidental College.

Brown is the colour of a Barbie doll's hair .

No one appreciates clothes here, Barbie. No one.

Users must first buy genitalia for their avatars, who otherwise resemble Barbie and Ken dolls when unclothed.

Ruth and Elliot would name their new fashion doll after their own daughter, Barbie.

Barbie is the quintessential American icon.

This is like a really basic, basic prosthetic limb under here. It's like a Barbie foot under this.

Each doll comes with 20 plus pieces of fashion and accessories including a cool skateboard for Barbie?

It's not even that Sofie is too young for Barbie, although that's certainly true.

Barbie has faced recent competition from Bratz dolls.

Ruth and Elliot named their new fashion doll after their own daughter, Barbie.

I was clearly far too intent in my pursuit of a Barbie-like forehead to do the necessary research.

I left my ruined Barbie beside Darcy, just in case he got lonely while being dead.

The choice of Shanghai was significant, according to Richard Dickson, Barbie's general manager.

A Barbie doll looks like a teenager.

On Shanghai's trendiest shopping street a glittering pink monument to the west's faith in the Chinese consumer has just opened.

Well now I can. . . . well. . . I can dress up Barbie. And. . . pose.

Having a computer with Web access in the home is a far greater danger than putting a "Video Girl" Barbie under the tree this year.

We planned our weddings with the help of Barbie dolls and the tiny purple wildflowers growing in our side yard.

The late nineteen fifties brought the Barbie doll and a big circular tube of colorful plastic called the Hula Hoop.

Teresa? doll is the Fairy Queen from the move, "Barbie (TM) of Swan Lake. "

Barbie has the most current trends in fashion and look, but combines it with the nurturing and glamour that a girl wishes to emulate.

And he came back with tons of chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, biscuits, and even a new Barbie DVD for each girl.

Barbie and Ken have been together for years.

The wedding of Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei (see photo) was held in Sanya, Hainan Tuesday afternoon.

Mattel recently opened the world's first store dedicated to Barbie in Shanghai.

We have Barbie Girls. com; 10m users around the world.

Barbie has a beautiful girl of many dreams.

Video Girl doll from Barbie comes with built-in digital camera.

From whence came this urgent need for the Barbie Body?

Do Take Life Advice from Talking Dolls: I mean, Barbie has kept her boyfriend Ken around for 43 years.

In 1959, the Barbie doll would make her way to the New York Toy Show and receive a cool reception from the toy buyers.

As a child she loved Barbie and Twin Peaks.

You see ken and barbie over there?

Yes, today I'd like to present you all-new Volkswagen Beetle Barbie.

This looks like it ought to have a Barbie logo on the back.

It was in 1958 that the patent for Barbie was obtained.

From company me members good at praise , she's very like a big barbie doll.

Mattel, which makes Barbie dolls, put on a fashion show to celebrate the leggy blonde's 50th birthday.

A Living Barbie Doll In A See-Through Dress?

Remember when Barbie whined that "math is hard. "

Academe bent its mind to the Barbie phenomenon.

What's my boy doing with a Barbie?

Barbie is once again the queen of the toyshop.

Through the years, Barbie has had more than 108 careers and has worn costumes from 50 nations.

Local media have taken to calling Wang's event the Shanzhai Barbie Banquet, using the Chinese slang termfor intentionally cheap knock-offs.

Not every man wants a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Barbie doll on his arm.

Most normal little girls go wild over Barbie dolls.

Witness the reaction to the Barbie doll who said "Math class is tough! " in 1992.

EVERYONE knows something about Barbie, the most famous doll in the world.

Pink Cindy has a pink Barbie doll. Judy likes pink skirts.

Daniel: Sorry, Mom, I don't like it either, but it's just me. I have found it. Look! it's in Barbie's mouth.

House of Barbie officially opens in March.

Amy's sister, Jamie, and Amy's mom both thought a 3-foot Barbie Doll would top Amy's wish list.

There are many complex psychological and societal reasons, by which I mean Barbie.

I wasn't into Barbie dolls and swore I'd never, ever wear pink.

The new barbie wears a lovely full-length skirt.

But analysts say with thought and investment Barbie could still have a future ahead.

And invited the king Barbie beauty beauty shop as we speak.

The proceeds of the sale of the bejewelled Barbie will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Barbie was first created in 1959 and she has undergone many transformations since then.

Could you buy the latest Barbie for me?

Next year will be all about Barbie, says Mr Dickson.

I can buy she barbie girl. I can give she hello kitty.

Barbie Shanghai is located at 550 Central Huaihai Road.

On Monday morning the vast Barbie store closed its doors, becoming the latest foreign retailer to hit the rocks in China.

The pink Barbie brand is licensed for products from DVDs and MP3 players to bicycles and even 24-carat gold and crystal jewellery.

The first 1950s Barbie dolls had two careers: fashion model and bride.

A: I hope it's that pretty Barbie doll I saw in the store!

The previous world auction record for a Barbie was US$17, 091, set in 2006.

May: Hurry up, Daniel, it's Barbie time.

Barbie has outlived them all.

I'm an alcoholic not a Barbie doll.

In Western countries, it is very popular to collect Barbie dolls.

Barbie's friends of all ages are concerned.

Anything that they can buy for Barbie can be collected.

The proceeds from the sale of the bejewelled Barbie will go to Breast Cancer Research.

I listened with fascination to the descriptions of a house for Barbie, her car, and her wardrobe.

No; in fact we see the opposite because Barbie has changed.