A special edition Barbie in the form of LeBron James is sure to become a collectors' item when it hits the market. Here's how ...

Lagueria Davis hates dolls. At least that's what the director of Netflix's Black Barbie documentary (streaming now) says in the first few minutes of the film. As a kid, she preferred powering ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

Some have cheered the new dolls. Others jeered them, saying they're not black enough. "I love the black Barbie. It's about time," Jua Simpson said on CNN's iReport, a user-generated news community.

It’s a blue summery frock, cinched tightly at the waist with a black ribbon ... It’s a massive risk for Mattel. Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in sales across ...

but this was the first time a Black doll had the word Barbie," she said of Mattel's dolls. The very first Black Barbie (middle) debuted in 1980, 21 years after Barbie debuted on March 9 ...

Black Barbie is the untold story of the first Barbie doll created as a Black woman and the pivotal role that three trailblazing women had in working with the Mattel Company in 1980 to produce a ...

The sweeping gown that the new Barbie wears is a modern take on the black ... human interest stories. Because this is the 65th anniversary, the symbol of the blue sapphire also takes shape in the ...

If you think Barbie is just a pretty doll, a new exhibit at the Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University will change your mind. “Out of the Box: A Barbie Retrospective” opened March 7 and ...

Dressed in a TV-friendly black and white bathing ... If we were to take a look at what made the Barbie brand stand out, besides being the first human-like doll, it is crucial that we look at ...