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

An Antiques Roadshow expert was shocked to see an original Barbie lookalike doll that comes with a complicated origin story.

in 1959 at the New York Toy Fair, her male competitors laughed her out of the room: nobody, they insisted, would want to play with a doll with breasts. Still, Barbie’s sales took off ...

(In another version of this origin story, Ruth got the idea ... Three hundred thousand Barbie dolls were sold in the first year. The toy swiftly grew so popular she needed her own entourage.

“Lilli dolls could be bought in tobacco shops, bars and adult-themed toy stores,” Robin Gerber, the author of Barbie and Ruth ...

Not only did the Fran Fine doll feature a miniature ... Tim Allen Says 'Brilliant' Toy Story 5 Isn't a Cash-Grab: 'I Don’t Really Believe It’s About the Money' Barbie has done it all, but ...

Barbie, a doll brand by toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., has collaborated with a local beauty brand, Lovely Causemetics, for a ...