Tarpley Hitt dives deep into the underbelly of Barbie and Mattel. Her book, Barbieland: The Unauthorized History releases on ...

The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler. Images of Lilli from the February 1956 cover of Spielzeug Export. Almost exactly ...

Imagine you’re a kid again, busy making your holiday wishlist while multicolored Christmas lights hanging from the walls of ...

There’s nothing quite like the suspense of opening your long-awaited Christmas present. The ribbon comes loose, the paper ...

Open shelves hold well-loved teddy bears, board games with slightly tattered boxes, and metal trucks bearing the honorable scars of backyard adventures. For parents and grandparents, it’s an ...

The park also borrows heavily from Mattel’s most iconic brands. Highlights include a larger-than-life Barbie Beach House, ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

What started as a mechanism to keep equipment stable on board a Navy ship ended as one of the most recognizable toys of the ...

New tariffs on imported toys are pushing prices up, thinning inventory, and making big-name brands harder to find Shoppers will see fewer familiar brands, sneaky shrinkflation in the box, and higher ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Including sensory-friendly picks from a doctor and parenting expert Lego; Target; Walmart (2) Black Friday gave us some tremendous toy ...

Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein- and Diddy-themed play sets are being ...

Barbie is not who we think she is. For nearly seven decades, Mattel has sold Barbie as a true original: a revolutionary and empowering alternative to the baby dolls before her. In her new book, ...