Archive for the 'Dolls' Tag
When the NFL and MLB began using bobblehead dolls as promotional tools in the early ’60s, they sparked an obsession with the trinkets. After a two-decade slump in popularity beginning in the ’70s, the bobblehead stormed back after the San Francisco Giants distributed a Willie Mays figure at a 1999 game. Today, according to Fast [...]
Mad Men’ Dolls In A Barbie World
After three seasons, “Mad Men,” the television series about advertising in the 1960s, has attained a level of popular-culture cachet, reports The New York Times. There have been magazine cover articles, calendars and an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” all devoted to it, spoofs on “The Simpsons” and “Saturday Night Live,” and even a [...]
A few weeks back, Popgadget‘s Sherri reported that Mattel was holding open votes to decide Barbie’s 126th career. Among the choices were News Anchor, Architect, and Computer Engineer. I’m happy to announce that the people have spoken and we now have Computer Engineer Barbie. According to Mattel’s site, the doll’s designers worked side by side [...]
