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Like many moms of my era, I was one of those who righteously banned Barbie, the doll that launched a thousand women's studies dissertations, on the grounds that we didn't want our daughters' role model to be a giddy shopaholic who said, "Math class is tough!" and had a figure that defied the laws of gravity. That stance lasted until my older daughter was about 6 and a wise friend told me I was being an idiot by turning Barbie into forbidden fruit. Sure enough, when Sleeping Beauty Barbie arrived, she was played with happily for 48 hours...
Fast-forward a few years. Barbie is now poised to be toppled as the most popular girls' toy by a rival that makes Barbie look Amish: the Bratz doll, a brilliant invention of MGA Entertainment that you can tell instantly, from the very name, taps into the deep desire of daughters to drive their mothers insane...
Last semester, controversy erupted over a parody published on The Salient’s back page, which featured a mock ad of a Fulla doll, a Barbie imitation doll sold in the Middle East. The ad suggested that the doll, which is sold with Islamic dress, says programmed phrases such as, “Human Rights? That’s silly,” and “Yes, husband...
Amazing Allysen from Playmates is a smart doll for the tween set. She's programmed to learn a child's preferences--favorite colors and hobbies, best school chums--and work them into conversation. Armed with a vocabulary of more than 100 words, Allysen speaks in the recorded voice of a real girl. Her ability to process voice commands--a technology that hasn't always worked so well in the past--is supported by sophisticated software, her creators say. The animatronics controlling her face are finely tuned to produce subtle facial expressions that are perfectly suited...
...movie characters. Dora the Explorer products did $1.4 billion in sales last year alone. So it's no surprise that Curious George--star of a new movie and a PBS series launching this fall--is at the center of his own merchandising blitz. The Tickle 'n Giggle doll by Toy Biz has one up on the classic Elmo doll: a secret, random tickle spot that, when discovered, produces a big belly laugh. Price $25 Available...