Mattel designed a doll for Rochester native and former U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach. Will you be able to buy this doll for your children? It appears that will be unlikely.
Kids have been telling their secrets to their toys forever. Now kids can have a back-and-forth conversation with Hello Barbie using WiFi and speech recognition technology, but is she a spy for research?
The latest shot in the battle to make people accept and love their bodies has been fired by a doll that could very well turn the toy industry on its ear.
Not to be outdone by 'Jem and the Holograms,' Barbie will also be getting her own live-action movie -- but of course homegirl has to one-up the competition, so she's getting a franchise because dream homes and matching pink cars aren't cheap, you know.
Girls playing with Barbie dolls is such a normal part of childhood. But for those concerned about the "perfect image" Barbie presents to girls, meet Lammily, the average and beautiful anti-Barbie doll.
Barbie can't help but looking perfect. She's manufactured that way.
But what if the doll that has been setting unrealistically high beauty standards for girls since 1959 was a real person? (Yes, this is has been tried before by human Barbie impersonators, but that's not where we're going here.)