At over 60 years old, Barbie is a true vintage ... co-founder of Mattel Toys, as she watched her daughter playing with her ...

Three hundred thousand Barbie dolls were sold in the first year. The toy swiftly grew so popular ... or wearing a wedding dress made of toilet paper. As Chin says, children “often go off script ...

Despite the global fame of Barbie, Lee highlights the ... “In pre-war times, children had toys made out of simple raw materials such as paper, bamboo sticks or rubber bands,” she says.