Barbie® Extra lets kids explore self-expression through style and offers an exciting fashion and styling play experience with posable dolls. They are all about having fun with fashion with glitter, gummy bears, emojis and stand-out hair -- bringing EXTRA vibes wherever they go.

​These dolls wow with bright colors and glam pieces that show off their personality and offer an exciting fashion play experience. ​Extra ups the fashion game with premium details like faux fur, shimmery fabrics and fringe. Kids can collect all the dolls and travel the world with Barbie Extra Fly.

fashion doll Barbie is a fashion doll created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler, manufactured by American toy company Mattel and launched in 1959. The toy is the figurehead of the Barbie brand that includes a range of fashion dolls and accessories.

5.5-inch Barbie® Extra Minis™ are 5.5-inch dolls in looks made to slay, featuring over-the-top fashion and accessory pieces, plus a Barbie® Extra Minis™ branded doll stand.

"And, as 'extra' has become a part of girls' vernacular, our team was inspired to create a new line of playful and over-the-top dolls that encourage maximum self-expression." Barbie's embrace of diversity and being more inclusive of people of all shapes, sizes, colors, and abilities has been an ongoing campaign.

Since 1959, Barbie's purpose has been to inspire the limitless potential in every girl. We have always known that a small doll can make a big impact. Today we bring power to our purpose, not only as a global icon, but as an advocate for real social and environmental change.

Barbie® Extra dolls make a great gift for kids 3 to 10 years old, especially those who love to be extra themselves!

HISTORY. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie was named after Ruth Handler's daughter, Barbara, and Ken after her son, Kenneth. She is from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin, where she attended high school.

Over the years, Barbie dolls have developed to comprise a complex – but more stable – chemical cocktail comprising ethylene vinyl acetate arms, acyrylonitrile butadiene styrene torsos, heads of a hard vinyl compound, and outer legs in PVC, although using a different formula from the earlier dolls.

Technically, Ken has no official age (he is a doll, after all) although he was first introduced as Barbie's boyfriend on March 11, 1961, which means he has been around for 62 years. (Barbie was created in 1959, which would make her 64.)

Since ancient times, dolls have played a central role in magic and religious rituals and have been used as representations of deities. Dolls have also traditionally been toys for children. Dolls are also collected by adults, for their nostalgic value, beauty, historical importance or financial value.

She is from (fictional) Willows, Wisconsin, where she attended high school. Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959, the day she was unveiled to the toy industry during New York Toy Fair. Barbie first appeared in her iconic black-and-white striped swimsuit. Barbie was joined by Ken in 1961.

In the case of the “Barbie” movie, the MPAA handed down a PG-13 rating for two main reasons: Brief language. Suggestive references.

The Barbie Doll Was Originally Supposed To Be 19-Years Old Today, the doll itself is 64 years old; in 2023, Barbie would technically be 83 years old if she aged. However, toy company Mattel has said that she's perpetually frozen in time at the age of 19.

Putting together a staggering ten thousand dollars every day. The faces are painted using a lead-free oil-based paint each stage of Lucy's makeup is done separately.

Mattel shut down its last U.S. factory - in Murray, Ky. - in 2001. Barbie, Hot Wheels and other Mattel toys are now made in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico and Thailand. It's a familiar narrative.