2. Barbie and Ken have full names Image via Mattel, Inc. Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie and a co-founder of Mattel, gave her doll a distinct identity by giving Barbie her own universe. Barbie Yes, that Ken. A few years after the Barbie doll was created, a Ken doll followed in 1961. Similarly to his sister, Kenneth Handler's similarities with his doll began and ended with his name.
Mattel bought the rights to Lilli. Barbie Millicent Roberts, named after Handler’s daughter, premiered on March 9 at the 1959 New York Toy Fair. The doll mimicked the fashion styles of movie starlets such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. 30,000 dolls were sold the first year. Midge, Barbie’s best friend, was introduced in 1963.
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Still, Ken — like Barbie — has evolved over time and become more diverse, particularly after Mattel rolled out more skin tones, body types, hairstyles and more for Ken dolls in 2017. Barbie is a film released in theaters on July 21, 2023. It is the first ever live-action Barbie movie. The film is directed by Greta Gerwig, and co-written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. It stars Margot Robbie as Barbie, and Ryan Gosling as Ken. The film opens with a parody of “2001: A Space Odyssey”, where it is shown, through the voice of the narrator that the Barbie doll has been around

Barbie & Ken Family are getting ready for a fun road trip to see the ocean. They pack their bags, lunch cooler, floaties, and even their grandmas pet Adley a

Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ movie features cameos from a host of surreal dolls quietly discontinued by Mattel – among them a pregnant plastic woman and Rob Brydon’s ‘Sugar Daddy Ken’.

Played by Tom Stourton, Earring Magic Ken appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in Barbie, and was a 1993 doll that was marketed as a companion to Earring Magic Barbie and friends.
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