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Does Mattel plan on reproducing all of there vintage Barbie's some day?

I really want Mattel to reproduce all there dolls with the boxes and all there clothes like a regular doll in stead of a collectors item.I want them to make all of my favorites like Tutti,Todd,and Chris.And whatever happened to Stacey Barbie's british pal?I know I'm young to have seen these dolls but,when my mom was young she played with them and she lost a lot of them in moving and when she grew up because her mother got rid of them and I remember we did'nt have alot of money when I was smaller and I had no dad around so I played with some of the barbies as girl friends to my G.I. joe's.I like to collect some of the dolls too.Are they going to make a new P.J. either or the origninal look to skipper?or Fluff and Tiff?I want to collect some for me and replace the ones my mom lost.Where could I go?does Mattel still make these?

As of now, there are no current plans to do reproductions of all of Barbie's friends & the ones that have been done & will be done will be part of the collectibles line.

There have been quite a few reproductions in recent years & Mattel has a new & improved reproduction body that is being used. Bill Greening is the head designer for the reproduction dolls & is very, very talented.

There was a vintage reproduction Midge doll done in 2003 that was available at Toys R Us & a vintage reproduction Ken done in 2007.

Stacey was reproduced in a gift set called Stacey in Nite Lightning that was released in 2006.

Christie was a very limited doll for members of the Barbie Fan Club, an online doll club that is a part of Barbie Collectibles. There were 999 of her made & they sold out within minutes.

There was a Barbie & Ken reproduction set done this year. Barbie is wearing Friday Night Date & I think Ken is wearing Campus Casual or something like that.

There is another Barbie & Ken reproduction set coming out sometime this fall. Barbie is wearing the cheerleader outfit & Ken is a football player.

The Knitting Pretty reproduction giftset features red haired Barbie & Skipper & was issued earlier this year.

Check out www.barbiecollector.com for information about the vintage reproduction dolls. Several of the above listed dolls & gift sets are still available there. There is also a showcase that shows a lot of dolls from the last 30 years & I think that most of the vintage reproductions are in that showcase.

Next year is the 50th Anniversary of Barbie & while I don't know any details, I do know that there are supposed to be several reproduction dolls, both vintage & MOD inspired..

Barbie dolls are the most famous doll ever made. Here are some facts about her near fifty year career.

1. Barbie will be half a century old in the year 2009. She was introduced in 1959 at the New York toy fair. Barbie #1 wore a zebra striped one piece swimsuit,high heeled,open toe,shoes and had either blonde or brunette hair.

2. Barbie was named after Barbara Handler,the daughter of Ruth handler. The Matell company,which makes Barbie dolls,was founded in 1945 by Elliot and Ruth Handler in partnership with Harold Matson. The name Matell is a combination of the names Matson and Elliot.

3. Barbie has had over 80 careers. The first was as a teenage fashion model. She has had military careers in the Marine corps,airforce and navy. She has been an astronaut,a lawyer a doctor and a rock star. She was a candidate for the presidency of the USA in 1992 and again a candidate in the year 2000.

4. Barbie is a global phenomenon and is sold in over 100 different nations. Total sales are about $1.5 billion dollars per year. Mattel estimates two Barbie dolls sold somewhere every second of every day.

5. Mattel is a major clothing manufacturer based on the quantity of clothing the company makes for Barbie and her friends and associates. Over 105 million yards of material have been used over the years just to make clothes for these dolls.

6. The first Barbie dolls were made in Japan. On the bottom of the right foot they are marked Made In Japan. Later editions were made in Korea. These carry the copyright marks on the back of the doll.

7. Matell estimates that there are over 100,000 adult Barbie doll collectors. The majority of these are women averaging 40 years of age. They each purchase at least 20 Barbies per annum. More than half of them spend over $1000 per year on their collection.

8. Matell has made nearly one billion different fashion outfits for Barbie and her associates. They have also made more than one billion pairs of shoes.

9. Barbie has had high fashion clothes designed for her by famous designers including Versace,Gucci and Givenchy. Her military uniforms were approved by the Pentagon before going into production.

10. The first Barbie doll made in 1959 sold for $3 and about 350,000 were sold. To jump to modern times,now the market for Barbie is $1.5 billion dollars per annum.

Barbie will soon be 50 years old and she sure looks young for her age? Where will she go from here? We will have to wait and see but I wouldn,t bet on her demise any time soon.

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