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Zhu Zhu Pets Are Big Christmas Toy

“Zhu Zhu Pets, sold in the UK as Go Go Pets, are the hottest toy of the season, according to Jerry Storch, chief executive of Toys R Us, the retailer, a phenomenon on a par with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the smash hit of Christmas 1987.” Link (more…)

Barbie With Tattoos Causes Controversy

Barbie With Tattoos Causes Controversy

Barbie Invades China

Barbie Invades China

Toy Gives Chance To Smash Bernie Madoff

Toy Gives Chance To Smash Bernie Madoff (more…)

Barbie Creator Was '70s Swinger, Says New Book

“A new book reveals that the man behind Barbie’s creation was a ’seventies-style swinger’ who lived a life filled with perversions. Jack Ryan, a high-profile designer at Mattel, lived a no-longer-secret life filled with hookers ranging from call girls to streetwalkers. All the juicy details are coming out in a new book, Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel, by veteran author Jerry Oppenheimer” [Link]

Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel

Bratz Dolls Allowed To Sell Through 2009

Bratz picture

“The latest decision, to allow them to remain on sale this year, follows an appeal by MGA. ‘This stay gives assurance to our retailers and licensees that business is back to normal with Bratz for 2009, and that all Bratz products may continue to be sold throughout the calendar year,’ said MGA chief executive Isaac Larian. ” [Link]

Mattel Gets Total Control Of "Bratz" Dolls

“A judge has granted an injunction request by Mattel Inc. that permanently bars MGA Entertainment Inc. from manufacturing Bratz dolls. The decision, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Riverside, follows a federal jury’s finding that Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant came up with the edgy concept while working for Mattel.” [Link]

Conservatives Turn Childish With Sarah Palin Action Figures

Sarah Palin Action Figure Toy picture

“The dolls are the latest in a line of American political candidates who have been immortalised including John McCain and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Two variations of the doll are on sale – Sarah Palin the Executive and Sarah Palin the Super Hero – available from toy company Hero Builders at $27.95 for the executive doll and two dollars more for the super hero version.” [Link]