BARBIE SUGABABES DOLLS
BARBIE DOLL’S WEARING FASHION DESIGNED BY THE SUGABABES!!
THIS LISTING IS FOR A NIKKI DOLL
NIKKI WEARS A DENIM SKIRT WITH PINK LEGGINGS AND WONDERFUL ZIPPED TOP WITH FLOWER’S AND BUTTERFLY’S DESIGNED BY KEISHA!
SHE ALSO COMES COMPLETE WITH PINK HIGH HEELS, EARRINGS AND LAPTOP.
PLUS BONUS SUGABABES T-SHIRT FOR HER TO CHANGE INTO!
Check out the ebay auction for this doll here.
London, May 1: She’s a singer, an actress and songwriter, and now Cher has one more accomplishment to add to the list – becoming a Barbie Doll.
Barbie creators Mattel, Inc is reportedly getting set to model the Oscar winning actress in plastic for two dolls.
As to whether or not the dolls will as flamboyant as the original, well Cher fans are not going to be let down.
While one doll will wear the leotard she wore in the 1989 Turn Back Time video, the other will be decked out in the famous squaw outfit the Grammy award winning singer wore in the 1973 hit Half-Breed, reports the Sun.
The outfits for the new Cher Barbie dolls will designed by fashion legend Bob Mackie, who besides being known for his exclusive designs of dress for high-priced Barbie dolls, also created Cher’s flamboyant outfits.
The dolls, that will hit toyshops in the US by June this year, will be available for 19.99 pounds, or 39.99 dollars.
By Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mattel Inc. is using technology to come up with a new twist on a toy launched in 1959 to appeal to today’s Web-savvy, multimedia girl shoppers.
On Thursday, Mattel unveiled Barbie Girls, a doll-shaped MP3 player that turns into a live character at BarbieGirls.com, a Web site where girls can interact with each other in a manner reminiscent of Second Life, the virtual world for adults.
The company hopes the new toy, which brings together Web surfing, shopping and music downloads, will cool demand for rival MGA Entertainment’s sassy Bratz dolls—a line of big-headed, skinny dolls with scant, trendy clothing.
The world’s largest toy maker is also taking aim at Apple Inc.’s iPod music players and Ganz’s Webkinz, furry animal toys that come alive online.
The official launch of BarbieGirls.com came a week after the company gave it a public test run.
Toy analysts say this latest addition to the 48-year-old Barbie line should be a hot seller, helping the brand reverse nearly five years of declining sales.
“If Mattel’s online community is successful—with penetration similar to Webkinz—we estimate maximum annual sales potential of about $100 million, or about 3 cents a share,” Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Lisa Bolton Weiser wrote in a research note.
Retailers said earlier this month that demand for Webkinz, which are sold at specialty retail shops such as Hallmark and American Greetings Corp., has skyrocketed.
MUSIC AND FASHION ONLINE
Reviving the Barbie brand has been a major priority for Mattel, who has seen her former target audience defect not only to Bratz, but also to flashier, high-tech items such as iPods and video games.
The Barbie Girls music players, which can hold up to 120 MP3 or 240 WMA-file songs, come to market in July and will cost $59.99, Mattel said.
“I think we’ve got a hit on our hands,” said Reyne Rice, a New York-based toy trends expert at the Toy Industry Association. “You’ve got music, you’ve got fashion and you’ve got online—all these components tied into today’s girls.”
At BarbieGirls.com, users can customize their characters’ looks and styles. They can also go to the online mall and shop for clothes, accessories and furniture for their online room. Users can even adopt a pet.
But more importantly, Rice added: “I think parents are going to like the safe online portal.”
To ensure girls’ safety in public chats, Mattel devised a limited vocabulary of 2,000 words the girls can use on the site, designed to prevent use of sexual language, profanity or hurtful words such as “stupid” or “hate”.
Filters also prevent users from giving out personal information including names, phone numbers or even the cities where they live. Only in private chats with a “best friend” can a girl divulge personal information.
Mattel said it ensures users are best friends by requiring one of them to physically connect their Barbie Girls MP3 player to a friend’s computer.
Each element of Barbie Girls—from safety to music—is designed to help Barbie win back market share from the brash Bratz line, said independent toy industry consultant Christopher Byrne.
“After the implosion of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears,” said Byrne, “Barbie seems like this wholesome, wonderful thing now. Bratz really got a lot of momentum from tying into those people.”
Sugababes are the latest British girl group to have their own Barbie dolls.
The trio – Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah – follow in the footsteps of Girls Aloud, who they are currently teamed up with in the Uk charts with Walk This Way.
Each band member will have a Barbie doll modelled on her.
A spokeswoman for toy manufacturer Mattel says, “This collaboration will bring another band into the Barbie portfolio, building on the success we had with Girls Aloud.”
In a groundbreaking analysis, Anderson Analytics, a full service market research consultancy, has devised a technique to measure subconscious attitudes of potential consumers. Specifically, Anderson has incorporated research developed by personality psychologists with new text mining software.
The new methodology exposes respondents to a certain pictures or video (the control stimulus), the respondents are then asked to write a short story based upon the pictures or video. Each respondent story is then analyzed for themes, word choice, and content to indicate the subject’s baseline subconscious state. Then half of the respondents are exposed to one ad or brand logo, and the other half to a different brand ad or logo. Respondents are asked to complete a similar short story exercise, and the subconscious effects of the brand logo or advertising can then be measured.
Anderson used this methodology to measure how youth respond to Barbie/Bratz or Playstation/Xbox images on a subconscious level, thus indicating how they may act on a consumer level. Anderson’s study determined that there were marked differences between initial baseline psychological measures and post-advertising measures.
For all girls viewing either Barbie or Bratz ads, respondents became either more distrustful of the brand, more interested in the prestige and status of the brand, or more confident of the brand after rating the ad. Girls who were exposed to the Barbie brand ads exhibited a more trusting psychological state than those who were exposed to the Bratz brand.
“It is not surprising that Mattel’s Barbie brand has been able to build a great deal of trust with girls over the years,†said Tom Anderson, Principal of Anderson Analytics. “Yet the results also indicate that MGA Entertainment has done a good job building ‘other’ emotional equity into the Bratz brand.â€
Likewise there were significant differences between boys who saw Playstation images and Xbox images. Boys who saw XBox pictures were higher on power motivation than boys who saw Playstation images. Boys in the Xbox group also scored higher on self-confidence than participants in the Playstation group. In addition to these differences between Playstation and Xbox, the images of these game consoles affected boys in different ways. For boys in the Xbox group seeing the ad increased levels of distrust. This increase was not seen in the Playstation group.
“The differences are striking,†said Dr. Anna Song, consultant for Anderson Analytics. “The participants were randomly assigned to groups, so to find these types of psychological differences is conceptually interesting. The implication for these findings is that exposure to ads can have a significant effect on young adults.â€
“Our findings confirm that brand advertising can increase positive attitudes and perceptions,†said Tom Anderson. “The reverse is also true. Some ads actually decrease brand trust in the target market. That’s why it’s more important than ever for marketers to pay attention to psychological profiles and the power of the subconscious mind.â€
“Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses” is the 6th full length, direct-to-DVD princess story. In this enchanting musical tale, Barbie partners with the New York City Ballet. The ballet moves in the movie are choreographed by the New York City Ballet’s Master in Chief Peter Martins and performed by the ballet company’s prima ballerinas.Â
of the 12 dancing princess is very different from the story presented to us in the barbie version.
There was no evil Aunt in the original version, only alot of dancing at night, and an old soldier who managed to figure out the secret of the worn out shoes and thus win for himself the hand of the eldest in marriage and the throne of the king!
To read the whole story, the way it originally was, click here.
The interesting thing about the names of the 12 princesses is that their first names start with the first 12 letters of the alphabet; for example, A for Ashlyn, B for Blair, etc. Another interesting thing is that the Flowers that appear on the books and the stones are on the girls dresses. On Ashlyn-Genevieve, it is just below the neckline of their dresses. On the twins, it is off to the side. On the triplets, it’s located on the sash in the middle where the dress meets the upper part. (Much like a belt buckle.)
It’s the oldest sister who is the focus this week! She is also available on ebay – you can see her here!
Ashlyn (ASH-lin)
The oldest sister, who is practical, calm, and knowledgable. She loves music and especially likes to play the flute. Ashlyn is straightforward and cares for her sisters, for whom she tries to act as a role model for. Her favourite gemstone is the garnet and her flower is a geranium. She has dark brown hair and wears a purple dress.
Duchess Rowena (ROW-ee-nah)
The King’s cousin, who is brought into the castle in order to help him raise his twelve daughters. She strips the castle of all fun and secretly poisons the King in order to take over the kingdom. She has a monkey named Brutus, whom Fallon likes and Twyla hates.
