Who Is Selling Frida Kahlo’s Likeness, and at What Cost?
Mattel announced last week that it is releasing a line of “Inspiring Women” Barbie dolls, including a doll in the…
Mattel's New Baby Monitoring Device Is Creepy As Hell
An unnerving new baby monitor is raising some privacy concerns among lawmakers, who are worried that the always-on…
Ken Has a Man Bun Now, Just As Your Child Requested
Ken, the Barbie-adjacent man doll with no reproductive parts, is no longer just a vapid white surfer dude. In its…
Here Is Your Chance to Be a Historian Totally Devoted to American Girl Dolls
American Girl is hiring a researcher. This means that you—yes, you—could be responsible for researching period…
Mattel Says Ghostbusters Toy Sales Are Better Than Expected
Mattel is reporting that sales of its new line of Ghostbusters toys—the ones based on the remake featuring all female…
Mattel Has Released a Misty Copeland Barbie Doll to Inspire Young Ballerinas
Sashaying onto Good Morning America on Monday, Misty Copeland—the first African American female principal dancer at the…
Mattel Can't Update Barbie Without Running Into Updated Problems
Barbie looks different this morning: Mattel just rolled out variations of its iconic doll in three new body types, part…
Inside the Mattel-Hasbro Corporate Brawl Over Who Gets to Make Disney Princess Dolls
Wanna see a fever-pitch corporate brawl? Let the rights to a franchise like the Disney princesses go up for grabs.
12 Days of Christmas Presents Past: Adorable Toddlers Love a 'Tuff Stuff' Doll Stroller
As a sort of advent calendar of kitsch, Pictorial will be counting down the final twelve days before Christmas by…
Hello Barbie Is Creepy As Hell
Kids will soon be able to hold real convos with Barbie instead of imaginary ones, with the introduction of the…
Barbie, 56, Can Finally Wear Flats
Barbie can wear flats now, at the tender age of 56.
SeaWorld Barbie Is Out, Ava DuVernay Barbie Is In
Mattel is discontinuing its Seaworld Trainer Barbie line, Page Six reports, partly in response to concerns from animal…
Big Brother Has Enormous Plastic Boobs: 'Hello Barbie' Can Spy on Kids
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood—a children's privacy advocacy group—released a petition today calling for…
Barbie's Entire Wardrobe Cost $136 In 1963
Whenever I needed a Barbie "club outfit," I'd cut up some electric tape from my dad's toolbox and fashion it into a…
Things Ain't Going So Great for Poor Barbie
Mattel just wrapped up another coulda-been-better quarter, and guess who's to blame? That's right, our spendthrift…
Dad Incapable Of Saying No to Daughters Very Angry With Frozen Movie
There’s a dad out there in pain, guys. His two daughters won’t let him rest because of their Frozen addiction. But…
Goodbye, Barbie: Lego Dethrones Mattel As the World's Top Toymaker
Please keep Barbie, Ken and Skipper in your prayers because it isn't going so well for the famous family: Lego has just…
Coming soon: Lagerfeld Barbie. Collector's edition, of course. What does the Venn diagram of Barbie collectors and…
Barbie Design Boss Explains Doll's Ludicrous Measurements
For years, Barbie has been the go-to example of the ways our culture teaches girls to strive toward unrealistic beauty…
Toy Company Profits Are on the Rise Thanks to Girls Toys
Both Hasbro and Mattel have reported a growth in sales this month due to profits from products that skew pink. For Hasbr…