We offer the more information about Barbie doll, Barbie Accessories, Barbie hair care, Barbie history,Barbie ethnic dolls Desert Storm Barbie, On Line Barbie Stor,Barbie stable, Barbie clothes. . http://barbiedoll.co.uk/ Thrs, 5 June 2008 15:08:12 +0530 Thrs, 5 June 2008 15:08:12 +0530 Doll-inspired clothing line proves popular in Far East, prompting toymaker to eye European, American markets for growing chain of boutiques. TOKYO - Kumiko Suzuki, a 22-year-old college student in Japan, played with Barbie dolls as a child. She says she always saw Barbie as her ideal image of a glamorous Western princess. "She's slim, she's blond and she's just a dream," Suzuki said. "I want to be just like her. Thrs 5 June 2008 10:01:11 +0530 LOS ANGELES -- Four years ago, Mattel Inc. exhorted its executives to help save Barbie from a new doll clique called the Bratz. The House is on Fire!" said an internal presentation on the decline of its iconic Barbie doll franchise. Market share was dropping at a "chilling rate," the presentation said. Barbie needed to be more "aggressive, revolutionary, and ruthless." That call to arms has led to a federal courthouse. In a lawsuit set for trial on Tuesday in Riverside, Calif., Mattel accuses MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of Bratz, of essentially stealing the idea for the pouty-lipped dolls with the big heads. Mattel is trying to seize ownership of the Bratz line, which analysts estimate racks up annual sales of more than $500 million. MGA denies wrongdoing, and accuses Mattel in a separate suit of copying Bratz. Thrs 5 June 2008 11:03:11 +0530