Ever since they were first exposed in at the New York’s Toy Fair in 1959, Barbie Dolls has been the rage of not only young teenage American women in the United States but also young teenage women the world over. Since its inception, the Barbie Doll phenomenon has spread like wildfire across all six continents of the world and today young teenage women everywhere can relate to young adult female dolls instead of child and infant dolls which are a generation behind their immediate interests.
Although an all American phenomenon, Barbie dolls were first manufactured by Mattel in Japan way back in 1959 and the first Barbie Dolls with blonde and brunette colored pony tail hair made their launch debut at the 1959 New York’s Toy Fair with a black and white swim suit. Ever since 1959, Barbie Dolls have gone through a great many makeovers to reflect contemporary society and to appeal to the modern generations of young women; hence their varieties are much more today than they ever were. Today Barbie Dolls come as teachers, lawyers, doctors and come with accessories that consist of clothes, etc. to ensure that the dolls look as realistic as possible.
Barbie Dolls like movies, paintings, vehicle models, etc. reflect the style and culture of their time, and given the natural nostalgia for humans to travel down memory lane Barbie Dolls serve as important historical indicators or mementos frozen in time that nostalgically bring to mind one’s lifestyle and behavior at that moment of time. Hence, Barbie Dolls serve as excellent collectibles among a great variety of women in the world and it has been recorded that barbie Dolls produced between the years 1959-72 fetch prices that range from as little as $2000 to $10,000.
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