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Beyond Barbie: Why the toy industry is no longer just for kids
The Barbie movie created a global cultural event and with at least 16 more films aimed at adults in the pipeline, could this signal the start of a new era in the toy industry?
Toy company Mattel mistakenly lists porn site on ‘Wicked’ doll merch
American toy manufacturer Mattel has mistakenly printed the address for a porn website on the packaging of Wicked dolls. The misprint is "not appropriate for children", Mattel said, while promising to "remedy" the mistake.
Mattel launches its first blind Barbie doll
The doll’s features are both intended to accurately reflect a blind person, as well as be engaging for children who are blind or have low vision.
Mattel honours Venus Williams and 8 other athletes with Barbie dolls
Alongside Venus Williams, the collection will feature gymnasts Rebeca Andrade and Alexa Moreno, football players Mary Fowler and Christine Sinclair, and more.
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New Scrabble version is more accessible and less competitive
Coinciding with National Scrabble Day, a fresh version of the famous word game is poised for launch, designed for players who want a less competitive game.
Bye Barbie, hey American Girl: Mattel's next movie project announced
The success of Barbie clearly wasn't "kenough" for toy-makers mattel, who want to paint the big screen plastic again with a live-action adaptation about American Girl dolls.
D-Cup, A-Bomb: Barbenheimer mash-up film coming to cinemas
As 'Barbie' hits streaming services today, 2023 is not done with the Barbenheimer phenomenon just yet...
Did a right-wing German tabloid invent ‘Barbie’?
The Lilli doll, created by the Bild tabloid, went from a spur-of-the-moment cartoon to a gag gift for adults in Germany before being seen as an inspiration for young women in the US.
Stuck for what to wear to the Barbie movie? We're here to help!
Euronews Culture is counting down the seconds to the release of the long-awaited Barbie movie and, like many fans, we're planning our outfits for our trip to the cinema. If you're stumped on what to wear, we're here to inspire you - from head to toe.
The best fashion looks from the 'Barbie' press tour
While we may never get to see Margot Robbie in all of her Barbie-inspired looks due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, her press tour outfits have been pink perfection. Euronews Culture gives you the rundown of some of the very best.
First Barbie, now Barney: How Mattel plans to dominate your screens
Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.
Whether you asked for it or not, better get used to toy manufacturer Mattel dominating your cinema screens. After the upcoming 'Barbie', brace yourselves for a beloved purple childhood character to get his very own big screen debut...
Barbie’s marketing team go to new lengths to push awaited movie
Since the Barbie movie was announced, starring Margot Robbie as the title character, fans have been waiting impatiently and, as we get closer to its 21 July release, the promotion team are going overboard in their attempts to turn the world pink.
Zut ! 400 'offensive' words face chop from French version of Scrabble
US toy maker Mattel wants to sweep clean the French version of Scrabble, one of the world's most popular word games. Hundreds of terms deemed sexist, racist or homophobic could be removed.
Scrabble's new words: Know your 'ambigram' from your 'zedonk'?
“English speakers like to have fun with words, and no one does it better than Scrabble players, who make excellent use of words both obscure and common.”
Scrabble shocks German fans by changing its name to "Letter-YOLO" in rebrand
The German Scrabble Club and many Scrabble fans in social media are shocked: For the 70th anniversary, Mattel is rebranding Scrabble in Germany. The game is now called "Buchstaben-YOLO", which translates "Letter-YOLO".