Mattel's new Barbie Extra dolls are playful, colorful, and unique with the aim to encourage your child's self-expression. Here's why you may want to add one to your holiday shopping list this year. By Anna Halkidis. Published on November 16, 2020. Mattel.

Now toymakers Mattel have released three new body shapes. Original Barbie is being joined by Curvy Barbie, Tall Barbie and Petite Barbie.

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Barbie is the most popular fashion doll ever produced and the No. 1 fashion doll property. A Barbie Dreamhouse is sold every two minutes and was first introduced in 1962. Barbie is the most diverse fashion doll on the market. More than 100 dolls are sold every minute.

Barbie® Extra dolls rock bold fashions and bright colors, and they make big statements! This fashion set includes mix-and-match fashion pieces to create more than 30 different looks for any special occasion. Barbie® doll has her own unique style, with long, light-blue hair and a half-up hairstyle tied in a bow.

Barbies who are petite, tall and curvy will join original-size Barbie. When it comes to Barbie's body, it will no longer be one size fits all. On Thursday, Mattel unveiled curvy, petite and tall versions of its iconic fashion doll whose unrealistically thin shape has attracted criticism for decades.

Each Barbie doll has their own unique style that's playful and over the top. And their pets -- each different and all adorable -- have tons of personality, too! Barbie Extra lets kids explore self-expression through style and offers an exciting fashion and styling play experience with posable dolls.

There are 5 dolls in Barbie Extra series 4 collection (Barbie Extra Deluxe, Barbie Extra Fancy and Barbie Extra Minis versions will be released separately). The release of the collection continues with 2 new dolls 19 and 20. Dolls comes in new boxes that made dolls easier to get them out. Little butterfly Clips.

The board has ruled that Barbie is a 12A as it contains: “Moderate innuendo, brief sexual harassment, and implied strong language.”

Stefanie Canturi Barbie As of July 2023, the Stefanie Canturi Barbie was the most expensive Barbie ever sold, having reached an auction price of more than 300 thousand U.S. dollars in 2010. The price was also pushed up by the doll's diamond necklace.

Barbie® Extra dolls make a great gift for kids 3 to 10 years old, especially those who love to be extra themselves!

The Barbie Fashionistas line will come in four body types - original, curvy, petite and tall - and in seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles. Do they look like real women? Of course not. Curvy, tall and petite are, of course, much closer to real women than the original ever could be.