Through computer animation, 바비 인형 has become the 별, 스타 of several feature films, including “Barbie in the Nutcracker,” “Barbie as Rapunzel,” “Barbie of 백조 Lake” and “Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper.” And she has staked her claim on the Web with the 인기 Make Up 바비 인형 Game, which allows girls to alter her hair, makeup and 사무용 겉옷, 전반적인 look.
In the late 1990s, computer technology boomed, and in 1996, Mattel launched www.barbie.com, the official 바비 인형 website. In 1998, “My Design” was introduced on the site, allowing girls and collectors to decide what their 바비 인형 doll friend would look like 의해 choosing her hair/eye/makeup colors, fashion, accessories, and personality traits.
And Barbie’s reach has extended still further, to the vast sub-cult of adult 바비 인형 worshippers, those grownups who collect, display, buy, sell and for whom the words “mint in box” have a freighted significance. Today, 바비 인형 Collector has a website all its own, www.barbiecollector.com. The collector line now even has a dedicated online store at www.barbiecollectiblesstore.com.
Mattel estimates that there are 더 많이 than 100,000 active 바비 인형 collectors, 90 percent of whom are women with an average age of 40. Forty-five percent of them spend 더 많이 than $1,000 a 년 on their dolls. Vintage 바비 인형 인형 are the most valuable: a mint-in-box from 1959 sold for $3,552.50 on eBay in October 2004. (It originally sold for $3.)
The highest price so far to be paid for a 바비 인형 was at a Christie’s auction in 런던 on Sept. 25, 2006. This was a 1965 바비 인형 dressed in Midnight Red, which had been part of a private collection of 4,000 바비 인형 dolls. The 바비 인형 was sold for 9,000 sterling pounds (U.S. $17,000). She was sold 의해 two Dutch women, Letje Raebel and her daughter, Marina.
In the late 1990s, computer technology boomed, and in 1996, Mattel launched www.barbie.com, the official 바비 인형 website. In 1998, “My Design” was introduced on the site, allowing girls and collectors to decide what their 바비 인형 doll friend would look like 의해 choosing her hair/eye/makeup colors, fashion, accessories, and personality traits.
And Barbie’s reach has extended still further, to the vast sub-cult of adult 바비 인형 worshippers, those grownups who collect, display, buy, sell and for whom the words “mint in box” have a freighted significance. Today, 바비 인형 Collector has a website all its own, www.barbiecollector.com. The collector line now even has a dedicated online store at www.barbiecollectiblesstore.com.
Mattel estimates that there are 더 많이 than 100,000 active 바비 인형 collectors, 90 percent of whom are women with an average age of 40. Forty-five percent of them spend 더 많이 than $1,000 a 년 on their dolls. Vintage 바비 인형 인형 are the most valuable: a mint-in-box from 1959 sold for $3,552.50 on eBay in October 2004. (It originally sold for $3.)
The highest price so far to be paid for a 바비 인형 was at a Christie’s auction in 런던 on Sept. 25, 2006. This was a 1965 바비 인형 dressed in Midnight Red, which had been part of a private collection of 4,000 바비 인형 dolls. The 바비 인형 was sold for 9,000 sterling pounds (U.S. $17,000). She was sold 의해 two Dutch women, Letje Raebel and her daughter, Marina.