Transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox has been recognised with her own Barbie - a first for the storied, and controversial, doll. It goes on sale for $40 (£32) ahead of her 50th birthday.

What's said to be the world's first transgender doll was unveiled at the New York City Toy Fair this weekend. It's modeled off transgender teen Jazz Jennings. Jennings is the star of her own ...

Toy company Mattel revealed its first Barbie doll representing a person with Down’s syndrome on Tuesday. Mattel collaborated with the US-based National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) to create the ...

The first of their kind in a sea of fair skinned Barbie dolls, the four ‘So In Style’ girls were unveiled today as part of a cultural Barbie retrospective at the Wonder Room concept store within ...

In the mid-2000s Barbie faced her first serious competition after years of maintaining about 90% market share of the doll sector. Bratz, the edgy, bug-eyed dolls with their own smartphones and lip ...

Chilean author Isabel Allende, one of the world's most widely read Spanish-language writers, will be immortalized in recycled ...

Batman comic, published in 1939. To celebrate, DC Comics has partnered with Barbie to make two dolls based on two of the ...

The 1959 Original Quencher (seen here) is inspired by the first Barbie doll, released that year. The cup features the iconic black and white stripe from the first-edition Barbie's swimsuit and a ...

James Stewart is among those celebrating the new Barbie dolls that are being released today. Mattel, the company that makes them, has released a range of more diverse dolls. For the first time ...

As she explained in the first episode of 90 ... which she modeled on the most famous doll in the world. “When I was little boy, I was fascinated and OBSESSED w/ @barbie I wanted to become ...