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gIitterchaos t1_ja5tctn wrote
The creator of Barbie was Ruth Handler, wife of the co-founder of Mattel Toys, and she did indeed name the doll after her daughter Barbara.
El_CapitanJames t1_ja5twhp wrote
Wow
butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja5u0qa wrote
Thanks, I actually reposted it because I thought it was too confusing initially!!
meMaggatron t1_ja5x1zz wrote
Yes! So I did remember right! Glad my memory of useless Barbie knowledge hasn't faded as far as I thought xD
MalteseGyrfalcon t1_ja67nuc wrote
>… as is Hello Kitty by Sanrio
Huh?
butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja68wdh wrote
“Sanrio depicts Hello Kitty as an anthropomorphized white cat with a red bow and no visible mouth. According to her backstory, she lives in a London suburb with her family, and is close to her twin sister Mimmy, who is depicted with a yellow bow.”
horcynusorca t1_ja6xhf7 wrote
Martin?Not Roberts?
butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja7t2k7 wrote
You are correct! I just looked again. The article I found said Martin. It won’t let you fix headlines, sadly, but thanks for pointing out.
butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja9e1ot wrote
At least Barbie has a full name, so she hopefully had a driver's license and was not driving that Corvette illegally! :-0
meMaggatron t1_jaai9u0 wrote
Haha, I actually do remember a tiny driver's license that came with Barbie and her pink convertible Corvette. I think it was pink and blue, and it had Barbie's picture on it.
meMaggatron t1_ja5rqw8 wrote
Wait, so that little girl in the ad is the real Barbara Millicent Martin...? Or not, I might be confused by the context of the title. Because iirc, the creator of Barbie created jt for his daughter, who was also named Barbie.... right? (Fair warning, my Barbie knowledge has dwindled as I've grown up.)