But even as one competitor seems set to leave the marketplace, Barbie faces other challenges to its dominance of the dollhouse. The new girls on the block, Hannah Montana and Mattel's own High School Musical range, are the second and third highest-selling dolls in the US this year. This article is more than 12 years old. Ruling sends shockwaves through toy industry as peak holiday shopping time arrives.
MGA filed a notice of appeal and asked for the enforcement of the court order, which has been stayed until early next year, to be delayed indefinitely. N and Toys "R" Us, which are required to ship the dolls back to MGA if the order is upheld, may be loath to be left with too much of the dolls meanwhile. Jim Silver, editor-in-chief of Timetoplaymag. N entertainment. But die-hard fans of the dolls with large eyes and pouty lips could be keen to collect them ahead of their possible demise.
She can get a real attitude if anyone bugged her or 1 of her friends. Cloe always has your back! Cloe has a sweet and nurturing personality but can sometimes be dramatic.
Her birthday is June Yasmin was the knownly "First" Bratz doll created in the franchise. She is a Hispanic character with light brown hair, or sometimes dark brown, blonde or even a "Reddish tone". She is and has been usually to doll to make the most in sales. Vintage Barbie dolls on the market from to the late s are especially prized among collectors. Often, these Barbies had bendable legs or red hair, and they are considered some of the most rare and valuable.
Makeup artist Christine Hang created a convincing look to match this doll for her Bratz Challenge photo. Hang recreated a Bratz look designed by Dollease, an Instagram account with more than 50, followers.
Jade is half-japanese, due to her mom being from Japan and her dad being from England. They both met and moved to America. She is portrayed by Janel Parrish. Meygan is considered to be the fifth member of the Bratz clique. Koby, Cade, Dylan and Cameron are also Yas' friends. If feminists and soccer moms had no hand in this, these statements had to have come from somewhere.
Obviously feminists and soccer moms. Who did they come from? Women who actually like fashion? It came from women who are against oversexualization and materialism, philosophies rejected by mothers and feminists, and all who wrote the articles for the media. What we can infer from that is that active feminists and moms people who have media influence and power contributed to the downfall of the Bratz line, even if they were not solely responsible alone.
The list goes on…And most of them are also soccer moms. Research more about the retail industry. There is only been one supportive feminist and even she acknowledges the greater disapproval by MOST feminists in her article about the Bratz.
If you look at the comments regarding the article, there is more negativity than positivity regarding the Bratz. Monster High began at a time when our social climate was encouraging others to accept differences in people. Bratz came at the Turn of the 21st Century, at a time when the doll industry lacked diversity. They came at different points and they developed different charms. If the Bratz adapted anything different, it would just obviously be a lame attempt to get with the social times and it would make the Bratz seem more old-fashioned.
Throughout their run, they could include more social issues, like they did back in the past. But Bratz would do better to try and stick with their original purpose and gain their fan loyalty back.
Your point about Monster High being super popular… Have you noticed that they underwent a dramatic transformation in the last two years, changing their slogan, the main character, and the webisodes? Why do you think so? Why do you think the one spider ghoul doll MH had was discontinued? Soccer moms. Even though Monster High is still popular, keep in mind that Monster High is newer than the Bratz dolls.
The decline in popularity for the Bratz was gradual, not at once. Radical Feminists and Soccer moms are doing the same thing to Monster High. More and more feminists are taking over media around the world and that has influenced the success of the fashion doll industry in its entirety.
Believe it or not, the voice of many is influential. Haters influence the success of any brand, often for the worse. Despite what you label yourself as, you have to understand that the vocalists on social media and the rest of internet influence culture and what sells, even if you are a lone feminist who is okay with it. Toy companies are caught in the fire. The adjective describes that there is a difference between them and you.
They are extreme, you are more reasonable. MGA has always done a good job in the past at marketing the Bratz as trailblazers. Radical feminists believe that if women care about fashion they are just shallow, materialistic, and lack substance. Men dominate the fashion design world, not women. This is why men continue to dominate the fashion industry, an industry women consume!
Then again, that was before Instagram really took off the ground. I see that the articulation may be more accepted now than it was then. However, the old bodies would allow people to put older fashions on the newer dolls, which would make mix-and-match potential endless.
I agree that MGA has to consider who the dolls are. But the problem is the person who made the Bratz who they are is no longer working for MGA. On one of my articles, Carter Bryant, the original designer, expressed what he wanted for Bratz. Check it out in the comments section of the article. Thank you for commenting and reading the article. Based on solid evidence, I have every reason to point much of the blame on some in those groups.
I will also consider your idea about body articulation. This is the only doll line my daughter loves and the only dolls we purchase! She loves Bratz and so do I. This society worries about the wrong thing.
Never liked boring Barbie and the fashionista line is a fail. The complaints led to people not purchasing. Issac Larian announced on Twitter that he is aiming to bring the Bratz back in Monster high is on the decline too.
It was to promote not judging people by how different they are or how different they look. They also wanted to make monsters less scary to kids by placing kid-friendly storylines and cute outfits behind the monsters. The concept gets lost though when the monster dolls actually do scare kids. I agree that most of the doll lines are average at best. When I walk down to doll aisle, the only thing selling these toys are the brand, not the quality or list of accessories and items that come with it.
It shows that girls can be feminine and like fashion and not be deminided for it. I definitely know there are feminists out there who love the Bratz! Both femininity and masculinity should be honored and respected in both genders. Thank you so much for your comments and reading the article. Theres a limited collection of bratz dolls coming out, maybe just MAYBE, if lots of people buy those, then the company wilk soon began to see that the true bratz fans miss the bratz dolls!
Just hopefully! Actually, this happened a couple of years ago. The Bratz just made a comeback this year, ! Unfortunately, they are only special edition dolls sold on Amazon and they are expensive. In , MGA, the owners of the […].
I was kind of freaked out when I heard Bratz was being sold on Amazon as an exclusive this year. You are commenting using your WordPress.
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