The 1959 Mattel Remington Derringer belt buckle was discontinued due to safety concerns. The toy cap gun disguised as a belt buckle that flipped out and fired a small plastic projectile. It used a spring-loaded mechanism trigger by pressure on the b ...
Launched by Mattel in 1964, the Creeple People kit let kids make rubbery bug toys by pouring liquid plastic into hot metal molds. However, the heating plates reached dangerously high temperatures causing burns.
Wilma Mankiller was the Cherokee Nation's first woman principal chief and was known as an education and healthcare champion. The 2023 Barbie toy is missing Cherokee details, such as indigenous symbols and traditional moccasins instead of the black ...
In 1995, Mattel released Barbie's baby sister Kelly. She was retired in 2010 and replaced by Chelsea in 2011. Kelly and Chelsea are the same character, only with a new name.
In 1988, the Food Fighters line of action figures has the good guys (the "Kitchen Commandos”) fight the bad guys (“Refrigerator Rejects” which includes Chip-The-Ripper) for control of your refrigerator.
1973 discontinued doll who was the younger brother of Barbie
Christie was Barbie's first African American friend in 1968. She was discontinued when Barbie got Nikki as her new African American friend in 1996 despite both dolls having the same face.
Anatomically correct baby boy doll from 1975.
Barbie's Australian ex-boyfriend, whom she dated in 2004 during her much-publicized "breakup" with Ken
Tutti is a discontinued character who was the younger sister of Barbie and Skipper from 1965 to 1971. She was in grade school and had a bendable body.
