#3: That Doesn’t Look Like a Toy For Children…
At the time of Barbie’s creation, at least in America, there weren’t any dolls that looked like her. For a long time, children’s toys were created in the image of children and the things they found enjoyable. No one had thought about making toys for kids that depicted their parents’ lives…
That was until Ruth Handler came across the Bild Lili doll in Germany… Bild Lili was originally designed after a comic strip character was initially marketed toward men and later became popular with children. Even though some people had an issue with how Barbie looked at first, the idea slowly started to pay off once they realized that their kids enjoyed playing with dolls that depicted a completely different period of life.