(CNN) — For the last 62 years, Ken has been the original accessory — designed only to match or complement his predestined life partner, Barbie. If Ken is a compass, Barbie is north. According to toy ...

Dolls collectors often overlook Ken, yet his story is deeply tied to one of the most iconic toys ever created. Ken Carson was introduced by Ruth Handler in 1961 as the official boyfriend of Barbie, ...

While some of these characters had shorter cameos than others, they all exist in the unofficial Discontinued Barbie Hall of Fame. So if you caught yourself asking, "Who the hell is Sugar Daddy Ken?" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for "Barbie," now in theaters. "Barbie" features several discontinued dolls, including Michael ...

Zizi Strater is a former editorial intern focusing on style and beauty at PEOPLE. They left PEOPLE in 2023. Mattel Inc. You can now own your own piece of the highly anticipated Barbie movie with the ...

Within the Mattel toy universe, there's Barbie, there's "just Ken" ... and there are the dolls you completely forgot existed until seeing Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie. "Barbie" features a few such of ...

He’s just Ken and he’s enough — and any of these dolls would be enough to prove it. The summer of “Barbie” continues, and Mattel is still dropping instantly iconic dolls inspired by the characters ...

Orson Welles once compared making a film to playing with “the biggest electric train set any boy ever had.” Of course Welles never played with Barbies growing up. As intense as “Barbie” marketing has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Barbie" features several dolls that Mattel discontinued for various reasons. For example, Michael Cera's Allan and Emerald ...