fantastic documentary about toys from the 50s til now.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80161497
i have watched star wars and barbie. who knew about all the behind scenes going on. lawsuits, marketing, jail, success and fails. some crazy deals were made behind these toys.
i had NO idea the inspiration of barbie came from a german magazine/newspaper sex doll of a character.
Born in Germany in 1952, the inspiration for America’s most famous doll was a saucy high-end call girl named Lilli. First created as a comic-strip character in the Hamburg newspaper Bild-Zeitung, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular that she was immortalized in plastic — and sold as an adult novelty, according to Robin Gerber, the author of Barbie and Ruth.
“Lilli dolls could be bought in tobacco shops, bars and adult-themed toy stores,” Gerber writes. “Men got Lilli dolls as gag gifts at bachelor parties, put them on their car dashboard, dangled them from the rearview mirror, or gave them to girlfriends as a suggestive keepsake.”
really really interesting.
i do plan on watching gi joe, he-man, and other ones.
xxx
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