Mattel, the world's largest toy manufacturer and birth place of the popular Barbie doll, has high chances of winning a copyright lawsuit it filed against MGA Entertainment. MGA churned out Bratz, an urban facsimile of Barbie. Mattel contends that when the Bratz doll was designed by Carter Bryant, he was still a Mattel employee, therefore income from the sale of the doll including direct sales and licensing fees must accrue to Bryant's former employer.

Children in the U. S. could soon be playing with a talking Jesus toy, a bearded Moses, Daniel in the lion's den and other biblical figures, as company One2Believe convinced Wal-Mart to sell Bible-based toys to promote the Christian faith to children. David Socha, founder of One2believe, the company which manufactures the dolls said he is optimistic the demand for "God-honoring" toys will increase as children will be attracted to toys that focuses on Christian teachings and morality.

A 1965 Barbie in Midnight Red fetches a record $17,000 at auction. Collectors from around the world went to the Christie's auction to bid on a private collection of 4,000 Barbie dolls. The Midnight Red doll was only expected to sell for up to $1,100. It is now the most expensive modern plastic doll to sell at an auction in the United Kingdom.

A three-year-old boy named Jack Neal reportedly used his mother's computer to buy a Ł9,000 ($17,067. 34) car on Internet auction site eBay. The boy's parents discovered their son's successful bid when they received a message from eBay about the Barbie pink Nissan Figaro. His mother Rachel Neal, 36, told the Sun, "We couldn't understand what was happening. Neither of us had bought anything. So we checked and saw it was a Barbie-pink car which we'd bought for Ł8,999. We flew into a panic. "