Being in Prague for the first day, Wendy and I were walking around when we stumbled upon the Toy and Barbie Museum. It was something that Wendy had read about and we decided among all the museums in Europe, this one was going to kick butt.
This is me hanging out with the man of steel, he said to me "Enjoy my museum" I will never forget his wise words.
Wendy found another friend Mr. Jar Jar Binks. He was also very happy to see us.
The museum was split in two parts: 1. History of Toys. 2. History of Barbie. This is where the museum got super cool. Barbie was actually invented by a German company in 1952 but her name was different. Then they sold the licensing to Matell in 1956 and the director had a daughter named Barbara: in honor of her Barbie was the name given to what was to be the most famous toy ever created.
Here is Barbie number the first. It actually is quite a striking difference to what she has become today. She was such a hit because of the possibilty to dress her. However many companies and stores rejected her because of her womanly features and body type.
A few years after Barbies huge and ludicrous success, the first Ken doll was created. He has kind of a short afro thing going on. And I'm not quite sure what is with the bath robe.
Then came Barbies friends, the first one was Midge in 61' After Midge, a whole slew of friends and family came along to join the collection.
Also Matell, was absolutely brilliant at marketing different types of dolls that not just "Barbie" lovers could want to collect. I really liked this 007 doll with his main squeeze of whatever movie he was in.
Throughout the decades they were always up on the times. Here is an 80's version of MC Hammer. He is definitely two legit to quit.
60's Barbie and Ken were always with the fashion. Here are hippies in all their glory. All Ken is missing is an acoustic guitar so they can all sing Joan Baez.
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