Almost immediately after Barbie hit toy-store shelves ... her children's partners and their children, including Allan, named for her son-in-law. Both Barbara and Ken told The Los Angeles Times ...

Aside from many parents' head-scratching over the ... for children and how she was presented. Played by Tom Stourton, Earring Magic Ken appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in Barbie ...

Chesnot/Getty When Ruth Handler created Barbie and Ken ... Mattel with their business partner Harold “Matt” Matson in 1945. In addition to serving as the co-founder of the toy manufacturing ...

In Barbie Land, there are Barbies, and there are Kens. For every Barbie (in this case Margot Robbie), there must be a Ken ... us as children early and often. Think of the very toy aisles that ...

Talking of their ... still took Ken seven years to reconcile his romance with Barbie and finally on Valentine’s Day, he was able to win her back after meeting her on the set of Toy Story 3.

Let’s switch to a different Greek analogy for a second — Barbie Land is a bit like the shadows on Plato’s cave, where the toys have existed since ... the power ballad “I’m Just Ken.” They transform ...

Ken’s relationship to Barbie has been up for debate since the two hit the toy aisle together ... thing is that through play, children are free to have their dolls take on any type of role ...

Is the 'Barbie' movie for kids? Here's what parents should ... reality isn’t a Toys R Us aisle. They get arrested (twice), Ken becomes very interested in the fact that men rule this world ...

While some of these characters had shorter cameos than others, they all exist in the unofficial Discontinued Barbie Hall ... with a bunch of kids to get their opinions on Ken.

his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it’s all for one and one for all as they join Barbie’s counterpart Ken, a ...

On June 1, the company released a new collection of toys, which included Barbie and Ken dolls pegged to characters ... this year as consumers pull back their spending on discretionary goods.