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Rate Hallsville, Linden teams capture state titles

Original at News Journal external link    Tue, Jun 16

 TX The Intensity rebounded with wins over the Harmony Sassy Bratz (3-2), the Center Underdogs (11-0), the Joaquin Lady Rams (12-0), the Redwater Lady Dragons (13-1) and Maximum Velocity (6-0) to earn the title shot against Extreme Danger. ...

Rate Jeneé | Is the world creating mean girls?

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Tue, Jun 16

 MO I know hypersexual and sassy dolls like the Bratz aren't just a line of toys. They populate a movie and a Web site, too. So little girls are logging on and learning the ways of the Internet. They are watching “High School Musical. ...

Rate Lincolnites' Budzie clothing line is budding

Original at Lincoln Journal Star external link    Tue, Jun 16

 Nebraska “I don't let my 6-year-old play with Bratz dolls,” said Emswiler, 33. “And these don't look like Bratz clothes.” The name, Budzie, was actually an early nickname for her daughter, Averie. “Now she hates it,” Emswiler said. Regardless, Averie has been ...

Rate Practical responses to the turbulent times we find ourselves in

Original at irishtimes.com external link    Sun, Jun 14

 Ireland Rival MGA recognised that preteen girls were maturing more quickly and preferred dolls that looked more like their teenage siblings and the pop stars they idolised. The resulting Bratz line not alone savaged Barbie's market share in the short-term but ...

Rate God Likes Princesses Too, Apparently

Original at The Frisky external link    Fri, Jun 12

 Georgia WSJ] I suspect Mattel is filing a lawsuit as I write this. The doll looks like a combo of Barbie, My Scene Barbie, and a Bratz. On another note, “god” only seems to like skinny princesses with long hair and blue eyes. Am currently having a parental ...

Rate MGA's appeal denied

Original at Playthings external link    Fri, Jun 12    2 related articles

 NY By Staff -- Playthings, 6/12/2009 7:52:00 AM LOS ANGELES—An appeals court has rejected MGA Entertainment's emergency motion to stop the transfer of its Bratz doll brand to Mattel but will accelerate efforts to have the case finalized by the end of the ...

Rate Lincoln gives Delta speech

Original at Jackson Clarion Ledger external link    Thu, Jun 11

 MS A federal appeals court has denied MGA Entertainment's bid to halt the transfer of the Bratz fashion doll line to rival toymaker Mattel Inc. pending an appeal. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling late Wednesday, the latest development ...

Rate Reuters Summit-UPDATE 1-Mattel plays "wait and watch" game

Original at Forexyard external link    Thu, Jun 11

 Cyprus Mattel posted a 11 percent sales drop in the fourth quarter of 2008, which included the holiday season. To complicate matters, Mattel has been in a court battle with privately held MGA Entertainment over the Bratz dolls. Eckert said Mattel intends to ...

Rate 9th Circuit says Bratz transition can proceed

Original at google.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling late Wednesday, the latest development in a long-running feud between the toy titans over ownership of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls. US District Court Judge Stephen Larson last month ordered MGA to ...

Rate Mattel plays "wait and watch" game

Original at Reuters external link    Thu, Jun 11

Mattel posted a 11 percent sales drop in the fourth quarter of 2008, which included the holiday season. To complicate matters, Mattel has been in a court battle with privately held MGA Entertainment over the Bratz dolls. Eckert said Mattel intends to ...

Rate Crude Stocks, Bank Warrants On Investors' Minds

Original at Forbes external link    Tue, Jun 9

 NY Wednesday is the deadline for toy makers MGA and Mattel ( MAT - news - people ) to respond to a court-appointed mediator's proposed settlement over the rights to the line of Bratz dolls. Mattel won the right to the line of dollars last year in federal ...

Rate Lolita at 5?

Original at Globe and Mail external link    Tue, Jun 9

 Canada The Bratz are so explicitly sexualized that [children's book publisher and distributor] Scholastic has banned them. They had a brand called Rock Angelz and they come with a groupie van. It had a bar and hot tub. There's nothing subtle about it and ...

Rate Communities in Schools Mentoring is a golden opportunity

Original at Montgomery Herald external link    Thu, Jun 4

 NC ”I think she just likes the extra attention,” but mainly they spend their time talking about things Kimberly likes, clothes, Bratz dolls. Kimberly says she does OK in school. “I like to read and I like poetry but math is hard,” she says. ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Progress Made in Bratz Talks

Original at Los Angeles Business Journal external link    Wed, Jun 3

A court-appointed monitor is currently in control of an account designated for all net profits from the sale of any existing inventory of Bratz dolls and ... and more »

Rate Why Should Mattel Get Future Plans For New Bratz Dolls?

Original at Techdirt external link    Fri, May 29

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Last year, we wrote about a somewhat horrific court ruling against MGA Entertainment, the makers of Bratz dolls, after getting sued by Mattel. If you don't follow the doll business, Bratz is really the first doll to successfully compete against the ... Bonkers for Barbie The Winchester Star

Rate MGA Moves to Stop Transfer of Bratz to Mattel

Original at amlawdaily.typepad.com external link    Wed, May 27

MGA Entertainment, Inc., maker of the Bratz doll line, filed an emergency motion Tuesday with the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to stop the transfer of the doll line to rival toy maker Mattel, Inc. The motion was filed on MGA ...

Rate Red Wings fans: Think rally of the dolls

Original at DetNews.com external link    Tue, May 26

 MI So, folks, if you're going to be at the Joe tonight, maybe bring a doll with you -- Bratz, My Little Pony, Playoff Hockey Barbie, whatever -- and wave it in Kane's face when he skates by. No chanting necessary. Bring on the Stanley Cup Finals. ...

Rate Statement from MGA Entertainment Re: MGA Files Emergency Motion ... - Business Wire

Original at businesswire.com external link    Tue, May 26

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Through this motion, MGA requests the authority to continue making and selling Bratz dolls until the appellate court decides its case. MGA's motion states: “From any practical or legal perspective, implementing the district court's orders before this ...

Rate Receiver overseeing Bratz toy maker is removed

Original at Los Angeles Times external link    Fri, May 22

The order issued late Thursday by US District Court Judge Stephen Larson did not alter the fact that Van Nuys-based MGA has to give up by far its most prominent product line -- the Bratz dolls it introduced in 2001. The attorney who had the role of ...

Rate How To: Série Bratz - Jade: Beleza OrientalVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, May 21

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Rate Today's tykes: Secure kids or rudest in history?

Original at KOAA external link    Thu, May 7

 CO And, of course, a best-selling line of dolls is, literally, named Bratz. That message pales in comparison to the video game franchise “Grand Theft Auto,” a perennial best-seller among teens and pre-teens who spend hours engaging in virtual behaviors ...

Rate Don't grow up too soon, Miley

Original at The Sun external link    Fri, May 1

 UK - Sonia Poulton She flashed talon-like false nails and a grotesque bordello-inspired painted face at me. Briefly, Shaye resembled a Bratz doll. Which, interestingly, was the favourite toy of the birthday girl. I was no fan of Bratz Dollz even then. ...

Rate Mattel Celebrates That Eternal Teen-Ager, Barbie

Original at Barron's Blogs external link    Fri, Apr 17

The challenge for Mattel will be in extending the success beyond the circumstances of the anniversary. But the uncertainty about the future of the rival Bratz lineup, after Barbie's largely successful legal prosecution of that product's developer, ...

Rate Aishwarya Rai set to give her face to Barbie

Original at Khabrein.info external link    Thu, Mar 26

In recent years, Barbie has faced increasing competition from the Bratz range of dolls. There are reports that the representatives for the actress are reportedly in negotiations with the toy giant, Mattel, as it plans to transform the iconic doll into ...

Rate How to Evolve Like Barbie

Original at Chief Marketer external link    Wed, Mar 25

More recently she's been replaced by Bratz dolls with pouty lips and by Hannah Montana fashion dolls. Still and all, it's a real cultural and marketing event. Barbie, the iconic fashion doll with the top-heavy figure and high-heel arches is 50. ...

Rate Mattel and Nickelodeon reveal new Dora the Explorer

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, Mar 17

Nickelodeon and Mattel intended to reveal Dora's new look this fall, but there was a considerable amount of outcry on the Internet about Dora being "too sexy" or too much like a Bratz doll. (In the minds of some parents, the silhouette form of tween ...

Rate Student learn to use dollars, sense

Original at Richmond Register external link    Tue, Mar 3

 KY Bratz dolls and baseball gloves were $20. Hannah Montana DVDs were $15. One of the teen star’s play sets was $60. To keep track of their money, the student were supposed to log their purchases on a form, similar to a checkbook register, ...

Rate Wii Review - 'Bratz Girlz Really Rock'

Original at WorthPlaying.com external link    Thu, Feb 19

 CA To that end, THQ and Blitz Games have created Bratz: Girlz Really Rock, which cashes in one of the most popular brands for girls since Barbie. While the title is pretty ambitious, it isn't necessarily the best choice for a young girl who's looking for ...

Rate No more Bratz dolls next year?

Original at ...Where Doll Fandoms Collide external link    Thu, Dec 4

The ruling appears to allow MGA and retailers to sell the Bratz dolls through the Christmas holiday season. Mattel won the rights to the $1 billion-plus Bratz franchise earlier this year in a lawsuit against MGA and former Mattel Barbie designer Carter Bryant, who invented the Bratz conc...

Rate A Ruling to Give Cloe, Yasmin, Sasha and Jade Something to Pout Over

Original at WSJ.com external link    Thu, Dec 4

By Ashby Jones The judge on the case, Stephen G. Larson, added a little salt to MGA’s wound, ruling that MGA would be “permanently enjoined” from making, producing or licensing the dolls. The judge further ordered MGA to transfer all dolls and associated products to a location of Mattel’s choosing. The ju...

Rate Bratz Babyz Mall Crawl review

Original at http external link    Sat, Aug 9

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By aboutall Also welcome to our Games for Girls Club web site and play a lot of other Bratz Games such as Bratz Fashion Designer, Bratz The Perfect Match, Bratz Makeover Game, Bratz Kidz Getting Ready, Bratz Ice Champions, Bratz Babyz and many other bratz online games. Bratz Babyz Mall Crawl - the goal o...

Rate MGA wants mistrial over juror's comments - Legalbrief

Original at Legalbrief external link    Mon, Jul 28

MGA wants mistrial over juror's comments subscription), South Africa - In the latest twist to the battle between toy makers MGA and Mattell over the Bratz doll, MGM has asked for a mistrial - arguing that a juror's slurs about ...

Rate BRATZ GIRLZ REALLY ROCK FOUND AT TOYS R US

Original at ...Where Doll Fandoms Collide external link    Wed, Jul 2

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Bratz Girlz Really Rock: Yasmin http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/bratzheavenmedia/Group/bratzgrryasmin.jpg Bratz Girlz Really Rock: Jade http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p73/bratzheavenmedia/Group/bratzgrrjade.jpg

Rate You wanna piece of me?! NEW Bratz dolls. Comin' right at cha!

Original at ...Where Doll Fandoms Collide external link    Tue, Jun 24

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01. Nighty-Nite: Cloe, Yasmin 02. Play Sportz X-Treme: Cloe, Yasmin, Leah 03. Celebritiez: Cloe, Yasmin 04. Wintertime: Cloe, Yasmin Now where's our Kick Boxing Boyz? Any good Boyz for that matter? That Wintertime Cameron is poop. I totally forgot about him when I saw all these great stuff.

Rate Bratz Passion 4 Fashion 5th Edition Aubrey, Destiny, Kina

Original at ...Where Doll Fandoms Collide external link    Sat, Jun 21

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Now, I had mentioned on my Bratz Heaven group (i.e., the WORST Bratz fan group of all time, owned by the WORST Bratz fan of all time) that MGA Entertainment should release a Bratz Harajukool collection -- one that borrows the styles of Japanese Harajuku street style fashions: Colorful, phat...

Rate BRATZ MEMORIEZ: Bratz XPress It!: The Bratz Funk Out! before Bratz Funk Out!

Original at ...Where Doll Fandoms Collide external link    Sat, Jun 14

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My favorite character in Bratz XPress It! is the same as everyone else: Jade. She has the best fashions of the collection! Jade has always been perceived as a fashionista who is always one step ahead of the game in fashion and style, and those fashions on Bratz XPress It! Jade are slammin'!

Rate NEW BRATZ: Wintertime Collection!

Original at ...Where Doll Fandoms Collide external link    Sat, Jun 14

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I spotted these new "Wintertime Collection" Bratz dolls at K-Mart the other night. They were $39.99AUD. Cloe, Yasmin and Sasha feature in the set, sadly there is no Jade as she is not on the back of the box. YASMIN: http://tinyurl.com/5mrr6t http://tinyurl.com/6fyd98

Rate In response to Bratz authorship and originator - Cricket Diane C "Sparky" Phillips - 2008 - USA

Original at cricketdiane (WordPress) external link    Tue, May 27

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By cricketdiane In response to a news story about the case between Mattel and MGA Entertainment - May 2008 The case is Bryant v. Mattel, 04-9049, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Riverside.) Mattel Says MGA Entertainment Hid Origins of Bratz (Update1)

Rate Barbie Sales Flatten Worldwide — Are Bratz & Miss Bimbo To Blame?

Original at Jezebel external link    Tue, Apr 22

By Jessica Several financial news outlets are discussing Mattel's falling first-quarter results, and most place the blame squarely on the slim shoulders of a certain doll named Barbie. Barbie, which was introduced in 1959, is now first-runner-up for the under-12 set, in part because of competit...

Rate Bratz toymaker Isaac Larian living the American dream

Original at The Jewish Journal of greater L.A external link    Thu, Feb 21

By Karmel Melamed It's Chanukah and toys are on the minds of many parents for the holiday. One of the most popular girls' toys for the past several years have been the "Bratz" dolls. They are cultural diversity with disproportionately large heads, large lips, and wearing trendy fashions-- all unique traits...

Year 2007

 

Rate Movie Review: Bratz: The Movie

Original at mr lim external link    Sat, Nov 17

Lazy movie reviewer day Apparently originated from the supposedly highly popular BRATZ dolls which I’ve never heard before. Oh ya, BEST MOVIE EVER! The above passages may contain spoilers. Rating: 5/5.

Rate Bratz: The Movie is Officially a Feature-Length Commercial

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Jul 27

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By Christopher Campbell Sure, it is obvious that Bratz: The Movie is a big-screen commercial for the popular line of dolls. But now the obvious is also the official -- sort of. The head of Bratz-makers MGA Entertainment hasn't exactly come out and admitted that the forthcoming movie is a blatant attempt to sell more...

Rate Paula Abdul Denies Paula Abdul's Claim Of Being Fired From 'Bratz'

Original at Defamer external link    Wed, Jul 25

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It took five soul-deadening episodes, but Bravo's Hey Paula finally offered something by way of quality entertainment on this week's show, when unstable protagonist Paula Abdul appeared to have been relieved of her producing duties on the Bratz movie, the most hotly anticipated rele...

Rate I Hate It When Tv Mommy And Real Mommy Fight: Paula Abdul Denies Paula Abdul's Claim Of Being Fired From 'Bratz'

Original at Defamer.com external link    Wed, Jul 25

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By Defamer It took five soul-deadening episodes, but Bravo's Hey Paula finally offered something by way of quality entertainment on this week's show, when unstable protagonist Paula Abdul appeared to have been relieved of her producing duties on the Bratz movie, the most hotly anticipated rele...

Rate Liza Palmer: The Bratz Movie: First Sign of the Apocalypse?

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Jul 17

By Liza Palmer The Bratz dolls are supposed to be ethnically diverse -- where Barbie isn't. What's truly funny -- and by 'funny' I mean, 'stab-myself-in-the-eye-funny' -- is that every doll looks just as white and slutty as the next. Sure, Jade is supposed to be of Asian descent but, like her discontinued...

Rate New 'Bratz' Poster Pops Up

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Jun 26

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By Christopher Campbell Anyway, it is nice that the designers have finally showed us the actresses' mouths. I didn't quite get the point of the oral exclusion in both that first teaser and the second. Even the four character posters cut off some of the girls' mouths. I know none of them are familiar faces, but these you...

Rate Dan Cook Looks at the Bratz Dolls' Global Popularity

Original at ips.uiuc.edu external link    Wed, May 16

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Dan Cook, professor in advertising and in the Institute of Communications Research, studies marketing aimed at children. He is the author of The Commodification of Childhood (Duke University Press, 2004). Here, he discusses some of the subtle issues surrounding the sometimes controv...

Rate Hide Your Daughterz: The 'Bratz' Trailer iz Online

Original at Cinematical external link    Sun, May 13

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By Scott Weinberg Filed under: Comedy, Lionsgate FilmsApparently there'z a line of toyz out there that sold just enough merchandise to warrant a big-screen movie, regardlezz of the fact that, az far az creative influencez go, a "line of toyz" isn't exactly the most reliable (or logical) inspiration. And...

Rate Opinion: Bratz - Fashion Pixiez

Original at DVD Talk external link    Thu, Mar 15

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It's bad enough that they called this obnoxious line of dolls Bratz, as if that parental condemnation was a level of behavior in which to aspire. But did they have to spell it wrong, too? Let's not forget that some Bratz dolls originally came with thongs, and in one particularly heinous play...

Rate Podcast: Girls Dai-Hina Matsuri is Doll Festival

Original at daitime.podomatic.com external link    Sat, Feb 24

By Daiwu March 3rd is Girls Dai in Japan, also known as Doll Festival. Let me tell you what it’s all about and the Japanese vocabulary associated with it. I definitely think playing with Barbies and Bratz is more fun then giving some porcelain dolls rice crackers! Come With Me… Featured Tracks: Just A...

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