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. ...
13 mainstream media and 2 bloggers weighed in on a similar topic
6 Months Ago,
Playthings says
(in MGA's appeal denied)
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 ...
And
Mail Tribune says
(in The Princess and the Pedestal)
OR
Though they've given in on a few princess items for their daughter, he says he and his wife have drawn the line on Barbie and Bratz dolls, which he calls "empty-headed girly-girl products." There are, of course, many parents who happily go along with ...
And
Mirror.co.uk says
(in We love soap: Emmerdale Coronation Street and EastEnders)
UK
Comedy highlights tonight include Steve McDonald using a Bratz doll as a visual aid, Sean sulking, orangely, about being elbowed out of a photoshoot for the Weatherfield Gazette, and Graeme up a tree keeping a look-out during David's “let's stitch up ...
And
LongIslandPress.com says
(in Web Slinging with Brad Pareso)
NY
Are the Bratz dolls and Dora the Explorer going to make cameos? Whatever, I have no problem suspending belief when Toy Story 3 comes out on…June 18, 2010? I'll be 24 years old by then. When I inherited “Nothing But Net” more than a year ago, ...
And
New York Press says
(in Bash Compactor: Every Rose Has Its Thorn)
NY
Bethany Frankel, the Real Housewives star who looks like a living Bratz doll, was less subtle: “Honey, I'm guessing that cord hanging out of your panties was an 'in case of emergency, pull here?'” Jesus wept.
And
Los Angeles Business Journal says
(in Progress Made in Bratz Talks)
CA
By ALEXA HYLAND A settlement now appears likely in the legal dispute between rivals Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. over the Bratz fashion doll line. An order issued Tuesday by federal court judge Stephen Larson referred to a settlement ...
7 Months Ago,
ToyNews says
(in Girls' tastes highlighted)
Girls' tastes highlighted
UK
Unsurprisingly, doll brands also featured heavily with Disney Princess top among them, ahead of Zapf's Baby Annabel. In the older age group of girls aged 7-10 High School Musical dolls were the number on ranking toy ahead of Bratz dolls and Crayola. ...
And
iii.co.uk says
(in STOCKS NEWS US-Existing home sales up 2.9 pct in April)
UK
MGA Entertainment asked a US appeals court to stop the transfer of its Bratz franchise to rival Mattel Inc late Tuesday. It also asked the court to overturn a 2008 jury verdict, which it argued was tainted by racial discrimination against its ...
And
Marketing Week says
(in Barbie undergoes makeover)
UK
Barbie sales had been under pressure from the success of rival doll range Bratz until last year, when a court ruled against Bratz owner MGA Entertainment. Mattel had claimed that the name and design of the dolls was based on drawings that its creator ...
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And
Washington Post says
(in Nikkei up as US consumer confidence improves)
United States
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - MGA Entertainment Inc asked a US appeals court on Tuesday to stop the transfer of its Bratz franchise to rival toymaker Mattel Inc and to overturn a 2008 jury verdict MGA contends was tainted by racial discrimination against its ...
And
Chicago Tribune says
(in Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum's closing a sign of times)
United States
On a recent visit to the museum, Aurora resident Bill Cecchini's three daughters, ages 12, 14 and 15, were unfamiliar with the characters, having grown up with Cabbage Patch dolls, Barbies and Bratz. "These are the ones I remembered," he said, ...
And
Post-Bulletin says
(in Bluff Country Reader)
MN
Although Brumm says Barbie collectors items are harder to find now (perhaps because of other toy collector items such as Disney and Bratz) she maintains that she will probably do this her entire life. Barbie turned 50 years old on March 9. ...
And
Suffolk Evening Star says
(in Sales of golliwogs quadruple)
UK
Then maybe civil disobedience by ugly children offended by Cabbage patch dolls, spoilt children offended by the Bratz dolls, Essex women offended by Barbie dolls, and as for me, it makes me absolutely furious when I see my torso being copied on Action ...
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Corsicana Daily Sun says
(in Ready for center stage)
TX
The step-sisters are a pair of Bratz — modeled on the Bratz dolls — who are ugly on the inside. The step-mother is vain and self-centered, and doesn't even know it.” One cast member is a foreign exchange student from Norway, who was the only one in the ...
And
Firefox News says
(in Review -- King of the Hill: "Manger Baby Einstein")
AZ
While the discarded octopus experiences an odyssey and passes through many days lying in an empty alley, Luanne plagiarizes Dale's idea and creates her own talking gun with a 'tude, pairing the group with a Bratz-style doll.Though the image makeover ...