March 8, 2007
Barbie fans can SMS her on her birthday
Mattel's flagship property Barbie will celebrate her 48th Birthday today, and the toy manufacturer has decided to get kids involved by allowing them to SMS to a shortcode to send her brithday wishes and also get a reply from her.
I think this offer goes for India only, as the news was reported by Indian Television, and I can't seem to find a similar service offered by the US.
And to file under trivia, some Barbie fun facts :
-- The original Barbie wore a striped bathing suit, heavy eye make-up and sunglasses and sold for three dollars.
-- Collectors say with her original packaging she is now worth U.S. $8,300.
-- More than a billion Barbies have been sold over the years
-- About a million yards of fabric have been used to create her clothes.
-- She has survived more than 500 make-overs, including four face lifts, the last in 1998.
More trivia from the Royal Albert Museum.
-- In 1992, the 700 million Barbie™ dolls and family members sold, placed head to toe, would circle the earth at least 3.5 times.
-- By 1993, Mattel had sold more than 900 million fashions and 1 billion pair of shoes.
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