This German doll you never heard was the inspiration for Barbie
Meet Lilli, the fast-minded star of a Bawdy cartoon.
Barbie can beone of the most familiar and selling toys of all timeBut his original history can surprise even the biggest fans of the doll.
In the 1950s,Ruth Handler, a co-founder of Mattel, noticed that when his daughter and friends play with toys, they preferred to play an ambitious way: they imagined dolls doing things "adults", like going to college or at work. Manager had one of these lightbulb ideas to invent a toy that better children allowed to imitate these activities, mature adults (go to a day job, ongoing dates, beach car in a beautiful car).At the time, Mattel's directors shot down the idea.
Enter: Lilli (photo above). June 24, 1952, tabloid paper based in HamburgBild-Zeitung started running a band ofa quick escort Named Lilli who experienced a fabulous life attractive with rich male contenders in post-war Germany. The readers could not get enough of his whipped humor. (An indicative bit: When reprimanded by an officer to carry a two-piece bikini in the public sectors and forbids at the time, shedrawn back, "Well, what part should I take off?") So,In 1955Some of the corporate minds in the newspaper struck on the idea of liberating a plastic doll of the character that could be sold as a party gift for adults. It has been marketed to adults and usually included duplicate in advertising materials.
But Handler, who met the doll during a trip to Europe in 1956, realized that she struck gold, and could bring a dead idea of his to life. With some modifications, Lilli could absolutely work for a younger audience. Gandor adjusted design and wardrobe, broke out skin skin and gave it a more American name:Barbie, inspired by the manager's daughter, Barbara. MATTEL unveiled Barbie on March 9, 1959. Thanks to an innovative marketing thrust, the toy has become a major instinct of success and handling has been proven precisely correct: there was indeed a market toy for children that were a little more mature .
Even with the modifications made to Mattel, the similarities between Barbie and Lilli remained irrefutable and that the manufacturers of the first doll doll draft, Greiner & increase, were not unaware of the acting success of a toy clearly based on their idea . After obtaining an American patent for the articulation of the doll hip used in the original doll, the manufacturer of LilliPursued the toy giant In 1963, search for royalties for each Barbie sold. The parties agreed on a solution; Settling out of the yard, Mattel bought Greiner's copyright & increase and patent.
Without the patent, in 1983, Greiner & Charge has collapsed. But as the villain in a scary moviereturning from the dead for a final fearIn 2001, the liquidator appointed by the Greiner Tribunal & increase continued the Matel, claiming that he had slaughtered his client in the sales agreement.Mattel won, And continues to maintain copyright and patent - and few millions of parents who bought the doll during his six decades of market dominance are even aware of his salacious predecessor. And for more than an amazing trivia on America's favorite doll, check these29 fascinating things that you have never known for Barbie.
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