I know Barbie can evoke strong emotions – some love her, some hate her, some don’t think too much of her. I’m a mix, but I know when I was playing with Barbie in the early 1980’s, she needed clothes and they just weren’t available like they are today. I always wanted a new Barbie just to get a new dress. My incredibly talented mother would sew tiny, elaborate dresses for my dolls so I wouldn’t beg for the next one. Today, we can buy clothes and accessories for almost any doll, in any size and dress them for almost any event. And sure enough, on my daughter’s fifth birthday, she got her first Barbie. So, here we go . . .  Read the rest of this post...

In anticipation of the upcoming re-release of Pixar’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D on October 2 in theaters and the release of Toy Story 3 in June of 2010, the film’s director John Lasseter is releasing a series of seven videos promoting the new Toy Story Collection line of toys. This new toy line promises to deliver the “definitive” copy of the toys from the movie. In the videos, Lasseter will be profiling each character from the movie and telling some background, behind-the-scenes stories about each character too. Here’s are all seven videos in the series. I hope you enjoy them…we did!
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