BARBIES TRADITIONALLY outnumber Bratz dolls in every category - Emily owned Barbies years before Bratz burst onto the scene following Emily's parents trip to New York in 2004. Barbie has been the favourite of little girls all over the world for some 48 years. Yet over the last few years it has become clear that Barbie is facing some tough competition from the Bratz dolls.
The Bratz have certainly had more success is Toyland than the awkwardly tall Barbies, particularly the Mini Bratz range. Ryan, Nazzy, Natalie and Zara all live in the Dolls House, and a 'baby Bratz' runs a bar in Smallvania.
Bratz steal Barbie's popularity crown (picture posed by models - plastic models)
Picture from Telegraph.co.uk
In contrast the Barbies, all big toys, lie in a blue crate amongst their clothes, a sea of plastic limbs. Emily has long shunned Barbies, with commentators citing the fact Barbie can't stand up on her own and cannot hold things as chief reasons for this. Barbies are also too big to live in any house or shelf in Toyland, and too hard to live on the bed. In the fast paced and overcrowded world of Emily's Toyland there is just no room, it seems, for such dolls.
The big Bratz dolls have suffered the same fate, of course, neglected with the Barbies. The surprise comes with the prominence of the mini Bratz.
Bratz are short, wide-eyed and big-headed dolls, the girls wearing thick eye shadow, and both boys and girls boasting more individual strands of hair than any other toy. Their clothes are exceptionally fashionable and many play musical instruments. Postman Ryan is recognised for his trademark brown satchel.
'We have a passion for fashion,' notes Natalie, reading the box she came in.
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