Barbie Barbie Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parodies of the doll and her lifestyle. Mattel has sold over a
Welly (toy company) the Russian market. In South Korea, Pino B&D and Innocean sell 1:38 Hyundai & Kia diecasts. Welly (toy company) Welly Die Casting Factory Limited is a manufacturer of die-cast toy cars and has been in the scale model business since 1979. The company's factories are located in Guangdong Province of China, and employ over 3000 workers. At the beginning of the 1980s, Welly mainly produced die-cast toy cars roughly 3 inches in length (approx. ). 4.75 inch die-cast toy cars (approx. ) were added later that decade. In the 1990s, the company developed models, then added 1:18 scale ones. Welly