Tagged: barbie

March 10, 2016 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Before Mattel announced that its iconic Barbie was getting a bit of body makeover, startup Lammily was pushing out its very own “normal size” dolls. Just two years ago, the company launched a Tilt (at the time, Crowdtilt) campaign so that it could change the… Read More

May 30, 2015 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to become Barbie’s next big competitor, creator of The Angelica Doll has launched a Kickstarter campaign to make sure this new unique doll makes its way to store shelves everywhere. The natural hair doll surfaced on the crowdfunding platform earlier this month with a mission to capture only $25,000…. Read More

March 5, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last spring, a company known as Lammily launched a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdtiltOpen to raise funds for Barbie’s realistic doppelgänger, a female doll created in the image of an average woman. The goal of the dolls, as described by creator Nickolay Lamm, is to reinforce the fact… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 10:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In what is probably the most overdue thing in the toy space, someone is trying to disrupt Mattel’s Barbie doll, often criticized for presenting a completely ridiculous and unrealistic image of the female body. The campaign is for Lammily, and it’s Barbie’s more realistic doppelgänger; a… Read More