As parents and guardians of young impressionable minds in this fast-changing world, we need to realize the significance of playtime, and the effect of dolls and role play on the early-developing brains (1), (2). Barbie aims to empower parents from every corner of the world to let their children imagine and dream beyond the barriers of race, body shape, skin color, ethnicity, and capabilities. Whether it’s a girl with dark chocolaty skin and gorgeous curls who dreams of becoming the president of her country, or the role model who flaunts his vitiligo patches as the bridge between different races of the world; whether it is flying an airplane, or conquering your dreams beyond the restrictions of a wheelchair, Barbie has come a long way in making sure, a doll in those tiny hands can enable your child to change the world, one dream at a time! 

As we await to see Barbie come to life on the big screen and celebrate the upcoming movie, here are a few of the top picks of Barbie dolls and toys that can make a difference in your child’s playtime and ambitions!

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  Most Inspiring

  Barbie President Doll, Barbie The Movie

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What does it take to aim for the highest and most powerful position in a country? Let’s begin with this President Barbie doll in those tiny hands! With a dark skin tone and bouncy curls, this doll is meant to inspire young girls to break the glass ceiling, no matter their ethnicity or race. Dressed elegantly in a sparkly off-shoulder gown and an elaborate statement necklace, this gorgeous doll comes packed in a collectible Barbie, The Movie packaging. Proudly flaunting her presidential sash laced with a gold tassel, this doll features a stately look that speaks of class and achievement. No wonder, she is meant to lead the Barbie land with her inherent grace, style, and confidence!

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Most Inclusive

Barbie Fashionista Ken Doll #192 With Brunette Cropped Hair & Vitiligo

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Barbie and Ken fashionista dolls are made with the promise of making this world a more inclusive place. Like most Ken dolls, this one sports its unique look and style. Featuring sculpted brown hair and vitiligo, this particular Ken doll encourages kids to be inclusive of various skin colors and ethnicities. Dressed in a blue ombre Malibu tank, red shorts, and blue sandals, this doll enables kids with vitiligo to be confident in their skin. It sends out the message loud and clear that you need not fit in when you are meant to stand out! It enables children of various skin colors to bond over their inherent similarities and celebrate their unique differences in Kencore-inspired style!

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Most Gender-Neutral

Hot Wheels RC Barbie Corvette, Barbie The Movie

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Barbie strives to break every stereotype very subtly through play and imagination. Whether it’s Hot Wheels, or remote control cars, why should boys have all the fun? And even for boys, why not add a gorgeous pink hot wheel car to their collection? Resembling the 1956 Corvette Stingray featured in Barbie, The Movie, this remote control Corvette boasts perfect detailing and authentic brand style. It can accommodate 2 Barbie dolls in the front seats, along with their accessories in a functional trunk that is a dream of every girl. With an operational frequency of just 2.4 GHz frequency, it is made to be well-suited for multiple car races without interference. This undoubtedly makes for an uncontested gift for kids who are fond of Barbie and Hot Wheels both!

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Best for Family Play

Barbie DreamHouse Building Set, Barbie The Movie

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This Barbie DreamHouse building set ensures hours of creative fun for both kids and parents alike. With detailed instructions, multiple steps, and huge size, this dreamhouse playset comes with 1795 bricks and pieces, including 4 buildable micro-dolls, food, furniture, and pool accessories. With extraordinary attention to detail and delightful features like the adorable flamingo float, the replica further brings the magic of Barbie, The Movie to your home! It is indeed a perfect gift for the whole family to bond over some quality time and build a cute and life-size dreamhouse true to its name.

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Best For All Age-groups

UNO Barbie The Movie Card Game

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Another lovely, gender-neutral, and age-inclusive gifting option to celebrate the upcoming movie is this Barbie-themed UNO card game. Inspired by the characters of the Barbie movie, this UNO set follows the usual rules of the classic card game. An additional “Played With Too Much” card adds a further interesting angle to the game.  When played, this card makes players discard all cards of a certain color and draw the same number of cards, while resuming play with the color that was discarded, thereby playing a devious trick on your opponents! Designed to be played with 2-10 players, be it children, parents, or grandparents, this Barbie Uno card set is perfect for some fun time at home or on the go! Just remember to scream UNO when you are down to that one last winning card!

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Best Outdoor Fun

Barbie It Takes Two - Let's Go Camping Tent Playset

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This camping playset inspires young minds to venture into the outdoors and connect with other kids as friends. Featuring Barbie 'Malibu' and Barbie 'Brooklyn' Roberts dolls, this playset includes everything that two BFFs would need for a fun camping experience. With an extra large fabric tent, it can easily fit up to 4 dolls. It enhances the whole role-play experience with decorative awning and string lights, a fire pit, 2 folding chairs, a blanket, and a telescope. Not only that, but you also get two movable woodland animals — a bunny with wiggly ears and a squirrel munching on acorns. This playset is sure to make room for stories under the vast open starry skies!

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Most Imaginative

Barbie Dream Plane Playset

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Let your child’s imagination take flight with this dream plane playset. With more than 15 different pieces and a puppy as the travel companion, this journey is sure to stay exciting for your kid. Pushing it on its rolling wheels makes it taxi on the runway. Opening the top and side reveals the detailed play space inside, with a pilot and 2 reclining passenger seats complete with TV screens. You also get a suitcase that opens and closes and can be stowed away in a functional overhead compartment like real airplanes. To enhance the whole in-flight experience, the set also includes a snack cart that holds 2 trays, 2 meals, snacks, and drinks. Magazine, blankets, an eye mask, headphones, and a travel bag make ample room for further in-air flight stories and adventures. All in all, with this playset, you can let those tiny dreams dare to soar high and aim beyond pink skies!

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Most Creative

Barbie Paint Your Own Jewelry Box

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If your kid is a fashionista in the making and likes to spend hours on makeup and dressing herself up, then this one is sure to please her! With a ready-to-paint heart-shaped jewelry box, 5 different acrylic paints, a paintbrush, sticker sheet, and variety of beads and charms, your kid can add their own style and charm to their room decor. This will not only serve as a good jewelry organizer but create tons of possibilities for creative crafts and giftable ideas. This is indeed the perfect gift that will make for a creative and practical choice, all wrapped in one.

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Most Versatile

Barbie Photo Filter Play Camera And Play Watch Set

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For those little ones interested in gadgets, and photography, this camera and watch role-play set makes for the perfect gift to encourage them further. While the Barbie camera comes equipped with star flash, a rainbow-colored wristlet, 2 play photos, and 2 filters, the play smartwatch comes with 2 pop-on watch cases, phone screens, and an adjustable rainbow-themed watch band. Addedly, the camera has all the real-like feels, with the flash lighting up, and photos popping out of the bottom of the camera with fun shutter click sounds along with fun phrases like “Say Cheese”. To top it all, the 2 filters add a prismatic rainbow effect! The smartwatch is also equally feature-rich with multiple ringtones, lights, and cute Barbie phrases. This combo is sure to make your kids dream in promising colors!

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Barbie Fashionistas Doll #165 With Wheelchair And Ramp

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Barbie and Ken fashionista dolls celebrate diversity and inculcate kindness and empathy in kids. With a wide variety of skin tones, hair colors and textures, eye colors, body types, and body-positive fashions, they are designed to reflect the real world for the kids to see and accept. This particular Barbie doll with a wheelchair encourages the kids to realize that dreams have no boundaries. With rolling wheels and a functional brake, plus a ramp that is compatible with the Barbie Dreamhouse, this playset keeps it raw and real. With 22 movable 'joints' in the upper arms, wrists, elbows, neck, torso, upper legs, hips, knees, hips, and ankles, this model further enables all kinds of real-life-like motions in and out of the wheelchair. The doll has beautiful luscious tresses and is dressed in bright green tropical shorts, orange sneakers, and a bright lemon fanny pack, adding zest and cheer to the role-play.

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Most Unconventional

Barbie Chicken Farmer Doll & Playset

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Most children dream of becoming doctors, engineers, or astronauts when they grow up. This Barbie Chicken Farmer Doll & Playset inspires young minds to make unconventional career choices. For kids who love animals, and like to care and nurture them, this playset sets the right idea. With a chicken coop that features nests for the hens and chicks, along with a storage shelf and a grassy area and ramp for the animals to wander around, this farm playset replicates real farm life pretty minutely. The 3 pretty chickens in different colors and 2 adorable chicks, along with the egg tray and basket add to the multiple ideas of fun and pretend play. The farmer Barbie doll in denim shorts, a farm-printed pink t-shirt, and red boots complete the whole imaginative play experience.

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Little People Collector Barbie: The Movie Special Edition Set

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Ultimately, after all the above choices, if you are still confused about a Barbiecore toy that celebrates her big screen debut, then you can go ahead and get this Barbie The Movie Little People Collector piece. It includes a set of 4 tiny character figurines- Barbie in a pink gingham dress, President Barbie in a stunning pink and gold dress, Gloria in her power suit, and a beach-ready Ken figurine. Each of these figures is about 2.5 inches tall and styled in memorable outfits inspired by the movie. Packed in a display-worthy, movie-themed design featuring fun, beachy decorations and memorable locations from the movie, this makes for a perfect Barbie 2023 gift.

Barbie has come a long way ahead from the definition of beauty restricted to slim porcelain dolls. The brand strives to create awareness and empathy in kids through its campaign to “mix up the toy box” and create a treasure trove of play experiences that reflect the present world in all its realities and true capabilities. Take home any of the featured products above, and we are sure your kid would enjoy an extremely insightful playtime as we gear up to celebrate Barbie, The Movie with collectible cars, dolls, games, and more.