Cool Shoppin' Barbie Box
notes: label: Description
content: Mattel manufactured Cool Shoppin’ Barbie in 1997. Cool Shoppin’ Barbie came with her own clothing store that sold shirts, skirts, sunglasses, shoes, perfume, and purses and had a working register and credit card reader. Barbie had her own MasterCard, which would say “credit approved” when swiped at the register. Parents and consumer advocates complained that Barbie should not encourage wanton spending and credit debt or advertise the MasterCard brand to young children. While Cool Shoppin’ Barbie sold well during the 1997 holiday season, the contract between Barbie and MasterCard was not renewed the next year—making the toy a sought-after collectible.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3116.02
label: accession number
content: 2013.3116
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3116.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: doll box
label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (inner box material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard, mylar (outer box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 4 in; 31.75 cm x 13.335 cm x 10.16 cm