inches tall]. FLAVA history (2003): Flavas  was an American line of  fashion dolls  created by  Mattel  in 2003. They were multi-ethnic and have an urban,  hip hop  style with " bling-bling " jewelry and stick-on tattoos, described as "ghetto-fabulous" by  Newsweek . They were designed to appeal to  tweens  (8-12 year olds)