Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World is a 1987 American animated television special created by DIC Animation City with Saban Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in syndication as a two-part television "miniseries" with each installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled "". The miniseries was supposed to have been the pilot for a daily Barbie cartoon series. However, negotiations between  DIC and Mattel fell through, and the project eventually emerged with a whole new set of characters—and the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbro—as "Maxie's World" in 1988. The story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. The two-part special was later released on video as a single film by Hi-Tops Video. Plot. Barbie's rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one last concert in space to promote world peace. Then, in Part Two ("Barbie and the  Sensations"), when Barbie and her band—whose name has inexplicably been changed to the Sensations—come back to Earth, they travel inadvertently back to 1959. Songs. This is a list of the songs featured in "Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World", in order of appearance: Home video. The miniseries was released on VHS in the 1980s.