Bratz rocking the world
We’re on a roll for reporting Mattel’s various lawsuits. The toy giant was awarded $100 million in its Bratz ownership suit against MGA Entertainment. The hip fashion dolls were designed by Carter Bryant while he was under contract with Mattel.
Bryant is most famously known for his Barbie design work, escpecially the high-class Barbie series from the early 2000s known as Grand Entrance Barbie.
Barbie, still elegant after 50 years
When Carter left Mattel, he took his Bratz sketches with him. And that’s what Mattel won the rights for, as well as the sizable damages from Carter’s new partner MGA.
Mattel’s beef in understandable. Ever since Bratz came on the market in 2001, Barbie has been losing her place in little girl’s hearts around the world. Meanwhile, the Bratz dolls were awarded the Toy Industry Association’s People’s Choice Toy of the Year Award, as well as the Family Fun’s Toy of the Year award.
Bratz may never give the mantle back to Barbie. The line of dolls and accessories have successful been spun into new music albums and a popular children’s show as well.
Okay, i am a 13 year old and YES i still play with dolls. even though i had a couple of barbies a LONG time ago, right after i got my first Bratz Cloe, I LOVED HER!!!!!!! I loved her clothes and hair and big lips and beautiful eyes, and even their feet less legs!!! Barbie is so stupid and ugly! I agree with Lindsay, because barbie IS the dumbest thing ever to exist!!!!!! With her stupid hot tubs and malibu trends!!!! Bratz are cool and awesome and a LOT of girls can relate to them because their technicalyl still kis and barbie is an old adult! Bratz is all about passion 4 fashion, being best friends forever, music, fashion shows, learning how to be yourself, and knowing that no matter what, your friends will always be there for you!!!! Barbie is a stupid blond bimbo with an ugly boyfriend and little kids who wear makeup!!! I truly and sincerely hope Bratz will come back!!!!!!!!!
i like both now i really dont tthink barbie a 59 something year old should sue some 15 or wateva year old and if barbie wants her fans back so bad think of something less slutty looking go back the way u use to look and bratz u girls should neva change but if people think u loook sluttty FIX IT! but go barbie and go bratz
Okay, I used to have, like, a MILLION Bratz Dolls and outfits. Then, I got my hands on a Fashionista Barbie and that was the end of Bratz. To this day I have no idea where they are. Probably stuffed in a box somewhere. ((If any of you are wondering, MariamMaslow is my sis)) Then I got Liv Dolls, which are kinda a combo of Bratz and Barbies. I played with them for days on end. I even named my Alexis doll “Sasha” and my sisters Sophie doll “Cloe” to take the place of our Bratz.
Now I play with Barbies and Liv Dolls, but I just wanna say one thing:
BARBIE WAS WRONG TO SUE BRATZ!!!!!
i always wondered y i couldnt find bratz dolls in stores anymore, i remember that 2 years ago, i had bratz dolls and then when i got the fashinista barbie…..i neglected them and stuffed them into a box. then i bought liv dolls which i think were created to take the place of the forbidden bratz dolls. then i forgot about barbie and ken and all of her other accessories. but now i play with liv dolls and barbies. i donno what happened to playing with bratz.
I personnally prefer Barbie because bratZ just creep me out. They look anorexic (I should know) they wear too much makeup not to mention the fact they have NO feet! I’m 11 and still play with barbies my first bratz doll cloe ripped in half but I still have a Barbie my mom had when she was my age. But barbies do seem to be getting slutty. Although Barbie can atleast hold down a job and inspire kids bratz did whatever the he’ll they wanted. EX: let’s go prank the tweebles or that boy is hot and not to mention the fact that they seem to look stereotypical. I do think it’s a stupid reason to sue just another stupid reason to cause a war between people. Our world would be a much better safer place if people wwouldnt fight or sue. And if bratz looked slightly teenish. Even the babies look slutty and messed up. Babies should not wear makeup this makes young girls think it’s ok to wear boatloads of makeup. Thanks to bratz I raided my moms make up and put tons of it on my baby cousin. Personnally bratz should not be on shelves. Remember whoever reads this that it came from an 11 year old dyslexic girl with spellcheck. Think about how hard it was to write this.
wow, all you people who think bratz dolls are better are wrong! bratz are just skimpy little girls who are bad infuances on little kids. i only own barbie and they acualy dress properly! so im happy that Mattel sued MGA!!!!!!!!
sincerily
moi
Oh, go to hell, all of you. Bratz are icky. And why are they being sued, you ask? Not only are they creepy, anorexic, slutty, obnoxious, use really stupid misspelled names, have no jobs (barbie was always making a living; bratz are clubbers), wear too much eye makeup and too short of pants, and can’t even make a frikking baby doll right (google image search baby bratz. Observe the lack of clothing and creepy heads.), but they were a stolen idea in the first place. Real smooth. Now for individual comments:
Krystal: This lawsuit was going on way before anyone thought about toy story 3. Anyway, they had a barbie character in toy story 2, which was released two years before bratz came out. So get over yourself. Ps. why did you say that Barbie was jealous? According to you, they got chosen instead of bratz for the movie, so what’s up with that? And PPs. No one likes you either.
Jamie: Did you actually read the article? Anyway, micro shorts, boom boxes, excessive eye makeup, recessive clothing, botoxed lips, and engorged heads do not equal down to earth-fashiony-whatever-the-hell-the-commercials-feed-you-I-don’t-watch-tv-much-Idk. It equals slut. Case in point.
Alyssa: On which point were they wrong?
Charlotte: Exactly right. When parents buy their children prostitute dolls, they send the message that it’s good to be a prostitute. Good on you for that. More to the point, that is not the message that either doll is sending. Barbie tells girls to go get jobs and be successful in the world. It ain’t all blonde anymore. Although, I suppose you could be yourself by emulating bratz dolls if you yourself are a giant headed monster slut who only buys clothes endorsed by paris hilton and was wearing a bra by the age of 7. Again, look at the baby Bratz.
Starsinger: Let’s look at physiology. The average head for the girls depicted is about 1/6 of the whole height. The head of a bratz doll is about 1/4 of the whole height. Yeah, that’s a mite too big. Quit saying pouty lips, say enormous painted circle on face through which food is ingested. Don’t say dramatic eyeshadow, say eyeshadow fit only for street hookers and people playing fairies in the theater.
And did you really call the eyes Stylin’? Really? Honestly, the lips can be painted on, and you can dress like a ho if you want, but there’s no way a little girl can change the shape of her eyes. That’s the kind of unreachable standard that drives eating disorders. Fashion angels don’t exist; If you want to know angels, go read the damn bible. And how are barbies sluts if bratz aren’t? Barbies wear clothes. And real mature, with the dog poop and the spelling errors. Your mama must be proud of you, Paris.
Lindsay: Who the hell cares if she wants to dye her hair? It’s freakin self expression. I dyed my hair blue when I turned twelve. I dyed it purple ten months later. Go get some friends.
Barbara and Brianna: Note that I spelled your name as it is meant to be spelled. Anyway, he is an ex co-worker now, but he was under a contract when he came up with the idea. There is no reason he should go off and make money with an idea that is legally theirs and leave them in the dust. And Barb, what will you be suing them for? Being prettier than you? And I can tell from your post that your a lonely ten year old, and lonely ten year olds aren’t too good at suing places even with a legit reason.
Did I really just write all that?
Peace,
Camille
And if you must say yall, then say it in the proper context.
i want my bratz they were amazing, i have some bratz but i was gonna get more until they got sued. I HATE U BARBIE FOR SUEING THE BRATZ!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz try to come back bratz
plz!!!
go to hell barbies bratz are so much better so go to hell and stop ok just stop
I love the bratz and i do like barbie but the bratz got a special placce in my heart!!!
Barbie is a big hater they dont like competiton..by them doin that now alot of ppl dont like barbie like me
P.S its not fair tht barbie sued the bratz becauz barbie has been up since like the beginning of time and the toy story 3 ppl were nice enough to let barbie be in their movie and not the bratz so barbie is just jealous and needs to accept the fact tht no one likes barbie any more plus bratz r WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY cooler.
I HATE U BARBIE!!!!!!!! I MISS THE BRATZ AND BRAZT KIDZ AND BRAZT LIL ANGELS. BARBIE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE BRATZ ALONE AND I AGREE WITH JAMIE WEN HE/SHE SAID “NO LITTLE GIRL IS GONNA BUY A DOLL THAT SUED THEIR FAVORITE DOLL” I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!! I EFFIN HATE U BARBIE!!!!!GO ROT IN JAIL OR A HOLE OR SOMTHING CUZ NO ONE LIKES U!
Okay first of all im sure barbie can legaly sue Bratz; and thats part of buisness; its all about money; and Barbie never was a good role model for girls; no little girl could relate to barbie; A tall skinny blonde chick who was much to supremem for eveyone else; Bratz are funky down to earth dolls that love fasion; theyre deffinatly not slutty; they just have there own style and i think teaching little girls creativity and indipanence is a good thing, Barbies old; new things come; just embrace it; i think Barbie should get over it; because no little girl is gonna wanna buy a doll that sued there favourtite Doll!!!
I’m really annoyed at Barbie just because their Jealous because Bratz is selling way more stuff than Barbie, Barbie has had it’s day and it way past the time to move on!!!
Bratz tells you to be yourself no matter what anyone says, Barbie would probably say if you have Blonde hair you can rule the entire world!
I LOVE BRATZ! I HOPE BARBIE GETS SUED BACK! THERE SO WRONG FOR SUEING BRATZ HOPE U COME BACK BRATZ! (:
I think Bratz are the best new barbies there are. By the way I have no disire to go out and dress like them. As a quote from someone I heard earlier its parents influence that make kids want to do stuff. So take that world. Bratz roll need to come back and Barbies go away there so out of date or at least come up with something new.
I remember the old Barbie with the “girls can do anything!” attitude. Ever since Bratz came on the market Barbie has become as slutty as the Bratz dolls in an attempt to win back the market. Bratz are horrible role models for impressionable young girls! As a mom I don’t allow Bratz in my house! I don’t want to have an anorexic slutty daughter! Barbie, however, could surely do much better! What happened to President Barbie? Bratz made it all go down the toilet! Keep up the good fight Mattel! When Bratz goes down please make sure to make Barbie good again! There are too many children wrongly influenced by her new sexy image!
P.S: Bratz don’t have big heads!!! They are absolutely gorgeous. With dramatic eyeshadow, stylin almond shape eyes and glossy, pouted lips…I think they are like fashion angels.
I’m just so upset that Bratz are leaving!!! I never even had a Bratz doll yet and now Bratz is taken away???!!! UGH!
Stupid Barbie! Why did you let this happen? But the question is, why does Mattel want to sue Bratz? But still, I think Barbie looks like sluts and Bratz are the ONLY gilrs with a passion 4 fashion. I just wish Bratz won the lawsuit against Barbie! Get your mind into action here! Now, who is Barbie? THAT’S RIGHT! BIG DOG POOP BARBIE!
This is ridiculous!!! Barbie is just the dumbest thing to ever exist!!!! My little sister got bad influences from Barbie, now she almost dyed her hair!!!!!!! ( Blonde ) of course. I’m never buying that dumb doll for her again!!!! She should just stick to Bratz. At least Bratz shows to just be herself. But for Barbie, her motto would be: only blonde and blue eyed girls can rule the world!!!! That is so not true!!!!!!! Wake up people.
i am so mad that bratz is going away just because of barbie know she is a fool to do this thats it will be war with me and barbie because i am takeing barbie down and i will sue barbie and if you want to help send a note to mga to tell they not to let barbie do this and if you are with my do it for bratz p.s. bratz rule barbie drools
Well… I think that Bratz is a group of single highschool students proved as goddesses or maybe queens or archangels. Barbie, on the other hand, is a “sexy princess.” We hope so for the fight. Yes, both Bratz and Barbie won. hope these helps.
People can relate to Bratz. Whether you’re a rocker, a fashion icon wannabe, a professional, a bratty kid there is always at least one Bratz that you can relate into. This makes them even more familarm thus closer to the hearts of their fans.
I can’t beleive that the bratz dolls are being sued. my friends and i are so upset that we are throwing a bratz party at my house January,3.2009 and just because one of barbies ex-co worker stole their idea and used it for bratz find another idea in you brain that’s why we have one or go find one on google or where yall get yall clothes from which is e-bay
OKAY i THiNK BARBiES ARE JUST WOOAHH AWESOME!
BRATZ HAVE BiG HEADS ANYWAYS…
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im so upset that bratz (my friend will) be gone and soooo many girls are upset too i also told my dad “i wont buy barbie dolls if they take bratz away!” but know its too late….
Sigh if your me you’ll feel my pain
I am a 11 year old girl that just loves the Bratz dolls. I am really upset that Barbie is trying to sue Bratz over stupid things. I believe that the only reason why they are being suied is because Barbie is being out beaten by Bratz and they don’t like to be number one. A lot of girls are going to be really upset with this.