THE STORY OF BARBIE

Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959, even though she was 19 years old when she was born! If you consider Barbie to have been 0 years old when she was born, she would be 64. If you consider the fact that she was born at age 19, Barbie would be 83 years old as of March 9, 2023.

Other notes:

Cost, $3.
Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
She is not officially married to Ken, and has no children.
A mint-condition 1959 Barbie doll would be worth $28,000 today.
However, the most expensive Barbie ever sold was a collaboration between Mattel and designer Stefano Canturi in 2010: $302,500.

Read this if you want all the details about Barbie, such as, she was manufactured in Japan from 1959-1972, then later in Mexico, Hong Kong or Taiwan.

Greta Gerwig's Barbie, the movie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, plus American Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrel, Helen Mirren (narrator), Rhea Perlman and Michael Cera, is set to be released on 21July2023.

Simu Liu of Celebrity Jeopardy fame plays a variation of Ken.
There will be a soundtrack featuring songs by Lizzo, Nicki Minaj and a bunch of others, plus Dua Lipa singing Dance the Night, and appearing as a mermaid version of Barbie.

You can purchase a retro Barbie Dreamhouse from Amazon.com for $37. For ages 3+.

Or the 75th anniversary of the original Barbie for $170 from Amazon. According to MeasuringWorth, the $3 original Barbie, adjusted for inflation and other factors, would be worth anywhere from $30.10 to $146.00 today.

Oh, this is how Barbie is now supposed to look.

Yikes, we're the same age.

Hurricane Adrian is still heading for Hawaii, but will drop in strength into a tropical storm by later today or tomorrow. He was up to 105 MPH yesterday.

Hurricane Beatriz, was up to 85 MPH yesterday, but will lose this status today, while just skirting Mexico, south of Puerto Vallarta.

Lot of potential activity in this part of the East Pacific.

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