The following year, Barbie's sister Skipper landed on the scene. However, both Midge and Skipper were eventually discontinued, after their own controversy. A pregnant Midge doll was pulled from ...

Unsurprisingly, the doll was quickly pulled from shelves. Barbie has had many doll pals over the years, including sister ...

In 1963, she got a best friend, Midge, and, in 1964, a little sister, Skipper. In 2021, Mattel shipped more than 86 million dolls from the Barbie universe, which comes to about 164 dolls a minute.