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Making the Brand: Hello Dolly

Girls just want to have fun. And it makes no difference if the girl in question is real or made out of plastic. This month, Mattel debuts a handful of familiar faces in its ever-growing line of celebrity Barbie dolls: country music artists Martina McBride and LeAnn Rimes, R&B/pop trio Destiny's Child,"I Love Lucy"-era Lucille Ball (the lines 9th "Lucy" doll) and Disney star Raven Symone.