Mattel has presented together with Nabisco Oreo Fun Barbie and. Mattel has both a white and a black version, which used to it, had the new versions. The protesters from the African American community expressed the view that "Oreo" was a derogatory insult are used to a person who was black outside but white inside, how to describe the popular cookie. The doll has failed miserably, and unsold merchandise has been recalled by Mattel.
Also in 1997, Mattel released "Share a Smile Becky," a doll in a wheelchair. A high school student from Washington state, which was confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy Mattel contacted and informed that Becky chair does not fit into the elevator in the Barbie Dream House. The houses sold for $ 100 to overlook something as absurd. Mattel issued a statement that future productions of the doll's house would be changed to accommodate his wheelchair and Becky.
