7/96Number of missiles designed for the Pentagon by Jack Ryan, a designer of the first Barbie Doll: 2

Mattel, Inc. (EI Segundo, Calif.)/Raytheon Company (Lexington, Mass.)

    Number of months Ryan was married to Zsa Zsa Gabor: 9

Zsa Zsa Gabor (Los Angeles)

8/94Number of phrases spoken by Mattel’s new Super Talk Barbie: 100,000

Mattel (El Segundo, Calif.)

3/09Number of different occupations that Barbie has held during her 50-year run: 108

Ketchum, Inc. (Venice, Calif.)

12/91Ratio of the Barbie dolls sold in the United States since 1959 to the number of Americans born since then: 5:1

U.S. Bureau of the Census/Mattel (El Segundo, Calif.),

1/03Retail price Mattel suggests that toy stores assign its Lingerie Barbie, dressed in “merry widow” or “peek-a-boo” style: $45

Mattel, Inc. (El Segundo, Calif.)