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A new poll from the National Retail Federation has found that for the first time in 11 years, 

. An NRF survery found that 1 in 5 parents plan to buy merchandise tied to Disney's animated feature 

 for their girls this holiday season, beating the 16.8 percent of parents who said they'd buy Barbie products for their daughters.


As for boys, Legos came out on top, with 14.2 percent of parents saying they'd buy Lego bricks for their boys. Here's the rest of the list from the National Retail Federation website:


This news is good for the Barbie brand, which 

 over a 2010 Barbie book called "Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer," in which Barbie needs help from men to actually use her computer. Mattel apologized for the book, saying "the portrayal of Barbie in this specific story doesn't reflect the Brand's vision for what Barbie stands for."  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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For the first time in 11 years, Barbie isn't the top toy for girls.

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