Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World is a 1987 American animated
television special created by DIC Animation City with Saban
Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was
based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured
Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in
syndication as a two-part television "miniseries" with each
installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled
Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth.The miniseries was
supposed to have been the pilot for a daily Barbie cartoon series.
However, negotiations between DIC and Mattel fell through, and the
project eventually emerged with a whole new set of charactersâ€"and
the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbroâ€"as Maxie's World in 1988. The
story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which
Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. The two-part special was
later released on video as a single film by Hi-Tops Video.Barbie's
rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one
last concert in space to promote world peace. Then in part two
("Barbie and the Sensations"), when Barbie and her bandâ€"whose name
has inexplicably been changed to the Sensationsâ€"come back to Earth,
they travel inadvertently back to 1959.
television special created by DIC Animation City with Saban
Productions featuring popular Mattel character Barbie. The story was
based on the Barbie and the Rockers line of dolls, which featured
Barbie as the leader of a rock band. The special originally aired in
syndication as a two-part television "miniseries" with each
installment lasting approximately 25 minutes; part two was titled
Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth.The miniseries was
supposed to have been the pilot for a daily Barbie cartoon series.
However, negotiations between DIC and Mattel fell through, and the
project eventually emerged with a whole new set of charactersâ€"and
the sponsorship of Mattel rival Hasbroâ€"as Maxie's World in 1988. The
story was based on the Barbie and the Rockers doll line in which
Barbie is the lead singer of a rock band. The two-part special was
later released on video as a single film by Hi-Tops Video.Barbie's
rock band completes a successful world tour and decides to perform one
last concert in space to promote world peace. Then in part two
("Barbie and the Sensations"), when Barbie and her bandâ€"whose name
has inexplicably been changed to the Sensationsâ€"come back to Earth,
they travel inadvertently back to 1959.
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