The History & Cultural Significance Of Bratz - Getting Deep About Bratz Dolls

[@heysaladdaze]

2022 Update: Hey folks, just to clarify that this video is A YEAR OLD now and as one of my first videos on the channel, my audio is very loud and unbalanced in places, if you check out my latest videos you can see this is something I've hopefully improved over time. Thanks for your comments though, I always appreciate feedback.

[@jakehelmboldt6743]

It was loud but the video is amazing

[@thedollhousechannel]

I'm so sad that the some of the Bratz Rock Angelz re-release Dolls had awful face screenings. In my opinion, MGA Entertainment is doing the Bratz legacy so dirty right now, and I think, they're putting way too much focus into L.O.L. Surprise! and Rainbow High Dolls. Don't get me wrong, both L.O.L. Surprise and Rainbow High Dolls are fantastic, but Bratz crawled so other Doll Lines could walk. We wouldn't have all of these companies trying to be so diverse, fashion forward, and unique if it wasn't for Dolls like Bratz.

[@creamsiclelps17]

I personally think they are putting more time into their collector and designer dolls then the repros. Which makes sense but still, I can’t even find the the rock angelz or the girls nite out dolls in stores where I live so idk. (I don’t think that correlates but whatever lol.)

[@MegaRockmusicrocks]

i feel weird being in my 20s now and wanting to buy bratz again but they have been gone for sooo long. I had so maney bratz dolls as a kid and i stupidly gave them away lol. Bratz was deff superior to barbie. They had diversity and it wasent super girly. my fav was yasmin lol

[@heysaladdaze]

Completely agree! I really wish I hadn't given mine away too, I hope someone else got some great memories with them though :)

[@gitzieisreading]

omg i had the biggest crush on yasmin

[@allie4563]

There having a reboot of the og line and bratz angelz there out right now!! And new ones are coming soon I think there relly nice dolls and if you want one treat ya self

[@MegaRockmusicrocks]

@@allie4563 are bratz angels finally out cuz their outfits in my opinion are some of the bests😱🤩 i want jade so bad😂

[@jtaylor7970]

Same 🥺

[@jacquelinelugo5518]

So I was born in 1991, and what I can tell y'all as an Afro-Latina about Bratz. Coming out of 90s and begin exactly the demographic they were targeting. I was 10 when the first Bratz came out. They were so ahead of their time and I didn't even realize it. Coming out of the 90s, these were the first dolls that truly gave young girls a choice about what they liked. Having played with Barbies, a lot of the times Barbies just produced the same doll with just a color change (for clothes and skintone). Bratz however each one had a different outfit, each one had a different personality, and MGA never pushed you to just buy a doll based on your race. But rather on which dolls clothes or doll itself spoke to you and your personality. Til this day I can't get over how much having a Jade doll meant to me. I just want MGA to treat the re release of the dolls right and then give us older crowd new dolls that fit with us in modern times

[@paladindragoongirl18]

Bratz was a guilty pleasure of mine. I remember being a huge fan of My Scene. It was created to be the Bratz’s rival. I like both. I remember I used to own notebooks with the Bratz pictures on it.

[@heysaladdaze]

I really liked My Scene too! I remember spending too much time on the makeover game on the My Scene website too

[@ryanpooley]

I really dont understand the "brats are bad influences on children" argument because barbie also has unrealistic beauty standards for children and I feel like she's supposed to be more "realistic" but the bratz are very obviously stylized caricatures of humans! As a child I understood their proportions were unrealistic while barbie I thought was more human like! And cabbage patch kids as an example are supposed to be babies and im sure nobody every thought they were the beauty standard for babies? Like obviously dolls are human like characters but are always far from human proportions and I feel like even as kids we understood this!

[@gilbertzz1033]

Me too i love how they shade mattel with burdine and the tweveel always trying to destroy bratz but always fail

[@smolcat66]

I am beyond upset at myself for giving away my whole Bratz collection to my neighbor a while back. I had some of the og first edition dolls as well as the spa, the blue convertible with FM radio, and the prom collection dolls :'( I was on a nostalgia binge some months back and found myself missing my beloved dolls, unfortunately my neighbor ended up donating the dolls elsewhere.

[@jactober]

They released the first edition dolls for the 20th anniversary i just got jade she’s so pretty my favorite 😭

[@AndyyWithAY]

As a 30 something hearing that the adults at the time sexualized Bratz so much is so weird. I never had anything akin to a sexual thought about them bc it's just weird. That was the style back then. This goes back to parents being parents. If you don't want your kids to wear makeup, be a parent and don't let them. If you don't want your kids to wear certain clothing, be a parent and don't let them. But kids aren't stupid. Just because they like a doll it doesn't mean they will become a doll. Bratz were whole entrepreneurs while going to high school. They were true friends supporting friends which is so rare in teen media. I can't tell you how many shows I've rewatched as an adult and I'm like they are frenemies at best and outright hostile at worst. My brother got me Sasha last year for Christmas. Bratz is a great property. I'm disgusted with the adults that made them something dirty. And I love your accent by the way.

[@austinsadler]

Thank God my grandma and my mom didn't give a crap about the controversy about bratz and bought them for me.

[@kelseypeterson5172]

I never really had a "side" I loved bratz just as much as barbie. And my scene and liv dolls. I played with all of them together. They all existed in the same world for me. I loved how barbie had sooooo many girly glittery things, I loved the barbie movies and pc games, I even had barbie decor for my room. The bratz had a different style of clothing, but I loved it too. Especially rock angelz! I loved their movies and TV Show too. Even had the rock angelz pc game. I loved the my scene dolls cause they were a perfect blend of barbie and bratz. They usually had bratz style clothing but being barbie size I could swap clothing between them all, which was awesome. The livs usually were dressed in pretty modest clothing which was more my style, (they also are barbie sized) plus I loved their inset eyes. They were so striking. Sadly they didn't last very long so I didn't get much from their line. I'm still growing my bratz collection as they were pretty hard to find in my area at the time. I've got hundreds of barbies though due to her being so popular and easily found. And as my friends "grew out" of dolls they would give me their collections so I've amassed a huge collection over time. But i love all my dolls. I don't prefer one brand over another, there are certain dolls I favor more than others but they're all different types. I also agree with what you said about not comparing yourself to the dolls bodies. I never did that either. Whenever I wanted to look like someone else it was always a real person. Never a doll. As much as I love my dolls and as much as I spent time playing with them and pretending they were real people I never once wished I had their body style. The first time I ever heard that there were people who wished to have a dolls body I was just in shock. It had never occurred to me that that would be a thing. Also the personalities bit is so me as a child. I would create a personality for a doll and that would be how they were played with and dressed accordingly forever afterwards. Even as an adult I still see those childhood dolls in the same way and still create personalities for all my new ones too. I have never understood the hate towards one doll type over another. The whole "bratz vs. Barbie" war is ridiculous. They are all awesome and different in their own way. Just like people.

[@Kira_Aisha]

Honestly I love the background music it makes the video very laid back!

[@ah3llfire]

Ahh nostalgia hit, Bratz made such a huge impact on my childhood. The movies, the shows and the dolls were all iconic. Thank you for this video! 12:00 wait… I remember that. My sister and I only ended up buying one of them because we liked the old ones better.

[@Sunny__J]

I 100% knew people who just all of the sudden one day weren’t allowed to play with Bratz OR Barbies, because “they could give boys bad thoughts” which made me feel rather uncomfortable because…they’re just dolls?

[@PinkyBear]

I still like Bratz, although I don't buy them as often anymore, I will snatch up one I really like for a good price!

[@gilbertzz1033]

Love this video i am also a big fan of bratz

[@tricshanathomas509]

Im 21 an i still watch bratz😍i love them

[@TN-ny1yg]

I collection Bratz Dolls Bratz Kidz Dolls and one little Bratz Bibesz Doll! Im Special needs Educable Mentally Challenged Age 29 ! 8 still love Bratz Girls ! Sophia Maria Nettles.

[@velvet__san7287]

This is such a great video! Love the deep dive into bratz, loved them so much as a kid 😭😭😭💗💗💗 I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers, but i’m glad I got this recommended to me!!

[@heysaladdaze]

Thank you so much, means a lot for you to say that :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@velvet__san7287]

@@heysaladdaze you’re very welcome!! 💗💗

[@themisfittoycollector]

No hate or shade but this video would be 100 times better without the music in the background. I honestly rather hear you speak then the music. Amazing video but I personally couldn’t concentrate on you speaking because of the music background.

[@heysaladdaze]

Noted! Thanks for the feedback, always looking to improve :)

[@herbue8772]

You’re so underrated! I loved watching this!!!

[@heysaladdaze]

Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words & support :)

[@adorbsxnicky]

This is so relatable I dont understand how u only have 85 subs I love bratz and im happy they are coming back

[@Eepop_stuffs]

I wish I could have grown up in the 2000s, because then Bratz would've been more easily accessible. Right now I have to hunt onto Ebay for one. I was born in 2008 so I missed the train by the time I was old enough.

[@junie1017]

They are currently selling some at Targets and Walmart!

[@Eepop_stuffs]

@@junie1017 i have all of the 20th anniversary dolls, at this point. They only started popping up like crazy after I got all of them lmao

[@georgeorbinks8320]

As a former noughties child (b.1999), I can see in hindsight that it was arguably the best time to be a kid in all of history. The toys were of insane quality despite mass production and it was the Golden Age of Cartoon Network and children's television. I spent as much time watching the TV ads for toys as I did watching the actual shows since it was the only way for kids to see what they could get in Toys R Us without buying a catalogue, and holy shit it was such an exhilarating experience when you saw a new toy ad on the TV. Something I'll never forget doing was frantically calling mom into the living room when the ad for a toy I wanted came on the air - way before live pausing was a feature of TV sets - so as she could see exactly what I wanted for my birthday or Christmas. I feel sad that kids these days won't know those little joys because for me at least they were very formative experiences.

[@austinlord9934]

I like the highlights for the brand that you covered. I think Bratz really stood apart with how diverse the friend group was and showcasing that you can still be friends and have different interests and passions.

[@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod]

When bratz are older then you buy you still know there legacy

[@lynnthompson6796]

It doesn't matter how old you are you are keeping your self out of trouble so be happy 😁 I like your videos 📸👍😉

[@raphaelmorand5344]

Moi les bratz je,kiffe total j,en suis dingue elles sont trop belles je,ne,pourrait jamais donner les mienne

[@renaxakai3]

I still have all of my old Bratz dolls in a box. One day, I'll fix them up and display them.

[@AnimalLover101195]

I just got into collecting bratz because I was never allowed to as a kid. So I got some og dolls from the early 2000's and accidentally got one from 2015 and *HOLY SHIT THE QUALITY DIFFERENCE* Not just the differences in the doll's appearance but like, the accessories were obviously just cut of of plastic or rubber. Such a difference in quality of hair, clothes, and accessories. It's appalling and if I were a longtime bratz fan, I would be really pissed off.

[@timmyimmy5697]

Bratz could’ve had an amazing legacy especially on the diversity aspects if it didn’t all feel just like a marketing tactic and not actual consideration with MGA’s (bratz’s head company) total lack of the same consciousness when it came to other of their lines, other than bratz and OMG nearly all of their other lines have had massive issues revolving diversity and representation having predominantly all white dolls with straight wavy hair and maybe one tan character in initial releases and putting darker characters and different hair types as afterthoughts, on top of countless happenstances of their CEO being incredibly racist calling a black creator a “disgrace to black people”, slamming the BLM movement in his personal accounts, etc

[@kitleecaplinger2987]

Someone to say parents , who complain about the dressing that way are dressing worse than that

[@arianafox365]

Which dolls are the ones in the thumbnail?🤔

[@joseavila4453]

Omg love this video so glad I kept my dolls and I kind of want to play a drinking game everytime u say bratz but you sound so soothing lolz ps you are so freaking pretty 😍

[@heysaladdaze]

You're too kind! That does sound like a fun drinking game though haha

[@adorbsxnicky]

Congrats on 97 subs 🥳🥳

[@murcielagooo]

I love them and the myscene dolls too, I’ve just been collecting them lately lol

[@totallynotahuman9933]

People only thought bratz were “sexy” because they were diverse from the get go

[@destinyraex]

Exactly. People ofcolor, especially women and girls of color, are grossly over sexualised

[@shyinia-kyiara7799]

I love bratz as a kid😁

[@sshound3261]

I am on bratz

[@joanczermak1493]

hi i LOVED this video your passion for bratz really shone and i liked to hear everything you had to say in it, but if i could make a criticism, the musical parts between segments and at the end were MUCH louder than the rest of the video, to the point i unfortunately had to mute it during them. i hope you will consider looking into your audio balance in future videos, which i look forward to seeing!