Rotel. www.rotel.com. Introduction. Decades ago, an amplifier with 80 watts per channel (they were all two-channel amplifiers in those days), was considered a big amplifier. Now, 200 watts x 7 is common. Amplifiers of much higher power are also available.
Black Barbie first hit the shelves in 1980 â but with white features shared by many of the dolls following her. Todayâs launch prompted many black women to praise Mattel for its efforts.
Updated October 30, 2014. The Barbie doll, which first appeared on the world-stage in 1959, was invented by Ruth Handler (co-founder of Mattel) after she realized that her daughter liked to play with paper dolls that resembled grown-ups. Handler suggested making a three-dimensional doll that looked like an adult rather than a child.