When the "Maxie" series of dolls was produced to compete against Barbie, Brooke proved to bear so strong a resemblance to the dolls (even though she herself was not the model for Maxie) that she performed in the live-action segments of the Maxie toy commercials. She did not, however, provide the main character's voice in "Maxie's World," a short-lived animated cartoon based on the Maxie dolls.