Posted on 03/05/2009 7:52:27 AM PST by NoRedTape
SACRAMENTO, California - A popular toy for girls is getting another makeover, but not everyone likes the new look.
Mattel is releasing a new Barbie covered in tattoos. She's called "Totally Stylin Tattoos Barbie" and will hit shelves ready for spring. She comes with a set of tattoo stickers which can be put anywhere on the doll. Some people say this is not appropriate for young children......
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Just trying to compete with the whorish looking Bratz dolls.
Well Barbie is getting older and needs a better guy than Ken I guess...
I think there is money in Obama’s spending bill to remove tatoos from Barbie dolls.
Barbie Lynn Spears
To go with her sisters, Britney and Jamie Lynn.
Does she come with a government voucher in case she wants to get the tattoos removed?
Get used to it. Tattoos have been mainstream for at least 20 years now. If anything Mattel is slow in catching on.
I’ll never understand how judgmental some FReepers get about tattoos.
Utter nonsense.
What’s next, “White Trash Barbie.”
I think a lot of it is a religious adversion to tattoos (which is my basis for avoiding them, personally).
What other people do, is their business.
I thought that was Barbie’s pal Lindsay. . . (evil grin)
And why is having a Barbie doll with stick-on tattoos such a problem for some people when we’ve had real kids wearing stick-on tattoos for probably a couple decades now?
Ahhhhhh...........because it's NOT about "stick-on" funny kid tattoos. It's about degredation marketing. Make sense?
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