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Mattel released Barbie with tattoos
WQAD-TV ^ | March 4, 2009 | Staff Writer

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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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: barbie; tattoos; yuck
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To: NoRedTape

Just trying to compete with the whorish looking Bratz dolls.


21 posted on 03/05/2009 8:21:56 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: NoRedTape

Well Barbie is getting older and needs a better guy than Ken I guess...


22 posted on 03/05/2009 8:27:30 AM PST by Rightly Biased (Ronald Reagan did not dye his hair! And if he did, it was only to intimidate the Russians!)
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To: John Will

I think there is money in Obama’s spending bill to remove tatoos from Barbie dolls.


23 posted on 03/05/2009 8:44:00 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Turbo Pig

Barbie Lynn Spears

To go with her sisters, Britney and Jamie Lynn.


24 posted on 03/05/2009 8:52:54 AM PST by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: NoRedTape

Does she come with a government voucher in case she wants to get the tattoos removed?


25 posted on 03/05/2009 8:54:32 AM PST by Terry Mross (I Hate All Politicians, Republicans Included.)
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To: NoRedTape

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.


26 posted on 03/05/2009 9:18:20 AM PST by Melas
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To: John Will

Utter nonsense.


27 posted on 03/05/2009 9:18:58 AM PST by Melas
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To: NoRedTape

What’s next, “White Trash Barbie.”


28 posted on 03/05/2009 9:20:48 AM PST by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Melas

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.


29 posted on 03/05/2009 9:24:47 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
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To: badgerlandjim

I thought that was Barbie’s pal Lindsay. . . (evil grin)


30 posted on 03/05/2009 9:48:05 AM PST by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: NoRedTape

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?


31 posted on 03/05/2009 2:38:39 PM PST by Hyzenthlay (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Hyzenthlay
"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?

32 posted on 03/06/2009 9:19:26 PM PST by NoRedTape
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