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Subject:	Re: All toy companies are alike! (was Re: In Praise of TLC)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Sun, 16 May 2004 08:56:57 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Aaron West wrote:

Yeah, Barbie is having a Mattel sponsored affair, jilting Ken out of all those years he’s been hoping she’d be his alone. I guess she was not liking him so much any more. That really is a GREAT message to deliver to kids, hmm?

That is a big bad change, in my opinion.

Other than that, Barbie’s female proportions became a little less Goddess-like in the last few years, her doe-like eyes shrank a bit and she grew a belly button. Those things I can live with, and most Barbie fans will agree.

Dumping Ken was not a great idea, in a world where it is all to common to find mom’s leaving for a man with less viagra needs or family baggage. Kids used to be able to retreat into that perfect family Barbie world.

Now they have to turn to the Family line with Midge.

Dude, if you think that, you need a reality check. You need to spend more time playing Barbie with actual 7 year olds. You have no idea what’s on their mind. 7 year olds do not think like you suppose.

I think it is probably universal that Barbie dumps Ken more often than once a day to date someone else. Sometimes Ken gets killed more than once a day. (You bastards!) I have not yet seen any Barbies privileged to inhabit “perfect family world”. These Barbies are as anxiety-filled as the nearest adult, minus the self-control. Worse, 7 year olds know A LOT of stuff that they probably should not and project it all on Barbie and Ken and Kelly.

Lucky for me, Lego is more popular than Barbie at my house. Dragons making people into skeletons is a favorite. Even Brick Separator ranks high as a character. (Weird, huh?)

I’m not sure if the man-eating Lego dragon is a Barbie or a Ken role. More observation is needed.

-Erik (who owns several unopened Barbies, just in case.)

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		Re: All toy companies are alike! (was Re: In Praise of TLC)
(...) Erik, this post just about killed me, especially the bolded part. I actually can't tell you how many times in a day that Ken and Barbie both get mangled by dogs (something else that doesn't happen to LEGO), are fully body-painted, end up face- (...) (21 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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		Re: All toy companies are alike! (was Re: In Praise of TLC)
Yeah, Barbie is having a Mattel sponsored affair, jilting Ken out of all those years he's been hoping she'd be his alone. I guess she was not liking him so much any more. That really is a GREAT message to deliver to kids, hmm? That is a big bad (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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