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Urk! Barbie now has a dragon! Named Penelope. She's purple. This is so wrong. What has Barbie done that she deserves a dragon?
This is my teenage geeky science fiction club self (which is still a rather large part of me) being jealous that the popular kids have dicovered what I thought was really cool. Did someone at Mattel suddenly start reading Anne McAffrey or something?
I have never been fond of Barbies. My mother gave me several when I was a kid and spent all kinds of time crocheting little outfits for her. I think she was disappointed that I spent most of my time playing with my brothers' Tonka trucks and my Breyer horses. I did have a Dawn doll that I liked, but she was only half the size of Barbie and less well endowed. I've always favored the underdog and I think Barbie intimidated me. I was watching some history thing about Barbie, and although her creator named her after her daughter, her shape was inspired by a German doll of an adult character from a men's cartoon. This one was was usually getting men to buy her drinks in bars. Named Trixie or Floozie or something.
The local Toys R Us has a giagantic Barbie section - it hurts my eyes, it's so neon pink.
This is my teenage geeky science fiction club self (which is still a rather large part of me) being jealous that the popular kids have dicovered what I thought was really cool. Did someone at Mattel suddenly start reading Anne McAffrey or something?
I have never been fond of Barbies. My mother gave me several when I was a kid and spent all kinds of time crocheting little outfits for her. I think she was disappointed that I spent most of my time playing with my brothers' Tonka trucks and my Breyer horses. I did have a Dawn doll that I liked, but she was only half the size of Barbie and less well endowed. I've always favored the underdog and I think Barbie intimidated me. I was watching some history thing about Barbie, and although her creator named her after her daughter, her shape was inspired by a German doll of an adult character from a men's cartoon. This one was was usually getting men to buy her drinks in bars. Named Trixie or Floozie or something.
The local Toys R Us has a giagantic Barbie section - it hurts my eyes, it's so neon pink.