Apparently, this doll is supposed to competition for Barbie.


<----Thank you. You said exactly what I was thinking better than I ever could. I'm tired of the myriad of social experiments involving Barbie and her unrealistic proportions. As a child I never stopped to wonder why she was shaped the way she was, she just...was. Her message has been an overall positive one and I feel like the doll is constantly slammed for her iconic status. The media is in a constant destructive feedback loop with itself. It praises these college/arthouse/etc social statements about body size and hypes them up (to Mattel's detriment) and then feeds you ads with models that are just as unrealistic as Barbie ever was and praises a standard of beauty so narrow that 99.9% of humanity falls outside that demographic. I just...I'm tired of these damn things, I'm sorry.On a slightly off topic note I think it's kind of sad that the only thing of note about Barbie to a lot of people (or at least a lot of media articles these days) Is the fact that she's unrealistically stylized. I think her message was positive enough, she was an astronaut, vet, and a doctor. She worked in the military and politics, even for NASCAR. She had a ton of Careers meant to inspire and open the minds of young girls to different worlds. When I was a kid that was the only message I got, not that I needed blonde hair and big boobs to be something in life.
Personally I liked Barbie because she had such an interesting life. I also wondered how on earth she found the time to put on makeup when she was so busy.
Anderson'sAllPurpose wrote:There's another thread about the doll here if you're interested: viewtopic.php?f=41&t=9763
The designer is a guy, so it's probably not his face. Or did I miss something?
claws wrote:All social statements aside, I really like the body of this doll (I'd like it better with better articulation, but whatever...) The face is okay, but it's just as blank and dead-eyed as Barbie, and I never liked that. If it just had some facial expression or just a nicer paint job, I'd probably buy one.
I always preferred Skipper's body over Barbie's, since the curves weren't so exaggerated and she had flat feet that looked cute with sneakers, and this doll's body kind of reminds me of Skipper's. I don't think it's such a bad thing to have dolls on the market with more realistic body types. The variety of options just makes things more interesting. Plus, as an artist, it'd be kind of like having a whole assortment of drawing mannequins available(if they had decent articulation, that is).... ^_^
Kd_Bunchanumbers wrote:
I can see a resemblance. Coupled with the fact he literally named the doll after himself it's kind of eyebrow raising.
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