WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PSYCHO MODEL
Barbie looks mighty cheerful, for a person being pecked to death.
(Thanks to Tinkerbell)
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Barbie looks mighty cheerful, for a person being pecked to death.
(Thanks to Tinkerbell)
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go to the collectors page on the barbie site. the x-files SET is reall creepy.
barbie has taken a turn for the weird and whacko.
Posted by: queensbee | September 26, 2008 at 09:16 AM
How about a revolving head, pea soup-spewing Exorcist Barbie? And of course a Norman Bates Ken with optional Mom skeleton...
Posted by: Steve Haller | September 26, 2008 at 09:16 AM
...as if these weren't scary enough...
Posted by: Steve Haller | September 26, 2008 at 09:20 AM
Is there a Midge/Suzanne Pleshette model?
Posted by: Lairbo | September 26, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Barbie looks mighty cheerful, for a person being pecked to death.
Well, Tippi Hedren never was much of an actress,
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 26, 2008 at 09:30 AM
i agree. there should be more ken dolls. how about dan quayle?
Posted by: queensbee | September 26, 2008 at 09:37 AM
I'm holding out for the "Teenager-hacked-to-pieces-by-the-Texas-chainsaw-massacre -dude" Barbie™
Posted by: Siouxie | September 26, 2008 at 09:37 AM
Is this the result of the Super Hedren Collider?
Posted by: JECbck | September 26, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Queenie, I think a Bill Clinton doll would be a lot more popular...
Posted by: Steve Haller | September 26, 2008 at 09:47 AM
i don't think the barbie "carrie" shower scene doll would be very popular.
Posted by: crossgirl | September 26, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Steve, can we stick pins in it, too? (I'm giddy with excitement!)
Posted by: eilbeback | September 26, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Maybe Clinton would be Steve, but you'll recall that Quayle made a rather notorious doll purchase of his own while in South America . . .
Posted by: cowhand214 | September 26, 2008 at 10:04 AM
The Birds Barbie is pretty cool. It appeals to my anti-Barbie, pro-horror-flick nature.
(Speaking as a mom of daughters, who have owned approximately four gerjazillion inane, theme-of-the-week Barbies, most purchased by their collectaholic dad, many in duplicate so that the "pristine" in-box condition can be maintained for future sale at extreme profit, thereby paying for said daughters' college educations, in contrast to their mom's "sensible" practice of saving actual dollars in an actual bank.)
*sighs, goes up to the attic to rummage around for eldest's freshman year tuition*
Posted by: Cat R | September 26, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Sure, as long as you stick with the Ken model, but this doll not such a good idea...
Posted by: Steve Haller | September 26, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Ack. I'm gagging looking at my own link. Can we take a bird from the Tippi doll and have it aim for the middle of Disney Barbie's belt? One good peck and it should be able to snap that freak's "waist" in two.
Posted by: Cat R | September 26, 2008 at 10:11 AM
DOn't remind me, Cat. We have money in WAMU.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | September 26, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Cat, are you starting to see the Arabs' point ?
Posted by: Steve Haller | September 26, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Jeff, us too. Not much, though. We are careful to spread our wealth around so that we keep just under a hundred thousand in each of our many banks.
*SNORK!* Ah, I kill me...
Posted by: Cat R | September 26, 2008 at 10:13 AM
does she say "Ornithology is hard!"
or "Some club soda will remove those white streaks !"
or "I hope the boys will like me with one eye pecked out!
Posted by: insomniac | September 26, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Speaking of which, did you know there is a way to light a barbie on fire without damaging it? We haven't quite succeeded yet, but preliminary results show only minor fire damage.
Posted by: Elon Weintraub | September 26, 2008 at 10:23 AM
*snork* at Steve!
I tried, I really did, to introduce the anti-Barbie in our household when the girls were toddlers. Some company made a doll that came with a book, career stories, suitable accessories, and clothing pertinent to the job the doll was supposed to hold. Teacher, lawyer, doctor, etc.
The dolls were normal-looking and proportionately sized, body-wise.
They immediately ended up in the bottom of the toy bin. The clothing was not interchangeable with any other 11-inch dolls, the feet had normal arches, the hair was not My-Little-Pony tail-mane quality, and they were doomed to failure. I tried to resurrect them, but fighting Barbie is harder than it looks.
Posted by: Cat R | September 26, 2008 at 10:25 AM
I'm more into collecting bobbleheads.
Posted by: JayBee | September 26, 2008 at 10:26 AM
*mmmm Adrian Barbeau 'Swamp Thing' Barbie*
Whut?
Posted by: fivver | September 26, 2008 at 10:27 AM
*SMACKS* the bobblehead offa JayBee's link!
Man, the longer I hang around this blog, the more violent I get. Must be that Idaho influence.
Posted by: Cat R | September 26, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Jay,
That was just wrong...
Posted by: frodolives | September 26, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Night of The Living Dead, with Barbie, Skipper and Ken.
Posted by: Dorakay | September 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM
My mother would have bought that for me as a child, but only to send a message.
Posted by: Margaritaville | September 26, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Hey! I sent this in over a month ago and also put it on my birthday wish list.
Posted by: Suzy Q | September 26, 2008 at 11:25 AM
That's so Raven.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 26, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Judging by where that one bird is aiming he's truly earned the title of "pecker."
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 26, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Nevermore. Chartreuse is so '90's.
Posted by: Edgar Allan Poe | September 26, 2008 at 11:32 AM
My boys were more into the likes of this guy.
Posted by: Dr. Bob | September 26, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Dr. Bob, Skeletor and He-Man were my son's favorites too. Many I night I "found" one under my foot in the darkness.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | September 26, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Layzeeboy, how about Transformers...?
Posted by: Steve Haller | September 26, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Steve, did you mean Transformers?
Posted by: frodolives | September 26, 2008 at 12:47 PM
muy nephew only wanted to pull the head off his sister's barbie....he was 3. she was 5. screamed. we thought it was funny. and she had a jillion of them. maybe my sister can sell em all on ebay.
Posted by: queensbee | September 26, 2008 at 01:13 PM
I used to chop my barbie's hair all up and draw tattoos all over them. I made one completely bald for some reason, I know not why. Just bored.
Posted by: Margaritaville | September 26, 2008 at 01:35 PM
I made one completely bald for some reason, I know not why. Just bored.
Yeah, God did the same thing to me.
Posted by: fivver | September 26, 2008 at 01:39 PM
fivver, you had Chemo Barbie too?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 26, 2008 at 01:53 PM
queensbee : Have you seen the episode of Curb your Enthusiasm where Larry helps a little girl cut the hair on her doll, then when the Mom finds out he takes the head off another doll to replace it? Susie Essman in the driveway is one of the funniest scenes ever.
Posted by: Braniff | September 26, 2008 at 02:23 PM
BTW, the X-Files giftset is : No longer available from Mattel.
But Barbie certainly has that "Grease" cast covered...
Posted by: Kathybear | September 26, 2008 at 03:30 PM
I still prefer 'Divorced Barbie.' She comes with all of Ken's stuff. :)
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 26, 2008 at 05:12 PM
I'm kinda partial to "Trailer Trash Barbie", Annie. Fully accessorized with a double-wide, spandex pants & tube top/bra outfit, chewin' tabacci & a 12-pack of Coors.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 26, 2008 at 05:55 PM
Does anyone know when "Reefer Barbie" comes out?
"Dude, math is hard, but these brownies are soft!"
Posted by: frodolives | September 26, 2008 at 08:04 PM
"Trailer trash Barbie?" I think somebody makes a Britney Spears action figure that has that pretty much covered...except maybe for the scale-model double wide...
Posted by: Wes S. | September 27, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Ahem, for the record, trailer-trash Barbie prefers Bud. Here's proof. Here's more proof.
I liked this one, too. Although she doesn't have many clothes, and she doesn't say anything. :(
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | September 27, 2008 at 06:00 PM
I've seen a Halloween costume that looks like that
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