Hello ‘new Barbie’. ?

Urmstongran

I hear a new version of Operation will be out at Christmas...

That’s a good one Urms ????

I've just been down a Barbie rabbit hole. You can buy Barbie representations of Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale, Katherine Johnson and Eleanor Roosevelt, among others. And Samantha Cristoforetti, who is an astronaut

Its changed since I was a girl.

I hear a new version of Operation will be out at Christmas...

Well I remember when my wee friend who was of mixed heritage couldn't get a Black doll ..times move on and should to be inclusive of all people

Maudi

Perhaps an overweight Barbie with a few tattoos would be more apt.

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Not flipping folks xxxxx dolls!!!!

Grammaretto

Or an elderly Barbie with disabilities?

There is a brand of folks who have disabilities, some have wheelchairs, some come with permanently closed along with a guide dog and white cane, cannot recall the others.

Will try and look when I get home (scrolling whilst DH is driving)

Yes a bit like when my son had an obsession with Thomas and had to buy every engine. They made one for every character and then thought bugger we cant sell anything else, I know we will do 'winter Thomas ' (exact same engine with some snow on it) or Royal Henry (exact same engine with a crown on it) - still irritated 20 years later

Or an elderly Barbie with disabilities?

Oh Maudi yes

It was the highheeled shaped feet that "got" me. Why?
At least action man had proper feet.
Is there an action girl/LGBT?

??? Maudi.

I suspect the market will be for a new Barbie and this being transgender will be irrelevant to the majority of adults who buy it and children who play with it.

Perhaps an overweight Barbie with a few tattoos would be more apt.

Exactly DillytheGardener it’s a marketing ploy nothing more, nothing less.

We are all being encouraging to buy less, particularly Chinese plastic tat so hey ho let’s jump on the transgender bandwagon…

None of them have any ‘bits’ so they are all fairly transgender in my eyes anyway ?
Honestly don’t care either way. There will be a market for them, hence their being made. Capitalism at work.
Bratz dolls are the ones I don’t care for. They look like hookers.

Laverne Cox is amazing.

Exactly. Isn't that amazing....

Well IMO unless you know who Laverne Cox is this is simply another Barbie.

Here she is. Its clearly the end of civilisation as we know it.

But then I've always thought that about Barbies.

Personally I think it is an item of plastic that is not needed.

Hadn't thought of that so I wonder what defines transgender Barbie from cis Barbie .

Robin49

What a load of rubbish! The world has gone mad.

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I don’t think it’s the world gone mad but the human race. I will duck for cover now for daring to be critical.

Same as 'Action Man'