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Your Opinion on Plus Size Barbie

What do you think of plus-size barbie?

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TurtleDude said:
Nonsense!!

if she was truly a jihadist she wouldn't be in a miniskirt with a bare midriff and no veil on her face:mrgreen:
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Remember: The day before hijacking the planes, the 9/11 terrorists went for an extensive tour through several strip clubs.

It seems like being just about to blow yourself appart gives you a right to doing things that are "haram".



And here is what is being debated in Detroit:

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Sure go ahead and make thatplus sized barbie and put it right next to the other barbie and sit back and wait for those sales to rack up. Heck someone should try to steal some of this untapped revenue and make a plain Jane doll with glasses, no make up, bad hairdo, and not as fat as miss barbie plus there, but still with some extra padding. I am sure there will be ample sales to make a killing :roll:
 
The German said:
Remember: The day before hijacking the planes, the 9/11 terrorists went for an extensive tour through several strip clubs.

It seems like being just about to blow yourself appart gives you a right to doing things that are "haram".



And here is what is being debated in Detroit:

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:lol: That's rotten!
 
marduc said:
Sure go ahead and make thatplus sized barbie and put it right next to the other barbie and sit back and wait for those sales to rack up. Heck someone should try to steal some of this untapped revenue and make a plain Jane doll with glasses, no make up, bad hairdo, and not as fat as miss barbie plus there, but still with some extra padding. I am sure there will be ample sales to make a killing :roll:
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I think chunky Barbie will be a harder sell because it'll be a bitch to find clothes that fit her! :mrgreen:
 
Perotista said:
Are you kidding me, right? I was brought up on guns and cowboys and Indians on TV once we got a TV. Oh Sweden, okay that explains it.
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Yes, USA and Sweden are very similar cultures but in that way they are very different. You're not going to find little kids in Sweden with toy guns or toy soldiers. War is not something kids should be dreaming about.
 
ChrisL said:
I think chunky Barbie will be a harder sell because it'll be a bitch to find clothes that fit her! :mrgreen:
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It also sounds like..... a really mean present to give a child.

Imagine having a fat daughter and you give her a toy like that, even worse - when her "friends" see her with it, she`ll end up traumatised for the rest of her life.
 
The German said:
It also sounds like..... a really mean present to give a child.

Imagine having a fat daughter and you give her a toy like that, even worse - when her "friends" see her with it, she`ll end up traumatised for the rest of her life.
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Yes, I can imagine the other girls not being very nice.
 
To be honest, I don't have a problem with Plus Size Barbie (Crack Whore Barbie, big problem, lol!) with the exception of those triple chins. That chick would have to weigh 600 pounds to have that many chins, seriously. Just give her a pretty-but-plump face and move on, Mattel!!

All little girls like to have dolls that either look like them or look like someone they'd like to be, so I like seeing Barbies in all colors and sizes.
 
falcata said:
That makes a lot of sense. Though in America the military is very celebrated, and I would assume people don't have a necessarily bad impression of G.I. Joe.

Would you say the Barbie issue is one of international or of just American significance?
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Yes, I think the view on the military is the single biggest difference between Europe and America. Swedish parents would freak out if their kids had toy guns or little dolls that look like soldiers. War isn't something little kids should dream about doing. War is a bad thing, and certainly not for kids.

I think the Barbie issue is global for sure. In Sweden, I don't think Barbie is very popular for that reason, even though many Swedish women do look like Barbie dolls. :)

They just give the little girls cell phones when they're like 5 years old, that's what I can't stand over there.
 
DiAnna said:
To be honest, I don't have a problem with Plus Size Barbie (Crack Whore Barbie, big problem, lol!) with the exception of those triple chins. That chick would have to weigh 600 pounds to have that many chins, seriously. Just give her a pretty-but-plump face and move on, Mattel!!

All little girls like to have dolls that either look like them or look like someone they'd like to be, so I like seeing Barbies in all colors and sizes.
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That's not always the case. I have a friend who isn't really that large, but she has a HUGE double chin, like a stork or something, seriously.
 
Peter Grimm said:
Yes, I think the view on the military is the single biggest difference between Europe and America. Swedish parents would freak out if their kids had toy guns or little dolls that look like soldiers. War isn't something little kids should dream about doing. War is a bad thing, and certainly not for kids.

I think the Barbie issue is global for sure. In Sweden, I don't think Barbie is very popular for that reason, even though many Swedish women do look like Barbie dolls. :)

They just give the little girls cell phones when they're like 5 years old, that's what I can't stand over there.
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Actualy toy guns are just as common here in Europe as they are in the US.

The only debates considering toys which I have noticed going on here recently were a potential ban on all toys made in China due to the potential content of harmfull chemicals
 
ChrisL said:
That's not always the case. I have a friend who isn't really that large, but she has a HUGE double chin, like a stork or something, seriously.
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I think that kind of depends upon how strong someone's jaw happens to be, honestly.

I'm not fat by any stretch of the imagination, but I am prone to being a bit more "jowly" in general simply because I have kind of a small jaw. I basically have to be skin and bones to get it to go away entirely.
 
Peter Grimm said:
Yes, I think the view on the military is the single biggest difference between Europe and America. Swedish parents would freak out if their kids had toy guns or little dolls that look like soldiers. War isn't something little kids should dream about doing. War is a bad thing, and certainly not for kids.

I think the Barbie issue is global for sure. In Sweden, I don't think Barbie is very popular for that reason, even though many Swedish women do look like Barbie dolls. :)

They just give the little girls cell phones when they're like 5 years old, that's what I can't stand over there.
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I know what you mean. Kids aren't given things that promote the growth of their imagination any more. It mostly just mindless electronic games that leaves them in a stupor. My personal favorite will always be my Lincoln Logs.

There is a considerably larger market for both the G.I. Joe and the Barbie in the United States. Would you say that a lot of the dissatisfaction with the figure of Barbie could come from households that might not have a young male element in them?
 
The German said:
Actualy toy guns are just as common here in Europe as they are in the US.

The only debates considering toys which I have noticed going on here recently were a potential ban on all toys made in China due to the potential content of harmfull chemicals
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In Germany maybe, but not in Sweden from what I remember.

Yes the Chinese toy debate is also in the United States. Every couple years, they come out with a new story about a recall or some toys with lead in them or something.

The Chinese are trying to make us all stupider in their scheme to take over the world.
 
falcata said:
I know what you mean. Kids aren't given things that promote the growth of their imagination any more. It mostly just mindless electronic games that leaves them in a stupor. My personal favorite will always be my Lincoln Logs.
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Legos. :rock

My younger brother and I had more fun playing with those as children than I can easily account for. We'd build whole cities and role play complex stories with our lego men and action figures in them.
 
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DiAnna said:
To be honest, I don't have a problem with Plus Size Barbie (Crack Whore Barbie, big problem, lol!) with the exception of those triple chins. That chick would have to weigh 600 pounds to have that many chins, seriously. Just give her a pretty-but-plump face and move on, Mattel!!

All little girls like to have dolls that either look like them or look like someone they'd like to be, so I like seeing Barbies in all colors and sizes.
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What, you mean this one?

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If Barbie were to exist as a human, she would have a BMI of 16.24, fitting the weight criteria for anorexia.
The 1996 study Ken and Barbie At Life Size, found that Barbie's head is two inches larger than the average US woman's, her waist is 19 inches smaller and her hips are 11 inches smaller.

As her waist would be four inches thinner than her head, Barbie's body wouldn't have the room it needs to hold all of its vital organs.

Her skinny ankles and child-size feet (Size 3) would make it necessary for her to walk on all fours.
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WTF can't Matel make a doll that looks like a normal human being?
 
Gathomas88 said:
Legos. :rock

My younger brother and I had more fun playing with those as children than I can easily account for. We'd build whole cities and role play with our little lego men in them.
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Legos were an incredibly close second. I just love Lincoln Logs though. I made some damn nice looking structures I think any Swede would be proud of :lol: .
 
falcata said:
I know what you mean. Kids aren't given things that promote the growth of their imagination any more. It mostly just mindless electronic games that leaves them in a stupor. My personal favorite will always be my Lincoln Logs.

There is a considerably larger market for both the G.I. Joe and the Barbie in the United States. Would you say that a lot of the dissatisfaction with the figure of Barbie could come from households that might not have a young male element in them?
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In Sweden, I think the dissatisfaction is more cultural than anything. Put it this way. In latin american cultures, little girls are taught to doll themselves up, to act very overtly feminine, and then they throw huge parties for their 15th birthday and their wedding day is like the biggest day of their lives.

For Swedish women, they usually grow up playing with cars just as much as dolls. Weddings are not a big deal at all in Sweden, in fact most people don't get married at all. You really only have your immediate family there, or you do it in the court and nobody is there, the cake is usually just something you bake yourself, and a wedding gown is usually just a simple white dress.... not the many thousands of dollars latin americans spend on this stuff.

Women in Sweden view themselves more in terms of their career than anything. The idea of your life being focused on primping and preening is foreign to Swedish women. I think Swedish mothers mostly see Barbie as silly and really old-fashioned.

I think of the United States as something between a Latin culture and a Nordic culture.
 
Peter Grimm said:
In Sweden, I think the dissatisfaction is more cultural than anything. Put it this way. In latin american cultures, little girls are taught to doll themselves up, to act very overtly feminine, and then they throw huge parties for their 15th birthday and their wedding day is like the biggest day of their lives.

For Swedish women, they usually grow up playing with cars just as much as dolls. Weddings are not a big deal at all in Sweden. You really only have your immediate family there, the cake is usually just something you bake yourself, and a wedding gown is usually just a simple white dress.... not the many thousands of dollars latin americans spend on this stuff.

Women in Sweden view themselves more in terms of their career than anything. The idea of your life being focused on primping and preening is foreign to Swedish women. I think Swedish mothers mostly see Barbie as silly and really old-fashioned.
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I see now. Gender has just become far more homogeneous in Sweden than is most other parts of the world. Where else would you say this is probably true?
 
Gathomas88 said:
Legos. :rock

My younger brother and I had more fun playing with those as children than I can easily account for. We'd build whole cities and role play complex stories with our lego men and action figures in them.
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Legos were the best. They have a secondary function as well, which is to clean your dog's digestive tract. I'll never understand why dogs eat legos.
 
falcata said:
I see now. Gender has just become far more homogeneous in Sweden than is most other parts of the world. Where else would you say this is probably true?
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I don't know. I grew up in Sweden so I just have first-hand knowledge of that place. The other Nordic countries are similar.

I would guess maybe Holland is like that as well.

I see a bit of that in the UK as well, though not like in Scandinavia.

I wouldn't be surprised if Israel were the same way - since military service is mandatory for women I'm sure they see themselves as equally capable to men. I wouldn't know though, I'm just speculating on that one.
 
falcata said:
I see now. Gender has just become far more homogeneous in Sweden than is most other parts of the world. Where else would you say this is probably true?
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It's very very taboo in Sweden to talk about defined gender roles. It's assumed that women and men are the same.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Legos. :rock

My younger brother and I had more fun playing with those as children than I can easily account for. We'd build whole cities and role play complex stories with our lego men and action figures in them.
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falcata said:
Legos were an incredibly close second. I just love Lincoln Logs though. I made some damn nice looking structures I think any Swede would be proud of :lol: .
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Had both and they got a lot of use.. but my erector set was by far the best. Being able to make robots and then rig them up with motors and a remote control (granted wireless remotes did not exist then) was the ****.
 
Peter Grimm said:
I don't know. I grew up in Sweden so I just have first-hand knowledge of that place. The other Nordic countries are similar.

I would guess maybe Holland is like that as well.

I see a bit of that in the UK as well, though not like in Scandinavia.

I wouldn't be surprised if Israel were the same way - since military service is mandatory for women I'm sure they see themselves as equally capable to men. I wouldn't know though, I'm just speculating on that one.
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Interesting to think about the Sociology and the Geography associated with this.

What do you think of this though?
 
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