MetaFilter posts tagged with toys and Barbie

Girl fight

Artw — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:55:29 -0800

Barbie vs Bratz: Mattel sues MGA, claiming the Bratz designs were created by a Mattel employee and smuggled to its rival.

Bling Bling Barbie

swift — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 21:00:34 -0800

Bling Bling Barbie.

Better living through toys

magullo — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:42:46 -0800

Razanne, the Muslim alternative to this, this, this, or this
(Last link possibly NSFW?)

What, no Malibu Stacey Barbie?

jonson — Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:01:07 -0800

Sure, Scarlett O'Hara Barbie is lovely, and yeah, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz Barbie is cute, but for my money, it's hard to beat Marge Simpson Barbie, Medusa Barbie, or Dominatrix Barbie. The full collection, located here, clearly owes a debt to Todd Haynes, and the Barbie Liberation Army, but is still worth a chuckle.

dwivian — Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:23:55 -0800

Barbie's Hot! Though they claim they have no interest in mass production, I can say right now that I'd buy this Barbie. Woo!

tiaka — Thu, 15 Mar 2001 06:08:50 -0800

Ken, of Barbie and Ken has turned 40. To mark the occasion, Mattel is releasing a hot, young, 20 year old secretary, that Ken is having an affair with, and a Porsche 911. (to complete the whole midlife crisis thing you see.)

Nyarlathotep — Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:01:01 -0800

Buy your kid a new doll you cheap bastards! - Apparently barbie dolls and other plastic toys made in the 1950's have recently been found to secrete a sticky chemical film that could cause developmental problems in children.

mathowie — Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:05:38 -0800

This is just sick and wrong. Convention Barbie? Do you really want to support a party with lame merchandising tie-ins like this? Sidenote: does this make Bush pro-Mattel and anti-Matt L?

jason — Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:59:24 -0800

Not that we need to give Mattel any more press, but I found gothic Barbie and Ken, Addams gig or no, to be très étrange. (Oh Tish! That's French! You know that drives me to further acts of kitschy assimilation!)

deckard — Fri, 26 May 2000 21:48:06 -0800

Another victim falls to the tyranny of Mattel. What's really strange about this is that, to my knowledge, Barbie is a name. If someone names their kid Barbie, will they too receive a C&D from Mattel? Hmm...

Well, if you want to read the C&D its here.

mathowie — Tue, 23 May 2000 15:15:48 -0800

Coming to a toy store near you: Cease and Desist Barbie. Very funny stuff Justin, I expect you'll be getting a letter soon.