These dolls are heinous looking! Yuck!
Andy Wrote:
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> I was a stuffed animal girl myself. The one time I
> got a Barbie as a gift, I gave her a blue mohawk
> (hey, it was the 80's!)
It's funny you mention Barbie, because I automatically thought of her when I was looking at those dolls. I was also a stuffed animal kind of girl, but Barbie was the one doll I did play with. And I LOVED my Barbies.
Honestly, I think the fact that "Barbie" didn't automatically equal "mommy" was a huge part of that. Barbie was fun--she could be anything. My Barbies did the typical stuff--became doctors, won beauty pageants, sang karaoke, and spent hours lounging at the pool. They also occasionally drove the Ferrari off the stairs and died in a firey wreck, with all of her friends showing up to the funeral, got trapped in haunted houses, or silently stalked, tortured, and killed each other. Barbie could go on dates with Ken, and if you were lucky enough to have a little brother, as I did, she could later leave Ken for GI Joe. Hell, I think once she even dated Midge for a week. My Barbies broke a lot of hearts! And, of course, Barbie got mohawks! Barbie could do all this fun stuff because she didn't HAVE TO become a mommy.
Aside from their physical repugnancy, the most unappealing thing about these dolls is that they are the exact opposite. Sounds to me like all these dolls can do is give birth on command. Useful enough when teaching the nuggs sex ed, or about inappropriate touching, but as for a play thing? I don't know. Theres something a little frightening about little girls playing with a doll that can't do much more than take care of the kids and drop a loaf every five minutes. Yuck! At least Barbie did something fun!