Disabled Barbie Doll. Progress........

[Zacs-Master]

.......or another example of the world going mad?
https://www.designboom.com/design/disabled-barbie-wheelchair-prosthetic-leg-02-12-2019/

[ludwig]

Yeah why not. I like it.

[JF85]

Are you a friend of hers?

[Mamyalynne]

Barbie has to keep up and there are already plenty of dolls out there portraying disabilities, perfectly fine.

[naomi24]

I like it.

[237SJ]

Still the young shapely stereotype. Maybe they should do a menopausal one with a red face, belly fat and thinning hair

[sunny-dave]

No issues with the general idea ...

... but the Ken Pistorius playmate may not sell well ...

[Canary42]

Progress.

[Zacs-Master]

I didn’t know that Mamya. I had a black doll as a child which I called my ‘blackababy’. Love the idea of a Barbie menopause doll. It could possibly come with a hand fan and a set of knives.

[Mamyalynne]

This article touches on some from the past - there's a lovey company 'Toys like me' and Lego have disabeled figures.

Even Mattel brought out a friend for Barbie in 1997 in a wheelchair and the doll sold out very quickly.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3770079/SARAH-VINE-healthy-child-disability-doll-Harper-Beckham-one-sales-booming-surprising-voices-say-poor-taste.html

[johnny.5]

as I remember most of my sisters didn't have any legs and many had pellet holes in them too

[Mamyalynne]

Nothing to stop anyone from bringing out a menopausal doll or a grumpy old chap one - except the fear of financial collapse maybe ;-)

[Zacs-Master]

Well, you live and learn!

[Zacs-Master]

Oh, I don’t know Mamya, I think a menopausal doll and a Victor Meldrew one would be great TIC gifts.

[Mamyalynne]

I await to see your new line in the shops, might work.

[237SJ]

Or they could do a male menopausal Ken with a comb-over and a motorbike.

[Zacs-Master]

See, the possibilities are endless.

[bhg481]

Grammar police here - I sincerely hope it was johnny's sister's (sisters') dolls that had legs missing and pellet holes in them and not johnny's sisters.

[johnny.5]

lol soz

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe a pedant doll could be made. Larger than average head, national health specs, brown anorak (or duffel coat), basin haircut?

[Peter Pedant]

bhg
yeah I was on the chucky line of

my sister used to have dolls which were disabled after I had finished with them - they used to call me the Little Surgeon