Build A Barbie Workshop

October 17, 2004

My sister, Bella, and I had lunch on saturday and met up with Ria for chocolate. And we got into this long conversation of how little girls are buying more “My Scene” and “Bratz” then “Barbie” Then we were wondering how desperate The Barbie company would get if they were ever in danger of losing their business. Here are our sugar-coated (because of all the icecream) ideas:

Insufficient Funds Barbie – This one comes with a credit card machine that barbie can swipe her credit card with and flashing words come up “DENIED”
Gender Bender Barbie and Ken – Girl by day, Boy by night and vice versa, comes with two outfits.
Bad Customer Service Barbie – She has a button on the back for some bad customer service lines such as “I havent checked but I don’t think we have any in the back” “I’ll be with you in an hour” (this one was created out of an inside joke)
Mainstream Barbie – Comes with an online code to order up to date mainstream items each month for your barbie. Current theme: Barbie wears a trucker with a stylish camoflauge parachute pants and a white wife-beater shirt and tie and a Justin To Kelly DVDGhetto Barbie – Comes with a slang book and bling bling (Gang sold seperately)
1337 Barbie – Comes with different facial expression masks (i.e. ^.^ ^.- -.- =^.^ speech bubbles (i.e. OMGZ, I luff joo, kawaii) and a cyber guide book, Linux keychain (cyber guide book in HTML sold seperately)
Three Divorces Barbie – Comes with her own lawyer.
Mid-life Crisis Barbie – Comes with her own lawyer, a pool boy named Pedro and Prozac.
AA Barbie – Comes with a meeting schedule and a Twelve Steps plan book.

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