Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles.
Barbie had a similar makeover more than a year ago, both part of the toy company’s plan to make its dolls more diverse and appealing to today’s kids.
Ken hadn’t changed much since he was introduced 56 years ago as Barbie’s blue-eyed, chiseled boyfriend. Now he’ll be sold in three body shapes: “slim,” “broad” and “original.”
He’ll have modern hairdos, such as cornrows and man buns, and come in seven skin tones. And he’ll also be sporting new fashions: think skinny ties, plaid shirts and graphic tees.
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Everywhere you look now the media and all the commercials are pairing a black guy with a white girl. Trying their best to normalize interracial dating. Well guess what, it isn't normal.
ReplyDeleteI hope the men that walk around with a "man bun" know just how ridiculous they look.
ReplyDeletePoor Ken
ReplyDeleteKen will look as gay as the rest in his man bun
ReplyDeleteSad society we have created
Playing with dolls now is like playing with a hoop and a stick. They are so "out of style" and politically designed, that they're in the final stages of dying out all together. "Normal" parents, of "normal" children, will not buy such products. Pandering to minorities is not necessarily a good capitalist strategy, unless you are simply satisfied with a niche market.
ReplyDeleteGet over yourselves. This is the free market working... I mean.. we're all capitalists I thought.
ReplyDeleteSomeone, somewhere, thought this would increase profits. If it doesn't, they'll be a different Ken doll. Who cares?
Sign of the times folks, the world changes. Keep up or get left behind.
3:21 so I'm not the only one that noticed this.
ReplyDeleteThey also have dresses, and other female clothing to fit him now. He is transgender now with that man-bun.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like the "Gay" Ken doll!
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