Late Night Oddity — What Happened to these Barbies?

Filed in National by on November 9, 2009

Barbie has been around for a very long time and I suppose that every product needs to be refreshed periodically, but totally upping the ante so that you completely blow by all of the crazy narratives little girls are sold by their Barbies to get them to think that being torn apart by birds is the New Glamorous is sorta nuts. I give you Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Barbie:

barbie hitchcock

WTF, right? But there is Carol Burnett Show Went with the Wind! Barbie, Barbie 80’s Cher Bob Mackie, and Barbie Julia. (?!) And don’t get me started on the NASCAR Barbies. But a Barbie that is supposed to terrify little girls seems crazy — but no crazier than Alfred Hitchcock Barbie maintaining that crazy smile while being attacked by birds.

(h/t anon reader!)

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  1. Unstable Isotope says:
    November 10, 2009 at 6:43 am

    The second link didn’t work, so here is another one. I liked all these barbies, especially the Julia one.

  2. Geezer says:
    November 10, 2009 at 8:28 am

    Cher? 80s Cher? You’re just goading us into saying “skank,” aren’t you?

  3. Brooke says:
    November 10, 2009 at 9:40 am

    They’ve upgraded some of the originals, too. Odd.

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