Source: [URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/29/mattel-to-make-bald-barbie_n_1389552.html[/URL]
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A bald friend of Barbie's would be available next year, CNN reports, though the doll will not be sold in stores.
The move comes after parents took to Facebook and Change.org to lobby the company to create a doll to help children suffering from hair-loss feel better about themselves.
The doll comes with wigs, hats, scarves and other accessories and unlike other Barbie dolls, the toy will only be available through hospitals, notes CBS News.
From the company’s Facebook announcement:
[I]Play is vital for children, especially during difficult times. We are pleased to share with our community that next year we will be producing a fashion doll, that will be a friend of Barbie, which will include wigs, hats, scarves and other fashion accessories to provide girls with a traditional fashion play experience. For those girls who choose, the wigs and head coverings can be interchanged or completely removed. We will work with our longstanding partner, the Children’s Hospital Association, to donate and distribute the dolls exclusively to children’s hospitals directly reaching girls who are most affected by hair loss. A limited number of dolls and monetary donations will also be made to CureSearch for Children’s Cancer and the National Alopecia Areata Foundation.[/I]
[I]Through a thoughtful approach, we made the decision not to sell these dolls at retail stores, but rather get the dolls directly into the hands of children who can most benefit from the unique play experience, demonstrating Mattel’s ongoing commitment to encourage play as a respite for children in the hospital and to bring joy to children who need it most. We appreciate the conversation around this issue, and are interested to hear what you think![/I]
The bald doll isn't a first for Mattel. Last year, the company made a one-of-a-kind bald Barbie doll for a 4-year-old suffering from cancer who lost her hair during chemotherapy treatment, notes CBS New York.
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D'awwww
Oh no, a anorexic doll now has cancer!
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;35371947]Oh no, a anorexic doll now has cancer![/QUOTE]
Can't see the good in anything, huh?
[QUOTE=faze;35371976]Can't see the good in anything, huh?[/QUOTE]
Of all the people to say that, its Faze? wouldn't have guessed that...
Well... At least they didn't ban every toy with hair or element that sort of looks like hair.
I'd imagine they'd do wheelchair barbies aswell and amputee barbies...
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;35371947]Oh no, a anorexic doll now has cancer![/QUOTE]
Fuck, I was going to mention Leukemia you dick.
[QUOTE=faze;35371976]Can't see the good in anything, huh?[/QUOTE]
Dude, come on, the first reply's always supposed to be a joke.
This sounds somewhat nice.
Bald doll huh?
[IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/kd1gcj.jpg[/IMG]
It's probably just alopecia.
I bet they'll do a trans barbie eventually
[QUOTE=Sir M;35373643]I bet they'll do a trans barbie eventually[/QUOTE]
Now with life like transformation from girl to boy and vice versa!
[QUOTE=dass;35372032]Well... At least they didn't ban every toy with hair or element that sort of looks like hair.
I'd imagine they'd do wheelchair barbies aswell and amputee barbies...[/QUOTE]
You say it almost as if this is a bad thing. Hardly.
No girl would buy it.
I think this is good, it'll get the message across that some people have cancer and that it's just a part of every day life, a girl at my school had cancer and has very thin hair as it's just growing back and people still stare and point
As long as they don't fuck this up like the oreo black barbie
[img]http://www.afrobella.com/wp-content/afrobella%20images/Oreo_Fun_Barbie.jpg[/img]
LIKE IF YOU THINK SHE IS BEAUtiFUL
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IF NOT KEEP SCROLLING
faze made a thread NOT about Republicans/politics?
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Not sure if this is an April fools joke or serious
[QUOTE=BCell;35382285]Not sure if this is an April fools joke or serious[/QUOTE]
The article was first posted on March the 30th, so an April fools joke would be very unlikely.
Barbie's skinhead friend.
Hate symbols not included.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;35382448]The article was first posted on March the 30th, so an April fools joke would be very unlikely.[/QUOTE]
Anything outrageous posted on the eve of April 1st is likely to be an April Fools joke.
[QUOTE=BCell;35382844]Anything outrageous posted on the eve of April 1st is likely to be an April Fools joke.[/QUOTE]
Yeah but it's Barbie and this is far from the worst thing they have done with it.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;35376195]faze made a thread NOT about Republicans/politics?
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You forgot about apple hatred and his desire to suck androids cock
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;35376017]As long as they don't fuck this up like the oreo black barbie
[img]http://www.afrobella.com/wp-content/afrobella%20images/Oreo_Fun_Barbie.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
hahaha what this must be fake
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;35373707]You say it almost as if this is a bad thing. Hardly.[/QUOTE]
As Daniel Smith here said, "No girl would buy it". Why make them if no one would buy them? Only a few would buy it and I'm sure Mattel wont do something if it means more loss than win.
i'm starting to go bald at 24, which was a little upsetting but now i feel much better, thanks mattel
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