Maybe. But this is what is expected when you’re paying premium prices for luxury items. You pay for the product but also packaging. Zip ties are cheap. Part of the whole “experience” is the packaging and it’s all supposed to be luxurious.

My sister and I never thought twice about not having a barbie car- we drove them around sitting inside a shoe!

I don’t have American girl dolls. I was there when my niece got hers last year at the MOA store. I on the other hand have 50 or so Japanese action figures that I like to pose and make scenes with. There are YouTube channels devoted to making 1:12th sized stuff for posing and interaction. It’s a hobby even though it’s…

Yes, it’s insane.

I don’t know the answer to that, but I’m pretty sure the person mentioned in the article who was having conniptions over zip ties was referencing this issue. The zip ties do prevent a lot of DIY makeovers on the dolls, which is probably part of Mattel’s business plan.

My husband and I are betting how quickly he becomes former nominee.

If he even makes it to confirmation hearings. I wouldn’t be surprised if he “respectfully declines” the nomination after this weekend (read: Trump threatens him until he bows out).

Due to a sad childhood addiction I own somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 porcelain dolls. I have never removed any of their underwear. That is all.

Wanting to be able to remove panties from dolls seems to be a bit creepy.

Was Barbie’s chest not made of ballistics-grade plastic back in the day? Because there were no red-tipped pins going into my Barbies’ tits! (Just lots of silver ones in the face, for very trendy eyebrow piercings and such.)

Me reading this: These people all voted for Trump. They have the luxury to worry about plastic packaging for their multiple $115+ doll’s accessories’ PACKAGING.

It’s how they mount the head to the body. They use to use a string, now it’s a zip tie. It’s about the quality of the build.

when I had an American Girl Doll (Samantha), her body was just cloth and there was no underwear. I think she had some bloomer-short-things, but that’s about it. This is all new to me.

I NEED CAITY AND RICH TO GO TO THE AMERICAN GIRLS RESTAURANT AND INTERVIEW COLLECTORS ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS ON THIS.

“I will not buy outfits attached to boxes and I will not buy a doll with permanent underwear. I just won’t.”

Bannon is an aggressive, maligant melanoma.

A friend of mine made an off-hand remark in a Facebook thread that Bannon most of all looks like he spends his nights asleep in a large tin of kippers. Haven’t laughed that hard in ages.

It wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the alcoholic rosacea.

given Trump’s distaste for alcohol and alcoholics (his brother died drinking) one can’t imagine how he lives with that drinker’s nose on Bannon ass-shaped face. Jeesuz, Bannon looks like he reeks of cheap whiskey, stale cigarettes, and piss-stained pants. Walk into any AA meeting and you’ll see a real resemblance to…

He certainly spews enough garbage!