In all fairness, the “blank slate” of Barbie has always been a large part of her appeal. Mattel didn’t allow Pixar to put her in the first Toy Story movie because they don’t really like her having an established personality or backstory. (they changed their tune when the movie became a hit and boosted profits for the…

Great point. There’s not enough retail shelf space to sell every doll variation in this lineup, so you’re right, they might be trying to test out for the most popular variations before choosing some to put out in stores.

The one with the blue hair is rad.

There have been different face molds for quite a while now.

She is pretty rad. Probably why they’re putting her as the front for the “curvy” options. If they have any concerns about how girls will receive her, well, making her so cool will get rid of those.

Only for now. They’re still trying to figure out how to market and package the dolls as individuals.

Yeah, that’s why I’m not really a fan of most “all bodies are beautiful” campaigns. The women shown are still usually conventionally attractive, even if they’re larger than most models seen in ads.

I’m not against all reboots of everything, but Labyrinth is one of those movies that you can’t really recreate. Cult classic films are generally like that. For starters, it’s a type of movie that you don’t really see anymore. The 1980's had a lot of kid’s movies that were weird, dark, fantastic, and very strange. You…

Seriously. Labyrinth is a cult classic, and it’s very difficult to create a good and successful reboot of one of those.

Agreed. I’m not against the whole idea of reboots, but this isn’t really one of those movies that you can reboot. It’s dark and strange. And like you said, a cult classic, not something mainstream. Remakes of cult classics aren’t usually very good and generally aren’t successful because the appeal of the original is…

Yeah, there’s definitely been a lack of kid stuff with a dark tone. (that’s not to say that there hasn’t been any dark content, but like you said, something that’s overall dark and scary and fantastic)

That’s pretty cool. My middle school offered a home ec class. Problem was, EVERYONE wanted to take the class and space was limited. (why the school didn’t create more home ec class periods, I’ll never know) I wanted to take it in 8th grade (7th graders were technically allowed to take it but I don’t think any 7th…

The rats are imported.

In college, my dad was buying my groceries and he got me this big bag of rice that came in a burlap bag. I thought the bag looked cool so I kept it to use as a handbag. Sometimes people ask me where I got it. I like to tell them I paid $50 for it at Urban Outfitter or Anthropologie, before telling them it’s literally…

I know you can buy flasks that look like tampons. Sneak them into places and stuff.

I just graduated with my bachelor’s in anthropology. This is the kind of stuff I really want to do.

He definitely played a part in my sexual awakening, that’s for sure.

It’s not abuse, but being overly strict with food can cause them to have an unhealthy relationship with food. I knew some kids who weren’t allowed to have junk food, so any opportunity they had to eat it they went really overboard.

Maybe that’s what they’re advertising here.

Yeah, that was bugging me. Guess he’s that much of a loser.