{"id":583289,"date":"2010-05-28T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=106544"},"modified":"2010-05-28T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T20:26:10","slug":"busty-barbie-too-hot-for-the-toy-aisle-%e2%80%94-barbie-basic-collection-creates-stir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/583289","title":{"rendered":"Busty Barbie Too Hot For The Toy Aisle \u2014 Barbie Basic Collection Creates Stir"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is this Barbie dressed inappropriately?<\/em><\/p>\n

Along with Cabbage Dolls and G.I. Joe action figures, Barbie owns a place in the record books as one of the most treasured toys in American history. After all, she’s a quintessential icon of modern femininity. But she’s no stranger to controversy, and the plastic dynamo — who masquerades as everything from a doctor to and entrepreneur — is in hot water once again: this time over her wardrobe.<\/p>\n

The outfit featured on a new adult collector’s edition Barbie doll has some parents questioning whether the item should be displayed on the toy aisle. \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Each doll in the new “Barbie Basic Collection” is dressed in that essential must-have for all fashionistas, the little black dress. The toy creating the controversy is Doll No. 10 in the Basic Collection. One of four African-American dolls in the series, Desiree — who sports a long-flowing weave, a clevage-baring top, and stilettos — has been nicknamed “Busty Barbie” by some critics. The New York Daily News<\/em> even calls the doll’s dress has “a deep, plunging neckline \u2013 revealing bowling-ball cleavage that would make one of Tiger Woods’ mistresses jealous.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mattel’s website<\/a> has a different take on things; the toy manufacturer describes the doll like this: “Model No. 10 features the Desiree face sculpt, African American skin tone, a striking black dress with plunging neckline, and long sleek hair.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The site states the the doll is for the adult collector; a fact that hasn’t done much to curb the cries of angry mothers, who complain that the Barbie Basic Collection is available for sale on the toy aisle — where impressionable children are treated to a plastic peep show.<\/p>\n

“I don’t want (my daughter) to think she has to be this, you know, busty Barbie who’s constantly wearing heels and these low-cut shirts,”<\/em> Minnesota mom Andie Whitaker told NBC this week. “And that’s really the image I think a doll that you’re going to buy for a child is portraying.”<\/em><\/p>\n

For now, the doll remains on store shelves. National chains are selling the doll for around $19.99. Target<\/a>, for one, has said it will continue to carry the line. Mattel has refused to comment.<\/p>\n

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