Rating Barbie

Reading about the Barbie museum in Taiwan and the unwholesome Barbie range made me wonder how the old girl has been doing lately. Is she holding her own against the likes of those Bratz dolls? So I went over to Amazon.com and found a huge section devoted to her blondeness. Bypassing the adult reviews, I went straight for the kid reviews simply because they tell it like it is. As you can see below, the comments were mixed but never boring.

Happy Birthday Barbie
I love tis item. i love barbie's lovely dress. she looks so pretty. if i could i would turn into barbie. She has the best life and she is the most beautifil person alive in the whole world.

Barbie as Batgirl with Motorcycle
You can bend her anywhere......Good for kids and adults.

Pink Sparkle Fairy Barbie Doll
What is the point of these dolls. The comertial that goes with them is so retarted. Most little kids would run right outside after they saw it because they expect a fairytopia or mermaid doll. My brother (yes brother) begged me for one for months. When it was time for his birthday i gatherd up all my allowence i have been saving for his fairtopia doll and went to the toy store with my mom. I bought him his doll and wraped it in tin foil cuz it was so crappy. He opend my present and grabbed the doll. he said i wish for my favorite ice cream. He looked in the freezer and found it. his wish did not come true. my mom and i bought his fave ice cream the day before. Next he asked for a million dollars. I wish we had gotten a million dollars cuz it was a better present then the fairytopia doll. He didnt get it so he threw it down on the ground and said the comerital lide to me. Sence the doll had not been opend i returned it the next day. In the comertial it said the words dreams come true. he only wanted it becuase he thought it would make every dream come true. Dont buy the doll based on what you see on the comertial. This doll stinks.

Barbie of Swan Lake: My Size Doll
Heres the story. i bought this doll seeing as how i only collect the my size barbie dolls. so i took it on a camping trip. we went to a lake. i sat with my doll in the water and all of a sudden its hair is yanked away by a jet ski and the doll sunk into the lake! two days later a man caught it while fishing and told me that hunk of junk was also a present to his daughter. he said she was dissapointed and next time he fishes he will bring his daughters seeing as mine worked as bate and was a flotaton device for some seaweed! i caught 14 slamon!

Princess of England Barbie
this is a collectors item, and should not be posessed by 12 year old children unless they are responsible... like me

Midge and Baby Dolls (as expected the pregnant Midge doll generated heated debate)
KID REVIEWER 1
LITTLE GIRLS ALWAYS LOOK AT BARBIE LIKE INTELEGENT AND STUDIEST AND THEY WANT TO DO AS BARBIE DOES.NOW CAN YOU PICTURE WHAT LITTLE GIRLS WILL BE LEARNING FROM THIS? THEY WILL ALSO WANT TO HAVE A BABY.VERY BAD IDEA..

KID REVIEWER 2
all you .. who think this doll is innapropreate are freakishly wrong.pregnacy is an normal thing,not a desises. this is happy family barbie,not porn star barbie. ...this is a family life learning tool, not a discrace. so stop critisizing it. p.s. power to the people who wrote good reviews about this really sophisticated doll. p.s. #2 don't comment my review negtevly. don't even comment my review.... this website dosen't permit that! thanks toysrus and amozon!

Barbie as Halle Berry in Catwoman (who proved to be even more controversial than pregnant Midge)
KID REVIEWER 1
I loved the movie and i love cat woman this toy is the best it dosent really teach you anything but who cares dont we kids get smarter because of school i meen none of the kids want to be taught something by every little thing anyway the barbie looks exactly like cat woman in the movie it is perfect and Halle Berry rocks she is my role modle and when i say this i speak for most of the kids

KID REVIEWER 2
**********THIS WAS THE WORST DOLL I HAVE EVER SEEN!!
FIRST, IT IS DRESSED IN THE WORST CLOTHES, THAT SHOW EVERYTHING, SECOND IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE HALLE BERRY, AND THIRD IT IS FROM A MOVIE THAT NOT MANY YOUNG GIRLS HAVE SEEN.

THIS DOLL WAS DRESSED IN CLOTHES THAT LOOKED STUPID, AND SHOWED EVERYTHING!!
THIS BARBIE IS A WASTE OF MONEY, BECAUSE IT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE HALLE BERRY, AND PLUS WHY WOULD WE WANT TO TEACH THE YOUNG GIRLS TO REALLY CARE ABOUT MOVIE STARS?
TELL ME 5 LITTLE GIRLS THAT HAVE SEEN CATWOMAN MOVIE? NOBODY THAT I KNOW HAS SEEN IT AND THEY ARE OLDER THAN THE GIRLS THAT PLAY WITH BARBIES!!
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S JUST SOME CUTE DOLL FOR THEIR LITTLE ONES TO PLAY WITH, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE BIG PICTURE, NOT THE OBVIOUS ONE*********