Realistic dolls

by Guest Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:51 am

http://m.fastcoexist.com/3026926/fund-this/meet-the-barbie-with-an-even-more-perfect-body#1

Here's the backstory: Last year, Nickolay Lamm, a Pittsburgh-based artist who specializes in the makings of Internet-friendly visualizations, designed what he called "Normal Barbie," an attempt to make the doll reflect more typical bodies. Using measurements of an average 19-year-old woman from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he then molded them to Barbie's 3-D model. The result went viral.

Now, just as Mattel has been ramping up a questionable "unapologetic" campaign for the doll--including featuring her in the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition--Lamm has launched a crowdfunding site to produce 5,000 "Lammily" dolls, models that feature average proportions, a light amount of makeup, and bendy joints. It's an alternative, he says, to unrealistically thin dolls like Barbie, or the hyper-sexualized Bratz, which have traditionally dominated the market.

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:56 am

i can never understand the calories wasted writing about this topic. there's a simple solution to this. vote with your wallet. we never bought barbies and if someone gave one as gift we donated them. in any case that happened maybe once or twice.

by Guest Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:00 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i can never understand the calories wasted writing about this topic. there's a simple solution to this. vote with your wallet. we never bought barbies and if someone gave one as gift we donated them. in any case that happened maybe once or twice.

That's a good thing to do if your kids are not into dolls.

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:01 am

they were, but not barbies.

by Kris Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:35 am

Tracy Whitney wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:i can never understand the calories wasted writing about this topic. there's a simple solution to this. vote with your wallet. we never bought barbies and if someone gave one as gift we donated them. in any case that happened maybe once or twice.

That's a good thing to do if your kids are not into dolls.

>>>I am surprised someone didn't get around to doing this sooner. It is a logical extension to the ethnic Barbies introduced so children of other ethnic groups can identify.

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