Barbie goes to the dark side

Hilarious! I don't collect or play with Barbies but I thought it was rather cute Since it is based on a comic book character I'm sure all the Barbie collectors will collect one as soon as they come out.

Seeing as it comes from The Sun, I doubt its validity.

This sounds kind of tame. I remember a company some time back that was sued successfully by Mattel to stop them from buying Barbies and repackaging them. Yes, there was a company buying Barbies and giving them make overs to include brand new boxes and clothes. The names of these 'bootleg' Barbies? Remember, now, they had outfits and packaging to match these names. "Trailer Trash Barbie" and "Hooker Barbie". Imagine it.

I wonder if they have this available in real life size? There is no way any kid of mine would have owned a doll of this type. I wonder if they will make any money on this S&M Barbie doll. Unreal isn't it? Grrr! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I saw this article in the Paper! I'm just trying to figure who this Doll is being aimed at? Little Girls? Avid Barbie Collectors? Comic Book Guys? I'm not familiar with this "Black Canary" Comic Book Character,So whose Idea was it to have "Barbie" Portray her? Tooling up for an action figure would cost too much,so let's give "Barbie" a makeover instead,was that it? Does this Mean "Black Canary" is going to be the next Comic book Creation to get Her own Movie and/or series? I'm at least familiar with Catwoman,and look how well that Movie Outing went down..(circling the drain!) Somebody mentioned the Artist who did the "Trailer Trash" Barbie some Years back,and they sued Him! sounds like they're taking a leaf out of his book! Maybe he should countersue!

I would buy it, but then I collect certain ones that I find unusual so this would go nicely in my collection. If my daughter go her hands on it, she would not appreciate the clothing on it anyway as every doll or teddy with clothes on gets stripped within minutes! I would not probably buy it for her, but I would buy it for me!

LMFAO omg so I'm a very laid back, openminded and far from your standard kinda mom..now that being said I have to admit that I dont think this sort of Barbie would be for ALL girls BUT I would have bought it for my daughter if she wanted it back when she was of Barbie playing age (if she actually played with Barbies that is LOL) Why? Well its the perfect VILLIAN Barbie for starters (in the eyes of a child I mean) and its just a doll ya know..PLUS I'm very open wiht my kids and they are very openminded and just wouldnt be affected in a negative way etc ya know...But like I said I realizet that not all parents/caregivers or children for that matter would see it that way.. Truth be told though, its no different to a Cher doll that was out several yrs ago if I'm remembering correctly

This is part of a growing trend where adults design kid toys, kid TV shows, kid cartoons without realising the effect this has on kids. Dolls, cartoons etc now have sexually suggestive clothes and lines and are becoming more violent. No wonder the world is becoming more violent and aggressive - the kids are literally taught these things everyday on TV, toys, cartoons etc - the very thing thatv was supposed to be clean and child-friendly. I would never buy this doll for my child. Heck! Now I'll never buy another barbie doll for her PS: I still don't have a child!!

I wouldn't want my daughters playing with ANY Barbie. She promotes low self esteem and encourages young girls to have bad self image, and be focused on clothing and looks, instead of intelligence and sensibility. Did you know that if a real person was proportioned the same way as barbie, she wouldn't be able to stand up straight? Not only that, but in the 90s they came out with a talking barbie. One of the things she said was "Math is Hard"What better way to teach our girls to be stupid and sl*tty - but to have some blonde bimbo doll teaching them that math is supposed to be hard. My daughters will never have a barbie - leather clothed or not, Barbie is outdated, stereotypical and anorexic looking.

Well, I am not really sure.You see I could give it the dark side meaning you mention, but a child would not. For a child it would be just a doll with different clothes,no darkness attached:) As for my childhood barbie memories they're.... close to nothing, I was one of those girls that didn't have much patience to play with dolls. I would look at them, appreciate how pretty they looked and them throw them into a basket or shelf. Occasionally I would take them out, grab some fabric scraps and make a few dresses - maybe closer to this new dark barbie than the "normal" dresses hehehehe and then throw them back to the basket grab my ball and leave to play ball in the park LOL I am not a collector - of dolls or anything - but if I was I would probably get this one too.

I am not sure if I would buy that barbie or not. I would have to see it first before I made up my mind. My daughters had barbie dolls and my mother and I bought patterns and made clothes, boy were they ever decked out. haha They did look real nice though.

I would not want my child playing with it. There are words to be said about the new look, but I won't print them here. I am glad that I do not collect Barbies; my wife would give me some strange looks if I did; she would also say some things about this one. Not that either of us are prudes; but she is a school teacher, and even we think that there are certain limits to what children should be exposed to.

my kind of barbie. not that i'played any barbie when i was younger but i guess the makers of barbie are just keeping up with the times. i don't think that little girls will want this kind but i guess those who are into the comic books will want one as part of their collection. just my 2 cents.

I wonder, do you think that if they hadn't called it 'Barbie' anyone would care?

It's hard enough to buy clothes that look like little girls clothes these days with out having this to have influence them. No I wouldn't buy this doll or any other Barbie dolls for little or big girls. Nore would I buy the Bratz dolls they are just so ugly. To tell you the truth I'm glad that all the girls in my family are too grown up for Barbie or any other dolls. That includes grandchildren.

We have to be more protective of the children each year. I have Grand-children and I worry about them. They have to be taught to be scared of so many things from the time they begin to walk. Now there is a toy to protect them from. This is just so sad. Where will it end?

if i collected them I'd get it but...I doubt id buy the doll for a child..,just because of the clothing mind you. HOWEVER the clothing for my sisters and i growing up was a non issue we always stripped them of the things they came in and used the clothes our mom made for them. They were usually in clothing mom made or...honestly we'd leave them unclothed in the Barbie box so our ones we were playing with had awesome closets full of clothing. At least she doesn't have a big head like the BRATZ.

OMG! I have girls who like Barbie, but I guarantee they will NOT be getting this one! It's so hard as it is because it's not easy to find dolls that don't have skimpy clothes or way too much makeup. Isn't it bad enough that dolls are perfectly proportioned all the time, making girls think that's what women are suppoesd to look like? ugh.

Wow! Is this new barbie for kids or daddys? LOL