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AIBU?

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I bought DD a Barbie today.

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LynetteScavo · 21/04/2011 17:48

In my defense she came with a labrador that eats food, then poos it out, which Barbie can pick up with a pooper scooper, and put into a dog poo bin, and - get this-- the poo automatically, as if by magic, transfers into another container next to it,(which is supposed to be dog food) so the whole precess can begin again! [excited]

But feminism, and good role models and healthy body shape, and all that....

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elmofan · 21/04/2011 19:10

are you sure you bought the doll for your dd and
not for yourself

fortyplus · 21/04/2011 19:12

Ds2 wanted a Barbie when he was 2 so we bought him one. His gf is 5' 3" and a very helthy curvy shape so it obviously didn't scar him for life

tyzer2001 · 21/04/2011 19:14

Well, you've done it now. She will grow up to be an anorexic lap dancer. You've only yourself to blame.

Sparkletastic · 21/04/2011 19:18

DD2 has that one - the appeal is mainly in the pooing dog so the objectification of the completely unrealistic female form will be mostly ignored. YANBU

marmaladetwatkins · 21/04/2011 19:29

You bought your daughter a Barbie with a dog that eats it's own shit?

Ace!

BeerTricksPotter · 21/04/2011 19:34

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b1uebells · 21/04/2011 19:43

Why have I never seen this barbie? My dd2 would love this!! Where did you buy it / what is it called?

Going to get googling!

ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 21/04/2011 19:45

It's only the adults that look at Barbie and compare her to real people - kids just play with them

paddingtonbear1 · 21/04/2011 19:49

My dd would love this too! She does have a Barbie with a bike, which SIL gave her, but it's fine. yanbu.

Now if you'd said Bratz dolls..... :o

SingingSands · 21/04/2011 19:55

We have that, but we have lost all the poos!

beesimo · 21/04/2011 20:07

My lasses all had Barbies one of their favourite games was pulling the dolls heads off and hanging them on a old broom shank and dancing round the woods pretending to be pygmy head hunters.

ManicPanic · 21/04/2011 20:17

@ beesimo

I suspect if I bought dd a Barbie, Barbie would be getting some mighty fine black felt pen tribal tattoos and possibly some body piercings with paperclips...

Please tell me the name of the Doggy Poop Barbie Playset - dd would adore it as she is obsessed with bodily functions

ManicPanic · 21/04/2011 20:25

Aha it's 'Barbie and Tanner'

gkys · 21/04/2011 20:40

i thought barbie was just a doll my boys have power rangers should i be worried?

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LynetteScavo · 21/04/2011 22:29

www.amazon.com/Barbie-Forever-Doll-Tanner-Dog/dp/B000ELIXA4 I think I may have bought the last one in the country, as google came up with not a lot.

It's similar to the one in the link, but with fishnet leggings and mini-skirt.

Here is a review I found;
"Customer Review: I don't believe it!
The dog eats "dog biscuits", then expels them through a hole below the tail. Then the dog "eats" the expelled dog biscuits again. What is this supposed to teach? That dogs eat their own excrement? This is gross. My granddaughter picked out this Barbie in Toys R Us. Unfortunately, I did not read the discription of the toy on the package, if there was a description of a dog eating fecal material. I bought the doll because my granddaughter had earned a special treat and so far, I have had no reason to not trust Barbie. But this? I can not get over this disgusting toy. Everyone who sees it thinks it is totally gross."

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