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LOL (Reply to this comment)
by CopeSullivan
Now this was too funny. I absolutely loved it. Great review, very funny and entertaining, and it contained all the "facts". You can't get better than that !
However, you forgot a couple Barbie Possibilities:
C-Section Barbie.... proudly displaying her surgical scar while sporting a bathing suit.
Possible Problems with future Pregnancy Barbie... after having been in labor for 2 days, unable to dialate and efface correctly which caused tearing and ripping of her uterus and cervix, resulting in a c-section and surgical repair to the uterus and cervix, which would leave scar tissue in those areas, possibly resulting in Fatal Complications if Barbie were to attempt to have another child !!!
Awesome Review !!! Thanks for the laugh.
=)
Danielle
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May 05 '07
2:19 pm PDT
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LOL! (Reply to this comment)
by serc
Now *that* was funny... not to mention "very helpful!"
-Sara R-C
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Dec 30 '04
9:07 am PST
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I'm SO in love with you (Reply to this comment)
by gwumpysmurf
This is so friggin hillarious, I feel the need to send it out in an e-mail to all of my fun-loving friends :) Maybe I'll even print it out and give the doll to one of my friends who I forgot a Christmas present for...
My fav part:
Midge is married to Alan (sold separately), hmm maybe this "Happy" couple isn't so happy
Well that was my first favorite part, there were many good ones :)
Holly :: gwumpysmurf
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Dec 29 '04
7:04 pm PST
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you forgot one... (Reply to this comment)
by coocoobaby
You forgot to add a Barbie to your list...Breast feeding Barbie. They got dolls that drink and pee...maybe they will come up with one that drinks and breast feeds and then baby will pee in a diaper that you can really change!!
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Jul 31 '04
10:40 am PDT
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Re: Children learn from their parents not dolls (Reply to this comment)
by ned1
maybe you should get a jumbo sized clue - like I allow my kids to read what I write or like I talk this in front of them.
I do this as a goof to let off steam - I know Barbie isn't real and and anything I say can't hurt her feeling. I know the dif between talking smack about a doll and talking smack about a real person. Maybe you should that as well.
Nancy
by the way - even before I said anything, my girls thought this doll was stupid
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Dec 15 '03
5:31 am PST
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Children learn from their parents not dolls (Reply to this comment)
by ditster
You are referring to Barbie as if she were a real person. Maybe you should think about how your behavior teaches your daughter. You have fun degrading Barbie dolls. When she grows up she can just degrade other people that make her feel insecure instead of coming to terms with her issues and accepting herself as a beautifully unique individual.
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Dec 14 '03
8:08 pm PST
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Re: Re: Hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by amberhappygurl
YEAH!
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Aug 19 '03
6:55 pm PDT
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Re: Re: After all it's just a toy isn't it??? (Reply to this comment)
by amberhappygurl
and I know a few of those girls that say "Having a baby is fun" at the age of sixteen. A few in my neighborhood, telling their two year olds to get cigarettes and ignoring them when the kids push them around
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Aug 19 '03
6:51 pm PDT
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Re: Re: After all it's just a toy isn't it??? (Reply to this comment)
by amberhappygurl
Go ahead with your bad self! all right not really theme appropriate but I gotta concur. Walmart does get rid of stuff like pregnant barbie and violent games and eminem. I've heard about the walmart people that do that and they don't have any good reason why they should take the stuff off the shelves.
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Aug 19 '03
6:49 pm PDT
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Strange Barbie, you made it better! (Reply to this comment)
by xcountrygirl
This Barbie has to be the most disgusting thing I've ever seen, but your review made her seem so much better! Very funny!
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Jun 12 '03
4:50 pm PDT
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I hurt myself laughing as I read this review (Reply to this comment)
by canadianmomof3
I found my way here after reading about the Pass the Pregnant Barbie Write-Off on your Profile.
The last time I passed through the Barbie aisle at my local Wal-Mart (I figure I'll need the practice since I now have a daughter of my own) we still had the opportunity to buy Pregnant Midge. Guess your reach hasn't extended this far north yet. *wink*
When I was a kid and wanted to knock up my Barbies, I'd take half a walnut shell and an elastic band and hook the belly to Barbie around her waist with the elastic band. I don't remember how I improvised on the baby. Some out there might think, "But a walnut shell is hardly realistic! It's not smooth like Barbie doll skin!" Well, I say to you, after being pregnant with twins, neither is a belly that has been stretched to its absolute outer limits to accommodate a total of 3 babies in five years.
Anyway, I enjoyed the read. :-)
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Mar 30 '03
3:43 pm PST
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Re: What Happened to Educating through PLAY? (Reply to this comment)
by ned1
fine for you.
Somehow I managed just fine three times without. I managed to teach a 17 month old he would have sibling and two years later explained to his 2 yo little brother that he would would have a sibing. They understood baby and pregnancy just fine and did it all without barbie. As for my oldest daughter, she managed fine all three times without Barbie.
Maybe parents need to give kids more credit and treat them like they can actually understand things and it will work out just fine.
By the way it's a goof piece, but you didn't get that - did ya!!. Maybe that explains why you need the doll.
Nancy
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Feb 02 '03
7:41 am PST
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What Happened to Educating through PLAY? (Reply to this comment)
by kinkerbelle
I can't believe all of the controversy over this doll! It has been a wonderful tool for my daughter to prepare my little granddaughter for the birth of her new sibling. My daughter is 8 months pregnant, and Isabella is 20 months. She talks a lot about mommy's "Tummy Baby" and seemed to be grasping the idea that the baby will come out of mommy's tummy when it's big enough. Her other grandmother brought this wonderful doll to her and you should have seen her eyes light up! She really understands now that a baby is in mommy's tummy and will be coming to live with them soon. She solemnly warns us "Can't squish the baby in mommy's tummy. Mommy's tummy baby will come out soon. I will kiss the baby!" Then she shows us the Midge doll and how she will kiss and hold the little baby. This toy was perfect timing for our family. Does it show the real graphic truth of how the baby is going to come out - no. But it does explain to little ones what is going to happen in a way that they can understand. We love this concept!
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Feb 01 '03
1:23 pm PST
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Re: I am sooooo glad... (Reply to this comment)
by ned1
now that's a good one!!
oops, I'm not supposed to be "negative" or mean about pregnancy and birth.
I guess I just imagined getting that episiotomy and how it took them over an hour to stich it me back together. The fact that I was never quite the same again has just a figment of my imagination for the past 14 years.
Nancy
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Jan 03 '03
5:58 am PST
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I am sooooo glad... (Reply to this comment)
by mattygroves
...my daughter was never into Barbie. I loathe the doll anyway, and this one just takes the cake. How about episiotomy Barbie?? Comes complete with scissors, stiches and a bidet...
Cheers,
Kate
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Jan 03 '03
5:23 am PST
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Thanks for the giggles (Reply to this comment)
by mariahan
....I can't stop laughing about Lactation/Got Milk Barbie!! Thanks,
Maria
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Dec 31 '02
10:05 am PST
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WOW (Reply to this comment)
by JBduckling
Braxton-Hicks barbie woulda been my wife's mascot! Still ROFLMA! Thanks for making me smile!
JBD
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Dec 30 '02
8:43 pm PST
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Fantastic review Nancy! (Reply to this comment)
by Suzer
I can't believe how far they've gone. Pretty sad. Thanks for sharing your very valid experience and thoughts.
Suz
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Dec 30 '02
12:54 pm PST
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Funny! (Reply to this comment)
by DavidMac
This was pretty funny, especially all of your ideas for potential Barbies....... nobody would complain about Barbie being unrealistic then, would they??? bye
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Dec 30 '02
11:46 am PST
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My Doll-Pals, "Deadbeat-Dad Dan" & "Blood-Test Bob" Warned Me About This Piece (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Thank you, Nancy, for providing me with crucial insight as to why these dolls are often referred to as "action figures."
--29th_"Innocent Till Proven Father"_Candidate
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Dec 29 '02
7:28 pm PST
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Re: Hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by iwannagrowup2b
Nancy,
You ARE famous! Wow!
You will post the date and time of your first talk show appearance...won't ya? None of us who have you on our WOT want to miss it!
Connie
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Dec 29 '02
5:48 pm PST
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Re: Hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by katybrighteyes
TOM...How on earth did you find THAT one? I just checked it out. Don't think that writer is too happy with Nancy's review (neener, neener!). :oP
NANCY...I loved it! Pregnant Barbie. Now they're ON to something! Future ideas could include Jock-Itch Ken and Flatulent Alan... whaddaya think?
Still ROFL,
Katy
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Dec 28 '02
11:25 pm PST
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dopey, yes (Reply to this comment)
by pambo
but better than the "lingerie barbie" series. great review, though! pam
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Dec 28 '02
3:26 pm PST
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What a great review... (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
.... I'm rolling in the aisles here. Okay, the aisle. Okay, I don't actually have an aisle and I'm not really rolling, but I did laugh out loud.
I'm a Barbie fan from way back. I'd love to own a pregnant Midge. I don't have any daughters to give her to...which would be one of the reasons I'd consider owning her.
Thanks!
Andrea
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Dec 28 '02
12:04 pm PST
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Barbie Bonanza - BARF (Reply to this comment)
by mjfrombuffalo
Nancy, I am so with you on this one. Well, actually all your Barbie reviews.
My wonderfully-doted-upon-and-spoiled-rotten niece got three (3!!!) Barbies just from my husband this Christmas, along with two more from other relatives. She carried them to her room and dragged me along to see the Barbie Dream Castle or whatever that's almost as big as her bed. Meanwhile, the floor was strewn with naked Barbies (ever notice they keep their clothes on, and with them, for about 4.3 seconds after leaving the box) that have obviously fallen into disfavor. But enough about that.
More small pieces to lose. More accessories that are too complicated for the kids they're supposedly made for. Yup, I wouldn't recommend buying this one either. And that's just from a product standpoint, not from any theoretical psychological stuff about Barbie World.
mj
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Dec 28 '02
11:21 am PST
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by Sordid-1
This is terribly funny, I love it! I'm glad to see that all those blue 'n red buttons agree!
Good thing, though, that you didn't write something like this while having a user name like "Imokliel" or something!
Sordid-1
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Dec 28 '02
9:09 am PST
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Hey there... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54
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Ned ! Ned! errrr...Nancy !!
!! You're famous !!
I didn't see the link in the previous comments so let me add it here...
http://www.ctnow.com/business/hc- (remove this and the spaces) pitch1225.artdec25,0,7945921.column?coll=hc-headlines-business
(Sorry. Eps says the 'word is too long' Remove the extra stuff and the space before and after...:-)
!! Wow !!
Can you tell I am easily impresssed...:-)
...tom...
"I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child." —Loretta Lynn
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Dec 28 '02
8:13 am PST
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I never knew Mattel fans were so rabid (Reply to this comment)
by jnbmoore
Nancy,
Haven't you figured it out. A doll where the stomach rips off to expose a baby is a much better way of explaining child birth than well written books or age appropriate videos or seeing a mom go through morning sickness.
I wonder if Wal-Mart would have kept the doll on the shelves if they redid it as an Alien doll. Rip off the stomach and the Alien comes out :-)
With all this activity, I hope you get lots of IS ;-)
Bridgette
who never writes on anything popular
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Dec 28 '02
7:45 am PST
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Re: Re: After all it's just a toy isn't it??? (Reply to this comment)
by merlot
Nancy-
you should have done your vomiting while your daughter was asleep. And I hope you didn't nap during the day while pregnant, we wouldn't want her to think pregnancy makes you tired.
I have to agree with you. You're not the reason this was pulled from shelves, Walmart is just afraid to stand up for itself, it might lose a customer or two. WalMart would do itself a favor to clean it's stores up and get some decent customer service going, then they might gain a few customers---I know I boycott that store because of their filth, disorganization, and poor customer service....not because they carry a stupid Barbie doll.
You did a great job on this review---when will Midge be in California? LOL. Melissa (BopsMom) and I are waiting. :)
Michelle
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Dec 27 '02
8:56 am PST
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Re: After all it's just a toy isn't it??? (Reply to this comment)
by ned1
First of all you moron, I NEVER shop at Walmart so don't blame me that they pulled the toy off the shelf. They're just STUPID!!! In fact I don't shop there because they don't sell video games with violent themes and CDs with bad lyrics - no store has the right to decide what my children should and shouldn't play with. Besides the fact the one near me is filthy and disgusting.
Next I quoted the back of the box - maybe you need some glasses. I think it's pretty stupid of Mattel to sell the husband in a different package - that does send a message. Plus the fact that Midge looks like a teenager.
You have a 5 yo - I have a 5 yo, a 7 yo a 9 yo and a 14 yo. Do the math - the oldest was 5 when I had my second, six when I had my third and 8 when I had the last one. I don't want her to think we all live in Candy Land and everything about pregnancy is happy and fun - she saw me barfing, she saw the mood swings, she saw a lot of the unfun parts of being pregnant (like all those blood tests) and I'm d@mn glad she did - she knows it hurts, she knows it isn't fun and she knows how much work having a baby is. Please being pregnant isn't walking around in a flowing skirt with a flower wreath on your head and birds singing happy songs to you. If that's how you portray it to your child - good for you and not so good for her.
My oldest also saw me in labor and knows how much it hurts - perhaps you suggest that I should have lied to her three times and hid all the bad stuff - just so she thinks it is the happiest time of her life? Also, I know it is worth the sacrifice or I wouldn't have 4 kids. Want to talk about that - I was so ill with my second I lost ten pounds the first two months I was pregnant - and barfed for the other 7 and my daughter saw that - kind of hard to hide that from your child.
While in labor with my first - over 36 hours with no drugs and more pain than any person should ever have to bear due to Dr. error, I thought - they should parade every teenager thru labor and delivery and show them how much it hurts to have a baby, that scare some of them into keeping their legs crossed. Of course parents interacting with their children and teaching them morals might help as well, but I gave up that hope a long time ago.
Lastly - just to clarify - this piece was written weeks before the whole Walmart thing - mostly a goof piece because I happen to think the doll is worthless. I gave it to my 5 yo daughter and she tossed it aside - see I did choose to buy it and now I'm mailing her around so everyone else can see how stupid she is - of and bye the way - you can still buy her at Target and KayBee toys - so why are your knickers in such a twist?
Nancy
PS - my 14 yo daughter has said that she wants to wait until she is married to have a baby because it is so hard - she has friends who want to have babies because they think it will be fun.
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Dec 27 '02
6:30 am PST
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