but would Joan Holloway see herself in Barbie?
For a while many years ago I was geekishly collecting Star Trek Barbies and X-Files Barbies, so I squee’d when I saw this:
March 10, 2010 — New York, NY — Mattel, Inc., Lionsgate® (NYSE: LGF), and AMC announced today the launch of four Barbie® Collector “Mad Men” dolls available to consumers July 2010. Designed by Barbie designer Robert Best, the “Mad Men” Barbie doll line features key players from the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency: creative director and leading man Don Draper; his wife Betty Draper; Sterling Cooper partner Roger Sterling; and bombshell office manager Joan Holloway. Today’s announcement marks the first licensed doll line in the Barbie Fashion Model Collection, a signature silkstone collection within the Barbie brand known for featuring couture quality fashions and accessories.
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I dunno -- the luscious Joan looks a bit too willowy rendered in plastic:
And then there’s this:
The “Mad Men” Barbie Collector doll collection embodies the “Mad Men” series’ couture fashions and accessories, and its iconic 1960s style and aesthetic.
Iconic 1960s style and aesthetic? Do the dolls come with cigarettes and martinis? Somehow, I doubt it.
Still: *squee*!
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posted by mortadella (Thu Mar 11 10, 8:07PM)
Gosh, the Joan Barbie appears to missing a little something, doesn't she?
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posted by MaryAnn (Thu Mar 11 10, 8:15PM)
Two somethings. :->
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posted by bronxbee (Thu Mar 11 10, 11:14PM)
which is kind of funny when you think about what two things barbie is generally noted for (and i don't mean her feet).
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posted by Lisa (Fri Mar 12 10, 5:53AM)
they're horrible
in the uk, we just had the one where Pete sees her in the dept store. Poor Joan
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posted by Bzero (Fri Mar 12 10, 4:03PM)
I do love that they're using the 60s-Barbie faces. I'll have to send this link to my GF who loves both Barbie and Mad Men. B)
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posted by Tonio Kruger (Fri Mar 12 10, 4:29PM)
What? They had a X-Files Barbie?
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posted by MaryAnn (Fri Mar 12 10, 4:53PM)
X-Files Barbies:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BK7QFQ/theflickfilosoph
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posted by Paul (Fri Mar 12 10, 5:11PM)
X-Files Ken and Barbie: They look like Ken and Barbie decided to dress up as Fox and Scully for Holloween, except I don't recall Scully wearing her shirts open so unprofessionally low, which is one of the many things I liked about her.
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posted by Kate (Sat Mar 13 10, 1:42PM)
It's almost funny and meta in a way, given that the character of Betty Draper could pass for a Barbie herself. Pretty, blond, plastic, passive. (Of course she's far more layered than that, but it does seem that women of her era were trained to be living dolls in a way.)
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