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Two takes on a “real” Barbie

July 9, 2013 by John

The first, available here, depicts how Barbie’s proportions would translate to a full-sized woman:

Life-Size Barbie

The second, available here, depicts how a real woman’s proportions would translate to a Barbie-sized doll:

Realistic Barbie

It will be interesting to see whether the increasing availability of 3D printers will change the sorts of toys that children interact with.

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Posted in Gender, Parents, The Electronic Age, TV Time | Tagged Children's Toys, Huffington Post, Memoirs of a SLACer, Realistic Barbie | 3 Comments

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  1. on November 13, 2014 at 9:01 pm Realistic princesses | Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] a year ago, I wrote about some efforts to depict a more “realistic” Barbie. Now, Loryn Brantz at Buzzfeed has taken a similar look at Disney princesses, focusing on their […]


  2. on November 25, 2014 at 9:07 pm Barbie vs. Lammily | Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] year I posted two takes on a “real” Barbie, one of which was a doll that featured realistic proportions. After a successful crowdfunding […]


  3. on January 28, 2016 at 9:03 pm Seven years of SLACing (and new Barbies!) | Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] in an attempt to bury it (like when companies release bad news on Fridays). Clearly, the two posts I’ve written comparing Barbie to Lammily and their nearly 400 combined views are the reason for this change. […]



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