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Phentex

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8. But they don't have to...

Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:44 PM

Jul 2013

My kids played with Rescue Heroes and they didn't look like real people. Lego people are fun to play with and you don't expect a kid to want to look like one. I have Kermit toys that don't look like real frogs and I still love them.

Not every girl who plays with Barbie wants to look like Barbie. They just enjoy her clothes!

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What Barbie Would Look Like If She Resembled an Actual Woman (PHOTOS) [View all] SoCalDem Jul 2013 OP

I hope it sells. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #1

Why give your kids toys that show them an unattainable ideal? Shadowflash Jul 2013 #4

You have a point, but I've never thought of Barbie LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #5

My son buried his GI Joe SoCalDem Jul 2013 #14

If it sells... Orrex Jul 2013 #6

That's pretty cool mythology Jul 2013 #2

meh plastic fake non-real life dolls dont need to look like real life -- leftyohiolib Jul 2013 #3

and toy cars don't have to look like real cars? SoCalDem Jul 2013 #7

But they don't have to... Phentex Jul 2013 #8

I had boys, so luckily I did not have to do the doll thing.. SoCalDem Jul 2013 #9

Mine had spy barbie and g.i. Joe... Phentex Jul 2013 #11

portray a "slice of life" they may aspire to be part of someday.. that's psyho-babble wrongly leftyohiolib Jul 2013 #10

little boys love their fire trucks & police cars SoCalDem Jul 2013 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #13