I was going to post this a few weeks ago when I did the Barbie cake but kept putting it off...
Anyway, I was making my first Barbie cake and got a real Barbie so it would be a gift to my niece as well. I took her out of the box and...!!! she's not the Barbie I remember! 
She's fairly flat-chested, small hipped and thicker waist (but still has those long, long legs). It's amazing! It was very refreshing to see a more normal shape to her than the old hour-glass figure BUT it made "dressing" her a bit harder. That hour glass figure would have been easier to dress, I think.
so what do you all think about Barbie's new shape??
PS: When did she get this new shape anyway? I don't have any girls (all boys) so haven't seen a new Barbie since I was a kid...
I think this is a fairly recent development. My DD is almost 8 and not really into Barbies anymore, so it's been a while since I bought any.
I get the point of them doing this, but I don't agree with it. Barbie is for playing make-believe, just like all the other princess dolls, bratz, etc. I really have a hard time believing that little girls grow up expecting to look like Barbie. Making Barbie too realistic takes away some of the fantasy of play.
I'd much rather see them address the size and shape of models in magazines and on TV. I LOVE Dove's new real beauty campaign!
(getting off my soapbox now)
I think this is a fairly recent development. My DD is almost 8 and not really into Barbies anymore, so it's been a while since I bought any.
I get the point of them doing this, but I don't agree with it. Barbie is for playing make-believe, just like all the other princess dolls, bratz, etc. I really have a hard time believing that little girls grow up expecting to look like Barbie. Making Barbie too realistic takes away some of the fantasy of play.
I'd much rather see them address the size and shape of models in magazines and on TV. I LOVE Dove's new real beauty campaign!
(getting off my soapbox now)
Well, I read that they didn't change her shape because of that actually...I guess it's that they wanted to be able to put some of the new styles of clothes on her, such as hip-hugger pants and that her old shape made it impossible to make these styles look good. I don't know what the explanation for the boobs would be but maybe the shirts they wear now look better on small chested girls? I don't know.
but yeah, I kinda missed not having a real Barbie for that cake. The top would have looked better at least.
It was a combination, she could wear hip huggers but they had their first new body before hip huggers were really big. The body has always been something people had protested, her new body isn't really much better as far as realism goes.
I don't like the new shape, the beach barbie feet are HORRID too, they're gigantic and ugly.
It was a combination, she could wear hip huggers but they had their first new body before hip huggers were really big. The body has always been something people had protested, her new body isn't really much better as far as realism goes.
I don't like the new shape, the beach barbie feet are HORRID too, they're gigantic and ugly.
yeah, I noticed that she still has the really long legs at least. I think the chest is a bit small too. Mine have always been bigger than that and I don't think I have an especially large bust.
So beach barbie has bigger feet than normal??
I also don't think little girls believe they are going to grow up with a figure like Barbie. She's pretty. Her feet were always made to have high heels on. I guess a Beach Barbie would have to have sandals on ... not heels. that must be why here feet look big and ugly.
When I was a kid, you got Barbie, plain and simple, in a bathing suit. Then you bought clothes for her to wear. Today you buy a Barbie with every outfit! ... I know, not EVERY outfit; but still, you know, there's a Barbie for everything ... about ten years ago there was a "got milk" barbie. That is ridiculous!
I also don't think little girls believe they are going to grow up with a figure like Barbie. She's pretty. Her feet were always made to have high heels on. I guess a Beach Barbie would have to have sandals on ... not heels. that must be why here feet look big and ugly.
When I was a kid, you got Barbie, plain and simple, in a bathing suit. Then you bought clothes for her to wear. Today you buy a Barbie with every outfit! ... I know, not EVERY outfit; but still, you know, there's a Barbie for everything ... about ten years ago there was a "got milk" barbie. That is ridiculous!
I'm trying to resist making a joke about the "got milk" barbie and her large chest... 
but yeah, that's a bit ridiculous
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I don't like the new shape, the beach barbie feet are HORRID too, they're gigantic and ugly.
My feet are big!!! 
I keed; I keed! Ok, I'm not kidding about my feet being huge, but am kidding about being upset More kidding, but not-- I was reading this thread and started laughing because I thought of something from my childhood. Off topic, but funny... I grew up in the seventies and we had tons of Barbies and Ken dolls. We even had the Kens w/ real hair and removable facial hair--does anyone remember those? Well, we had pre-teen cousins that would spend part of the Summer w/ us. Back in the old days, we still played w/ Barbie at twelve years old Hehehe... Well, anyway, our cousins (boys) had the genius idea to make our barbies more life like by using Ken's beard on barbie! Not on her face It's funny now; but we were livid! Sorry, I had to share 
our cousins (boys) had the genius idea to make our barbies more life like by using Ken's beard on barbie!
Not on her face It's funny now; but we were livid! Sorry, I had to share
OMG! That is so funny (now that we're all adults here). Did anybody's parents ever find out?
Back in the old days, we still played w/ Barbie at twelve years old
Hehehe... Well, anyway, our cousins (boys) had the genius idea to make our barbies more life like by using Ken's beard on barbie! Not on her face It's funny now; but we were livid! Sorry, I had to share
That sounds like something my brothers would have done. I grew up in the 80s so I'm probably lucky I didn't have those Kens. 
I played with mine at 12 too, my mom encouarged me not to give up stuff I liked, I'd still play with them but I don't have room for all the stuff I'd buy. 
When I was young, older girls played with Barbie dolls and younger girls played with baby dolls. I don't think 12 is too old to play with Barbie. Remember when a shoebox was the most versitle thing? For me, a shoebox was Barbie's car, Barbie's bed, Barbie's closet, Barbie's table, etc.
Yeah, we went directly to tell my mom and she laughed hysterically What a big help! Anyway, yeah I remember when we'd have barbie mansion on top of and under the dining room table! So much fun... We were still kids, but now I see some twelve year olds with sausage clothes and make-up like Tammy Fay Baker! Let alone the preggo ones! It's sad 
lol! Boys will be boys
I had a friend when I was a kid (boy) who drew on the hair on my Barbie doll...thought it was sooo funny
now I have three boys and I wouldn't be surprised if they would do the same thing except that they're still too young to notice the hair so much
Evidently there are multiple Barbie "shapes" out there. My older kid got about 12 Barbies for her bday and the clothes are NOT interchangeable amongst them all.
Nevermind the fact my lil one keeps bringing me that dang monster foot Beach Barbie and whining that she can't fit the shoes from Wedding Barbie on her! What is up with Wedding Barbie anyways? Her hair is GLUED into this coil, she has the fakiest, tackiest flower spray and a gigantic ring that flashes RED!
Ok, I understand some people have big feet...but do you realized how freakishly large beach barbies feet are? Trust me, she puts your large boats to shame! About the clothes, I got a bunch of barbies from a friend who's daughter no longer played with them. They were all naked (don't all barbies end up naked?) so I went to buy them some clothes before giving them to my 4 year old. The clothes only fit half the barbies, so I bought a pack of colored sharpies and drew on bathing suits. I solved the naked barbie problem!
On the foot issue: I went to an open house at a vocational/technical school. They were conducting an experiment with the guests. Did you know that foot size is in alignment with your height? This is how investigators can tell by a footprint approximately how tall a suspect is. The kids measured our feet, then they checked a chart to see how tall that should make us (within a few inches), then they checked our height to test the theory.
I, for instance, have Cinderella's feet. I wear (no lie) a girl's size 2.5 shoe. But .... I'm only 4' 10". According to the experiment, I'm right in proportion.
So, Mattel should have made Beach Barbie taller than the other Barbies if they were to be accurate.
Evidently there are multiple Barbie "shapes" out there. My older kid got about 12 Barbies for her bday and the clothes are NOT interchangeable amongst them all.
Nevermind the fact my lil one keeps bringing me that dang monster foot Beach Barbie and whining that she can't fit the shoes from Wedding Barbie on her! What is up with Wedding Barbie anyways? Her hair is GLUED into this coil, she has the fakiest, tackiest flower spray and a gigantic ring that flashes RED!
That's part of what bothers me, when I was a kid I could get a new Barbie and ALL the clothes and shoes I had would fit her. Now they all have to have seperate wardrobes and Beach Barbie has to have boats for her feet. I'm glad I don't have any little girls of my own or it would irrate me all day, I have a couple nieces and a grandma who are into barbies.
I should add that my feet aren't tiny, I wear a 10, but I'm 5'10" so they don't look so huge.
Then why are my feet so huge?? 
I guess my feet are just big for my height. I have friends who are taller than I am but have smaller feet...I wear a 9 1/2 and am 5'5" I did wear an 8 1/2 before I had kids though. They grew by a size with the pregnancies.
Then why are my feet so huge??
I guess my feet are just big for my height. I have friends who are taller than I am but have smaller feet...I wear a 9 1/2 and am 5'5" I did wear an 8 1/2 before I had kids though. They grew by a size with the pregnancies.
Mine grew by size with pregnancies too! I started out an 8, at age 20, and now wear 9's and 9.5's.
Your feet aren't huge! At least I don't think mine are. 
Haha!
Maybe Beach Barbie's feet are just swollen from water retention or something.
Mine grew by size with pregnancies too! I started out an 8, at age 20, and now wear 9's and 9.5's.
Your feet aren't huge! At least I don't think mine are.
Haha!Maybe Beach Barbie's feet are just swollen from water retention or something.
lol, probably drinking the salty water
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