Barbie Lets Her Geek Flag Fly
Barbie has been Supergirl, Black Canary and Wonder Woman, so we know she’s into cosplay. However, Mattel officially confirmed her geek credentials with the recent unveiling of Computer Engineer Barbie. OK, technically, the credit goes to Internet voters who decided Babs’ next career should be in IT (She’ll also be a news anchor in late 2010). But given Barbie’s reputation as a high-maintenance glamour girl, it’s fantastic to see her rocking pink glasses, a binary code T-shirt and the ultimate unsexy accessory — a Bluetooth.
Still, I think Mattel could have kicked this geek thing up a notch by outfitting Barbie with the following:
- Low-top Chuck Taylor kicks, preferably black. But since this is Barbie, we’ll let her slide with hot pink.
- A special edition “I heart my geek” Ken doll, dressed in the requisite T-shirt. (I’m not sure I buy the relationship either, but that’s their business.)
- Pink, monogrammed longboxes! Her dream house office should be filled with them.
- Tiny RPG dice for weekly game nights with P.J. and Midge.
- A lanyard with an all-access comic convention badge. Where else is she gonna wear that gorgeous Athena costume?
Simply brilliant. It’s so important in today’s age that dolls like this are not all portrayed simply as blonde bimbos!
I totally agree! I’m seriously thinking about getting this for my daughter. I like the idea of a doll that says it’s cool to be a smart woman.