Besides the whole pc realism thing, I just think it's cool to see a bunch of girls who look slightly different hanging out. Makes it more life like, like a bunch of friends in real life. I think they're cool.

I appreciate their initiative, but, honestly, when I was young, I remember I didn't care at all that she was thin and unrealistic, I didn't even notice it. I liked outfits (especially to sew them myself in my own childish clumsy way) and I liked my Barbie to be blonde. Thanks to a Barbie doctor my dad bought me when I was 4, I started liking the idea of becoming a doctor myself. But times changed, back then dead-skinny wasn't popular, physical appearance wasn't that important, I didn't have that much access to TV and mum protected me from weird programmes. I think it all depends on how you build your child's world and especially how you as a parent think. If you consider physical appearance important, so will you child, he/she will try to reach your standards in order to make you proud. If you value other things, such as intelligence, determination, etc (for yourself as well, not only for the ones around you), then so will your child.

LOL! So much negativity, at least now there's more variety, in the end what matters is how parent raise their kids and teach them how to see the world in the best way possible. Barbie dolls don't matter if kids grow up feeling secure about themselfs.

It's cool to finally release a curvy doll... But where is fit Barbie? Being healthy is not realistic enough?

Now you'll have to buy different sizes of clothes for each. Seems like wasting money :\

so which one is realistic again? I don't see it

dont know about this either i'm thinking about how i used to like putting my barbies in different outfits and how some outfits won't fit certain barbies now does girls already have to deal with this issue at a young age??

Let's stop assuming these won't sell. I think women WILL get these for girls, whether the girls want it or not. They will end up using them.

love it!! :)

And now you'll have to buy three times as many clothes...seems like Mattel is winning, too.

Still haven't seen these dolls on the shelves where I live....

cool! they just need to list the sizes of clothes for every kind of barbie... xD cause sometimes when i get them, they dont fit any of my barbies

Just like her. Now they can believe that they don't have to be the most pretties or skinniest girl. They don't have to be some one their not

I honestly believe they show a good example for little girls to be open minded of what real other girls they will discover or meet as they

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I like this for many reasons. Little kids who play with them who may not fully understand how important it is for these dolls to be

Just because you didn't consciously mind original Barbie's appearance as a kid doesn't mean it didn't alter your perception of female bodies

Why do they all have stick think arms????

who are they kidding? where is the cellulite? That black girl wayyyy too skinny

None of them even look like Barbie..

OMG about time!

What's next? "Realistic" Little Mermaid?

They. Are. A. Toy!! Thank Dickens I never felt the need to imitate A TOY or developed body issues because I didn't look like a Troll Doll (my preferred toy). Just as my brother never felt the need to be like HeMan or a Match Box car. Clearly our parents had the sense to explain things to us. As a result, I have never felt the need to vilify a plastic doll nor the company who produced them. Also Bored Panda "..20 people KNEW about them".

hehe they were probably dropping sales

Curvy Barbie is really the only one with a body that is similar to many real life women. It would have been nice to see an athletic Barbie instead of a tall Barbie that looks like a supermodel and a petite Barbie that looks more like a woman and less like many young women who have eating disorders.

Now fix the faces

So their idea of curves would still essentially be a size 2-4. The proportions on all are still completely unrealistic. I am petite but I'm sure not built like that even though I am quite fit. Do we congratulate them on a step forward that is 50 years late? I suppose baby steps are better than none. I suspect the true motivation is their last quarter sales dropped substantially.

Kids will absolutely........................................hate this. Playtime is over, welcome to reality kids!

It took them HOW long to do this. Wow, behind the times much.