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Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll Not Included

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First the Barbra Barbie, and now this. Mattel has unveiled the Ladies of the 80s line, featuring plastic tributes to Joan Jett, Debbie Harry and Cyndi Lauper. Each of these ladies rocked it pretty hard in the 80s, so I wonder how it feels to finally be immortalized by the ultimate stamp of pop culture approval. And I’m beginning to wonder if Mattel has given up on 6-year-old girls and is just focusing on gay guys now. I hope so, because I have a couple of requests:

1. A whole line of Madonna dolls, of course, from each and every reinvention, from rolling around in a wedding dress to MILF.
2. a-ha, featuring the dreamy Morten Harket and a “Take on Me” playset.
3. Debbie Gibson from the “Out of the Blue” period. You know, before she got into the bowler hats and oversized buttons.
4. Tina Turner! With denim jacket, black leather mini and stilettos.

A gay 80s kid can dream, can’t he? The Ladies of the 80s will be available in January 2010 and will retail for around $50 each.  However, you can pre-order at BigBadToystore.com for around $35. 

Posted by Chance on 10/24 at 08:42 PM

I want the Tina Turner one and they should make a Kate Bush one too

OMG, a Vanity 6 doll!!!

Posted by wondermann  on  10/25  at  02:49 AM

Not to mention the GoGos gift set. And since I was a young FanBoy I wanted an Emma Peel Barbie…

Posted by  on  10/25  at  09:45 AM

Chance, dear, do you know how much more I love you for #3?

Posted by wordnrrrd  on  10/25  at  10:45 AM

Hi… I really love your website and the style u had on your articles…

I know that everybody think on girls when u say Barbie.. but since some time ago, Mattel is listening to the grown up collectors, that use to play barbies when they were kids.. including the male ones!!

Those collector pieces are for Adult collectors, and the fact that these are pretty much 80’s pop icons.. are an evidence of that.

I agree that madonna needs a complete line.. but you have to know how complicated could be a deal with a madonna…

BTW Tina Turner sounds really good.

Did u see the Black canary or the Harley Quinn Barbie collectible dolls?? I think you will love them..

Posted by  on  10/25  at  11:05 AM

It won’t be a true 80s tribute without Sioxusie Sioux and Apollonia 6 dolls.

That being said, the Cyndi doll is great.  The Joan and Debbie ones, just OK.

Posted by Johnny M  on  10/25  at  05:39 PM
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