Comments on: Why Barbie dumped Ken

By: Eric H

Eric H — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:05:18 +0000

Um, excuse me Jen? Han dumped Leia for Barbie because she only fit into one dress? I can’t remember the comedian, but he essentially nailed men’s attitudes* about clothes: “We don’t give a $#!# about clothes - yours or ours!” What matters most is whether they come off … and Leia’s definitely came off.

* Straight men’s attitudes, that is. I assume that both Ken and Luke were gay, hence automatically disqualified as romantic interests, though well-dressed and possibly very catty about what Barbie and Leia wear.

By: JenM

JenM — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:41:24 +0000

We had the Han Solo doll instead of Ken - even when you are 6 its obvious who Barbie would date! We also had the Princess Leia doll but with her non-Barbie anatomy didn’t fit into any other clothes besides her white dress so Han Solo ended up dumping her for Barbie.

By: Pavlina

Pavlina — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:27:40 +0000

Hmmm, the molded plastic hair is better than the Ken doll I had with real hair! Scary!

Funny enough, I saw a news story of this about 2 months ago. When they showed the “new” Luke Skywalker figure, I almost fell out of my chair. I guess they are hoping that no-one notices scrawny
Mark Hamill in the actual film.

By: HollyRhea

HollyRhea — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:03:07 +0000

Naaah, Ken’s underwear are a part of his body. If my husband’s underwear didn’t come off, he would have been gone a long time ago.

By: The Bargain Queen

The Bargain Queen — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:46:02 +0000

C’mon, have you seen Ken’s hair? Surely that moulded plastic helmet is the real reason she dumped him. It’s so much worse than his ‘puny’ muscles!

Or perhaps she started to suspect that Camp Ken had a secret…