What does /toy/ think of the new a Barbie commercial featuring a boy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TULVRlpsNWo
no one cares about Barbie
>>5286671
making him look as flaming as possible doesn't really help their cause.
>>5286678
this
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>>5286671
Go to /pol/,you will get angry replies
>>5286728
SO FIERCE!
Based Schlomo.
I can't wait to rot away surrounded by broken ladyboys.
>>5286671
He has the exact hairstyle you'd expect a boy who plays with Barbies to have.
>>5286823
WIIIIIIIIIIINK
>>5286671
This kid's goddamn fabulous.
>>5286671
If he wanted to do it, good for him
>there are people who are complaining that this commercial is dated
>there are people who don't realize this commercial is meant to be a parody of 90s toy Barbie dolls for one of their expensive exclusive Collector Barbies
Nice to see they're accurately representing the fanbase
Wow, they're just not pretending anymore.
>>5286834
A clothing/accessory brand. Had to google it myself.
That kid looks fucking gay, but if that's what he wants, good for him.
>>5286834
It's a clothing brand that make tacky ironic hipster clothes that cost hundreds of dollars a piece, for the trustfundian in your life who just can't piss through Daddy's money fast enough.
>>5286671
just one step closer to putting an end to toxic masculinity
the white girl look like is a brat
the kid act extremly gay, not that it is bad, but i dont know if a gay kid will act like that, unless it is teach to act like that.
and the only "normal" one is the black girl
>>5286834
They work for the mercenary... The masked man.
I can't even see how that's even an issue.
So, whatever.
>>5286671
Well since Moschino is a line of clothing by Jeremy Scott, that kid is clearly meant to be a young Jeremy Scott.
>>5286671
is that a bdsm barbie
>>5286851
>there are people who don't realize this commercial is meant to be a parody of 90s toy Barbie dolls for one of their expensive exclusive Collector Barbies
What do you expect on 4chan?
The bulk of /toy/'s userbase wasn't even alive in 1992.
>>5287631
Beat me to it.
I had no idea who or what Moschino is, so I did a quick Google search and found their website.
>They're selling those horribly tacky Rapper Looney Tunes shirts that kids used to wear in the 90's for a mere $850.
All my wat.
>>5287631
I guess that is better than making the asumption that real kids act like that...
>>5287683
Also, they're asking $735 for this horrid cardigan.
Now I know why all the Truffula trees where chopped down.
>>5287691
>$80 for an iPhone case that is the same quality as the cases at a cheap mall kiosk.
Seriously, who throws their money away on this shit?
>>5287707
>Seriously, who throws their money away on this shit?
ha ha ha
>>5287707
>$325 for a FUCKING (un)INFLATABLE CROWN.
If I wanted to look like king retard, I would have picked up a paper crown at Buger King. At least then I would have saved myself $325.
>>5287710
It's not like buying modern figures, anon. It's more like buying re-released 80's~90's toys marked up a thousandfold from their orginal MSRP...
....Oh wait.
>>5286671
Considering how many of you people play with Monster High shit and actual dolls I dunno why anyone would complain.
>>5287707
I can only assume they don't have a consistently active demographic, and can only prey on the occasional idiot with rich parents who'd buy from them, while incorrectly guessing that the extravagant price tag and the 'name brand' BS inherently equates to some level of quality, or a high demand for that garbage.
Basically, instead of investing $100 on a surplus, and pricing everything reasonably to attract a consistent consumer market (you know, like a respectable retailer) they just spend $2 on dog shit and have enough patience to keep it listed until some asshole buys it for $700+
>>5287722
Are Monster High dolls SO FIERCE?
>>5287730
Of course they are
>>5286764
Y...Yeah. That would just be horrible, right guys?
Can't get more 90's than Totally Hair!
http://youtu.be/jlsk2xACwqc
Should have just remade this doll given that she is the best selling Barbie ever made.
>>5286851
I realized something was up when there were two threads for this commercial that looked straight out of the 90s. I'ts obviously retro and self aware, the new ones aren't like this
>>5287710
Nobody buying Queen's Blade figures does so to gain status among a group or to be "in", Anon.
Those clothes and accessories didn't cost a fortune to make (even factoring in the designer's paycheck which must be huge), the inflated price is part of the appeal for whoever is buying them, as weird as that sounds.
>>5286671
This looks like an SNL parody. What the fuck is Moschino and why is it used as an adjective?
>Boys can play with barbies, too!
>See, just like this incredibly flaming homosexual acting boy, right here.
Not the best idea they've ever had...
>>5287631
That dude's a heterosexual tyrannosaurus compared to Glöökler.
Oh wait, Glookler is actually gay and well beyond giving a fuck.
>>5287986
Kids apparently still prefer Monster High and Bratz-like dolls. Barbies are for preschoolers and collectors these days.
>>5288004
The only thing keeping Barbie alive is the same thing keeping Superman, Batman, Popeye, Peanuts or Mickey Mouse alive- they've been around so long they've become part of American culture so we won't let them go away, even if their marketability fades or if they have to be changed so much to appeal to new audiences that they barely resemble what they once were.
LitD only appeals to people because it's written in such a way that it makes you wonder if Barbie and her friends didn't escape from a mental hospital, yet almost no one who watches it buys the toys.
>LitD got specific dolls
with horrible faces and the odd decision to use articulated arms, making them look unlike the screen versions. No Chelsea doll with a 1" He-Man action figure accessory either.
ITT: People who know nothing about fashion
>>5288010
>The only thing keeping Barbie alive is the same thing keeping Superman, Batman, Popeye, Peanuts or Mickey Mouse alive- they've been around so long they've become part of American culture so we won't let them go away
What you mean to say is: "They are valuable IPs".
Because that's all there is to it - they still got some value for selling other products, so they aren't being retired. Their staying power is a product of the way IPs are managed in US business.
>>5288016
you sound fierce
>>5288017
Sales have little to do with it. Outside of the CGI movie that's in development hell, Popeye has had very little in the way of recent merch, yet someone still knows who he is. Peanuts getting a new film probably surprised a lot of people because it's been sliding out of the public eye for years, but still, people know what the franchise is because it's been burned into us for so long it's not going anywhere.
Reinventing Superman recently was probably more damaging than anything because part of what makes Superman so lasting is that he doesn't change. He dresses in that familiar costume, he flies, he has specific powers, he's weak to kryptonite, he fights a bald guy. Changing a character that's been static for decades doesn't always go over so well. Batman can change, because Batman is more complex and has been constantly changed around. Seems every 20 years or so Batman gets an overhaul because sales have slumped.
Barbie is THE fashion doll, even if her actual sales these days are poor. Monster High might be a sales giant now but long-time pop culture doesn't care. The average person on the street can't name it.
Some things have just been around so long they will always be around even if they aren't selling.
>>5286699
no, it really doesn't
>>5287710
I legit fell out of my seat haha
>>5287726
>while incorrectly guessing that the extravagant price tag and the 'name brand' BS inherently equates to some level of quality
Exactly. Rich kids who see the latest OMG SO COOL fad run out and buy it because they've got enough money to burn. I've owned some of their shit from department store liquidations, it isn't any better made than the shit you find in a strip mall.
>>5286671
Nothing to be mad about, pretty much a parody and no kid is that hard gay.
Moschino seems like fucking hipster garbage though.
>>5286671
>includes a boy
Damn, that's grea-
>made him as flamingly gay and white as possible
Jesus christ and they did it the worst possible way
Wait, is this a real ad, or some kind of parody?
>No MGS 3 Ocelot Ken doll
>>5288385
Semi-real. Not a TV ad, not really made by Mattel, made by a fashion designer.
It only needed to be about Jem instead of Barbie to feel more "right".
>>5288397
So how long do you think it will be before there's a real Barbie ad with a boy in it?
>>5288404
no one would give a shit
>>5287711
>Jughead Couture.
Wut.
>>5288001
Those lips though. Gay or straight how can you not want to put your dick in it?
>>5286671
>Mosquito Barbie!
>She'll suck your blood and give you malaria!
>She's totally fierce!
>>5288161
>Reinventing Superman recently was probably more damaging than anything because part of what makes Superman so lasting is that he doesn't change. He dresses in that familiar costume, he flies, he has specific powers, he's weak to kryptonite, he fights a bald guy. Changing a character that's been static for decades doesn't always go over so well. Batman can change, because Batman is more complex and has been constantly changed around. Seems every 20 years or so Batman gets an overhaul because sales have slumped.
How well did Justice League Gods and Monsters do? I though tit was surprising that the movie was even made considering how much they change characters. (That was the point of th emovie though, so maybe subverting people's expectations in a very self aware fashion is what helped.)
>>5288594
>Superman never changes
>>5288594
>changed the characters
>not batman
>not wonderwoman
>not even superman
More like Manbat, some random New
God, and Mexican Zod.
Didn't care about wanting the toys until after seeing the movie.
I hope DCC cashing in on the animated movies continues to happen.
I'm a boy. Grew up with a little sis and 2 gril cousins. Grils used to play Barbie together all the time, I had no choise but to play with them if I didn't want to play alone. I usually handled Ken or Michael Jackson (they had a MJ Ken doll). The playtime usually started out girly, each girls having a doll, lots of accessories, dreamhouse, boat, cars... After a while I usually came up with a funny story element, like introducing a bastard kid, or Michael Jackson cheating on a Barbie or something like that. We laughed a lot and I actually really enjoyed to play dolls with the girls. Yes, I'm gay, but I'm not effeminate at all and I don't think growing up with girls and playing girly games ever had anything to do with that.
>>5286671
>LET'S INSERT A GAY AGENDA STEREOTYPE FOR CONTROVERSY!!!!
brilliant marketing, you piss off the gays, and conservatards will buy them, you piss off the conservatards and gays will buy them to defend the stereotype.
>2015
oh, right, it doesn't matter anymore, you'll get a minor squabble at most from some old biddy of a mother upset over how Barbie turned her son gay, and nobody else will care.
>>5289199
If they didn't have "Moschino" printed on the accessories they were showing off, I'd have assumed it was "Mosquito" the whole way through the way they pronounced it.
>>5288381
They made him the most Moschino. They made him fierce.
>>5287707
>doesn't have the hole to show the apple logo
Fuck, how will people know I have an iphone?
>>5288599
Stop being so fucking pedantic.
You know damn well the basic design has stayed the same until recently.
Blue suit, Red cape, trunks, boots.
Other minutiae such as the shield and belt have had only minor tweaks.
The last time a major change in his designed happened (electric blue) failed miserably. The public hated it.
>>5289146
>I'm gay,
>I don't think growing up with girls and playing girly games ever had anything to do with that.
Whatever you have to believe to help you sleep at night.
Wow. I don't think I've ever been offended on 4Chan, but the fact that no one here knows what Moschino is activation my /fa/ autism. It's designer. Of course it's expensive. The point of the brand is to be tacky, but tacky in Moschino. Luxury tacky.
>>5289577
do they make fedoras?
>>5289580
I realize this is a joke, but I think they have made fedoras before.
>>5286671
faggots gotta play with toys too, anon.
>>5289577
So it's expensive garbage, right?
Why should someone pay MORE to dress like a moron?
>>5289577
Jeremy Scott is a fucking tool.
>>5289802
How can you be a moron if you can earn the money to overpay for tacky, low quality shit?
>student loans
How can you be a moron if you're going to college?
>american universities/colleges
How can you be a moron if you take gender studies seriously?
>gender studies have literally no productive value
OMG! Are you a bigot?
>>5289802
It's shitty status wear. Just like shitty art is made just to circlejerk.
>>5288010
>Popeye
What's fried chicken have to do with anything?
>>5289802
To show off. Literally no other reason.
>>5288161
Batman hasn't changed anymore than Superman.
>>5289802
Status symbol. Showing off. Same as driving an expensive car when an average car will do the job just fine.
>>5286671
Of course the little flamer identifies with the sassy black Barbie.
>>5286699
I thought that was the intention
>>5287618
>not that it is bad,
Good thing you added that in, otherwise you may have been shunned from society.
>>5286735
it's "sSsSoo Fierce!"
get it right.
snap snap snap*
>>5289532
Well, his powers have changed A LOT over the years.
>>5286671
He's not the first boy that's been in a Barbie commercial.
Other than that, Barbie has been irrelevant for twenty years.
>>5286851
>there are people that don't grasp the decade-by-decade nostalgia shift in popular culture
Seriously?
>>5286671
Its okay. My brother used to play with my dolls too.
Commercials like me kind of worry me desu
It seems like everyone is so overly excited to do away with everything white and straight that they're injecting all sorts of gay and mixed race shit into everything at every opportunity. It's happened in comics, it's happened in tv, it's probably happening in books and it'll somehow find its way into stuff like sports, tabletop games and a bunch of other hobbies that don't even seem to have that much to do with gender politics but get co-opted for the sake of it.
And that's not even regarded other shit like BlackLivesMatter and Tumblr and every other fad going on right now trying to discredit white people and every value they've worked to maintain.
It's like
You don't want to side with /pol/ but then you start daydreaming about the moment when being straight becomes a social faux pas
>>5293273
These new wordfilters are great because they let you immediately identify low-quality posters without having to read the entirety of the text.
>>5293273
It will create a backlash eventually. And then all liberals will be tarred with the tumblr brush. As a someone who used to identify as progressive, I hate it.
>>5292661
I'm going to need to see some proof of that.
Moschino Barbie doesn't even come with the little phone. Kinda weird.
>>5293273
>a vocal minority of writers capitalizing on trends means being straight and white won't be cool anymore
for someone seeming to want to distance themselves from /pol/ you sure do seem to be tripping hard on their kind of rhetoric. Do you realize how tiny the percentage of the population that identifies as gay is?
>>5293346
or it will become normalized completely and you'll be cvcked into oblivion.
