What!? Barbie with Ice Tool - In Tank Top and Skinny Jeans!?

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Santa Tierra

Mountain climber
Northirdge, CA
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 24, 2018 - 10:51pm PT
Here's the Tomb Raider Barbie Doll - 'For the Adult Collector.' Accessories-'Climbing Ax and journal.'

https://barbie.mattel.com/shop/en-us/ba/pop-culture-dolls/tomb-raider-barbie-doll-fjh53[/url" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://https://barbie.mattel.com/shop/en-us/ba/pop-culture-dolls/tomb-raider-barbie-doll-fjh53[/url]

Seriously, I think this just perpetuates the ditzy woman myth. No Bueno!! At least put a parka and ski pants on her and put her on an icy cliff to show how that ice tool is really used already!! Sheesh!!
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Feb 25, 2018 - 06:42am PT
I dunno- I kind of disagree. She's not wearing a pink dress and her breasts are in realistic proportion.

Ken is obviously cowering in the corridor somewheres and only pussies need a parka to raid a tomb.
skitch

Gym climber
Bend Or
Feb 25, 2018 - 07:31am PT
I think she's just so f*#king tough she doesn't get cold in -40 degrees. . . or she uses the ice tool for it's more fun use. . . to kill zombies.
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Feb 25, 2018 - 07:43am PT


Climbing coatless in the freezing cold in the movie Cliffhanger didn't stop Sylvester Stallone, so it ain't gonna stop Tomb Raider Barbie either!

The climbing Barbie has more fun!



justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Feb 25, 2018 - 07:46am PT
Is that ^^^^part of the Karrabin Museum? Pretty awesome if it is lol.

clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Feb 25, 2018 - 07:55am PT

That is cool, when is the "Free El Cap Barbie" coming out?
karabin museum

Trad climber
phoenix, az
Feb 25, 2018 - 08:12am PT




Next time I am with my grown up sons, I am going to force them to go with me to buy a Tomb Raider Barbie!





skitch

Gym climber
Bend Or
Feb 25, 2018 - 09:06am PT
I have another theory: Maybe mattel is just trying to convince girls that there is a certain look they should be going for if they want guys to find them attractive, which all of their value is based upon.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 25, 2018 - 09:08am PT
^^^^ Yup, looks to me like they’re sayin’ it’s cool to be brunette.
mcreel

climber
Barcelona
Feb 25, 2018 - 09:19am PT
She punches holes in herself and she keeps on climbing? She's a real ice climber, I guess. Is there a model with only one eye?
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Feb 25, 2018 - 09:30am PT
There will be an Ice Hockey Barbie soon enough with removable front tooth so you just need to switch outfits.
ClimbingOn

Trad climber
NY
Feb 25, 2018 - 09:58am PT
I wonder if Mattel paid DMM for the privilege of copying the Rebel ice tool. It looks to be an exact copy.

I've climbed on the Rebels, and can tell you that they are absolutely terrible.

skitch

Gym climber
Bend Or
Feb 25, 2018 - 10:22am PT
They may be terrible at ice climbing. . . but what about slicing into a zombies skull?
fear

Ice climber
hartford, ct
Feb 25, 2018 - 11:23am PT
Using those tools she would be "Swollen Knuckles Barbie"
Fritz

Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
Feb 25, 2018 - 11:29am PT
I never much appreciated Barbie, until Heidi dragged me to a toy museum in Munich last fall.

Now I'm a fan.



Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
Feb 25, 2018 - 11:31am PT
I wonder if Mattel paid DMM for the privilege of copying the Rebel ice tool.

Product placement, DMM should be paying Mattel. Millions of adolescent girls are clamoring for DMM ice axes now.
Happiegrrrl2

Trad climber
Feb 25, 2018 - 03:03pm PT

Poor Barbie - No wonder she's out raiding tombs, with "Man Bun Ken" as her beaux. I happen to like man buns, but why couldn't they at least make his hair "hair," like they do with Barbie's?
madbolter1

Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
Feb 25, 2018 - 04:02pm PT
"Man Bun Ken"

Metro Man Bun Ken, as ze.
ryanb

climber
Hamilton, MT
Feb 25, 2018 - 04:26pm PT
Barbie is clearly dressed for summer alpine rock in the cascades and just bringing a single tech tool incase she needs to self arrest on the glacier on the descent or place a piton on route.

Matel designers are probably reading this thread saying "Do these people expect barbie to free climb 5.11 with a 75 cm alpenstock??? Plus she's into #vanlife now and doesn't have room for redundant gear in the vintage VW syncro she lives in."
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Feb 25, 2018 - 04:36pm PT
hey there say, ... oh my...

say, i wonder if they have a crag-dog...
and some 'helpful rules' for climbing barbie, to know when to bring it...

;)


will puppy get a safety helmet, ;)

(awww, had to add this, as-- i always loved it when dogs included
the ol' pup-dog, or, horse... it seems it took years, before
they ever added pet cats, though... )
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