“You didn’t cut this hair yourself, right? …It looks like you did.”
This January, Mattel announced three new Barbie body types for the first time. We asked adults who played with the original Barbie body type as a child to weigh in.
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The three new body types, in all their glory: tall, curvy, and petite.
Initial reactions were mixed.
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Playing with the Barbies felt easy and familiar to some, just like old times.
Now the Barbies just had more diverse body shapes.
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Some of the new changes didn't seem quite different enough.
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