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andydp
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 Posted: 02/11/06 - 20:37 Post subject: Those of you looking for a "boy toy"
Look no further:
Ken doll gets a makeover
11 February 2006
NEW YORK: He's been to the gym, looks buff and stylish, and now Barbie's boy toy Ken wants to win back the doll he split from two years ago.
After a two-year separation, Mattel said that Barbie's long-time suitor wants to rekindle his decades-long romance with his plastic paramour.
Mattel is hoping Ken's return to retail stores can also revitalise the company's overall fortunes. In January, the company blamed sagging Barbie sales for sagging profits.
"Ken has revamped his life - mind, body and soul," Hollywood stylist and Mattel consultant Phillip Bloch said in a statement. "Everyone knows how difficult it is to change, especially when you've lived your life a certain way for more than four decades."
Mattel said in February 2004 that Barbie and Ken had split after 43 years because they wanted to spend some time apart.
Ken, who appears to have spent time in the gym and at the stylist, returns wearing a beach-wear ensemble complete with board shorts and white T-shirt.
For her part, Barbie publicist Lauren Dougherty said Barbie "appreciates the new look Ken is sporting. He really looks great. But we'll have to stay tuned to see whether these two will get back together."
At a press conference unveiling Ken, Bloch said the company was going for a "worldly, European thing," and "definitely wanted to be looking hot."
Mattel's fourth-quarter results January showed an 18 percent decline in Barbie's US sales. The company said that in addition to "tweaking" the Barbie line this year, more dramatic changes would be made in 2007.
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TriBob
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Posted: 02/11/06 - 20:55 Post subject:
Quick watch two Mail Call shows for some real boy toys.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 02/12/06 - 07:49 Post subject:
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Quick watch two Mail Call shows for some real boy toys. |
Mythbusters or Dirty Jobs or almost any show on The Military Channel will work also.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 02/12/06 - 14:52 Post subject:
Phewsh, I thought this would be a thread about strap-ons.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 02/12/06 - 15:33 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | Phewsh, I thought this would be a thread about strap-ons. |
Ouch!!!!
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 02/12/06 - 18:06 Post subject:
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Ouch!!!! |
That means you're not doing it right.
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brown beaver
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Posted: 02/12/06 - 19:57 Post subject: Re: Those of you looking for a "boy toy"
| andydp wrote: | Look no further:
Ken doll gets a makeover
11 February 2006
NEW YORK: He's been to the gym, looks buff and stylish, and now Barbie's boy toy Ken wants to win back the doll he split from two years ago.
After a two-year separation, Mattel said that Barbie's long-time suitor wants to rekindle his decades-long romance with his plastic paramour.
Mattel is hoping Ken's return to retail stores can also revitalise the company's overall fortunes. In January, the company blamed sagging Barbie sales for sagging profits.
"Ken has revamped his life - mind, body and soul," Hollywood stylist and Mattel consultant Phillip Bloch said in a statement. "Everyone knows how difficult it is to change, especially when you've lived your life a certain way for more than four decades."
Mattel said in February 2004 that Barbie and Ken had split after 43 years because they wanted to spend some time apart.
Ken, who appears to have spent time in the gym and at the stylist, returns wearing a beach-wear ensemble complete with board shorts and white T-shirt.
For her part, Barbie publicist Lauren Dougherty said Barbie "appreciates the new look Ken is sporting. He really looks great. But we'll have to stay tuned to see whether these two will get back together."
At a press conference unveiling Ken, Bloch said the company was going for a "worldly, European thing," and "definitely wanted to be looking hot."
Mattel's fourth-quarter results January showed an 18 percent decline in Barbie's US sales. The company said that in addition to "tweaking" the Barbie line this year, more dramatic changes would be made in 2007. |
Does he come in a large blow up version? with accessories? at a blue light special price of $99.99 
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 02/12/06 - 21:53 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | Floridaboiler wrote: |
Ouch!!!! |
That means you're not doing it right. |
Dang,
I knew I should have saved the directions!!!
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purple hayes
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Posted: 02/13/06 - 08:54 Post subject: Re: Those of you looking for a "boy toy"
| brown beaver wrote: | | Does he come in a large blow up version? with accessories? at a blue light special price of $99.99 |
I found something similar and picked it up for you this weekend.
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gretriever
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Posted: 02/13/06 - 09:20 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | Phewsh, I thought this would be a thread about strap-ons. |
If, as the report goes (and as Retrievers don't play with dolls, I have to rely on the accounts of others  ), Ken didn't have anything there, maybe it could involve strap-ons. 
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