Barbie and Ken splitting after 43 years

[travisab1]

Something this serious bares repeating;

I thought you may want to know. Barbie was dear to me. She's getting old now but with all that plastic surgury, she still looks great.

Ken can just go to the Waves or WAC's or even the BAM's.



Mattel reports that dolls will remain friends;

Barbie and Ken will be spending time apart, Mattel sources say.

The Associated Press

Updated: 1:57 p.m.ET Feb. 12, 2004

NEW YORK - Just like J.Lo and Ben, the romance is over for Barbie and Ken.

After 43 years as one of the world?s prettiest pairs, the perfect plastic couple is breaking up. The couple?s ?business manager,? Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel, said that Barbie and Ken ?feel it?s time to spend some quality time ? apart.?

?Like other celebrity couples, their Hollywood romance has come to an end,? said Arons, who quickly added that the duo ?will remain friends.?

Arons denied that there was any truth to rumors that the breakup was linked to the Cali (as in California) Girl Barbie, arriving in stores now. To better reflect her single status, Cali Barbie will wear board shorts and a bikini top, metal hoop earrings, and have a deeper tan.

This new style already has attracted a new admirer, Blaine the Australian boogie boarder.

Barbie ? the most popular fashion doll in the world, according to toy maker Mattel ? met Ken on the set of a TV commercial in 1961, and they have been inseparable ever since.

Arons hinted Wednesday that the separation may be partially due to Ken?s reluctance to getting married. All those bridal Barbie dolls in toy chests around the globe are really just examples of Barbie?s wishful thinking, he explained.

Another possible factor is Barbie?s career. The doll who was ?born? Barbie Millicent Roberts in 1959 has been everything from a rock star to military medic, and she?s currently marketed in more than 150 countries. According to Mattel, every second, three Barbie dolls are sold somewhere in the world.

So where does that leave Ken? Said Arons: ?He will head for other waves.?

Regards,

Travis

[DMZ-LT]

Heard you could buy a Divorced Barbie doll. You get Barbie and 1/2 of Kens stuff

[travisab1]

DMZ-LT;
Hadn't thought about that. I wonder where she got the divorce at and maybe she got more than 1/2. Depends on her abilities to carry on... & what State the divorce took place.

Travis

[Arrow]

Originally posted by DMZ-LT Heard you could buy a Divorced Barbie doll. You get Barbie and 1/2 of Kens stuff

You got me laughing withtears rolling down my cheeks LT.Guess I've seen one to many brothers wavin' good-bye to their"stuff"

[frisco-kid]

I saw this on a young lady's car awhile back:

I WISH I WAS BARBIE; THAT BITCH HAS EVERYTHING!

[DMZ-LT]

Ain't it the truth , sis. Known some just walked away from it all. Thanks for calling Tom , ment a lot. Still takin care of each other after all these years.

[frisco-kid]

Gotcha covered, Bro. Hope it put a grin on your face.

[Desdichado]

Can "Paternity Suit Ken" be far away?

[revwardoc]

Back in '71 I was in San Francisco and went into an adult store to, er, get out the rain (yeah, that's it!) and I saw anatomically correct Ken and Barbie dolls that were a perfect "fit" for each other and another display that showed Ken in a Navy uniform and Barbie dressed as an..."entertainer", shall we say. I briefly considered a purchase but then decided to improve my mind with some reading material.