Specifically, Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken. From Mattel. That is his official name.
Seriously.
Double-you, Tee, Effing, Eff.
It says it’s for the adult collector. I think it’s pretty funny myself.
According to popular opinion on another forum where something similar was posted, KKKen doll is in the pipeline for christmas season!
Hmmm, he really doesn’t look like he’d be interested in being Barbie’s Sugar Daddy. Actually, I think he belongs in this thread.
Even so, I have a hard time believing that Mattel would make a collectible Ken doll that is effectively parodying itself and playing right into very gender stereotypes Barbie and kin have been accused of promoting. It just isn’t like Mattel to offer up a self-mocking product with a sly wink, particularly when it’s a product line with a very long history.
I even thought about posting it there too, but the WTF factor was too big.
I had the same thought.
That and it looks like his jacket was made out of my grandmother’s old couch.
Did she live in Palm Beach?
Nope. But Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken does have a nicer ring to it than Northern Virginia Sugar Daddy Ken.
C’mon, we always suspected it, didn’t we?
He’s rich and she’s his beard.
There is no way in hell that is Mattel-approved. There is a whole subculture of people who do Barbie adaptations as kind of an art form, this has to be coming out of that.
He should have a Sugar Daddy-themed jacket or something, so you can pair him up with Oreo Fun Barbie. Or Chips Ahoy Barbie.
Man I love youtube.
I was trying to google image “slut Barbie” to go with this thread but instead I came up with this gem.
I’m a little embarrassed to admit I watched the whole thing and I want more.
Silly kids.
I just watched that too! Hilarious! Did you stick around for the outtakes at the end?
Why does Barbie need a sugar daddy? Isn’t she a doctor and an astronaut?
While I’d like to believe this is some sort of third party adaptation, this would be in flagrant violation of Mattel trademarks and copyrights, so it seems to me this wouldn’t be posted as “coming soon” on a large collector’s store if it wasn’t either officially from Mattel, or officially licensed from them. It would get shut down by Mattel pretty quickly, since this is a US site within easy reach, and you can bet top dollar that Mattel vigorously defends its properties.
She’s got a mean shopping habit.
Like the old joke…
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
I wonder if he talks.
Jonathan, you’re not going to leave me out here? Oh, Jonathan, for chrissakes, kill me but don’t leave me here!
The controversial black Oreo Fun Barbie? I think she’s already in a club with Math is Hard Talking Barbie and Boob-Growing Skipper.
There WAS an official Skipper who did grow breasts. Turn Growing Up Skipper’s arm and she gets taller and boobs pop out. I swear to Cecil I am not making this up.
Blonde Ambition Heidi Klum Barbie