# david bowie barbie doll **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949 "2019-07-12T05:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/1 "2019-07-12T05:15:12Z")
Mattel is producing a Barbie doll dressed as Ziggy Stardust. > **[Barbie Toys & Playsets | Mattel](https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie)** > > Find a wide selection of Barbie toys and playsets on Mattel.com. Shop Barbie dolls, fashions, dollhouses and more today! Would you buy one for your child? Would your child know who David Bowie was? ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/2 "2019-07-12T05:32:37Z")
“Sorry. This page is no longer available”. Oh well. It was a moonage daydream while it lasted. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/3 "2019-07-12T05:53:20Z")
> **[David Bowie Ziggy Stardust Barbie Unveiled by Mattel](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-barbie/)** > > A Barbie doll inspired by the David Bowie character Ziggy Stardust was unveiled by Mattel in July 2019. I’m guessing this is aimed at collectors rather than children. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/4 "2019-07-12T05:58:15Z")
Here’s a [link](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/arts/david-bowie-barbie-doll.html) to an article with a picture. The doll isn’t Bowie (or Ziggy). The doll is Barbie [del]doing cosplay Ziggy[/del] inspired by Ziggy. I would not buy one for my child, although many years ago I _might_ have bought one for me. My children absotively know who David Bowie is. A classical education is important, you know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/5 "2019-07-12T06:15:10Z")
The OP has never heard of collector Barbies? Most of them aren’t really subjects that would interest children. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/6 "2019-07-12T07:45:44Z")
This ain’t Rock & Roll, this is barbicide. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/7 "2019-07-12T08:00:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > This ain’t Rock & Roll, this is barbicide. [No, barbicide looks like this.](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/112158799963-0-1/s-l1000.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/8 "2019-07-12T10:03:52Z")
If the barbie is doing cosplay, I guess that changes what I was going to say, but I was surprised that it wasn’t a little more gender-bendy. Also, I’m surprised they went with Ziggy Stardust proper instead of just calling it David Bowie and having the barbie dress up as Aladdin Sane (the character with the face paint that many people associate with Bowie/Ziggy). It would be much more recognizable and probably command twice the price. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/9 "2019-07-12T10:23:37Z")
well the doll looks better than lady gaga when she tried the same look recently ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-barbie-doll/836949/10 "2019-07-12T14:56:03Z")
It looks very amateurish. Almost like it was made by some absolute beginner. Is it made of plastic? Or is it a china doll? There’s no accounting for fashion I guess, even with all the changes it brings. Maybe it will be worth something in 5 years?