Just saw a news story about a woman who made a breast feeding Barbie. Every now and then another story comes along about the Lammily doll - the normal Barbie is what that one usually gets called. How pathetic do they think children are? Dolls run on imagination and if your kid is so lacking in that area that they need all this stuff that's being sold, I'm afraid you have bigger problems.
You want your doll to breast-feed, pop open her shirt and have her hold a baby to her breast. This is much easier with a elbow-articulated doll, by the way. You want her to have a period, make her some little pads out of paper or bits of cloth. There is no need for all these specialized dolls.
I give credit to the toy makers for more realistic proportions, even though I do not agree that Barbie's freakish figure psychologically damages children.
Lammily you can buy scar stickers for. My Barbies have scars - mostly stray pen marks - and these aren't removable. Who's realistic now, Lammily? I've had Barbies lose limbs and explained it away with car accidents. But some revolutionary out there is making amputee dolls.
I'll admit to having to coach my minions a bit, but I am not going to buy them something they can improvise for themselves. If your child cannot figure out how to make a Zombie Fighter out of dolls, clothes, and accessories they already own... I blame you. Granted, it is more fun sometimes to have the specific character, but I'm referring to generalities. A lot of these amazing, innovative dolls I'm hearing about are variations my doll-play even as a child. In the 1970s.
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