Strawberry Shortcake

Oh good grief.

FRUIT FORWARD!

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ha earring magic Ken

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Earring Magic Ken is the industry’s nightmare. The character, who had blond highlights in his hair and a leather vest, drew howls from consumers, who did not see him as a realistic boyfriend for Barbie. Ken was already coping with arched eyebrows over his sexual orientation, and he seemed to have come out of the closet — something that Mattel most definitely did not intend.

hahaha I remember that

I also remember thinking "wau how overtly gay"

The baffling thing is how the production people missed that that was going to be the perception.

"B-b-but the earring is on his left ear! Isn't that the straight ear?"
"...The pink shirt/lavender vest combo didn't say anything to you?"
"Girls LOVE pink and lavender! ...Oh."

Not to mention the jewelry beyond the earring. What is going on with that necklace?!

I don't think you could sell that as metrosexual even now, seriously.

my gay friends loved earring magic ken. according to them his necklace had cockrings on it.

they called him cockring magic ken.

See, now THAT is some brilliant niche marketing.

i know! i thought that doll was a really successful product, because all of my friends bought it. (and they made costumes, and gave him tattoos and additional piercings, provided missing anatomy, etc.)

OK if those are cockrings than proportionately speaking Ken has, like, John Holmes-type girth going on. TO SAY THE LEAST.

“It’s a terrible world, and modern parents are trying to cocoon their kids as much as possible,” said Alfred R. Kahn, chairman of 4Kids Entertainment, which also manages franchises like Pokémon and the Cabbage Patch Kids. “What better way to protect them than wrapping them in nostalgic brands?”

“You want a dark, Goth version of Tweety Bird? Have at it,” said Lisa Gregorian, executive vice president for worldwide marketing at Warner Brothers Television.

“It’s also about creating a cohesive line,” Mr. Conrad said. “We’re downplaying characters that were part of Strawberry’s world but who didn’t immediately shout out fruit.”

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