A
26-year-old toy maker, Nickolay Lamm,
created a doll
with "real" proportions was crowd-funded in 24 hours. Nickolay Lamm
majored in
marketing and was not expecting to be making Barbie’s as a career. Lamm was the
first to make Barbie real. His motto is average is beautiful and he definitely created
the average 19 year old based on CDC data. The doll is shorter,
broader, healthy, and active. Being subject to such high beauty standards this
is a huge change in societies view of beauty. The initial version of the doll
was an art project of sorts, with Lamm creating a model of the average woman
and doing a side-by-side comparison with Barbie. He raised nearly $100,000 in a
single day, and within 30 days he had raised more than $500,000. Now the Lammily
doll is ready to make her debut, complete with a sticker pack that features
pimples, moles, cellulite and scars that can be applied. The dolls come with a
numbered passport that allows you to name the doll. Lamm said the company
website will eventually include a database where people can register the name
of their doll. Mattel did not return a telephone call from CNN seeking comment
about the doll.
Site: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/us/anti-barbie-doll-lammily/index.html?hpt=us_t4
This doll is a good reinforcement to people that the "Barbie" figure that some strive to achieve is unrealistic.
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