26 year old toy maker Nickolay Lamm had a vision back in 2013 of what would a Barbie doll look like if she had the dimensions of an average woman. Starting as an art project, Lamm created a 2D model of the new doll side by side with a Barbie doll. The response to the image started a fund to have the doll created in 3D format. Lamm raised upwards of $500,000 within 30 days to produce his dolls. Also known as the Lammliy doll, this recreation of the popular children's toy sports the figure of an average American woman with additional stickers to add moles, tattoos, ache, and scars onto the doll. The name comes from the combination of the creators last name 'Lamm' and 'family'. Lamm says that the goal of the doll is not to create a perfect image but to see what the doll can actually do. The first shipment of dolls is said to be out before Black Friday to those who pre-ordered and then to store shelves soon after the beginning of the holiday shopping season.
There have been maybe outbursts about the unrealistic expectations that children's toys create and how it can negatively affect how a child views themselves. With this new doll however, a child can have more entertainment with the toy as well as being able to view themselves as pretty and fun. Nickolay Lamm took the initiative that so many others have been reluctant to take because of opposing ideas. The potentially groundbreaking movement in toy production about the go underway could possibly change how the next generations grow up to view what beauty is. Our generation is excessively into being thin, tan, in style, and on top of what media deems pretty. By a doll, we could be able to accept ourselves for who we are instead of trying to be a fake for someone else.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/us/anti-barbie-doll-lammily/index.html?hpt=us_t4
This is so awesome! I agree with you, it will be so good for young girls growing up to look at a doll with much more realistic body proportions.
ReplyDeleteI looked up pictures of the Lammily doll and I really support this re-invented Barbie! I didn't realize just how contorted Barbie's proportions are until I saw the dolls side by side. Women strive to achieve this distorted body image, and it's because of our mass culture, starting at an early age with play toys and TV shows. Mass media needs to be more realistic with the idea of beauty.
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