Barbie Doll - Ken Signature Looks Doll (Long Brown Hair) - Articulated Fashion Doll with Black Tank Top and Metallic Trousers - Children's Toy, Age 3 and Above HCB79

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Makes a great gift for kids 3 years and older -- they can play with style, play out stories and discover Barbie®! In February 2004, Mattel announced a split for Ken and Barbie, with Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel, saying that Barbie and Ken "feel it's time to spend some quality time – apart...Like other celebrity couples, their Hollywood romance has come to an end", though Arons indicated that the duo would "remain friends". [5]

Queer Ken is the high water mark of, depending on your point of view, either queer infiltration of popular culture or the thoughtless appropriation of queer culture by heterosexuals,” Savage wrote upon Earring Magic Ken’s release. Olympic USA Skater Barbie & Ken (#18726, 1997) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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Choudhury, Meghdeepa (1 February 2022). "Julia Fox and Pete Davidson's Paper magazine Barbie and Ken doll photos take the internet by storm". Sportskeeda . Retrieved 14 January 2022. Annual catalogues, as well as Spring Summer and Fall Winter catalogues usually only show items from the previous Christmas. Hence the 1961 version of Ken with white-striped shorts and towel appears in several catalogues from 1962. Note however that they now show regular blonde and brunette Kens. From 1962 Spiegel Spring Summer catalogue But Ken wasn’t exactly popular or even considered essential among diehard Barbie collectors. In her book “Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll,” M.G. Lord writes that Ken was a “drip with seriously abridged genitalia who wasn’t very important in (Barbie’s) life.” He’d have an uphill battle to prove his worth to consumers — and to his toy girlfriend.

More variety makes collecting Barbie® and Ken® Fashionistas™ dolls even more fun -- they're the perfect gift for kids 3 years and older! (Each sold separately, subject to availability.)Barbie I Can Be Dance Superstar Giftset (#V9308, 2011) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved 28 July 2022. More variety can make collecting Ken® and Barbie® Fashionistas™ dolls even more fun -- kids can collect them to expand the possibilities (each sold separately, subject to availability). Stars 'N Stripes Army Desert Storm Ken (#1237, 1992) details and value". BarbieDB.com . Retrieved 28 July 2022. Similar to Barbie, Ken is from Willows, Wisconsin [1] and has a fashionable line of clothing and accessories (although he made his debut wearing only a swimsuit). [2] In the Barbie mythos, Ken met Barbie on the set of a TV commercial and is her boyfriend, per promotional box inscriptions from his debut until 2018. Currently, he is perceived as one of Barbie's main friends. Since his debut, Ken has held over 40 occupations, the latest being "beach" (standing in the sand and surveying the waves), as depicted in the 2023 Barbie film.