A Michelle Obama spokesperson says about the dolls, "We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes." While a spokeswoman for the company, TY, originally said they were created with the girls in mind, she has since backed from the statement, and is now claiming, "They were not designed to look like any living person. Somehow there was a misunderstanding."
While Sasha is quite a broad name on dolls (there was a Bratz doll bearing the same moniker) Malia is quite an obvious one. And these dolls look like teenagers, not the six and ten-year-olds they were based off of. How does it make you feel that America's darlings are already being marketed? Why did they have to age young girls to look, dare I say it, more mature? And where is the love for the Biden granddaughters?
They were all the rage in your neighborhood for a moment and then disappeared into obscurity. It's interesting how something so desired can become uncool overnight. Here are six trends that were "it" at one point in time. If they were to bring one of these back into the mainstream, which would you want it to be? Would it be successful the second time around?
In a world full of satisfied Blackberry, Sidekick and Razr consumers, is there room for a $600 combination computer phone from Apple? Ready or not, the iPhone will be in stores on June 29. Will you be standing in line to fork out?
