The First Tattooed Barbie Ever

She isn’t going to be available as a kid’s toy, but collectors of Barbie dolls are certain to be scrambling for the new Tokidoki release. She not only stands apart from her more classic incarnations in that she’s the first Barbie to have tattoos, but she also has pink hair and her own Tokidoki cactus friend, Bastardino.

Most of us outgrew our love of Barbies a long time ago, but we might just consider starting up a new collection if they keep releasing dolls with clothing and accessories this hip. Click through to see more detailed pictures of this totally modern fashionista.

[via Neatorama]

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[...] a doctor, a fashion model, and countless stars of stage and screen. Recently, she’s even gotten herself some tattoos. But somehow, Mattel has never seen fit to manufacture a Barbie who could serve as an intermediary [...]

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I had a tatooed barbie back in about 1999 - butterfly tattoo barbie, or something like that... she had a crochet top, a tattoo on her stomach and came with fake tattoos for yourself. And she had cool strreaky blonde/brunette hair. This was in New Zealand... maybe only an Australasian release?

So this doll is unacceptable for little girls but Bratz dolls with hooker boots and a skirt so short it barely covers her plastic Vajajay and enough make up to make Tammy Faye proud is acceptable? Well this Tattood mom who has a great career as a nurse despite my chosen skin markings will buy this doll proudly.Now we need a roller Derby doll.

I like it!!! It's really cute. I would get it because its a collectors item. I wouldn't however get it for my daughter. Mattel is taking over the joy of being a child and enjoying the simpleness (not sure if that's an actual word lol!) of toys. Our children already are viewing reality like that, why mess with the toys also? I'm just saying.

I love this doll! My daughters are grownup, but I want to get one for myself. If this Tattoo Barbie offends some, so what? Malibu Barbie has been offending me for years lol!

this is really your soap box issue lets argue about world hunger or child abuse or hell be happy that the toy industry is try to come up with a way to make being different a little bit better for kids even if it is a damn tattoo barbie or not

Who remember's Spring Break Barbie, where little girls can put temporary tattoos on barbie? I don't mind that Barbie has tattoos and quite honestly I've seen kids do their worse to Barbie. From what I gather, it wont be sold in stores, right? It's up to parents though if they feel that they should get it for their girl. If not, fine who cares? If its given as a gift ask for the receipt to return it or sale it somewhere if you oppose. I'm not going to worry about it unless its made from toxic materials.

This is NOT the first tattooed Barbie, the 2008 Harley Davidson Barbie Doll has a full back tattoo of angel wings, which was one of the big reasons I bought her! She also has black nail polish, gages in her ears and pink leather chaps!

i like her. and i will be getting my anti-tattoo mother one of these for christmas.

So, Courtney, what you're telling me here is that older people have the right to pre-judge a person's merits on the basis of their appearance because... they're old? What utter rubbish. People, whether old or otherwise, have no business "approving" what other people wear (unless it's a trench coat made of baby skin or something). We should never stop growing or learning, and if there are members of "older and more conservative generations" who think it's OK to make assumptions about people based on any aspect of their appearance - whether inherent or chosen - then those people, no matter how old they are, need to grow up. The sooner this world is rid of this sort of prejudice (which, by the way, simply means "pre-judging", and doesn't have the meaning you ascribe to it) masquerading as "conservatism" the better. After all, people in suits haven't exactly proven trustworthy of late, have they?

Otis, prejudice is something people have against civil rights, pertaining to characteristics that people cannot change about themselves. (ie. gender, sexual preference, skin color, etc) Tattoos and body modifications are things people choose to get done to themselves as a form of self expression. When people get these things done, they are choosing to wear their art on their skin knowing full well that there will be those that don't approve, which is why we will more than likely never have a president with knuckle tattoos, because it DOES cheapen your appearance to older generations. I'm not against a barbie like this if a parent is willing to explain the permanence of body ink, but we also need to respect older and more conservative generations that are still alive on this planet as well.

If that post is indicative of your prejudices, I am also glad you don't have a child right now.

Wow! I am glad I don't have a child right now. This Barbie would not be something I would want her to have. Yuck!

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