Mattel announced today a new release in the realm of “collectible” Barbies, four miniature versions of AMC stars Don Draper, his wife Betty, Roger Sterling, and Joan Holloway. (Read: dolls for adults who never take them out of the package. What 7-year-old watches Mad Men, anyway?). Retailing for $75 a pop and launching this summer to coincide with the fourth season of Mad Men, the dolls are fairly accurate, costume-wise, but seem to be missing a few key accessories. After the jump, we envision a few extras for Don and crew.
Though Mattel senior vice president Stephanie Cota told the New York Times, “The dolls, we feel, do a great job of embodying the series. Certain things are appropriate and certain things aren’t,” we beg to differ. Mad Men IS drinking, smoking, sexism, and the Golden Age of Advertising. Clothes by Janie Bryant do make the (wo)man, but one of the best things about Mad Men is director Matthew Weiner’s absurdly precise attention to period detail.
Some suggestions for the Mad Men Barbie Party Pack:
– A diaphragm for Peggy
– Don’s secret box
– A shotgun for Betty
– The beatnik girlfriend’s hash stash
– A case of Utz potato chips
– Roger’s blackface paint
– Mechanical John Deere tractor
– A bucket of Heineken
– Ant farm
– Belle Jolie lipstick
– Pack of Lucky Strikes
– Jai Alai straw bat
– Hermès scarf
– Playtex corsets in black (Jackie) and white (Marilyn)
– Flasks for all
Other ideas? Put ‘em in the comments.
Comments (17)
An Ann Margaret “Bye Bye Birdie” doll’s doll.
how about some hips and curves for joan. Come on now!
No brainer: a case of Tanqueray (because a bottle of Canadian Club should come in the box with the Roger and Don dolls, not as an accessory!).
What about some cash? Cause when the Don doll goes missing, someone is gonna have to bail him out of jail for DUI while cruising around with “Loose” Barbie…
Only Barbie could remove the curves from Joan Holloway, the sexiest woman in the history of America.
LAME
“Collect all 4 mistresses!”
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/11/don_draper_the_doll.html
Damn. Too bad they forgot to add all that makes Joan hot. Major FAIL.
If you pop the head off Joan’s doll you wouldn’t even know it was her! Hello?!
There’s always Peggy’s vibrating belt for the bag of tricks
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a chip and dip – and definitely more curves for Joan (that makes me mad…men)
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the fedora hats for Don and Roger. Zippo lighters.
you call joan holloway curvy… come on now… she is barely bigger than stick thin. she had hips, tinnnnyyy waste and big boobs… very similar to barbie actually.
A copy of Atlas Shrugged. Large splatter of oyster vomit. Miles Davis albums. Garters and stockings.
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