A lot of pink

Shoo, I'm hitting the ground running with the blog this year, aren't I???  I would've posted this on Tuesday, but a so random post had just gone up so I thought "What the heck, post this on Friday."  Apparently the Barbie Extra line is being phased out (bummer, I liked those dolls), and Barbie Deluxe Style is being brought in.  So far there's four of them...

...and there's so...much...pink.  I'm gonna say this again:  I DO NOT HATE PINK!!!  Indeed, I love wearing pink myself, but I wonder why Barbie picked pink as her favorite color???  She's done so well in the Fashionista line by NOT drowning herself in Pepto-Bismol, and also with the Extras, so WHY DO IT NOW???  Deep breath, Moon Girl...Barbie has gone a long stretch without a lot of pink in her life, so I guess it's fair that this line would be nothing but.  And I'll admit that each doll has something I like.  Do y'all see Model #2, the one with the dark hair?  Look what she's got!

A PINK PROSTHETIC LEG!!!  Now that, I can get behind.  If you've gotta wear a fake leg or utilize any sort of mobility aid, may as well make it your own.  I myself use a cane now, thirty-three inches with a Lucite shaft and handle, and look what the shaft has in it.  Little silk roses!  Best hundred bucks I've ever spent.

I also read about a college student who suffered a spinal injury in the Tuscaloosa tornado, and one of the things she did to cheer herself during recovery was to buy and use a pink cane.  The girl recovered enuff to walk on her own at graduation that same year, though she did have to use the cane.  I was not crippled at the time that I read that book, but I kept the idea in the back of my head, and now that I AM crippled I'm glad I did.  Now...to further sweeten the deal for Model #2, this prosthesis looks like it's articulated.  

I have a Fashionista with a prosthetic leg, but since Leide is a Fashionista she's stiff as a board all over.  The Deluxe girls sadly don't have Made to Move bodies, but they're a lot more poseable than the Fashionistas.  

My other favorite Deluxe model is #4, with her dusty rose microbraids.

This one's got a really pretty face.  I hope it's as pretty IRL.

Despite all the pink I gotta admit that this is a fun looking bunch.  Model #2 is a must-have for me, and maybe #4 as well, and then...gosh, I wonder what'll come after that?  Pink or no pink, it'll be interesting to see.  Barbie is almost never dull.

EDIT:  The blonde doll in this lineup apparently has a red-haired variant that's been popping up in Target...and guess which head she has!!!  She looks a lot like Dreamhouse Midge, but oh, to see a playline Steffie!  Could my hopes for a Fashionista with the Steffie head be not as farfetched as I thought???

Pink love,
RagingMoon1987