{"id":18043,"date":"2014-11-18T20:11:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T20:11:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-11-18T20:11:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T20:11:33","slug":"-Normal-Barbie-Will-Have-Acne-Cellulite-and-Stretch-Marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=18043","title":{"rendered":"“Normal’ Barbie Will Have Acne, Cellulite, and Stretch Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nikolay Lamm\u2019s long-awaited \u201cNormal Barbies\u201d are finally available for pre-order. The artist and researcher, who designed the \u201cLammily,\u201d a doll that has the body of an average American woman, received enough crowdfunding to actually bring his realistic doll to the market. But while the toy was originally designed to just give girls a scaled model of the average 19-year-old woman, the dolls will also come with acne, cellulite, stretch marks, and more.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Buyers can pre-order a sticker package that will allow owners to add and remove \u201cmarks\u201dthat include freckles, glasses, blushing, adhesive bandages, moles, temporary tattoo, stitches, scrapes and scratches, bruises, casts, scars, mosquito bites, grass, and dirt stains.<\/p>\n

“When Lammily was initially launched through crowdfunding I read a lot of comments which suggested that nobody wants toys that are based on reality, that kids want fantasy,” Lammily tells Yahoo Style. “With these stickers I\u2019m trying my best to show that in the toy world, real life is cool. Yes, it has its ups and downs, it\u2019s not perfect, but it\u2019s all we have, and it\u2019s awesome!<\/p>\n

Lamm put out the prototype for his accurate Barbie in June 2013. Using CDC information, he created a 3-D model, which he photographed next to a standard Barbie doll. Lamm then photoshopped the 3-D model to make it look like the iconic doll. He later received enough funding from supporters to turn the sample into a mass-produced item.<\/p>\n

Lammily has already been tested on the target market. In a video Lamm made, many kids had similar reactions to his creation. \u201cShe\u2019s so pretty,\u201d \u201cI like her,\u201d \u201cshe looks like my sister,\u201d \u201cshe\u2019s like a real person,\u201d and \u201cI think she\u2019s really pretty,\u201d are a few of the responses that were echoed by multiple children. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

No offense, but no one wants to look like this “Barbie” That is why we have fitness centers, dieticians and plastic surgeons. It is not OK to look like this. It is not OK to look like Lena Dunham and do soft porn on HBO! Totally gross! I strive to look like The Barbie Entrepreneur Doll like most normal women do! Every woman deserves to be treated well regardless of how great or bad she looks but for crying out loud, put at least a little effort into your appearance! Looking like this doll is very sloppy and in bad taste! She looks worse than an unmade bed!! \ud83d\ude41<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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