Mattel Unveils “Weird Barbie” In response to Kate McKinnon’s Persona

Barbie fanatics can now upload an legit Bizarre Barbie to their assortment. 

Barbie’s mother or father corporate Mattel unveiled this age its fresh doll that’s impressed by way of Kate McKinnon’s personality within the Barbie film. Bizarre Barbie — the doll — takes on McKinnon’s likeness and includes a uneven haircut, drawings on her face, mismatched garments, and snakeskin boots. In pictures taken of Bizarre Barbie, the doll is proven in a crack — similar to her personality in Barbie. 

“If anyone knows anything about keeping it weird, it’s Weird Barbie, a breakout character from Barbie The Movie,” Mattel wrote on its website. 

The corporate defined that the doll “wears an outfit inspired by one you’ll see in the feature film,” together with “short tousled hair and markings on her face to emulate a doll that’s been played with just a little too much.”

McKinnon’s Bizarre Barbie turned into a loved personality within the movie and used to be incessantly proven in a crack or along with her leg up at the wall. Barbie director Greta Gerwig later revealed that McKinnon wasn’t in reality acting the splits herself and that it used to be a realistic impact created by way of manufacturing clothier Sarah Greenwood. 

“Sarah who did the set design was like, ‘I’ve made all these holes in the wall where she can put her real leg in, and then we’ll rig the other leg up,” Gerwig mentioned. 

Regardless of the recognition of the film model of Bizarre Barbie, some fanatics mentioned that an unique Bizarre Barbie needs to be made by way of the doll’s proprietor. 

“They should’ve just sold a regular Barbie with all the tools you might need to make her into weird barbie,” one person tweeted. 

Mattel’s Bizarre Barbie shall be to be had for pre-order origination August 18 and can send on or prior to Might 31, 2024.