Forget the tattoos, look how absurdly skinny she is! That's disturbing.

I don't have a problem with tattoos on the doll per se because it's at least as offensive as convincing little girls that huge boobs and tiny figures are attractive too. That being said, I think people are being a little uptight about tattoos and their kids. Even if your kid thinks they're cool, no one is actually going to allow them into a tattoo parlor to get their own and your kid will grow out of it in time. Even if they don't, what's the big deal? If they get something stupid that they regret later, they can just get it removed.

Every generation since the 80's has had a controversial tattoo Barbie. In the early nineties I remember a "paint on" tattoo barbie getting yanked form the shelves for the same reason. We all know Barbies are a skewed way a girl should look at women (occupations, body shape, etc) but its a flipping kids toy. I had oodles of Barbies and didn't grow up resenting any curve I developed as an adult because of it. The Barbie/ body image thing needs to be dropped. That all aside, I don't think the tattoo barbie is cool at all. Maybe it's a double standard, but its hard enough to not have messed up kids nowadays with all the junk on tv they model their lives after, and pink hair, slutty clothes and tattoos will influence actual little girls a ton more than a skinny doll waist. Why encourage that kind of image to kids is all? I think as a brand they should be better than that. That said, I do have a few tattoos so I'm not against them, I'm just not cool with a 8 year old doodling on her arms dreaming of tattoos to look bitchin' like her Barbie doll.

People just hate Barbie these days. Tats or no tats.

I have a Barbie that belonged to my mom from the 60's...She has a smaller waist and bigger breasts than dolls made today.

I think this doll looks cool and that little dog thing is cute. I would've loved this when I was little.

I am Mom and I have a very visable (on the inside of my wrist) tattoo. Daddy has a tattoo, and we have friends with full sleeves.
It is ridiculous to think that children need to play with toys that reflect only one perspective on life.

Haha, krgr1428 is right, people love to hate Barbie. And then they buy her anyways. She is too skinny, has ginormous breasts, exaggerated facial features, and on and on. She doesn't wear a bra either. There's a million things to critique.

I think the tattoos are awesome, but then again, I have a bunch. I'm sure the parents that are pissed off about this barbie are those who don't and won't ever have tattoos.

Honestly, I LOVED Barbie as a child. However, I never thought about her features. I didn't grow up and think I needed to wear bright pink all the time, have blonde hair, or whatever. And any self-image issues I have had weren't because of my Barbies, they were because of the images plastered all over my world as I grew older and started to actually internalize the messages out there. And I have never seen Barbie with tattoos before, but I still have tattoos. I think people need to stop thinking that whatever Barbie does is what their little girl will do as soon as she turns 18.

People have minds of their own and parents should realize that the messages they send their children are far more important than Barbies. And if you don't like the message Barbie sends, don't buy them for your child.

Don't mind the tattoos, but yes...hate Barbie, in any form. I do like the weird little dog thing though.

I find the skin-tight leopard print leggings far more offensive than the tattoos, and they look like something I see on little girls all the time now, though to me they still look trashy. Most of the parents complaining probably have their kids faces painted at every fair and don't think twice about the temporary tattoos that are given out everywhere to kids today. They should get over it.

in love, not for my daughter but for me, lol, where do we get her??

I don't have tats and I won't ever, doesn't mean I judge people with them or have a problem with them. They just aren't for me, plus I'm petrified of needles.

That being said I LOVE this Barbie's pink edgy bob... and I remember when I was little taking a silver and purple marker to one of my Barbie's to draw a tattoo on her. Kids know enough not to emulate a doll, assuming their parents are talking with them. By the time kids are thinking of geting tattoos they are WAY over Barbies.

I think the Bratz dolls are way worse than any Barbie doll and really who didn't dress their Barbie's a little vampy from time to time. Doesn't mean I dress myself that way or would ever let my daughter dress that way. Her skirt could be a little longer, but overall I like the Barbie.

definitely the disproportionate (and impossible) body of barbie is more disturbing.

and, as with any toy or product: don't buy it if you don't want it.

The tattoos are the least of it!

My daughter can't abide Barbie, so I guess it is a moot point.

(our kids often wear temporary tattoos; tattoos are simply not an issue)

Aside from the obvious Barbie issues, this seems like a collector Barbie, right? The price tag is around $50 which tells me that it is not geared towards the 3 year old crowd. I know there are a lot of collectors out there (although I am not one myself). As an inked mom, I have no issue with the tattoo. The impossible body shape? You bet. My girls are not interested in Barbies, although I have not forbidden them or anything. I am thankful for that.

The pet is awesome. :-)

Don't mind the tats, although I don't have them myself and don't love them generally. To each there own. I don't see why Barbie can't reflect the variety of human taste.

Oh wait, because she doesn't. Her body is surgically enhanced and impossible. I just don't like Barbie generally. I played with them forever as a kid and I do think they influenced my warped sense of the female body.

She is wearing tats, but probably no undies. The later disturbs me more than the former.

If you are familiar with Bratz, Barbie, tattoos and all, seems pretty tame.

And heck, she was a doctor at one time.

I keep thinking that I need to shield my 3 year old from Barbie, but then I remember that I LOVED Barbies and they never caused me any damage. She already has the Joan Jett Barbie and I'd rather her have this one than most others out there. I think the look is great, but there are MANY things about Barbie that I don't like. As long as I do the best I can to teach my daughter that Barbie is just a toy and people can come in all shapes, sizes, & colors, I'll let her play with Barbies.

I have zero tats! These days it seems that I am in the miniority with out a tattoo. Friends and most family memebers 40 and under have a tattoo. Its no longer gasp worthy but more common place.

I love Barbie! I played with them as a child. Never once did I think I needed to BE Barbie. The whole foot tall thing might be sorta wonderful! I thought Barbie was more about roll playing and different paths to life that we could become anything. Or just pretend to be anyone!

I hate tattoos on people, but oddly don't mind it on Barbie. I refuse to buy a Barbie for my daughter, but if someone gave her one I'd let her keep it. Barbie is about a fantasy, not reality. I played with Barbie's as a kid, and now I'm a very loud passionate feminist.

I let my daughter wear fake tattoos all the time, it's all about fantasy play.

A ton of parents have tattoos these days. I have tattoos, but I'm not a parent. I did ask a heavily-tattooed friend of mine what he would do when his little girl decided she wanted to get inked. He told me that was fine, as long as she waited until she was 18 like he did. Tattoos are becoming so mainstream, it seems silly to ban Barbies because of them. I think the trashy outfits are worse.

You know, with so many of us saying we have at least one tattoo I've often wondered- people I'd say in their 3o's now roughly, will be the first generation that tattoos were so widely accepted- give it a few decades and grandchildren will be playing with grandparents with wrinkled old sleeve tattoos and lower back tats...just a weird thought. You'll see an elderly man or woman now with a tattoo on their arm or ankle or so but the coming generations are in for much more.

Ha, the little cactus dog is named "Bastardino." I'm PRETTY sure this isn't meant for kids, but rather adult doll collectors (yep, it's a huuuuuuuuge market).

That said, I think she's pretty freakin' cool looking, and even as a kid I would have loved to play with it.

If you don't like the tatoos don't buy this Barbie. I don't understand why people waste their time getting in an uproar about things like this. Is it me? Do I not care enough?

I think Barbie's suck for a lot of reasons. Tattoos would never be one of them.

I wish people would give the Barbie body image thing a rest!....I'm a plump gal who loves Barbie now, maybe even more than when I was a kid...and, big shocker, I knew when I was 7 that she was a doll & NOT A REAL PERSON, so therefore I never aspired to be like Barbie...because that would be impossible....I mean, if you want to get all pc about it, why aren't people all up in arms about Blythe dolls with their big giant heads/eyes & tiny tiny bodies (which I also find extremely adorable), or strawberry shortcake...she had a giant head, too & was rediculously petite....she would have fallen over if she were real....BUTTTTT, she's not real....she, like Barbie & Blythe are DOLLS.....and even more disgusting than the fact that I'm a fattie who loves Barbie...I'm covered in tattoos....and will probably be hunting this beauty down to add to the collection that I've already started for my 8 month old daughter....**gasp**

Some barbies are limited edition dolls with a huge price tag and geared towards adult collectors. There's a Cher doll, Barbra Streisand, Joan Jett, .. Fashion designer themed dolls are also common, like this one. The Tarina Tarantino doll is just as flamboyant. This may also appeal to pre-teens, but I think it's mostly adults that will be buying this one.

I love her! I think I need to buy her before they take her away!

I love it too! I want it for me, and if my girls want to play with ok then I played with them and loved them.

I love this! But I also love Tokidoki in all its forms! Barbie issues aside, I played with her for hours and hours and hours as a kid. Now she has pink hair and tattoos and my favorite little catcus friend dog :-)

If my daughter ever gets into Barbies, I'd gladly get her this one. Although, I don't personally have a tat, I see them every day on perfectly respectable people including many of the moms of my daughter's friends.
Otherwise Barbie itself doesn't bother me. It's a fantasy toy, not really different than say a made up avatar. (Seriously, the hair on this doll reminded me of an encounter with a cousin's child who fought with me for 10 minutes because I gave my wii avatar a different hair color than my real one. I worry so much more about the kids who are rigid or maybe have no imagination.) I had a one growing up and have found no lingering issues about my body. I think teen beauty magazines were more dangerous.

A fashion designer friend once told me that because fabric thickness doesn't scale well, without Barbie's ridiculous curves it would be too hard to make her dresses and that silk at human scale is tarp at Barbie scale.

My husband has sleeves. All our son will ever know is Daddy with tats.

My MIL's BFF on the other hand, she made us tell HER kids they were stickers. And they live in "progressive" Silicon Valley. Gimme a break.

I have no problem with barbie, but I think this one is trashy. I'm a big fan of the "I can be a..." line. In fact, I've already got an "I can be a computer engineer" barbie put away for my 1 year old daughter. She's got a pink laptop and a blue tooth headset. Now that's a toy I can get behind.

I wonder what the people who are up in arms about Barbie think about other problems in our society. Seems there's a bunch of alternative crises to devote time and energy to...

Back in MY day, we had to draw our own Barbie tattoos.

Love the tattoos, think it is a fun way for the Barbie Co. to keep up w/ the times. But really it isn't a big deal either way. She is only available online, from what I understand.

As a tattoo artist, and tattooed and pierced person with pink/blue/purple/red/whatever depending on my mood colored hair, I am personally offended when people get all aghast at what some tattooed doll with weirdly colored hair might be teaching children.

Because, I think I'm teaching MY three girls (8, 5, and 2) to be fine young people who will eventually be awesome productive adults.

Barbie was always a fun 'toy'/alter ego we played with..like our own little actor/actress using our imagination. I'm just now realizing that damn Barbie DIDN'T wear a bra...did she! I think we all pretty much turned out just fine and our daughter's will too..and Barbbbbieee will have nothing to do with any of it...

This is such a dumb controversy-how many of these "concerned" parents have a lame tattoo that they got in college 10 years ago? Kids LOVE the idea of tattoos- why do people think they like drawing on themselves? A couple years ago we stopped in a McD's (really, we only do this on the road to Grandma's) and the kids' meal toys were tattooed My Little Ponies (the designs were actually inspired by tattoo art) and Bionicle robot things. My son REALLY wanted the tattooed pony, but they wouldn't give him one, because they were for "girls only." He had a big sad face after that. Bastards.

Anyway, Barbie looks great. Whatevs.

worried about tattoos and not worried about any *other*aspect of barbie and her world? That's weird.

maybe they are fake tattoos????

I see too many of those lick'em stick'em tattoos on kids (even in the bible belt) to take all the righteous fury seriously.

This is a Collector Barbie. Aimed at the adult collector and not for children.

I would have loved this barbie as a kid. I kind of love it now. I think its being marketed to me more than little kids anyway at that price point.

I still remember in the '90s when they pulled the line of tattoo barbies that came with transfer tattoos. I remember being very confused because how were butterflies offensive?

This is such a cute and cool Barbie. I love it! Barbie is a toy and is like almost every other doll is not realistic. Even more "lifelike" dolls have unbelievably long eyelashes, large eyes, small chins and jaws, tiny noses, and 3 times the hair of most humans. I do not think that the link between body image and self-esteem and Barbies is as strong as some fear. I think kids get more of a cue for what they should look like from real people, airbrushed, surgically enhanced, or not. In my opinion, how girls feel about their bodies is greatly influenced by the women and girls in their life. Mothers, relatives, friends, and peers make a bigger impact than toys. As for tattoos, I have one that my clothes cover. Instead of attacking a collector’s edition Barbie, parents should educate their own children about tattoos and the consequences of body modification.

I also have purple/pink highlights and I get lots of compliments from people of all different ages and backgrounds. I’ve also received some criticism of my hair, but I don’t care because having my hair the color I want makes me happy. I recently worked at a junior high tutoring in math and college prep. While my hair color was permitted for me as an employee, it was against the dress code for students. Some of the kids loved my hair and would say, "I want hair like that! I wish I could dye my hair." I would tell them when they grew up they could do their hair however they wanted. My crazy hair color caused no issues of kids dying their hair or parent complaints. My experience as an honors student involved in student government and community service made more of an impact than any aspect of my outward appearance.

I want one for me. My daughter is not into Barbies, never has been.

Love the hair and tattoos and her pet, LOL, awesome!

i want this barbie, looks cool¡¡¡¡

As a kid I would draw on my skin with markers and chalk, not that i would actually had a tattoo made I HATE needles, and my tastes are to fickle for something so permanent.
To me people against this kind of doll need to "chill out", does anyone remember the scandal some years back because a barbie doll who was "married" did not have a wedding ring.....

This is obviously a collector piece, not really for play. Compared to other dolls out there, Barbie has one of the most realistic bodies. A few years ago, they began making her with smaller breasts and a larger waist. Yes, she is still skinny, but so are most models. Why hate thin people? I played with Barbies, and I have no problem with my 198 lb body. Remember, before Barbie came along with all her careers, we were all just playing house.

If someone's kid is so damned impressionable , the parents have a whole lot more to worry about than one doll. Obviously your teachings, upbringing, moral views and religious views are so weak that a mere plastic toy is much more powerful.

basically this barbie is located within the collectors sections aimed for adults so I do not see why it should present any risk for the little airhead kids that will developed a career in crime if they see the tattoos.

Oh, for chrissake. What's with the antiseptic bubble (little) kids seem to live in these days? They must be shielded from the world at all costs! They're shielded, shielded, shielded until they're suddenly old enough to watch the super sexualized and violent things with little transition, in between.

And another thing: God, how about, instead of blocking everything that doesn't exactly match your worldview, how about taking that energy and sitting your kid down and *talking* about it... you know, a mature conversation. Right. Because that would take EFFORT.

This is a great idea! As a parent with tattoos I would love for my daughters to have a something that reminds them of me to play with. I think it would teach them that it's a normal/ acceptable thing and a lot of parents have them. That being said, I do have an issue with her outfit. I would rather buy a normal barbie and draw some tatttoos on her.

The target audience is Tokyo hipster girls in their 20s. Not pre-school.

I think her outfit rocks. And I guess I'm the only one, but I don't think she's too skinny. Most of Asia is skinny like that and they all seem to be doing OK and thriving.

I also think Barbie is the ultimate feminist - she does what she wants (she's been an explorer, astronaut, teacher, navy officer, etc) and she looks good doing it.

Eh. I don't mind it one way or another. Is it any worse than barbie that encourage girls to have a "princess" mentality or wearing "sexy" clothes? At the end of the day, tattoos are becoming more and more popular and everyone seems to be doing it. It's just a fact of life. If you don't like them or don't want you child to be "encouraged" by them, don't buy the Barbie! I think there are more important things to be concerned with regarding children like their unhealthy relationship to food and lack of exercise.

I don't think she's too skinny either. She's a doll. Not a real person. Again, don't buy it if you don't like it. Overall, I think women need to stop bashing thinner girls. Sure, there are many who could stand to eat more and be healthier, but there are also many that could stand to eat far less to be healthier.

If someone wants to be healthy and lean, leave them alone. I happen to be very petite and quite thin, but I walk 10 miles a day and eat tons of healthy foods. I don't starve myself. I eat! But, I stay on the slimmer side because of my healthy lifestyle.

At the end of the day we come in all shapes and sizes, and that is beautiful!

I think she's cute! and i don't care about tattoos. No big deal. She is absurdly thin, though honestly when i was 7 and playing with Barbie's and nothing remotely resembling womanly proportions, skinny fat or anywhere in between, i didn't pay attention to or notice how skinny barbie was. By the time that fact sunk in I was too old to ever be influenced by my dolls.

I don't get it. If girls don't get an idea from Barbie to get a tattoo when they're older, they'll get the idea from somewhere else or just be into them with no help from anyone. Plenty of people are into tattoos.... with no persuasion from a toy company. Seems like they're making her the scapegoat.

Not a huge doll fan myself. No reason.

I want a cactus dog...

I have no problem with the tattoo, since I have one myself...I agree with the skinny comments though, that is a lot more disturbing...

what is wrong in kids thinking that tattoos are cool? they won't be allowed to get one until they are 18 and after that i don't care about it, it's their decision.

by making them "bad" they are just cooler. letting them know that tattoos are ok for grown ups and showing them beautiful ones against ugly, cheap or aggressive ones can change how they think about it later!