Will this be the first new addition we see in the non-gender specific toy aisles of Target?
Empower young girls to expand their horizons beyond playing with stereotypical gender reinforcing toys by combining a everyone's favourite pink girl-centric doll with something a little stabby.
A multi-tool is hidden inside the torso of the Barbie, where the blades can be pulled out from a slit in her side. The body also separates at the waist to reveal a screwdriver hidden in the legs. The two halves of this doll are connected by magnets, so she holds together when fully assembled. Barbie never looked so good! – instructables.com
From the above description, it sounds like the Swiss Army Knife Barbie created it in order to give girls a chance to play with knives, but not boys a chance to play with dolls. Don't worry, we all took over that easy bake oven pretty quickly, we can do the same with this one, too.
See how he constructed the doll below.
When we were growing up, if you were a boy playing with a knife and a Barbie at the same time, it was acceptable, as long as you were using the knife to cut her head off.
Just convert a Ken doll into a butane torch and your son or daughter will have all the tools they need to help out with small repairs around the home. – Andrew Liszewski from toyland.gizmodo.com
I doubt either will be a real product out there any time soon. There is no mention about mass producing "Swiss Knife Barbie." If so, would you buy one? And for whom?
The Instructables member mikeasaurus came up with this new "transformer" doll of sorts. Do you think this is where toys need to go? Try and market toward all genders at the same time?
Check out some of mikeasaurus's other ideas, like how to shave with an axe.
