Bostonist: Limited Edition Barbie: Massachusetts Edition

Laurel Ackerman

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:39:13 -0500

I was looking for the North Shore Barbie, with bobbed hari, Lily Pulitzer lobster pants and a Vera Bradley bag, driving a Volvo...where is she?

Neko

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:39:59 -0500

Definately need a Revere/Everett/Chelsea Barbie w/ big hair and no eyebrows and fake nails about 2 inches long! Possibly with 4 kids at age 22, a lifetime supply of gum and a Target credit Card. Her Ken can have a souped-up car with a stereo you can hear from 3 miles away. How about Alston/Brighton Barbie? Works at a used record/book store (or possibly Newbury Comics Warehouse)- or could be a bartender/waitress paying her way through BU or MassArt. She could have a guestlist accessory allowing her into any nightclub in the area and a pot/E dealer Ken. Rockport Barbie: Graduated from RISD and comes with a colonial beach-house and a small store on Bear Skin Neck. Has a farmer's tan and perpetual ink/paint-stains. Activist Ken is usually in DC or overseas with College Student Stacy (not that Barbie knows it). And we certainly can't forget Salem! Of course, that much be a bit too cliche... but what the heck, why not? Hi Priestess Barbie and Warlock Ken- come with ceremonial robes, samhain masks (white hart for Barbie and Black Stag for Ken), and chalice/athame, under which they are sky clad- they come with a change of clothes, all black of course, complete with silver jewelry and Doc Martin boots. Accessories include: altar and cirle, small pagan supply store with apartment on top, and a Saturn or Honda hybrid car with optional bumberstickers: "my other car is a broom", "So Mote It Be". Damn, I think I could keep going... best not. LOL Great page!

B

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:55:28 -0500

I agree with Thor -- I worked in Winthrop/Revere for years and was really looking forward to a Revere version with BIG hair.

Anna

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:06:19 -0500

This is ok. My complaint is the Marblehead one. No one in Marblehead drives a hummer, and BMWs went out when SUVs became popular. It should be Vovlo or Suburban, whichever is needed to tote around her 2.3 kids, as long as it can make it to her ski house in Maine. And what about the 50 foot yawl.

Anna

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:56:15 -0500

Anna

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:54:26 -0500

Miss Beth G.

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:03:06 -0500

Western Mass Barbie isn't right. That's Hilltown Barbie's description. Hilltown Barbie is quite different from Berkshire Barbie and Happy Valley (or Amherst if you prefer) Barbie. Western Mass has multiple stereotypes just like Eastern Mass does.

beth

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:52:59 -0500

Thor

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:42:36 -0500

Where's the Revere Barbie with the big hair!

Andrew W

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:34:45 -0500

Definite on the totebag for Cantabrigian Barbie. It's canvas with unoffensively political buttons (something about wind power most likely). She also has long gray hair and wears long printed skirts and twenty-year-old snowboots. Buy now and get Barbie's Community Garden free!

Jon [in CT]

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:49:21 -0500

The NYC version of this can be found at: jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/474253/jokeid/110960

Jon [in CT]

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:43:22 -0500

The NYC version can be found at: jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/474253/jokeid/110960

Caroline

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:52:06 -0500

Whatever you do for Cambridge Barbie, she's gotta have a Harvest Co-Op tote as an accessory. And a WBUR mug!