Madonna Barbie Snubbed By Mattel
She may be the Material Mom, but Madonna’s no doll, according to the toy titans at Mattel.
After learning that expectant mother and catwalk maven Heidi Klum was recently honored with her own Barbie Doll as part of the brand’s Blonde Ambition Collection, Madge decided she wanted to be immortalized in plastic, too, The Globe’s Loosch Lips Column reports.
The Queen of Pop immediately rang up Mattel and pitched the idea of producing a Barbie Doll in her likeness, which would celebrate her contributions to music, spies say. Madonna was floored when the company politely said “thank, but no thanks” to idea of creating The Madonna Barbie.
Word is Mattel — who met controversy over their Black Canary Barbie in 2008 — feared the public backlash that could arise from consumers who frown on Madonna’s raunchy image. The sexualized “Holiday” singer has had several run-ins with the Catholic Church and more than few high-profile romantic entanglements over the course of her nearly 30 year career.
But this is one royal diss Madge won’t take lying down.
The Globe writes: “Since she’s used to getting what she wants, Madonna is now considering launching her own doll collection to rival Barbie.”
Written by Castina on August 6th, 2009 | Tagged as: Madonna
On August 6th 2009, oc wrote:
Madge would do best to launch a lifesize version of this with working orifices and sell it at adult stores
On August 10th 2009, SamanthaA wrote:
I'd love a Madonna doll!! Actually a few different ones would be cool!!! Come on Mattel!! :)
On June 29th 2010, de keyser jan wrote:
how can we buy one off the madonna barbie dolls and what is the price off these thanks
On December 18th 2010, Mischelle Ricord wrote:
Hello! Is Mattel out of their minds? No wonder I never received an answer from Mattel whenever I’ve suggested that they add a Madonna doll to their “Ladies of the 80′s” Collection! I first started obsessing about a Madonna Barbie doll when I saw a version of a Rosalie Hale doll – I just couldn’t get over just How Much that doll resembled Madonna although I knew that it was a doll for the character Rosalie Hale.
Anyway yes in my opinion Madonna has as much right as any of the other female rockers to be in that Collection. I like the Madonna doll that’s pictured in the above picture of this website, (it looks a LOT like Madonna), but I have to say that the Rosalie Hale even outshines this doll. However, I will admit that while the Rosalie Hale doll looks like Madonna, she looks more like the way that Madonna USED to look, while the “Hard Candy” doll looks much more like the way Madonna looks now.
I can’t blame Madonna for deciding to contact Mattel. But since they’ve snubbed her she must move on and create her own line of dolls to rival Barbie – I know that she’d do a much better job!
On June 23rd 2011, danny wrote:
come on be serious now a madonna dill im 28 n im proberley at the lower age scale of her fans so come on can u imagine 30 year olds going into toy stores to buy a madonna doll, coz little kidz wont be interested…
grow up people…