by Edith Zimmerman on October 29th, 2010
Terrible news in the land of dolls: Thanks to all the Lady Gaga videos and Miley Cyrus message boards, today’s little girls are abandoning their tiny best friends at earlier and earlier ages, like idiots. The doll industry’s answer to this turn of events — its attempt to keep its soft plastic grip on these jaded little dummies and their parents’ wallets — is “make bigger dolls.” Why? According to a Toys ‘R’ Us exec,
Our research showed us that girls see large-sized dolls as someone they can relate to and identify with, to go shopping with and live out adventures with.
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