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If it's meant to be triggered by sitting why does it shriek or say oops? Like it's not usual to shriek when you sit down
Quote from: JazzMatazz on August 15, 2020, 07:59:23 AMThe lol dolls being color changed in water when that was heavily advertisedI think the issue with L.O.L. was/is more about their skimpy and sexy clothes. Sometimes kids are given these as presents and parents can't control and research everything. Toy companies could just not produce baby dolls in adult human lingerie in case of L.O.L.Should parents not voice their concerns about these designs? I mean, it's perfectly possible these things are bad for girls without there being a conspiracy. Little girls are way too early exposed to crazy body image and sexualized clothes via their toys just because toy makers these days want to tap into the secondary market of adult collectors. But I gotta ask myself: what adult enjoys babies in bralets and lacy panties? I can only think of people who enjoy crap like Toddlers and Tiaras. Sorry to anyone who enjoys the L.O.L. dolls that are not dressed like Lolitas And "it's just plastic, it's not a real girl" is no excuse for me either. After all, these are deliberately made to look like cutesy female babies and not art toys like Kidrobot's Munny. They have a grown up version of L.O.L. which bothers me less. Except for their hard nipples. Of course MGAE had to put something like that on the dolls. They seem to love scandal. Does a girl really need to play with her doll's erect nips? Doubt it. And dolls don't need genitalia either. It's all just uselessly sexing up a toy for a kid just so adults can get a kick out of it (doll collectors loved the nips, obviously). We're weird and sometimes I think we have almost as much entitlement as Bronies when it comes to fashion dolls. Some companies are pandering more to us than to parents.
The lol dolls being color changed in water when that was heavily advertised
Quote from: SaraMari on August 14, 2020, 08:43:02 AMIf it's meant to be triggered by sitting why does it shriek or say oops? Like it's not usual to shriek when you sit downKinda what I was thinking too. I wasn't aware it was unadvertised! I thought it was just one button. Somebody needs to loose their job over this because its really just gross.
On the subject of L.O.L.: I feel like nipples and such are just natural parts of the human body... why must they be associated only with sexualization? I would rather we move into an era of more body positivity, where we stop seeing every aspect of the human form as something scandalous that needs to be censored.
Quote from: Nemesis on August 16, 2020, 10:38:40 AMOn the subject of L.O.L.: I feel like nipples and such are just natural parts of the human body... why must they be associated only with sexualization? I would rather we move into an era of more body positivity, where we stop seeing every aspect of the human form as something scandalous that needs to be censored.Because it's weird, imo, to mold erect nipples onto a female doll when there is no reason. The dolls have these crazy cartoon faces and then they have these nips. Just doesn't look like "natural" was the inspiration here.A happy medium is doll boobs without molded on bras but without sculpted or painted on nipples, either. Barbie didn't even have a belly button for ages. She didn't even have toes even tho she had heeled sandals, of course.And for that matter, I don't appreciate doll junk, either. It's kids toys, not mannequins for biology class. After all, what are kids supposed to reenact with doll private bits? It's much more important to sculpt holding hands for interaction with accessories because that's part of the play.As for "body positivity", again it's a plaything. A plaything with Kim Kardashian's proportions, saucer eyes, barely a nose, face full of Drag-up and wearing crippling heels (the human body wasn't meant to walk like this, that's a fact). I don't think anything about these dolls is "body positive" except for the wide range of skin tones, which is somezhing MGAE spearheaded and that's nice.O.M.G. is very obviously not here to ease girls into being okay with their looks, it's a pop culture-esque, pun-filled glam fashion line based on L.O.L. characters. It's supposed to be loud and glitzi and over the top. If I wanted to give a child a doll that helps them with their self-image I'd go for these American girl types or even a Barbie Fashionista.Now a pregnant doll should definitely have nips to feed her baby with, but that's the irony: these kind of dolls only come with bottles and people are mad when the doll doesn't have a wedding ring Kids don't even notice that because these days, mom and dad are not even wearing their rings 24/7.And before fans get mad, no I do not think it is an outraaaage or conspiracy or whatever to give O.M.G.s this feature. But they are based on L.O.L.s which are already sexualized at times, so I am all "mhhhh, is this meant to draw in adult collectors"? And given how popular these are with adults who wax poetically about the boobs and lingerie, I'd say, yes, this is MGAE trying to get a secondary market
That’s fair. Sadly, I think we’re all familiar with the kind of people you’re talking about. At the same time, I have seen... “those people”... sexualize many, many things that offer absolutely no hint of sexuality and/or anatomical correctness whatsoever.
Quote from: Nemesis on September 02, 2020, 10:01:01 AMThat’s fair. Sadly, I think we’re all familiar with the kind of people you’re talking about. At the same time, I have seen... “those people”... sexualize many, many things that offer absolutely no hint of sexuality and/or anatomical correctness whatsoever.Like ponies?
Tbh I think the Troll doll is much ado about nothing. It's like complaining that the Secret Surprise ponies are encouraging kids to turn to murder because you stab something in the pony's chest and then keep your treasures in their hollowed out body. Toys aren't real people / animals and kids understand that.