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Barbie-Esque Kardashian Sisters Being Made Into Actual Barbies
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Jamie Feldmar
Published Jan 5, 2012
Modified Jan 5, 2012
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Whoa, meta: the Kardashian sisters, who are already basically plastic, are being turned into actual plastic, courtesy of Mattel. Yes, that's right, Kardashian Barbies will soon exist in this world—hide your kids.
A mysterious harbinger of doom source tells US Weekly that Kim, et al will be "immortalized" as friends-of-Barbie in an upcoming limited-edition line. "The dolls will reflect the girls' measurements and may even comes in Kardashian-designed outfits," says the source, though we could have sworn that Barbie's only makes dolls with grossly mis-proportioned measurements!
Anyhow, a Mattel rep told The Wrap that "the company does not comment on product rumors," but the awkward Tweets between Barbie and Kim imply that a indeed, the plastic is getting, um, fantastic. No plans have been announced for a Kris Humphries (or Reggie Watts) doll for Barbie Kim to melt down into nothing.
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