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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Strollerderby : kiddie toys</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/kiddie+toys/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: kiddie toys</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Top 5 Worst Sweet-to-Sexy Toy Makeovers</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/06/26/enough-with-the-toy-makeovers.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:104852</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Brownell (Redsy)</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=104852</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/06/26/enough-with-the-toy-makeovers.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/06/23-End%20of%20Month/Holly%20Hobbie.gif"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/06/23-End%20of%20Month/Holly%20Hobbie.gif" alt="" align="right" border="0" height="383" hspace="4" width="211" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/05/03/here-s-your-hussy-honey-dolls-that-make-us-cringe.aspx"&gt;As if thong-wearing Bratz&lt;/a&gt; weren&amp;#39;t already securing the kiddie toy sexual revolution,
toymakers continue to try and wrest sexay from remodels of iconic toys from the 70s and 80s.&amp;nbsp; Pictured right is the original Holly Hobbie. See her disturbing modern makeover after the jump.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She is only one of the &lt;b&gt;Top 5 Worst Sweet-to-Sexy Toy Makeovers&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/06/16/strawberry-shortcake.aspx"&gt;Strawberry Shortcake&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;- No longer the dumpling gumdrop five or six-year-old, she is now a tween, likes to sit sexy sidesaddle, and wears her hair to her waist.&amp;nbsp; Hard to imagine her playing soccer or doing anything but sitting passively and looking pretty.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Holly Hobbie&lt;/b&gt; - Like her friend Strawberry, Holly is now a tween with attitude (and long hair).&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2005/10/31/inside-trendspotting-hollyh.jpg"&gt;Check her out&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s a sad day when we forsake prioneer girls like Laura Ingalls for Hannah Montana lookalikes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Barbie&lt;/b&gt; -&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/02/09/barbie-has-a-dark-side.aspx"&gt;Hard to imagine that Barbie&lt;/a&gt; would some day seem tame compared to her slutty doll counterparts. Nevertheless, &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/05/09/top-10-sluttiest-toys.aspx"&gt;she&amp;#39;s doing her best to keep up with the times&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. My Little Pony&lt;/b&gt; -&amp;nbsp; These sweet little purple and pink-haired quadropeds have a &lt;a href="http://jezebel.com/364764/"&gt;newer modern relative, the Strutz&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The new horsies have implied cleavage, high heels and wear tons of makeup. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Trollz - &lt;/b&gt;Remember &lt;a href="http://bluebuddies.com/gallery/Is_This_A_Smurf/jpg/Trolls_Not_Smurfs.jpg"&gt;those crazy plastic statues&lt;/a&gt; with the weird furry hair?&amp;nbsp; Take a look &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trollz-Rock-Candy-Collection-Trollman/dp/B00080AQWE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=toys-and-games&amp;amp;qid=1214503702&amp;amp;sr=1-2"&gt;at their new incarnation&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If trolls can look like Bratz and Holly Hobbie has forsworn her pioneer girl roots, then surely the kiddie toy sexual revolution is complete.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=104852" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/bratz/default.aspx">bratz</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/innocence/default.aspx">innocence</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/barbie+dolls/default.aspx">barbie dolls</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/slutty+toys/default.aspx">slutty toys</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/slutty+barbie/default.aspx">slutty barbie</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/kiddie+toys/default.aspx">kiddie toys</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/strutz/default.aspx">strutz</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/holly+hobbie/default.aspx">holly hobbie</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/baby+bratz+with+thongs/default.aspx">baby bratz with thongs</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/tags/my+little+pony/default.aspx">my little pony</category></item></channel></rss>