Barbie Video Girl's Chest Hosts a Camera, We Go, Erm... Hands On

by Amar Toor on July 24, 2010 at 09:00 AM

First, Barbie went nerd, and, now, with the release of Barbie Video Girl, she's suddenly gone all Peeping Tom on us. The new doll, at first glance, looks like any other disproportionate, run-of-the-mill Barbie. A closer look at her, um, cleavage, however, would reveal a camera embedded discreetly within her necklace. And, on her back, is a color LCD screen. That's right, girls of all ages can now use their new Barbies to create videos (or spy on neighbors), and can even download special software to edit their bite-sized opuses.

Our Managing Editor was sent one of these delightful plastic peripherals (hopefully not because she's the only lady on staff, but whatever), and she made a tester vid after the jump. As you can tell, the mics' placement on poor Barbie's trachea doesn't scream good quality, but it's an easy-to-use webcam for little ladies (or boys, we don't mean to be gender-biased) who want to take the B out on the town. She can't stand on her own, but uploading parts of her tiny, 256 MB memory to your computer is a cinch. Also, her shoes come off, in case you want to give her some new kicks.

Barbie Video Girl

Quality film-making this is not, but, for $50, it ain't half bad for a budding documentarian -- or, of course, anyone looking to increase their espionage skills. Grainy video and popping sound below.

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Tags: barbie, camera, features, kids, mattel, top, toys, video, webcam, weird

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Barbie Video Girl's Chest Hosts a Camera, We Go, Erm... Hands On