My Dear Hard Drive

If you thought, that women need to be as perfect as Barbie, then imagine how Barbie would feel! I’ve been collecting for 4 years now, and have not found the perfect Barbie yet. I have found the perfect Ken, he was the first collector doll I ever bought, and he remains my favourite doll do the day. He still amazes me of how life-like he is.

So, to me, the perfect doll is as much as a human being as plasticly possible. I am very demanding towards my dolls, because it is hard for a doll to be like a person. I am writing this post, because on New Year’s Eve I received a Barbie doll, which is very close being perfect.

Let me introduce you to Alex first, because, he’s like no other Ken has ever been. He is a Mattel original, which people find hard to believe as he is so far from the normal Ken people know. He is sold in a package named Jude Deveraux: Raider Barbie and Ken Gift Set.

The Barbie was dumped quite quickly, her eyes are not lusty like intended, they are either drunk or bitchy, depending on the light, so I wasn’t fond of her to the slightest. I kept her dress though. >;)

His original outfit is rather tacky, I am the first one to admit it, but wait until you put something nicer on him…

I’m going to have a whole lot of images on this post, so I better cut the page in two and have you

To give you an idea why I love this doll so much, I’ll have to show you photos.

To put it simply, the doll can do anything you’d like a doll to do. He has the MaxSteel -action figure’s body, meaning that he is BUILT for action games, unlike most Ken-dolls that are intended for very slow paced role of the perfect (yawn) boyfriend. Most Ken dolls are about as agile as a group of nazis saluting Hitler.

As for Barbie, fully poseable body-types have been around before. Usually they are gymnastic Barbies, who have flat feet and even if they have high heel shoe-toes, their joints are UGLY, forcing them to be dressed in long sleeves and outfits that cover the knee.

Things changed with the pivotal body of Jazz Baby Barbie. The most important aspect of the changes into this body type was the turning wrist and more clean joints in elbow and knee. She also received the neckline of a Model Muse -Barbie, giving her a more realistic torso. If that wasn’t enough, her torso turns, not only from side to side, but she can bend her back underneath the shoulder blades backward or forward or side to side, which makes her very expressive.

Jazz Baby, as much as I wanted her to be, still wasn’t quite the perfect girlfriend for Alex. She’s the closest one I’ve found, but she had a few falls. Her face is not quite as expressive and unique as Alex has. Alex’s expression changes depending on the situation somehow, but hers doesn’t. She has more expression than the average Barbie for sure, but not quite enough. And, to my greatest sorrow, she is a lot taller than Alex. Her legs, to me, are even too long to be appealing they are even longer than those of an average Barbie, which already are way longer than would proportionally be required. Regardless, I think Alex will hang out with her for a long time. Besides, who knows, her personality might be just right!

I haven’t had the chance to really photograph these two together – besides they’re only getting to know each other IRL – but I may be sending you some more photos later on.