Mattel announces the release of models of Limited
Edition Barbie Dolls for the Richmond area market:
Chesterfield Barbie: This pale model comes dressed in her own
Wrangler jeans two sizes too small, three kids, a NASCAR shirt and has a
tattoo of a tweety bird on her shoulder. She has big, stiff hair, a six
pack of Bud Light and a Hank Williams, Jr. CD set. She can spit over 5
feet and can kick Mullet-haired Kenny doll's ass when she's drunk.
Purchase her pickup truck separately and get its Confederate flag bumper
stickers absolutely free.
Libbie & Grove Barbie: This trendy homemaker
Barbie is available with your choice of Lexus SUV or Ford Windstar
minivan. She gets lost easily and has no fulltime occupation or
secondary education. Brags about area museums, though she's never been
to one. Traffic jamming cell phone, real estate license sold separately.
Optional matching gym outfit and large, untrained dog available.
Hopewell Barbie: This tobacco chewing, brassy-haired Barbie has a
pair of her own high-heeled sandals with one broken heel from the time
she chased her beer-gutted boyfriend out of Church Hill Barbie's house.
Her make-up is dark red lip liner with your choice of lips covered in a
sparkly pink. Her ensemble includes low-rise acid-washed jeans with
assorted colored G-strings that stick out the back and a white
see-through halter-top. Accessories include: CD-player equipped with Bon
Jovi and a rusty old Chevy Corsica.
Fully-Renovated-Townhouse-in-the-Fan Barbie: This yuppie Barbie
comes with choice of a BMW sports car or an entry level Mercedes.
Included are her own platinum credit card, a country club membership
from a generous settlement from her ex, and a map to find her way to the
beach. Also available for this set are Shallow Revenge Boyfriend Ken and
Spoiled Rotten Private School Skipper.
Henrico Barbie: This recently-paroled Barbie
comes with a 9mmhandgun, a Ray Lewis knife, a Chevy with tinted windows
and her own Meth Lab kit. This model is available after dark and can be
paid for only in cash. Preferably small, untraceable bills. Unless
you're a cop. Then we don't know what you're talking about.
Collegiate/West End Barbie: This Barbie is the
most expensive, due to her extravagant outfit: Mink full-length coat and
5 carat diamond ring, Prada shoes and Versace pantsuits bought on
"sprees" in New York.This Barbie also has a blank stare due to
weight-reducing insulin injections and is nicknamed "Botox Barbie".
Collegiate/West EndBarbie drives a BMW SUV to The Country Club of
Virginia for brunch that has never seen a dirt road.West End Ken also
comes with an assortment of polos, 5 putters, and is available with a
snifter glass of brandy, a Cuban cigar, and a 48-foot Hatteras Sport
Fisher permanently parked in his back yard.
Grace Street Barbie: Attire includes: Low-waisted
jeans, too long with rips along the cuffs, a T-shirt 2-sizes-too-small
purchased in the little boys section of the thrift store, flip-flops &
horn-rimmed glasses. Hair is cut asymmetrically & dyed dark burgundy.
This Barbie is pierced and tattooed and mixes equally well with the VCU
arts crowd and the downtown gays.
Shockoe Bottom Barbie: This average looking,
cigarette smoking, bleached-blonde Barbie comes with pumps, tight pants,
and a red spaghetti strap half shirt to show off her belly button ring
and lower back tattoo. This Barbie comes with a Ford Mustang GT, a cell
phone with an assortment of annoying ring-tones, as well as a night bag.
She also comes with three "good-guy banker" dolls to match the local
gender statistics. Serves as unofficial hostess for visiting General
Assemblymen in the spring. Additional options include the "get out of
the DUI free" card.
Everything Sucks in Richmond Barbie: This larger
city transplant from mostly NYC and California comes dressed in almost
designer >clothes out of TJ Maxx. This model speaks phrases like
"Everything is better in NYC" or "In California we don't have to do
that." She can also bitch up a storm about what Richmond doesn't have,
but forgets that this is her new home and moved here for a reason,
meaning a better job with lower cost of living. She comes with her own
10,000 sq. ft. mansion that was paid for by selling her 1,500 sq. ft.
home at $900,000. She enjoys not working and spending Ken's money. You
can purchase separately a local Richmonder doll that has lived here for
more than 5 years holding a sign that says "If you don't like it here,
move the hell back."