Posted on 09/06/2013 7:28:15 PM PDT by Rebelbase
ian Yang, a 33-year-old man from Singapore has one of the largest private collections of Barbie Dolls in the world. This self-described “toy nerd” has dedicated the last 20 years of his life collecting 6,000 Barbies, Bratz Girls, Monster High dolls, Care Bears and Jem and the Holograms action figures valued at nearly half a million dollars.
So why is he single? Because most eligible ladies I know would be JUMPING at the chance to date a man who spends all of his disposable income on toys. Most of us would be frothing at the mouth to get up in Jian’s pad and check out his prized “Great Shape” Barbie from 1984. It’s not him, it’s us. According to Jian, women are just all so threatened by how sexy his dolls are: ”I’ve also got the ex-girlfriends who get insecure about this kind of stuff. You get the [text messages] about the unresolved relationships that go ‘I will never be one of these.’ Ya know? ‘What’s my waistline?’ …They look at dolls and go ‘OK, that’s the competition’, which is quite troubling but it’s a reality.”
I hope I can speak for all womankind when I say that I’ve never felt competitive with a Barbie doll. I think Jian might be deluding himself. But after all, he is a man amongst dolls. [Reuters]
Yeah, but her fingers and toes move. Creepy stuff, right there.
“If every man could afford one of those things, then the human race would be extinct in about a year.”
Nah, you are forgetting the principles of capitalism: competition is healthy. Women have had a monopoly for so long, they have little incentive to provide much “customer service”. If they had to compete with sex dolls for men’s attention, they would be sure to step up their game and start providing things that the dolls can’t.
A grown man collecting dolls?! Quite disturbing!
This has got to be the stupidest (most stupid?) thread I’ve ever seen.
It’s supposed to be stupid. That’s the point. A break from all the gloom & doom politics.
When I was a kid I had Barbie dolls, like most little girls. And I never liked Ken, so I talked mom into buying me a GI Joe instead. Back in those days he was an inch taller than Ken, has flexible arms, legs and fingers, and came with cool weapons. And that trademark scar on his cheek. No matter what color GI Joes came in, they all had that scar. I thought that was awesome. They made Ken look like a wimpy little fruit. I think Barbie would agree.
I would so hit that.
WAY too freaky......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJnVtc4cT3k
In case you are wondering, 3600 Singapore dollars is USD 2825.
Barbie’s creator was Ruth Handler(1916-2002)
The documentary was called Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour.
At least they’re not lifesize, “inflatable party dolls”.
I wonder what he does with the Monster High girls.
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