‘Pin-Up Girl’ Barbies for adults only

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First of all, let me just say there is something inexplicably disturbing about grown women collecting Barbie dolls. I don’t care if they are wearing a Bob Mackie gown nicer than hers or if they are decked out in bronze Dolce & Gabbana. Dolls are for little girls. That said, Mattel has introduced a new line of Barbie “Pin-Up Girls,” which are designed to look like photos of sexy pin-up models from the ’50s.

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