“By continuing to expand our product line, we are redefining what a Barbie or Ken doll looks like to this generation… Evolving Ken was a natural evolution for the brand and allows girls to further personalize the role they want him to play in Barbie’s world.” As Lisa McKnight, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Barbie, says: It’s clear that the range is still targeted at young women. Unsurprisingly, women out-mentioned men when it came to discussing the announcement online. We checked both of their popularity on social and found that, in fact, Donald Trump was getting a higher % of positive-categorized tweets in the last 24 hours than man-bun Ken. Man Bun Ken Doll More Popular Than /5emj53uOwh A popular tweet came from who claimed that Donald Trump was less popular than Man-Bun Ken. Naturally, the Ken Doll news was accompanied by a slew of Trump mentions and comparisons. One of the new rules of the internet is that nothing can go viral without some form of President Trump related mention involved. Although it does look like he’s caused the biggest spike in man-bun conversation so far this year which is quite the achievement. While negative-categorized mentions were in the minority, “man bun Ken” made up a large part of them, with a lot of comments on his faded jeans and (imagined) attitude. In fact, while plenty of people were commenting on the diversity of the new range, “man bun Ken” was one of the most prominent terms in the conversation. Man-bun Ken doll just interrupted me to tell me that Bernie would have won. Man-bun Ken appears to be the butt of most of them.
It being the internet, it didn’t take long for jokes about the new Ken dolls to emerge. That said, the reaction wasn’t nearly as big as last year’s new Barbie range reveal when we tracked over 60,000 tweets on the first day of announcement alone. The story was covered by BBC News (World), Reuters, TIME, the Wall Street Journal and plenty of other huge news organizations. We tracked over 30,000 mentions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 20th and 21st June. Ken may have traditionally taken a back seat compared to Barbie, but not this week. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Shop Barbie dolls, fashions, dollhouses and more today Pinterest. Mattel claims the new range makes the Ken dolls, alongside the rest of the Fashionistas, the most diverse fashion doll line in the marketplace. Find a wide selection of Barbie toys and playsets on.
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There are now 15 new and diverse Ken dolls available, with three body types and a variety of skin tones, eye colors and hairstyles. Naturally this caused swathes of people, many of whom’s Barbie and Ken dolls are holding hands in a landfill croaking out “ When somebody loved me“, to take to the internet to voice their thoughts. A range of new Ken Dolls has been announced by Mattel.
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