Welcome To The World, Asian Ken Doll!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are witnessing a landmark moment.
The first Asian Ken® Doll is here, from Mattel:
He’s chiseled and fit, with impeccably-tweezed brows and luscious locks. Gosh. he feels so… so… FAMILIAR. Wait, I know! He looks exactly like a young…
VIETNAMESE GENDER-BENDING SUPERSTAR, TUAN ANH!!!!!!
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Wow, it’s great that there’s an Asian doll/action figure, but what is he wearing? His outfit is straight out of The Matrix! Maybe we should call him Keanu Barbie. And what’s happening on top of his head? I’m terribly confused…
My first thought was he stole Destro’s outfit.
http://www.heroestheseries.com/stills/christopher-eccleston-destro.jpg
What–?
That’s–?
HUH?
For half a second, I thought, “Hey, he looks a little bit like Ken Watanabe!” (But then I’ve got Ken Watanabe on the brain lately.)
Then I looked again.
“Japanese-styled clothing”? Uh, no.
Mattel(c) honey, how about you just… start over? ‘K?
Anything less than straw slippers and a rice paddy hat is simply an insult to me and my people.
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Holy crap! That doll is $38.99 + $2 for the “mint condition” collector’s upgrade (plus shipping+ handling and maybe even tax)! My cheap-ass Asian shopping sense says “No thank you!”
*Goes back to eagerly awaiting the arrival of his $300 iPod Touch*
this is the greatest side-by-side comparison since conan to tarja halonen
Please refer this to Angry Asian Man.
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