Wednesday, January 31, 2007

glamour in pokpok land


i love the tile. haha. it's so... different from the usual one word titles i put in. haha tagalog pa. pokpok land. NICE.

anyway. (this is going to be just some random post)

START:

Labeled as:

THE WEIRD, THE WEIRD, AND THE WONDERFUL: A comprehensive study about the two loverly dolls invading the toy worlds all over the world.

(allow me to speak in Taglish - i refuse to call it conyotic)

BRATZ: (passion for fashion)

+ The Good

- more up-to-date in fashion
- mas stylish
- big on accessories
- maganda yung variations (diamond thing edition, belly dancers-ish na whatever, etc)
- magaganda yung accessories and extra stuff (like huge cars, salon thingy, etc)
- mas interesting yung other merchandise (like journals na appealing to kids, cool pens na nagiging lip gloss na umiilaw)
- mas eye-catching yung packaging (let's face it, we're all getting tired of pink)
- mas modern yung itsura
- mas trashy (which is apparently a good thing sa kids, because it's what they want to look like)
- mas mahirap mawala yung accessories kasi big (not to mention their SHOOOOOOEEEEEES)

- The Bad

- gaya-gaya sila sa Barbie (at least Barbie has better intentions sa kids who buy her)
- hindi ko sila term paper topic
- Barbie's losing sa market because of fat lipped Bratz
- they seem like a bunch of Bratz, lliterally
- too "sexy" (which reflects our time- walang pakundangan pag manamit)

-- The Ugly

- ang super kapal ng lips nila (it's like they all carry a big flashing sign which says "hey mister, kiss my big, weirdly shaped lips")
- ang abnormal ng proportions (mas abnormal pa sa Barbie)
- ang huge ng head at ang super thin ng arms
- sobrang POKPOK (pick-up girl na pinasosyal ang damit, but still...)
- they MIGHT have bad effects on kids
- they're teaching kids to dress like Bratz girls and giving them lessons on how to look and be vulnerable and submissive

BARBIE:

+ The Good

- the original doll for kids
- she serves as a "future self" model for youngsters
- nirereflect niya ang pwedeng mapuntahan ng bawat batang may dream
- inspiration to billions of people all over the world bec. of her achievements
- madami na siyang narating since 1959 pa
- modest siya manamit
- madaming collector's item na Barbie
- madaming tribute to certain famous female figures si Barbie
- ginagawa siyang hobby and passion by some serious collectors
- term paper topic ko siya
- maypinopromote na good values
- may guy na nagpakasal sa kanya (which is not actually good, but weird)
- may family siya and love life (mas in tune siya sa totong buhay which meand mas maraming makakarelate sa kanya and mas likely siya maging rolemodel ng mga bata)
- she's a supergirl

- The Bad

- since matagal na siya, maraming nagsasawa
- yung variations niya hindi na naghihit
- yung Fairytopia, kakaiba na sa totong Barbie
- less interestiing features for Barbie
- no innovation na, kahit packaging hindi na iniba
- natatalo siya sa malanding itsura ng Bratz
- people are less conservative now- she remains the opposite of what we are

-- The Ugly

- the My Scene collection seems like a desperate attempt to win the audience back
- mukha siyang rip-off ng Bratz. a really really bad one at that
- nakakahiya yung evolution ng Barbie ngayon (parang basta-basta nalang at kahit ano nalang just to win the kids back
- may pagka abnormal din yung bidy niya. masyadong malaki yung chest tapos yung neck super laki kung cinompare sa human form. but then again, she's not human)
- iniiba na yung itsura ni Barbie just for the market
- it's TOO PINK!!!!! pink overload. explodeeee.

FINAL VERDICT;

Kung ako ang bata ngayon, I'd say I'd be more obsessed with Bratz. Actually interesado nga ako sa Bratz e, kasi parang if you have lots of Bratz ang saya. Like, it gives you a feeling of glamour and glitz and stuff. parang sobrang hollywood ng dating ng Bratz. tapos the color of the packaging is purple, parang royal color siya. promise may effect to. kasi parang girls are always associated with pink na nakakasawa na kung puro pink yung nakikita mo. purple is a refreshing color.

tapos yung clothes ng Bratz, yung iba parang envy worthy talaga, for a kid, parang pwedeng pang runway. pati yung cuts, interesting siya, tapos yung stitches, big at kita. yung hair, mas styled tapos heavy make-up sa mukha mas may dating. Barbie kasi, she still remains to be that nene that she used to be. i mean, okay yun, i'm all for that image. but the thing is, no market. pero hello... i'd still rather do the right thing and ,ake Barbie the nene that she used to be than make her slutty to compete with Bratz. besides, feeling ko kung ginawa ng Mattel yun mas maddrive away ang mga buyers sa kanya.

Bratz talaga i think na dominate na niya halos yung market sa girl dolls. slowly kinukuha niya to mula kay Barbie. ang lungkot lang kasi Barbie has always and will always be like a part of everyone- childhood toy natin yun na binaboy at kinalbo through the years. it's sad that only a bunch of slutty looking dolls can knock Barbie off the top of the market scene. ang pangit. it tells us something about ourselves too- something we all ought to be ashamed of.

Kung pwede lang maging Bratz collector, I'd fill my room with everything that's Bratz related. parang ang cool niya maging obsession. it's so... nice looking (seemingly). puro dolls na parang gimikera at lasinggera nakahilera sa table mo or sa glass case. ang galing. tapos madami pa silang ibang binebenta aside from the dolls and yung accessories nila. may diary (hard case), may digital organizer, may extraordinary pens (which kind of reminds me of Power Penz (sp?) na sobrang fun icollect dati), may necklaces and bracelets, may malalaking faces na pwedeng make-up-an at sobrang madami pang iba. it;s like, hindi ka mauubusan ng bibilin. well, the same goes for Barbie, kung bigtime collector ka, kaso mas magastos yun kasi sobrang luma na. and kids won't get to appreciate vintage. kasi titignan mo lang yun. obviously you can;t play with anything vintage kasi baka masira at mawala yung value. kaya it won't be so interesting for kids.

Maybe i just have to accept that Barbie is almost like a distant memory now. The Barbie that we used to know and love is slowly changing and slipping away. Ang hirap makalimutan nung dati but I guess we all just have to get on with the program. It's really weird to get sentimental over Barbie (to even make a blog entry about dolls is way beyond normal) but i don't know.

I guess I'm like Peter Pan.

Sometimes, I just don't want to grow up.

...

OKAY BILI NA NG BRATZ!

kidding :)

Cheers

Devious and Twisted,

Therese

P.S.- Even though I don't know a thing about Star Trek, I do know that it sounds freakish and totally way way way totally way sci-fi- more than I could take. and i think that everyone obsessed with it is majorly weird. but then again, someone as obsessed with Barbie as I am is just as weird, don't you think?

AAAH.

P.P.S- I love this month. medyo madami akong entries

P.P.P.S.- Ang saya pala gumawa ng entry na taglish

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