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PHILADELPHIA -- She is Barbie's oldest friend, happily married and visibly pregnant with her second child -- and some parents think she's a little too real for their children.
The pregnant version of Midge -- which pops out a curled-up baby when her belly is opened -- has been pulled from Wal-Mart shelves across the country following complaints from customers, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.
"It was just that customers had a concern about having a pregnant doll," Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Cynthia Illick said.
In Barbie-land, Midge married boy-doll Alan in 1991, and the happy couple already has a 3-year-old son, Ryan.
The pregnant Midge, who wears a tiny white wedding ring, has a detachable magnetic stomach that allows easy "delivery" of the baby.
Replies: 3 shoutouts
I think it's cool that they have a pregnant Midge. The truth is women have babies. I can't see why anyone would have a problem with this doll. Midge is married so it's not like the are promoting sex before marriage like the Victoria's Secret Barbie I heard is going to come out. I think this doll would show young girls that being pregnant doesn't make you ugly. You still are a beautiful person inside and outside, and that you shouldn't make jokes about someone being pregnant. It's a part of life that gets us here.
Posted by Kristen @ 12/31/2002 02:12 AM EST
god forbid children actually learn that women have babies.
Posted by kim @ 12/30/2002 01:19 AM EST
yeah, cause we all know pregnancy is obscene and a slap in the face to family values. can't have children exposed to the miracle of life. real americans buy their kids violent video games.
Posted by tiff @ 12/27/2002 08:18 PM EST