[mcmama]

Let me just start by saying, as a middle aged female Barbie enthusiast who has had a special relationship with Barbie since 1959, I want one.

I don't think this is kinky, inappropriate, obscene. I think it is superheroine with a kick.

Lets face it, Star Trek Barbie was lame. I mean really lame without the whole setup, which you had to prop her and Ken against. And Mattel's development of Harley Davidson Barbies (ok, Biker Babe Barbies) and Pin Up Barbies for collectors, is well, I think, far more racy than a comicbook heroine. Even the Bob Mackie Barbies, which are gorgeous, sometimes suggest overdressed showgirls.

Yet there is a bit of a fuss about this doll - some folks think she looks a little, well, kinky. A bit, uh, imposing, dominating.

I think they should look into the entire line of collectable Barbies and get their heads out of Hustler.

This is not a doll for children. It is a doll for collectors, adults.

When I had my first Barbie back before you children were born, I remember the nuns at my Catholic school telling me that Barbie could not come to play with me at recess, because she was wearing that striped strapless bathing suit, barely covering...uh...herself. And guess what? Barbie is still playing on many playgrounds and in many little girls bedrooms. AND I STILL BUY BARBIE DOLLS.

So I think the folks who want to stop the sale of this model need to grow up.

I am old enough to have protested "Growing up Skipper" back in the 70s. You twisted the dolls arm and it grew breasts. That was worth protesting. This isn't.

[JeanLynn81]

The Black Canary Barbie is pretty neat.

But I really want one of thoe Growing up Skippers. That's funny.

[QueenAngie]

My first Barbie was the kid sister, Skipper, with no enlarging anything. But her arms did move.

I love Barbie too. Her birthday is the day before mine!

[mcmama]

Well, I think that Black Canary Barbie and Wonder Woman Barbie are going to be my Christmas presents to me. Hmm, if Santa is generous, maybe the Tippi Hendren Birds Barbie. Getting plucked at and still smiling!! Angie, I know you love that movie.

But seriously, think about it. Children seen these kickboxing, martial arting, comic book and movie images - And why not have a Barbie doll modeled after the latest comic book incarnation which began in the 1940s for crying out loud.

I wonder if the doll comes with one of those ultra sonic whistles on her utility belt - you know, the kind that knock out walls......Could be handy!

[cookiez]

I know many people that still collect these. I ended up losing mine in move and fully freaked out over it all. I should start back up again.

[browneyes01]

do you have any pics of this black canary barbie i think I might want one sounds very controversial.

[mcmama]

Here she is:
http://www.barbiecollector.com/showc...ern&id=1003820

[VinniesMommy]

I don't think anything is wrong with it???

[mcmama]

I think the fuss was because they thought the doll looked like a dominatrix. I think she looks like a comic book character who can kick up a storm. And no, I did not get this for Christmas. I spent the money on bringing my son home instead. MUCH BETTER!!!