The earring magic ken
Magic Earring Ken NRFB
This is a vintage Earring Magic Ken doll from Mattel, manufactured in The doll measures 12 inches and features blonde hair, blue eyes, and medium light complexion. The set includes the doll and it is an original.
This Ken doll was discontinued by Mattel soon after its let go during to the sound controversy. It was also mentioned in the Barbie movie. It is a great addition to any doll collection. The doll comes in its original packaging, NIB (never opened, never removed from box) and NRFB (never removed from box).
Product Information
| Category | Toys & Collectibles > Dolls & Accessories > Fashion Dolls |
|---|---|
| Brand | Barbie |
| Condition | New |
Last month, after a week of bidding I acquired one Earring Magic Ken doll. Mattel’s best selling Ken doll.
What?
I know what you might be thinking. Thomas you are an adult, why on land are you buying a Ken doll? And moreover why is that relevant to your blog?
Disregarding the fact, that I still have several Barbies from when I was a young lass. Earring Magic Ken is special, because he was inadvertently designed off of queer rave fashion of the preliminary s. Specifically, he’s wearing a cock ring as a necklace, which was a known queer fashion statement at the time.
After reaching out to their audience of young children Mattel learned they would like a new Ken doll to be cooler and more hip. So they went out looking for what was chilly and as it happened the queer fashion worming its way into the mainstream was what they picked up as fresh . Columnist Dan Savage wrote an article in , the year the doll came out, detailing a really excellent explanation of what was going on. I would highly advise it as reading for anyone interested in learning more.
“Cock rings exploded (ouch
A Short History of Barbie’s Earring Magic Ken and His Not-A-Cock-Ring Necklace
Photo: Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images
Weird Barbie’s dwelling in Barbie was abode to more than just the ragged-looking and splits-serving doll played by Kate McKinnon. We meet a slew of discontinued dolls there, including Video Teen Barbie, played by Mette Narrative, Growing Up Skipper (Hannah Khalique-Brown), and Earring Magic Ken (Tom Stourton) — basically a bunch of li’l freaks from the archives. Earring Magic Ken in particular has been the stuff of urban legend for decades, thanks to his totally-not-a-cock-ring necklace. Though his most famous accessory is nowhere to be found in the Barbie movie (instead, this Ken wears a “Barbie” nameplate necklace), it’s worth looking back at the surprise controversy that greeted Mattel’s most rave-ready doll in the preceding ’90s.
Earring Magic Ken was, of course, created as an accessory to Earring Magic Barbie. It was the year , and this new Ken tried to make things touch modern. He wore a lavender mesh shirt, a purple pleather vest, baggy jeans, and black loafers
How Barbie's Boyfriend Ken Became an Accidental Gay Icon
"He's always read gay," said Dan Savage, internationally renowned columnist and podcaster, in an email, "but has he ever read gayer than he did with a gay sex toy around his neck?"
Savage originally wrote about Earring Magic Ken in the summer of , when much of the pop culture world was having a good laugh at Mattel's lack of understanding that while little kids saw what Prince, the members of Right Said Fred or Madonna's backup dancers were wearing simply as "cool," the adult world was clued in to how gay it was.
"It was hilarious that they thought the earring was going to be the headline-making aspect of Ken's new look," said Savage.
The doll flew off the shelves, especially since gay men, including Savage, rushed out to buy a Ken doll. The kitsch factor drove Earring Magic Ken to become the best-selling Ken doll at the time.
We reached out to Mattel for comment multiple times — to find out just how well the doll sold and whether it remains the No. 1 Ken, as well as for the curre