Ken Doll

Ken Doll

Barbie and Ken together again

Well, what do you know! Darlings of the world, Barbie and Ken, meeting at the Valentine's Day this year, after a split 7 years. Barbie and Ken broke up in February 2004 (also in the Valentine's Day) after he heard that Barbie Fooling around with Barbie Ken astronaut. The blond bombshell did not bother too much about the deterioration of their relationship over 43 years and was seen looking a little handsome new beau, Australian surfer Blaine. However, this year, made it clear that Ken Barbie (and the rest of the nation) what you feel about it. First, winked Barbie on Match.com and had even Magnolia Bakery (NYC) to create a cupcake designed especially for her. He declared his love in the U.S. weekly and the giant screen in Times Square, but when all else failed, Ken turned to desperate measures and launched a guerrilla campaign, plastering his face in Los Angeles and New York's buses, subways and billboards with desperate pleas as "Barbie, which can be plastic, but our love is real" and "Barbie, I love you back."

Malibu Reinvented piece "Sweet Talking Ken" finally won back his former flame after the majority of people voted for BarbieandKen.com 's love-o-meter for them to meet. On the day of announcement, Barbie, wrote in his blog: "It's official After seven years apart, Ken and I have decided. rekindle our romance - after all, which may be plastic, but our love is real! Ken is my soulmate -. We are hoping to define our own happily ever "Ken in turn, said that Barbie is the doll just for him." I always knew our love was real. "

This marketing campaign (on all media) was launched by the toy dolls Martel Inc. both have social networking pages, Ken, with 7 000 fans on your page Twitter and 34 000 on its website like Facebook, while Barbie has fans a little more - 33 000 followers on Twitter and more than 1.5 million Facebook likes.

The campaign was launched at the same time as the new reality show Hulu, the real Ken. Organized by Whitney Port of "The Hills" fame, the search for the Great American boyfriend, Ken-testants Arty and compassionate as Ken.

Also during this time, Mattel launched "the ultimate boyfriend for any occasion," the sweet talking Ken doll. According to a report of Mashable's new doll is the perfect partner, because "say what you want me to say."

We hope that your uncle is great, because according to Barbie "everyone deserves a Ken")

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