Katniss to get the Barbie doll treatment in latest ‘Hunger Games’ merchandise tie-in

By Andrew Sims (@Sims) at 10:15 am, February 27, 2012

Though not officially announced yet, one toy site has listed a Katniss Everdeen Barbie doll available for pre-order!

Reads Entertainment Earth:

With this Barbie Hunger Games Doll you can style Barbie just like Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games movie! Hunger Games, a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence, is adapted to film from the original young adult novel by writer Suzanne Collins. This doll’s outfit is made to replicate the very same one worn by the feature character in the movie, and it measures around 12-inches tall! Ages 6 and up.

The doll appears to be set for an April release and will retail for $27.99. Will you purchase and put Barbie Katniss through the ringer as if she’s in the Games?

We’ll be sure to share a picture of the doll when it’s released.

Thanks to The Hob.

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Mkh0427

I feel that most girls who play with Barbies are too young to see the Hunger Games. I guess it’s for collecting….
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001426435099 Louelle van Rens
  
  I was thinking the exact same thing.
Mel823

If they’re doing all this for the first movie, imagine what the merchandising for movies 2-4 will be like.
KatieTull

Does making Katniss as a Barbie doll really accomplish what Suzanne Collins was attempting to do with with trilogy?
Gary65

KILL IT WITH FIRE, KATNISS!!!
Rose

I want it.
But you’re 19!
I don’t care!! I want it!!
upper_westsider

I would only buy this doll if I could be certain “Barbie” would be the first tribute to die.
Sarah

I feel like making Katniss into a Barbie doll is exactly what Suzanne’s book is about: turning something real (ok, not “real” exactly) into something shallow. Something that is only enjoyed for it’s prettiness. At the same time, if girls like Katniss enough to want to “play Katniss,” I think it says something really about changing female priorities. In a good way. Perhaps inner strength and conviction can eventually triumph over beauty contests.

But I won’t hold my breath.
- goldensnidget
  
  Thatis a really interesting point, but I agree, the likelihood of children seeing the empowering message of femininity is unlikely. They’ll probably be drawn to the “Barbie” connotations. Especially if they put Katniss in one of her Capitol outfits…
Alonninos

This.
Is.
TERRIBLE.

I think this flies in the face of everything that Katniss’ character stands for. Where the heck did someone get the notion that Katniss is the type to be dressed up and whacked suggestively against Peeta Ken dolls? Triple urgh.
http://twitter.com/emilyecstasyTM Twinkie McBadass

Ooh! I can’t wait to see this!
potterjay

Is anyone else worried that the merch for Hunger Games is getting a bit too cheesy? For me, HG is very realistic, down to earth and quite serious, but all of these things seem quite money orientated- exactly the opposite of the message of the books…
Allison Razo

bad ideaaaaa
http://profile.yahoo.com/HYIMXOH4DKM7Y4NWOPJIE33AUI Jenna

NO. NO no no no no no no. NO.
Mary Kate

UGH
WillowBlood

I’m sure Katniss would just love being a Barbie doll.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=72302902 Kate Sanders

This is a horrible idea and i think it goes against the entire point behind the books! Not to mention the problem with Barbie’s as a whole. I mean, seriously, as if Katniss would ever, EVER want to even remotely resemble a BARBIE.

Silly people.
Jael

I bet it would be a bestseller in the Capital.
- Kathleen
  
  Just what I was thinking…
PotionWillow207

If this is true, and if Lionsgate is supportive of this, then it means that their merchandising for this movie has taken the leap from ridiculous to outright ludicrous. I’m seriously starting to lose faith in this franchise.
Caroline Tayor078

Not going to lie, I love The Hunger Games and I also love dolls so I can’t wait to see this!
Patty

This… seems inherently wrong. It’s like what the Disney Princess franchise did to Mulan (chickify her into “going to the ball and meeting her Prince!”), but on a much, MUCH worse level. -.-
Glaciusx

Katniss would not approve.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joey-Mangum/1820064015 Joey Mangum

Sooo, The Capitol is marketing all of this shit, right? >.>
MI6

I think it would be awesome. I could totally get back into playing with Barbies. :)
Weasleyismyking

WHAT.
http://www.facebook.com/iDomi Domi Ed

Will she have a bloody bow and arrow?
Will she be covered in blood, dirt, sweat and tears?

This is the type of doll I’d be ok seeing.
Plat

Ugh. What next? A Justic Bieber song added to the soundtrack?
- Johanna
  
  *shudders*
- Johanna
  
  *shudders*
Connor Frye

All this merchendice is going to be a marketing disaster if this movie fails in the box office.
Johanna

that is so wrong!
adrs

maybe I’d buy it just to be able to repaint her face, give her a more fireball-friendly haircut and really make her look like the arena :) Having that said, even when I loooove the books and can’t wait for the movie to come out, the merch hasn’t really tempted me so I’m gonna save my money to go to see the movie a LOT of times :)
Alissawinter

this is as opposite to what katniss would want as you can get, shame on whoever allowed this to happen
Steph

uh… no.
http://twitter.com/JennaDickes Jenna Dickes

This is really making me nervous about the movie. Lionsgate is clearly just doing anything possible to squeeze every dime out of what the franchise can make. The messages in the story are obviously against materialism and they’re just going around slapping the logos on whatever random thing they can sell. Then we see quotes from them every week about how the world will end if the movie doesn’t sell enough tickets and such. Gary Ross and the cast all seem to genuinely want the movie to live up to the book. But with the studio treating promotion this way, I’m worried they’ve messed with the story.
HJP<3

Okay seriously? The Hunger games is meant for an audience of young adults/teens and barbies are for what? 7 year olds? Not even! Why sell them to children who have no idea what the heck the barbie girl is?
http://www.facebook.com/Panhead1922 Ande Anderson

I don’t like it either, but I have to wonder, when did Barbies get so expensive?
Amy

Wow. Ok. Did I read a different Hunger Games trilogy to everyone else? Because it seems to me that a Barbie doll version of Katniss is EXACTLY the kind of thing that the Capitol would do, and therefore EXACTLY the kind of thing that Suzanne Collins was criticizing. This is a novel about CHILDREN WHO KILL EACH OTHER. It’s NOT a love story. And it most definitely is NOT TWILIGHT. And I am sick to the teeth of such a wonderful book being destroyed by the media who just want to make a billion or two.
Natelee98

No… just… no…

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