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‘B Bucks’ – buy virtual Barbie Girls gear

Mattel have started to offer a subscription option for its Barbie Girls virtual world. There are literally millions of active users now so Mattel will be hoping a decent percentage of those will beg their parents to fork out US $5.99 per month to be able to customise their avatars more and spend the ‘B Bucks’ their free account has earned.


(Image from barbiegirls.com)

If you were ever in any doubt about the momentum of virtual worlds, you only need to spend a little time perusing the pre-adult offerings to know where the future lies for online social interaction.

Let’s hear your thoughts – would you pay out for your child to access Barbie Girls VIP? And if not, why not?

A heads-up to GigaOM for the original story.

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  • jessicajamie
    i realy want barbiegirls vip do you know how nuts i am about barbiegirls vip????? i have dreams about it i cry every time i see another vip all my friends are vip and i mean all my friends and i have 204 friends! i dont care if i can only try one for a second (I NEED TO SEE IT!) soo if you guyz have a vip dont tell it you are giveing up your fun! you dont know what you have intill its gone. and if you realy realy dont like vip give it away with a secrite anwser not a pass word becuz my sister found a vip with no secrit anwser and just a password and someone changed the password. and that girl who gave it away said for us to share it with a other girl
  • SELENA GOMEZ
    HEY HERE IS MY ACCOUNT SCREENNAME IS:belladoglover AND MY PASSWORD IS:poochie TTYL PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • vanessa
    its it really u!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Im on Barbiegirls.com and it's okay.It's just you can't really do anything if you're not a V.I.P.Look,even though you might say they have "unrealistic bodies"and all what is the perfect body?We do have girls with hips and thighs and all but everybody's different.And about the boys on there look,there will always be boys on a girl site.So you can't do anything about that sadly.But some of you are making barbiegirls seem like a evil place which it's not.I also think it should be free cause its kinda boring.
  • Gabrielle
    Hey,
    im a vip on BarbieGirls.com
    but did you no that i only got it for three months and it been ten months already and my mom was not losing money so i might give you a vip if you gmail me on
    Gabrielle2172000@gmail.com
    I have a lot for people that one and you can look up my girls name.
    Its.
    SleepDog2
    yep hope you look me up to lol XD omg i had to much sugar to day.
    BTW im 10
  • CHAZNEY
    hello i have a vip account i got it of an mp3 so if any one gets in i can change the password email me and i will email you back with the account detels but i cant do the anser to secret quistion cos it can get pople in and i forgot the anser i am 9 years old how old r u
  • secret girl
    and i wish barbie girls VIP will be free.
  • secret girl
    it is so boring at barbie girls when you are a normal barbie girl you can't buy any furniture,dresses,and pet . i would be thankful if they return it to a free game .
  • Butterfly22344
    The Barbie Girls site does have a lot of cool features and stuff to do for little girls if your just bored at home or something. Though there is some sticky parts with this site. For instance, "Guys" on barbie, since when is Barbie for boys and girls? Last time I checked the website, it said "Hottest online hangout for GIRLS." These "guys" will be on Barbie Girls and they will go over to random girls and say "Wanna go out?" Then the girls most of the time say yes! It really irritates me though there's nothing I can really do except report them, doesn't do much. Also the SuperB Chat feature blocks a lot of words, which is okay, but it blocks harmless words, even the little emoticons now. Anyway, most of these girls use the words that you can say to make mean words or comments, which is possible. For instance they type "Bit~, Shout up, etc." Then I report them =) It's probably because of these people that the site blocks mostly every word you can think of. I wish that these little brats wouldn't have to act like this on the site. If you use BarbieGirls.com my name on it is Butterfly22344, look me up if you can. =D
  • can you please make the screename and the password easier. and not for free. and that not fair. can you pleaseeeeeeeeeeee make a barbie girls for free or I am going to complained.
  • Kaylee
    my mom is going to write to barbiegirls.com and complain !who knows they might give me a free account because my mom complained! i think you should also gie it a try!

    Peace<<<<333333
  • Kaylee
    i think it really unfair that they dont let pepole that arent member be to play and buy a pet a be a vip! I think that soon no one is going to go on because it is going to get boring after a while! Then they will lose buisness! so i think they should let everyone be a vip!
  • karen
    i am not so sure why everyone is against the vip. it cheaper than buying a magazine. my daughter is 6 and loves it when we play barbie.com together. she is learning that to buy new clothes ect she has to earn the money through finishing the games ect.
    i enjoy spending time with her playing in this virtual world. i like that messages are kept to barbie talk only, no one can say stupid things to my daughter, all vip players are equal.
    i think all the negative comments from children are because they dont hve vip access. sorry guys but my daughter and me love it.
  • sara shatsky
    That sounds wonderful!! If you and your child enjoy it, you should keep doing that. I am just speaking my opinion.

    Sara
  • bea
    nadine please give me a VIP pls email it on me plaese i love barbie girls~!
    please
    please
    please~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!
  • okay girls i think that ur happy now and u got free v.i.p from me luv ya yall!!! be happy if u need sth ask me for help
  • bunnyrabbittsss
    do u have more that works?
  • saras
    well thx
  • hay girls
    i want to help u all

    so,i will give u a vip account
    screename:texaschick08
    password:ok.:)hehe
    secretanswer:texas

    i hope that this too enough for helping !! thx
    for any questions my email is:
    ndoush2000@yahoo.com
  • kamryn
    can u send me another v.i.p. account the other one does not work any more
  • Leanne
    Don't ever give the money you collected using ur whole lyf. Think b4 u do anything. Your parents worked hard you're just going to pay too many money just for an online virtual world. Im 11 y/o and from South korea.
  • i think vip should be free! because it's not fair to pay money and in barbie game there alot of clothes and pets and presents! so i want all girls to be vip for free! right girls!
  • i wish barbie girls V.I.P was free,i mean it's so boring if your not a V.I.P and my parets are not in a mood
    to pay and says"no".I WISH IT COULD BE FREE!!!!!!
  • zidhna
    y cant we be vip for freeeeeee?????
  • meera
    hi i wont free v.i.p but i will be v.i.p now pleaz do free for people pleaz??????????
  • Alice
    Girls 6- 13 years old are being transformed into complete monters. I am just 11, a juvenille youngster going in the 6th grade. The avatars there dress there in short, tight clothes with sex involved. Either there butt is sticking out to make others jealous or the breasts are too large. Even thought it is a virtual game the effects are very harmfull. The girls will start texting at a young age
  • Molly
    The VIP thing is so stupid.. why would anyone want to pay 72$ for a virtual, non-realistic,skimpy barbie doll. Also, non VIP's should be able to atleast buy some colthing, but thats just me. I tryed barbie girl and it SUX
  • dindy
    twtdy
  • KELSEE
    I THINK V.I.P SHOULD BE FREE
  • barbiegirlsvip123
    i think so, this summer i tryed to talked with my parents much much, and at least they give me 3 months to use vip, but i think thwey should not make vip ( any member here can shopping and get hair style)
  • why cant barbiegirls vip be free can i try it i want it really bad
  • Kani
    My name is Kani, I'm 11 years old and I live in Peru.I absolutely dislike BarbieGirls. First of all, you can't buy anything unless you're a V.I.P , which I can pay for, but with $72 bucks per year, I could get the pink Polaroid digicam I've been saving for.GOSH! As Sara said, they're bodies are non realistic! They seem to be a short,tween version of Jessica Rabbit. I would never pay six bucks for a virtual world!
  • Sara Shatsky
    No, I am not even 13, but since I am a child, I might provide a bit more of an insight. In the SuperB chat, you are not allowed to say any brand but Barbie. They only allow "barbie", and a few greetings. The outfits are tacky and bad. The outfits they wear are skimpy and their bodies are non realistic.
  • WHY DO THEIR BODIES NEED TO BE REALISTIC?THEY ARE ANIMATION!!!!!
  • sara shatsky
    They might be animation, but if that Barbie was brought to life, she would be way to skinny and hardly real.
  • Hardly that I am restrictive in many ways, but Barbie World is a place I don't want to see my kid. Not even for free. When I heard of the place for the first time, I wasn't lazy, so I registered and took a short peek in there. And raised many questions and doubts.

    In short, Barbie World is a terrifying world where new generations of consumers are grown. All the creativity is killed and there is even censorship over the chat. No, I really don't want any kid to play in the world where all the things s/he can say are predefined 60 sentences, most of them containing TM sign.
  • barbiegirlsvip123
    hey, i think barie world is the good place for girls, u should see Parent place in www.barbiegirls.com
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