‘B Bucks’ - buy virtual Barbie Girls gear

June 10, 2008

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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dandellion Kimban 7 months ago 1 point
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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.

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http://metaverse.acidzen.org

Sara Shatsky 6 months ago 1 point
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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.

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alita 3 months ago 1 point
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WHY DO THEIR BODIES NEED TO BE REALISTIC?THEY ARE ANIMATION!!!!!

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http://barbiegirls.com

sara shatsky 2 months ago 1 point
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They might be animation, but if that Barbie was brought to life, she would be way to skinny and hardly real.

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Kani 6 months ago 1 point
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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!

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nayra rios 5 months ago 1 point
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why cant barbiegirls vip be free can i try it i want it really bad

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http://www.yahoo.com

KELSEE 5 months ago 1 point
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I THINK V.I.P SHOULD BE FREE

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dindy 4 months ago 1 point
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1 /people/dindy/ /people/dindy/following/

Molly 4 months ago 1 point
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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

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Alice 4 months ago 1 point
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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

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meera 4 months ago 1 point
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hi i wont free v.i.p but i will be v.i.p now pleaz do free for people pleaz??????????

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zidhna 3 months ago 1 point
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y cant we be vip for freeeeeee?????

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alita 3 months ago 1 point
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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!!!!!!

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http://barbiegirls.com

Jessica 3 months ago 1 point
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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!

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http://eduplace.com/

Leanne 3 months ago 1 point
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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.

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nadine 3 months ago 1 point
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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

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http://www.barbiegirls.com

kamryn 1 month ago 1 point
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can u send me another v.i.p. account the other one does not work any more

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nadine 3 months ago 1 point
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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

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http://www.barbiegirls.com

saras 2 months ago 1 point
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well thx

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bea 3 months ago 1 point
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nadine please give me a VIP pls email it on me plaese i love barbie girls~!
please
please
please~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!

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karen 2 months ago 1 point
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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.

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sara shatsky 2 months ago 1 point
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