Collectible Mattel Barbie and Ken Dolls Featured as Icons

Do you collect Barbie and Ken dolls? Neither do I, but I’m reconsidering. I was doing an internet search for a hipster version of the Addams Family theme song sung by a Frank Sinatra impersonator and up came this hit that combined Barbie and Ken with Morticia and Gomez. Now, I’m a pretty curious person and even though I’ve never really cared much for Barbie—I’m a Malibu Stacy guy myself—I just had to take a look.

The site is called Angeliczdreamz.com and it is a place that sells collectible editions of Barbie and Ken from Mattel. So what, you say? Yeah, so did I as first started scrolling down page, past the New Look Beach Fun Ken and the Friday Night Date set, though that one did pique my interest due to Barbie having Lucille Ball type red hair. But what really got me interested in these high-priced collectible Barbie and Ken sets was when I scrolled down to one featuring the two Mattel icons dressed as two other icons, Arthur and Guinevere. But what really grabbed my interest was when I got to the set featuring Ken and Barbie as Herman and Lily Munster. I mean you just can’t appreciate Ken’s versatility until you see him in built-up shoes and a nice proletarian suit with bolts sticking out of his neck.

Even better, however, was Barbie dressed as Morticia Addams. Next to Julie Newmar as Catwoman, Morticia Addams is my choice for the sexiest woman ever on a TV show. And, though I know it completely goes against the prevailing ideology, I happen to think that every woman should dye her hair jet black instead of going blonde. Mattel’s blonde Barbie never looked better than a goth Barbie with long, black hair attired in that form-fitting Mortician Addams dress. Oh, and Ken never looked better than dressed in Gomez Addams' striped suit, not even the Ken who comes as James Bond.