Queen Elizabeth got hers. Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti too. Today it’s up to the singer Tina Turner to have a Barbie doll in her likeness. Mattel unveiled the model, a doll dressed as the singer in the 1980s – denim jacket and leather miniskirt – and wearing the leonine hair of the singer of the time.
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“Barbie is proud to honor the unprecedented career of the Queen of ‘Rock’n Roll with a Tina Turner Barbie doll. Collectors and music fans alike can celebrate the music icon with this exclusive Barbie doll,” it reads. on Barbie’s Instagram account.
In fact, it seems that Tina Turner collectors and fans have rushed to the product. Released on Friday, the doll is already out of stock on Mattel’s site and on the online retail sites that market it.
Numerous personalities, from the transgender actress Laverne Cox to the British ethnologist Jane Goodall, through the American civil rights activist Rosa Parks and the tennis player Billie Jean King.
Last September, after the death of Queen Elizabeth, the prices of the Barbie in her effigy skyrocketed, sometimes reaching thousands of euros. The doll was created last June, on the occasion of the sovereign’s platinum jubilee.
Source: BFM TV
