WARNING: You are about to experience a ridiculous amount of nerdery. Proceed with caution.
It’s kind of a running joke around the office that I’m a complete geek. First there’s my obsession with all things toy-related. I have figurines and stuffed animals all over my desk. And then there’s my ant farm, which should be arriving within the week. And I keep Silly Putty in my purse… The list goes on!
And then there are my cubicle walls, which are nothing more than a vivid display of one of my other obsessions: comics! Between the two of us, my fiancé and I have so many comic books that we’ve devoted an entire room to them. (We call it the
So you can imagine my excitement when I heard that Mattel is producing a line of superhero Barbie dolls. They’ve taken my two biggest joys in life and thrown them together into a perfect marriage of nerdy goodness!
They’re even making a doll modeled after my personal favorite superhero, Black Canary:
She looks great, as far as I’m concerned. (I only wish she had a button that activated her Canary Cry. How cool would that be?) I can’t wait for these to come out! I wasn’t really into Barbies as a little girl. I was more of an arts & crafts kid, myself. But I love the collectible lines, now that I’m older. I even purchased a set of the X-Files dolls when they came out. Observe my geekery:
