Was this Barbie supposed to fool a kid into thinking it was a regular doll? Or was it intended to be the definition of “camwhore”? Lol

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I’m pretty sure that’s her chest, not neck.

Hmmm, sure looks like the camera is in her chest, not neck. Take a closer look. :) Get over it, its just another web camera. Like its in every laptop these days. Or for that matter, most cell phones and cameras can record video too. Every street light, busy intersections, and downtown city s have cameras watching you too. Most business and stores are recording your every move. Then there’s home security, cameras everywhere. This has been going on for many years now. Even remote controlled toy cars have web cameras in them for remote viewing. Now Barbie has joined the video club. Next !

It’s just you, dude. Who would think it was for pedos? Bad press release, but I see kids making little movies from Barbie’s perspective.

That Barbi song from Aqua would have been a good backdrop for the intro of this vid interview. http://new.music.yahoo.com/aqua/tracks/barbie-girl–1325155

So when Barbie shacks up with Ken, is she going to post doll porn on the web? I guess she is going for a reality tv show.

Seriously, Paul need to keep his mouth closed for two seconds. The video was much more interesting when the guy in the TV was being level-headed and trying to actually explain what the doll was.
But instead, every time he got halfway through a sentence, Paul was like, “f**k! f**k! pedophile! f**k! hooker! tramp! f**k! pedophile!”

I love that John Biggs is “the guy in the TV”.

Also – there is *nothing* level-headed to say about a webcam hidden in a Barbie, aimed at 6 year olds.

Literally nothing.

I’m guessing Mattel is shooting for something in line with this research: http://web.media.mit.edu/~cati/portfolio/PictureThis.html

The creativity potential is there, as well as the misuse…as usual.

I think this is a pretty interesting toy that Mattel has created.

However, most kids are probably not going to think of it as something “wrong” and will probably just use it as a camera or like said before, make movies from the perspective of a Barbie.

Maybe it will also be used as a type of “nanny cam” to see what a babysitter is doing.

Is there any word on the availability of these webcam Barbies yet?

I understand you want to be funny by taking it to the extreme… but it’s just a web cam.

Didn’t you ever make home movies on a camcorder when you were little?

You know what else is “fucked” up? Slinging around swear words on a mainstream news site that kids are likely to find (off of google news).

A girl with a TV in her back, novel concept.

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Hidden in the chestboard
The unseen mechanized eye
Under surveillance
The room is full of cats eyes
It’s sick function to pry
The spy in the Doll…

Paul.. relax, take a deep breath… you kind of blow this up too much… your head might explode watch out

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Paul, you are a ruthless fearmonger. Once again, much ado about nothing. And how in the world did you think of pervert uses? Pervert!

If they had packaged it correctly they could have sold it at Comic-con as a Hollow

I think they’re just coming up with the craziest invention like this barbie webcam. We don’t need this and they’re so wise about using barbie to get the kids’ attention.

…because allowing kids to see/hear swear words will fuck them up for life, oh no… what a jackass…

speaking of jackasses… someone needs to get rid of Paul from TC… this is a ridiculous story, its a fucking barbie doll… its a fucking camera… get the fuck over it. Matel is just trying to stay with the trend, every other kids product has cameras in them these days, and kids want cameras… thats the problem, not Barbie.

Someone call Dr Phil please we have an adult who thinks kids have the same quirky thoughts like he does.

I hope your kids don’t see your comment, Ed.

Now that is some toy for Jessi Slaughter…

You got paranoia man, there is nothing wrong with this toy.

Just a toy for kids. Stop trying to overlay adult views on a kids imagination.

Most people are unaware that Barbie doll was originally a sex toy. It was than marketed to kids as a kid friendly toy….so do your background check Biggs.

So if anything, they are going back to the sex today model.

I don’t see anything wrong with it… What if Barbie was holding a video camera instead of having a webcam inside of her chest?

Paul – clearly non of the non-brits appreciate our humour. I actually thought it was very funny!

this one made me lol, were they smoking pot when they came up with this design wth?!

This is a classic example of how obsessed English people have become about pedophilia. The UK is so bad that nbody can actually dicipline their or other peoples kids because of this “everyones a pedo” crap.

The camera looks like a “trache”…

Yo idiot [Paul Carr].. How about a NSFW in your title before using abusive language in your posts?

“Fucked up” isn’t abusive, it’s simply profane. Calling someone an idiot, on the other hand, is abusive. You cock.

Dear Bob,

Grow up, moron.

It’s perv projection.

Most people are also unaware that 1+1=3.

LOL! Struck a nerve… Did I? You have a good opportunity of learning how to write by working and reading some of your peers’ works. I assume you’ve never worked in a corporation, or are just naive about practices involved in flagging and barring visits to websites, and such with language deemed offensive, profane, or whatever you want to call your writing. Learn from your peers. Not doing so entitles you the exaulted ‘grand poobha of idiots’ crown.

I’m not sure Techcrunch.com deserves to be blacklisted from organizations because of posts that cause all kinds of compliance related flags going off, especially for posts that aren’t really worth a used penny.

Thanks for chiming in.

How exactly this hypothetical “pedophile” will see the video? It’s just another video/web camera for kids… The reaction is what’s fucked-up…

Have you not seen the porn out there of people jerking off onto or rubbing their dick on barbie dolls?

It’s pretty funny, and common.

Oh my god, and here I was thinking Japan was weird. And they come up with this? this is seriously disturbing. lol

Training for the surveillance generations.

True, it’s a stupid idea, but don’t you think you’re a bit overreacting? A pedophile simply can NOT have access to the videos on the camera, after he gives the doll to the girl. He just can’t, because the girl has to connect the doll to the computer to download the videos. Also, recording doesn’t start up right away, you have to turn the doll (??) on and press the Record button. And it only records 30 minutes of video.

So it is actually safe for kids, as long as the parent is the one who is downloading the video and supervising the child while she/he(?) is editing the video with that online gimmick on Mattel’s website.