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tilthat:

TIL in 1993, The Barbie Liberation Organization challenged gender stereotypes by switching the voice boxes of hundreds of Barbie and G.I. Joe dolls and ‘reverse shoplifting’ them back into stores. Barbies would yell, “Eat lead, Cobra!” while G.I. Joes would ask, “Want to go shopping?”.

via reddit.com

God I feel bad for the retail workers having to deal with mom’s wondering why the toys are broken

OK but this reminds me of that time the pull string Pee-wee Herman dolls were made in the same factory as Freddy Krueger dolls and some of the voice boxes got mixed up. So you had Freddy Krueger dolls saying things like “I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I?!” While the Pee-wee dolls were talking like serial killers.

They’re rare collectors items now.