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New Barbie Girls Bridge Virtuality Gap via PC

May 2, 2007 by Erin  
Filed under Gaming

200704292208Remember those dreams you used to have when you were little? The ones where your Barbie dolls came alive with a maniacal Valley Girl giggle and proceeded to menace your cowering, sleep-fogged self with their sharp-edged plastic accessories? No? Well you should because it wasn’t just a dream, it was a premonition. Mattel’s new line of dolls, aiming to be a chic re-tooling of a classic brand, may just feature connectivity to your humble PC. BarbieGirls.com appears to be part community venue, allowing visitors to chat with friends (classified as friends, or best friends…ouch on the clique-y-ness), play games, building up a stash of the site’s virtual currency “B Bucks”, and part portal for further branding exercises.
According to 3pointD.com, which poked around at the official website of the new “Barbie Girls”, proud doll owners may be able to buy virtual outfits for your doll’s virtual self, while perhaps also being able to grab a physical set of duds for their clutchable companion. I set about my own adventure in Barbie Girl World, creating an account and an avatar that looked…nothing like me. I didn’t get much further than that though, because my lack of a physical doll prevented me from unlocking the hairstyles that I wanted, and the ‘Tell Me More’ link, which was supposed to explain how a doll would allow me to access more content, didn’t respond to my frantic clicking. From what I could tell, it’s sort of like Second Life meets Habbo Hotel meets reality, in that there seems to be a suggestion of interactivity between the doll that you buy in the store, and the happenings on the computer, and vice versa. The system is currently in beta.

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122 Responses to “New Barbie Girls Bridge Virtuality Gap via PC”
  1. hadeer says:

    woooooooooooooooooooooooo its boooooooooooooooooring game check ziwinky game its more intersting

  2. guia says:

    dAH! WAt’s ziwinky i cant understand u

  3. promise says:

    barbie beta always is so super busy i hate it. its the worst

  4. molly says:

    well,barbie girls i hate it cant have a pet a cant enter beauty club ,i cant buy bags or neckleces that is awuful had i get a barbie girl to have these things ? and who got special codes girls ran after them why? i hate this way barbie girls stuff where i can buy it huh to much

  5. Emily says:

    Yes barbie girls is super slow u cant say the word love,come, or even nope! And if some one says some thing weird and u report them it dont do nothing. Bratz.com has some thing just like this and it is fast and easy and u dont even have to have a mp3 or nothing.some body put a code on here for barbie girls!!!

  6. Tikibird says:

    Oops i mean. Hi im Tikibird online, and it would be sooooooooooo nice if you put in a Beach! And swim suits. You would bloe be-bratz.com away! And you should celebrate Chritmas,Halloween, and stuff like that. Oh and some fancy dresses!

  7. Tikibird says:

    Oh, and girls i have a barbie mp3 and i tride giving a girl a barbie girl thing, and it sead, sorry you cant give b girl mp3 stuff to girls that dont have a b girl mp3. OH GIRL DID ONE OF THE GIRLS SAY A BARBIE MP3!?

  8. Tikibird says:

    Whats this ziwinky thing? If any of you girls have played on it pleas tell me about it.

  9. Tikibird says:

    What do you think of my idea of the beach and swim suits, oh and celebrate holadays and more dresses?

  10. Jasmine says:

    barbie beta is kinda cool but sometimes when i log in it says we are trying to make Barbie girls beta. and when i go to the cafe it says it is busy but only sometimes and sometimes when u are new it says u can not go to the park or the cafe but it is all right. and u can not say stuff like that is dumb because now u have to pick a saying and u can not write what u want to say. but it is a cool site u can go to each others house but i do wish i had a Barbie MP3 and another code is Barbiegirlspresale u get 200 b bucks

  11. ponygirl984 says:

    you guys are soo wierd its b girls is soooo fun to unlock anything you have to get a barbie girl mp3 my daghter has one and it is soo cool if you wanna be my friend my nickname is ponygirl984,
    (dont ask my daghter luvs horses and its her acount)

  12. ponygirl984 says:

    im logged on to both bebratz and barbie girls bebratz iz way faster and it doesnt have so many limitations my daughter loves to play with bratz and hardly ever plays with barbies…. go figure

  13. Rayne says:

    if they let you get in anyplace but the beauty club thing your computer is fine. And I agree the zwinky (that’s how you spell it.) is way better it lets you say more words like “come” but be carefull some people find ways to say bad words and some people or older so, if they insult you get away from there. But still zwinky is better. Anyways, it’s not fair there is only one barbie code, barbiegirl232 which gives you some money (or alot!) they won’t let you have all the cool clothes so who ever created it you suck!

  14. i agree with tikibird and of course u should let us have all the clothes the one thing most girls like is clothes

  15. it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying cause u don’t get the kool clothes

  16. HotBarbie08 says:

    i have a barbie girl so add me hotbarbie08

  17. Tralala! says:

    i hate barbie GIRLS BETA! CAUSE U CANT EVEN WRITE YOUR OWN B CHAT! HOW MEAN! IM NEVER GONNA PLAY IT EVER AGAIN

  18. Stacy says:

    it is stupeid

  19. INSTEAD OF THAT BARBIE GIRLS BETA, CHECK OUT BRATZ ITS MUCH COOLER, ANY WAY NO ONE IN MY CLASS SAYS I HATE BARBIE

  20. GARFELID says:

    PLEASE BARBIE GIRLS BETA WE DONT WANT YOU! PLEASE GO AWAY AND NEVER RETURN I REALLY HATE YOU SORRY TO SAY THIS BUT I HAVE TO, FROM YOUR DEAR FREIND BARBIE IN SILLY WORLD AND NEVER RETURN

  21. Tikibird says:

    Any way i dont like ziwinky i hate it!

  22. iffat says:

    can you tell me all the codes I BEG YOU !

  23. iffat says:

    Emely the site is much bad we ust to be able to make aur oun messieg but now we have to choose a messige from a dum box ! i wish there was a difrend site that we did not have to have any thing and could make our oun clothes, disine AND WE COULD SAY ANY THING ! ! !

  24. iffat says:

    I HATE BARBIE GIRLS .COM NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. iffat says:

    giel dont buy that mp3 player the barbie girls are cheating on us if we get one barbie mp3 player then it wont work and you might spend 7.00 dollers on another one and once again it might not work so what is the point of spending soo much money for just crying. you should in fact tell the police about this bad comamay am i right ?

  26. iffat says:

    i ment 70.oo dollers

  27. Eve Stefanni says:

    I like it!!!it makes me feel pretty and the nice girl in world!!!just a little bit

  28. Eve Stefanni says:

    cool game i think…..i relly hope that i have free Mp3 to play a barbie..what can i d,must buy…hey,any girls want cht with me?

  29. Eve Stefanni says:

    ya!!i agree….Last month i like it,but now,huh…..so stupid and..huhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  30. grace says:

    they let you in the everything but the club thingy

  31. mistine says:

    its true what nicole said. i hate that u cant say what u feel!! its like talking to a computer! and you need that stupid doll to unlock all this crap!

  32. ahmed almaghrebi says:

    waw barbie i like you because your dress beautifeul al ways

  33. Hey hey___________Barbie girls is shite neva been on it but still it sounds it lol ma lil sis hu is lyk 9 goes on it nd now she bought a b doll or barbie girl or wateva and it dont work????!!!>>>>>>_____ newayz zwinky is crap as well cos it ruins ur comp nd its lyke sad! wanna chat live get msn or lyk BEBO!!!!!!__________________

  34. this is stupid they stopped type chat which makes the game freaking boaring after like 5 min it has made my friend stop going to barbie girls and really no one but the yonger kids give a shit about makeovers unless you can talk!!!!

  35. Lucy says:

    I love it because I have a barbiegirl for it and i always buy fashions 2 ware n furni 4 my room!
    I go to Club beauty and give makeovers n get em aswell! I have best friends chats every day!
    And at glam gownz i buy lotsa dresses n sum cool new shoos n i modal my owtfit on the catwork it is so gr8 im always on it yeah really!

  36. Lucy says:

    I have a barbie girls. this site is ace. i on it forever. no seriously bugs none on mu compooter n i have everything in every coloue seriously i am cairnlottie, peachypippa, ridinrose, imrichlondon, and princesstango

  37. raven says:

    i have a barbiegirls mp3 player but even if i connect it to my computer it doesn’t let me buy anything or let me go to the beauty club or anything like that.its really dumb

  38. phoebe says:

    this is stupid they don’t let me in club beauty or glam crowns or adopt a pet but only if you have this stupid mp3 player duuuu!!!! its so stupid they wont let me in my best friends room!

  39. Lucy says:

    it wont work cuz u need to put in the disc and install it and follw the insructions thats what i did with mine so plz plz plz plz plz plz plz pz plz plz try it will work if you put in ur barbiegirls code

  40. Lucy says:

    i am princesstango, imrichlondon, peachypippa, ridinrose, cairnlottie, minitopazgirl, pixieiamcool,
    katieknowme, lillyemrald, mileymontez, gabriellago, hannahsharpay, ihavabarbiegal, milltonnocool, avrilsk8r, gemmaissweet, oliviame, lulurocks and janessastyle!

  41. Lucy says:

    i luv it i can go 2 club booty but it crap when an error message comes up

  42. Lucy says:

    i am also cymbeline13

  43. Annoyamus says:

    I got a code for barbiegirls for a pet it is pet4eva199! kcirt ay

  44. Lucy says:

    my code is for a panda pet and it is BarbieGirlsPets that is all

  45. Lucy says:

    you know that you can always hear and trust,
    in your true blue friends for sure you can never,
    lose got all the help you need to make it through,
    now all you need is true friends they blow you,
    away true friends any place any time ye ye ye!
    Duh! as in blue people with barbie girls that want to look blue

  46. Pink Rose says:

    I dont think its fair that you have
    to have a stuipd mp3 player thing to
    get all the good stuff.Like Club Penguin
    you have to pay for it and besides I am a
    member though but I wasnt a member when
    I first started but this is my 2 time being a
    member and the first time I payed for a month.
    Then my member ship was over so for a long
    time it was Christmas I got to be a member!!
    For 6 months!!But I just thing this is not fair
    you have to get all these things for this dumb
    mp3 player barbie thing!!But my birthbay is in
    5 days!!I asked my mom and stepdad to
    please get me the barbie thing to get the
    cool stuff!!So I am so happy and besides my
    b-day is going to be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  47. Pink Rose says:

    I get bored on Barbie.com cuz its so not
    cool and its not fun at all people so dont go
    on it.Its so dumb that you’ll hate like me I
    go nuts if I see it realy I do so you dont
    wanna go on it.

  48. Pary says:

    I have a bg and it’s not stupid at all!

  49. tara says:

    i think its not fair to buy barbiegirls mp3 player but they can have game like we shold find all special codes hidden in barbiegirls world and unlock everything .if they have this game i think we can unlock everything!

  50. sgh says:

    do u play online free???????????????

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