Twilight Dolls – Team Jacob Barbie Doll Or Team Edward Barbie Doll

January 27, 2010 by Freddy McCandless · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Kids Toys

If you have never heard of Twilight (the movie, not the time before night time) then you probably don't have a teenage daughter (or son) or maybe you don't keep your finger on the cultural pulse as much as you should. Twilight is a best selling series of novels and a smash hit movie franchise.Well, the Twilight buzz is bound to go up another few levels in the next couple of months with the release of the Jacob Barbie doll. You might think this is hyping it up a touch but let me explain.

In brief, Twilight is a love story between a teenage girl, Bella and a handsome but slightly aloof teenage boy Edward (turns out he is a vampire and 117 years old). In the first novel/film tends to be mainly about these two lead characters. Jacob had a small role in the first book/movie. He is a friend of Bella and helps her out when she first comes to Forks.

With the release of the second movie, Jacob plays a far more prominent role. The second book/movie, known as New Moon, is more concerned with Jacob. Although the love story between Bella and Edward continues to simmer, we find out much more about Jacob and much of the action revolves around the deepening relationship between Bella and Jacob. The movie was released late last year so I won't give anything away but as part of the marketing of the movie, people where asked to choose between Edward and Jacob (much like Bella has to do in the movie ?)

You where asked if you were on Team Edward or Team Jacob. Many fans of the story plumped for Jacob. Besides this 'commitment' to the character fans were charmed by the strong performance given by the actor who plays Jacob (Taylor Lautner), which endeared even more fans to the character. Thus ever since the New Moon movie was released, eager fans have been begging for memorabilia in some shape and form.

Plenty of memorabilia was already in place, including many twilight dolls. There were Edward and Bella barbie dolls and Edward, Bella, Jacob and Alice Cullen NECA action figures but no Jacob Barbie doll. Mattel, the makers of Barbie eventually divulged that they would be releasing a Jacob barbie doll in early March 2010.

BARBIE TWILIGHT EDWARD PINK LABEL DOLL IN STOCK BNIB
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New Barbie New Twilight New Moon Jacob Doll
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The looks of Jacob Twilight doll appears that Mattel have been fairly accurate in the look of the character from the movie. He looks similar to Taylor Lautner, including the short dark hair, the six pack abs and the distinctive looking face. In terms of the outfit, the doll wears the cut off jeans and a pair of sneakers as seen in the film. The doll also has a tattoo on the shoulder like the character in the movie.

For passionate fans of the Twilight story, and the Jacob character in particular, this is a must have collectible item. Plenty of folks are passionate about collecting Barbie dolls. They hold their value like a good collectible item should do and fans like to surround themselves with items that remind them of their passion. With this in mind I believe the Jacob barbie doll will be immensely popular.

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