November 16, 2009

Jacob Barbie

Move over, Edward and Bella Barbie:  Here Comes 'Twilight' Jacob

By Allyssa LeeHot on the heels of the Edward and Bella dolls comes the third part of the 'Twilight' love triangle: the Jacob Black Barbie. And judging by this image, the toymakers clearly zeroed in on the werewolf's selling points--Taylor Lautner's finely-chiseled 'New Moon' abs and unthreateningly hot face.

Other than that, the shape-shifter is clad in just cut-off jean shorts and some sneakers, sans socks. Guess a full outfit would probably be restricting to a werewolf (clothes so get in the way of a transformation--not to mention that hard-earned 8-pack).
Comment:  For a discussion of Jacob's shirtlessness, see Why New Moon's Werewolves Go Shirtless. For more on the subject, see Wolf Pack Shows Savage Side and Quileute Werewolves in Twilight.

3 comments:

dmarks said...

Can't Ed Norton at least lend them some of those greatly expanding purple Hulk pants?

Carrie Mesrobian said...

I teach a class on Twilight and writing (based on Stephen King's assertion that "you can learn a lot from bad writing") and we just been discussing the portrayal of the Quileutes (plus the mocked-up lore created by SM) in class. I have to tell you I've found little critique on Quiluetes besides you and I really appreciate your voice. Thank you!

Carrie Mesrobian said...

That is to say, "little critique on the portrayal of the Quileutes by Stephenie Meyer"

Sorry!