[lbo-talk] Mattel makes life size toy credit cards for girls, with swiping toys and fake bank balances

[B.]

Crude YouTube vid of recent commercial is here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sJjV47mMmCg

"Fashion Fever Shopping Boutique, the correctly named
Barbie toy, features a built-in credit card swiper and
a life-size credit card for young children to use when
buying outfits for their dolls. According to the
Amazon website, 'Once the balance hits zero, it will
reset so you can continue to shop.'"

From: http://consumerist.com/consumer/indoctrination/barbie-teaches-credit-cards-101-you-never-run-out-of-money-308326.php