Barbie The Movie Car, Vintage-Inspired Pink Corvette Convertible with White Wall Tires and Trunk Storage, Collectible, HPK02

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It started with her pink-on-white 1956 model - which is the car that will feature most prominently in the new movie starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. Having first taken to the controls of a 964-generation 911 cabriolet with working headlights, she later moved on to a red-on-tan Boxster with a motorised, retractable roof. There are no fewer than five General Motors products (and the goddamn logo) featured prominently throughout the movie. AW: Does Barbie - Margot - actually drive it, as in step on an accelerator pedal and steer, or is it on a rail of some sort? Anyway, I embraced the journey and I'm glad that I did. Here is my review written as a pretentious critic that I aspire to be in my next life:

Hop in and zoom around Barbie Land! This collectible Barbie® car recreates the iconic pink Corvette® seen in Barbie™ The Movie. With a curvy silhouette and retro trims, the vintage-inspired convertible is a piece of art on four wheels! It features a working trunk and doors, plus steerable, rolling wheels. Celebrating Barbie™ The Movie, it makes a great gift for fans and collectors alike! Doll not included. Colors and decorations may vary. NF: A lot of hard work from an amazing crew! Nothing on the car is ‘off the shelf.' Everything, including the chassis and the body had to be custom made. There are no components from an existing car on the Barbie car we built. It wasn't possible to use anything from a real world car as it would all be too big! The Barbie car is 23% smaller than the original Corvette, so the whole car had to be drawn, manufactured and installed to create the finished piece! This leads me to think that despite Robbie seemingly portraying a real human woman in this image, the movie might have some fun stylization to it. The Corvette in the photo looks like it's a toy, or at least designed to look like one, so maybe the titular role of Barbie will be of an actual doll and not a real person. Could she be a doll come to life, like the iconic Tyra Banks-led movie Life-Size? Maybe the whole movie will take place in a toy world with scaled-up visuals, like Toy Story or Welcome to Marwen. Or maybe Barbie really will be a real person, and she just drives a toylike car. Gerwig masterfully navigates the treacherous waters of branded material, infusing the narrative with a blend of adventure, comedy, fantasy, and romance. The result is a thought-provoking exploration of Barbie's role as a feminist symbol, challenging societal perceptions of femininity and girlhood. Radio 4 broadcaster Paul Lewis tells ME & MY MONEY: My whole pension is in CASH and not shares... after all I am Mr Money Box

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Customers dealt a bad hand on credit card 'holds' on hire cars, hotels and petrol pumps With Margot Robbie as the eponymous character and Ryan Gosling as Ken, Gerwig's live-action rendition delves into the complex world of Barbie, attempting to extract deeper meaning from this cultural phenomenon. All of Barbie’s friends, all named Barbie as well, have C1 Corvette Convertibles, but they’re not all pink like the main character’s car. In the trailer we see green, blue, and yellow models. There may be other colors. Zoom off to Barbie Land! This convertible can fit four Barbie® dolls, as well as any accessories they might bring along -- the trunk opens for storage! Dolls not included. It was a Ferrari F1 machine that was exclusively offered for sale at the 2004 International Barbie Doll Collections Convention in Chicago.

Graced with a vintage silhouette, this gleaming Corvette® sports retro finishes, white wall tires with chrome rims, and -- what else? -- two Barbie® license plates. The real 1958/59 C1 Corvette was 177.2 inches long. Estimates for what the real size of a human-sized Barbie would be range from 5-foot-9 to 7-foot-6. Who knows? The actress who plays Barbie, Margot Robbie, is 5-foot-6. In one screen-saver captured from the movie trailer, the height of Robbie the actress appears to take up about half the length of the car (138 in. divided by 177.2 = 78%), so let’s say it’s ¾ scale. When you go see the movie (when it comes out July 21) you can make your own estimate. Gerwig compels the audience to contemplate this question, weaving it throughout the fabric of the film. NF: A small electric motor, similar to the type found in a golf buggy. Direct drive to a rear differential to power the rear wheels! Very simple, very easy! Some hidden 12volt batteries from a fork lift hidden under the rear passenger seat! At least four GM vehicles appear during the movie, but perhaps the most iconic is Barbie’s pink C1 Chevy Corvette. The legendary car first showed up in the trailer and gets the story going, so it’s very in-your-face. Even before the movie came out, consumer interest in the Corvette grew by 120%. According to Robb Report, Google data shows that searches for “Barbie Corvette” have increased by 80% and “Barbie movie car” by 450% in the past three months.

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Or is that a vast oversimplification? Maybe you should go see it. Tell us what you thought of it in the comments below. There’s a lot more going on here than just the Corvettes. But the Corvettes are cool. The doors open as well! Even the steering wheel works -- spin it to watch the wheels turn in tandem.