BarbieGirls.com Fashion Doll MP3 Player; Available In July

Written by Chip Chicklets on Friday, 27 April 200711 Comments

At yesterdayâ€™s BarbieGirls.com launch event, Mattel announced that in July a fashion doll-shaped Barbie Girl MP3 Player standing 4 Â½ inches tall will be available at retail. When plugged into a computer, the device will extend the virtual play options on BarbieGirls.com.

Barbie Girl MP3 Player: What Youâ€™ll Get

Memory: 512 MB of built in memory â€“ thatâ€™s 120 MP3 songs or 240 WMA songs. (You can purchase an additional 2 GB of memory separately)

Compatibility: Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP; Barbie Girls software is not Mac OS compatible; however, it will work with Mac computers that run Windows.

Music: The MP3 player will play any music transferred from a CD or bought online from non-DRM music stores.

Fashion: The device includes two sets of interchangeable fashion, so girls can switch out the face, hair, top and pants on the device.

Other Tech Stuff Included: Ear buds in varying sizes; a belt clip, and a docking station to connect the device to the computer.

The Device Is A “Key” To An Extended Virtual World. When you sync the device to the computer, it opens up new places on BarbieGirls.com where girls can play, shop and chat. Girls with the device can even adopt their own virtual pet (dog, cat, bunny or monkey) and make purchases at the virtual pet store. Girls earn “B Bucks” for purchases by playing games online, and spend the B Bucks at the mall.

What We Like: Girls can engage in two types of chat on BarbieGirls.com. B Chat is for chatting with everyone, and information is significantly filtered. Girls can have a secret B Chat with their “best friends” in their room only and chat on a more personal level. Even here though, the system will still block inappropriate chat. “Best Friends” are friends girls have in real life. To gain a virtual “best friend,” girls must have a Barbie Girls MP3 Player and physically connect it to one anotherâ€™s computer docking station.

Cost/Availability: $59.99 at retailers in July in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand.

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- 27 April 2007 at 11:08 am

Donesha02 said:

are this item can be shopping in Lithuania or other cities???i need that dool….

- 28 April 2007 at 3:10 pm

nicole chody said:

Why is the barbie mp3 player coming out in july instead of May? Also how come it’s $59 can’t you like make it a little bit cheaper like $20 or something. And are there only three barbie mp3 players or those are the only three that you showed but there’s a lot.

- 29 April 2007 at 11:03 am

betty456 said:

how come you got to own a barbiegirl so you can get speciasl idems for your
charter and i think you guys should lower down the prisze because not everyone can aford a mp3 player

and mbers should get one for free

- 18 June 2007 at 7:20 pm

larissa said:

I so want one of those barbiegirls! too bad it is coming out in july and I am getting a camera for my birthday. but I think my mom can buy me one.

- 18 June 2007 at 8:04 pm

Daysi said:

Can u tell me when the Barbie girl Mp3 will be in stores like target or any other store?Please!!!!!!!!!!!!

- 27 June 2007 at 7:56 pm

Daysi said:

i wish they culd be chheper thought? Becuase my daughter wants one for their Virtual World at BarbieGirls.com!!! Leave me comments please!!!

- 27 June 2007 at 7:59 pm

desconosida said:

hello they would want that they gave codes mevvf

- 19 December 2008 at 7:25 pm

sara alshamsi said:

if you live in abu dhabie you will find it in toys ar us i so it
but tommorw ill buy it yayme
and i want to know something if i but if i buy it ill be vip please tell me ill do anything to you ok bye everyone

- 16 January 2009 at 2:15 pm

pie said: