Katniss Everdeen, Feminist Hero, Barbieified
Everyone from The New York Times's Manohla Dargis to Nerdy Feminist is proclaiming The Hunger Games' heroine, Katniss Everdeen, a 21st-century feminist icon. In the book and movie adaptation, Katniss takes over as family provider following the death of her coal miner father (maybe she's Loretta Lynn's great, great, great, great, great granddaughter)--she hunts, she saves her sister, she rescues boys as she's fighting for her life in The Hunger Games, which pits 24 teenagers together in a fatal, televised duel.
So, does the fact that Katniss is now a Barbie lessen her fem-credentials? Mattel has decided to turn the character into a doll, complete with arrows and boots. It does help that the Katniss doll is dressed up for battle or hunting, not in one of the gowns she's forced to wear by the forces of the totalitarian Capitol (Katniss does use her beauty to her advantage, but it plays a smaller part in her survival than her brains and compassion).
http://www.shewired.com/box-office/2012/04/09/katniss-everdeen-feminist-hero-barbieified
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I want one now. 
I adored my Princess Leia doll when I was young Starry. I could see terrorizing my younger brother and our young male cousin who was his constant companion with a Katniss doll.
They eventually stole and buried Leia somewhere in the front yard, and she's never been found.
I'm sure she lost value as soon as I took apart her "cinnamon bun" hairstyle, but still. I'd like to have it back just because, too. My partner still has his Millennium Falcon that his dad got for him in '77 and I consider it part of his dowry. 
#1 - The bizarre measurements if scaled to full size. "If Barbie were an actual woman, she would be 5'9" tall, have a 39" bust, an 18" waist, 33" hips and a size 3 shoe. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20055694-10391704.html
#2 - The roles barbie is generally assigned. (Princess barbie, etc)
Both of these do not seem to apply with the Katniss doll.
Still gives me a chuckle.