These 2022 Barbies are spending a pure Michigan weekend volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
Now that Michigan’s got Governor Barbie looking out for us, it’s time to say the thing we’ve all been thinking: Barbie was born to be a Michigander. Sorry not sorry, Wisconsin.
1. She’s always ready for a boat day.
This 1970s Barbie and Ken doll couple (which I still have, readers) is heading straight for Lake Michigan. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
2. She’s constantly using her hand to show people where she lives.
This 1981 Roller Skater Barbie can be found cruising the Grand Haven waterfront path letting everyone know where she’s from. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
3. Barbie loves to ski—and was even on the Olympic team.
1975 Olympic Skier Barbie, caught on camera bombing Scarface at Nub’s Nob. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
4. If that side eye isn’t “Michigan Nice,” idk what is.
This Barbie was made in 1959 but her expression is timeless. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
5. She drives a pink Corvette.
DYK: The first 300 Corvettes were hand-built in Flint, and the Corvette design team is now located in Warren.
Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
6. She has a Barbie Dream Condo in Ann Arbor.
Well, someone did. Photo source: Windowstill Photography for Moving the Mitten Real Estate Group
7. Her tip-toe walk is basically all of us on our first swim of the summer.
This 1968 Talking Barbie just needs to get in past her shoulders. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
8. Barbie’s personality is described as “down-to-earth, optimistic, and giving.”
That’s a Michigander in a nutshell.
These 2022 Barbies are spending a pure Michigan weekend volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
9. She, like all of us, has a Dream Cottage.
Though for most of us, it’s more of a dream cottage.
Every Michigander knows that a vintage cottage is the best cottage, like this one from 1984. Photo courtesy Mattel, Inc.
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