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• August 4, 2009 4:15 PM
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Now Dudes and Gals Alike Can Play With Barbies...On Colette's New Foosball Table

By Roxanne Fequiere

If you were the type of little girl—or boy—who was always torn between playing with dolls and broing out with the neighborhood boys, your childhood dreams just came true. Colette, purveyor of awesome designer finds and utterly baffling tchotchkes, is currently hawking "Barbie Foot," a Barbie-infused foosball table in the doll's signature pink with clear lucite handles and two teams of ridiculously creepy armless Barbie soccer players. Designed by Chloé Ruchon and manufactured by Bonzini (of "authentic high quality football table" fame), the plastic teams are ready to face off with flowing hair, big smiles, and color-coordinated skirt sets—but at 10,000 euros, it turns out indulging your inner child is a bit more expensive than we thought. Guess we could always just buy popsicles from the ice-cream truck and play hopscotch on the sidewalk instead....

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