As we reported last week thanks to John Henson, the tattoo on the Barbie version of Jacob Black is upside down! Word must have spread to Mattel and they have issued this statement in regards to the situation.
Twilight fans! As you may have heard, Mattel’s heartthrob Jacob doll’s iconic tribal tattoo is upside down on a portion of the total dolls produced. Mattel apologizes for the mistake in production and is working to rectify the situation. If you purchased a Jacob doll with an upside down tattoo and wish to replace your doll with an accurately represented tattoo, please call Mattel customer service at 1-800-524-8697 for more information or 1-800-491-7514 if you purchased your doll directly from Barbie Collector.
Of course, as one of our readers pointed out, it might be cool to keep the doll with the mistake as a collector’s item since we assume that Mattel will correct the mistake and all future dolls will have the correct tattoo.
oh. my. gosh….the world might just end.
I am keeping mine and buying the corrected one too.
hey lacy im lacey
Same for me too…Good luck Mattel getting these dolls back..lol
I’m keeping mine! And I hope they come out with more Twilight barbies soon.
I have 3 Jacob dolls with the upside down tattoos and I’m keeping 2 and giving my friend one. No way am I giving up my “flawed” Jacobs!
Grown women and their barbie dolls…… XP
LOL…We all need a hobby and personally I enjoy mine.
All i have to say is..”HAHA”
haha wow. it must’ve been a big deal for mattel to issue a statement…maybe im just not a barbie person. but wow.
Is there anyone who has a doll that is “upset” that it was wrong?
I just found out I have one (shows how out of the loop I am) and I can not be more happy. I am showing everyone that I know.
I’m mad. I just got my doll today and I don’t care how unique or collectable mine Is…I just kinda wanted my own little piece of Jacob an mine isn’t
accurate
I wonder…since mine is already opened, what should I do?
I am always going down the barbie doll isle when ever I go to any kind of store that has that isle. Due to I have always been a huge barbie fan. I ended up getting the Jacob doll the first time I seen him. Now after looking at the pictures of how the tattoo should look like I know that my doll’s tattoo is upside down. Now I think that this doll is my favorite doll. There is no way that I will ever part with him.