Mattel may not want to turn Barbie into a middle aged doll as some women suggested. Still others say it is high time for Ms. Roberts to get in touch with the modern times. Here are some suggestions for a 90's type of Barbie.

• Birkenstock Barbie
  Finally, a Barbie doll with horizontal feet and comfortable sandals. Made from recycled materials.
• Bisexual Barbie
  Comes in a package with Skipper and Ken.
• Bitten Bullet Barbie
  An anthropologist Barbie with pith helmet, camera, detachable limbs, fake blood, and the ability to perform surgery on herself in the Outback.
• Blue Collar Barbie
  Comes with overalls, protective goggles, lunch pail, UAW membership, pamphlet on union organizing and pay scales for women as compared to men. Waitressing outfits and cashier's aprons may be purchased separately for Barbies holding down two jobs in order to make ends meet.
• Our Barbies Ourselves
  Anatomically correct Barbie, both inside and out; comes with spreadable legs, her own speculum, magnifying glass, and detailed diagrams of female anatomy so that little girls can learn about their bodies in a friendly, non threatening way. Also includes tiny Kotex, booklets on sexual responsibility. Accessories such as contraceptives, sex toys, expanding uterus with fetuses at various stages of development and breast pump are all optional, underscoring that each young woman has the right to do what she chooses with her own Barbie.
• Rebbe Barbie
  So why not? Women rabbis are on the cutting edge of Judaism. Rebbe Barbie comes with tiny yarmulke, prayer shawl, teffilin, silver kaddish cup, Torah scrolls. Options include a tiny mezuzahs for doorway of...
• Barbie townhouse
  Accessories include garb suitable for most Christian and Eastern faiths. So why not already?
• Home Girl Barbie
  A Truly fly Barbie in midriff baring shirt and baggy jeans. complete with gold jewelry, hip hop accessories and plenty of attitude. Pull cord and she says things like "I don't THINK so!", "Dang, get outta my face" and "you GO girl!" Teaches girls not to take sh*t from men and condescending white people.
• Transgender Barbie
  Formerly known as G.I. Joe
• Robotic Barbie
  Hey kids! Experiment with an autonomous two legged walking machine! After falling over, she says "Control theory is hard. Damn these spike heels anyway!"
• Dinner Roll Barbie
  A Barbie with multiple love handles, double chin, a real curvy belly, and voluminous thighs to show girls that voluptuousness is also beautiful. Comes with a miniature basket of dinner rolls, Bucket-O'-Fried-Chicken, tiny Entenmann's walnut coffee ring, a brick of Sealtest Ice cream, three bags of potato chips, a T-shirt reading "Only the Weak Don't Eat" and, of course, an appetite.
• Melrose Place Barbie
  Comes with her own Barbie Dream Apartment, where Skipper and the rest of the gang live together. Other accessories include a bottle of vodka, silk sheets, and an arrest warrant.
• Dr. Barbie, Medicine Woman
  This helpful doll offers other homesteaders important tips like what conditioner to use on the Plains, and how to take care of one's nails while shoeing a horse.
• America's Most Wanted Barbie
  She's on the run after 30 years of crimes against feminism!
• Oprah Barbie
  Push a button on her back and she actually speaks! Hold your very own talk show with topics like how tough math class really is, Ballerina Barbie's struggle with bulimia, Kens who wear Barbie's clothes.
• My So-called Barbie
  She faces the same troubling issues as teens who don't have huge wardrobes, perfect bods, pools, ponies and boyfriends.
• Roseanne Barbie
  The dark side of the American Dream is explored with this doll, which shows what happens after Barbie graduated from high school, married too young and ate too much.
• Murder, Barbie Wrote
  Whenever this elder states woman of the Barbie set (she's 27!) arrives in the playhouse, all the other dolls mysteriously disappear.