>>10017868>between all the misses with G3,barbie low ass quality and those disastrous disney princess dolls i think somebody should be firedHad an interesting exchange on Discord earlier today; turns out Mattel actually DOES seek out amateur dollmakers in circles like BJD for its design teams, but makes them sign a contract stating that everything they make will solely be for Mattel and they would have to shut down their own business in order to be hired.
Predictively, most skilled creative people are like “na son miss me with shit“. as a result those who DO work for Mattel put in the bare minimum of effort for whatever brands they’re assigned to. Suddenly the mystery of Mattel dolls being so shit post-2016 has been answered.
Carlyle Nuera continues to make absolute trash for Barbie because he’s a bootlicker with no actual artistic talent or self-respect, content to coast on being “the gay Asian diversity hire“. The Barbie department is also so entrenched in nepotism that nobody else wants to even try.
