>>8675932>Why didn’t Creatable World sell very well? 1) They were expensive.
2) Instead of striking while the iron was hot, and taking advantage of the hype, and free press created by Mattel's announcement of it's first ever Transgender doll line, Mattel dropped the ball by releasing them as Amazon / online exclusives. By the time they eventually showed up in stores the hype was dead, they were still just as pricy as they were online, and most people felt like it was too little, too late.
3) They were child dolls, and with the exception of baby dolls teen dolls are what children manly like to play with because they can pretend that they are teen princesses or cool grown up high school teens through play
4) The wigs were visually the main gimmick because it was the main item that visually allowed you to turn them from boys to girls, and the wigs Mattel included failed hard. The wig didn't blend well on top of the rooted hair. It looked bulky and Mattel made it so you could see the odd plastic line at the front of the wig when you placed it on the dolls head which looked horrible, and ruined the illusion.
5) While most adults today tolerant / support gays and transgenders they secretly still don't want THEIR child to grow up to be a transgender or gay because most parents dream of having grand children some day, and because they are aware that suicide rates among transgenders is at an all time high.
6) A large amount of adults don't feel that it's right to introducing topics like sex and gender to young children. The dolls serve as a gateway to that uncomfortable conversation, and they choose to opt out.
7) Most religious groups, and conservatives view transgenders as being abominations, and an outrage against nature itself, and they would never buy their child a thinly veiled transgender doll.
