LEGO, realizing they dun goofed targeting their entire product line to boys , is releasing a line of playsets in 2012 targeted specifically to little ladies. It’s called ‘Friends’, which is a terrible name but I can look past that because I just saw a guy pushing an ice cream cart like a block further. *running out the door* Mickey face and an orange push-pop! Lego Friends features five female minifig characters who are — you guessed it — friends. Their occupations include designer, musician, veterinarian and inventor, and there are playsets for both home and work. Hey, anything’s better than playing with Barbie, amirite? WRONG. I know a lot of people want to give Barbie a bad rap for her unrealistic proportions and shit, but come on, I had some beefy looking G.I. Joe’s growing up and I’m fat as f*** right now. Never once have I starved myself or worked out in a gym. That’s all true. Besides, there are plenty of other things worse for a girl to be playing with. Namely: matches or a parent’s handgun. Food for thought. “You’re retarded.” They said only borderline! Hit the jump for a sampling of the future sets.

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LEGO ‘Friends’: A LEGO Toy Line For Girls

Get it, thin mints? EAT A CHEESEBURGER, LADY! Cookie -purveying giant Girl Scouts of America have decided to cut several of the crappy-ass varieties from their cookie lineup this year, and focus their efforts on hocking the much more delicious (and fattening) flavors . SAMOOOAAAAAS!!!!11 “Our top five varieties make up 77% of cookie sales,” Amanda Hamaker, the manager of national product sales for the Girl Scouts, told the Wall Street Journal. “The others are yummy and fun, but they’re side dressing–leaving councils with an awful lot of alternate varieties left over.” Still available : Thin Mints, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils, Samoas (also called Caramel deLites), Lemon Chalet Cremes and Tagalongs (also called Peanut Butter Patties). Going into retirement : Dulce de Leche, Thank U Berry Munch, All Abouts, Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip OH THANK GOD. I was literally on pins and needles while reading the article. And not just because I’ve been sitting on the can for so long I might actually be stuck, I was genuinely worried. Thankfully, we’ll all be able to sleep peacefully tonight knowing Thin Mints, Samoas and Tagalongs will still be available. I mean seriously — who gives a dang about Sugar-Free chocolate chip anyway? THEY’RE PACKAGED CAT TURDS. Even Girl Scout Cookies Are Victims of the Recession [time] Thanks to Christina, who has an industrial-size freezer full of Thin Mints from last year. Apocalypse-ready, I like it!

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Oh God, Please Not Samoas Or Thin Mints!: Girl Scouts Cut Four Cookies From Lineup

Barbie Video Girl is a new $50 doll with integrated video camera so girls can make movies of themselves playing in their bedrooms from Barbie’s point of view. This is going to end badly. You dun goofed, Mattel! The Barbie Video Girl Doll ($50, Mattel, for ages 6 and up) looks just like a regular Barbie, but a closer look reveals a camera in her pendant, and a postage-sized color screen on her back, peaking through her blouse. Powered by two AAA batteries (one in each leg), the doll can record up to 30 minutes of Webcam quality AVI video, with a three-button interface. You can watch your recordings on the doll’s screen, but with no sound. Or you can transfer them to your Macintosh or Windows computer by way of the included mini-U.S.B. cable. Granted I would have killed for a He-Man cam growing up so I could have filmed myself playing naked Master of the Universe, but you know what? So would’ve my uncle. Product Site via Lights, Camera, Barbie? [gadgetwise] Thanks to Kate, who sent me a stuffed dino with a camera in the eyes. Nice try, Kate, but I always blindfold him.

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Bad Ideas: Barbie Video Girl Has Integrated Video Camera

A few months ago, I blogged about a web-based analog clock that features the time held up by hot Japanese women. Good news: it’s now available as an iPhone app. If you use this to set your alarm, then the girl showing that time you want to wake up will appear on your screen when the alarm goes off. If you like the girl holding up 8:15 better than the girl holding up 8:20, it’s incentive to wake up five minutes earlier. Get it on iTunes [via Asiajin ]

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New iPhone app features pretty Japanese girls telling time