Mattel simply launched a Naomi Osaka Barbie, and it is already bought out

Mattel has launched a Naomi Osaka Barbie doll, honouring the beloved tennis champion by enshrining her in plastic. Designed by Carlyle Nuera, the Osaka doll is a part of the Barbie Function Fashions Doll line that includes inspiring ladies from across the globe.

“I hope each youngster is reminded that they are often and do something,” wrote Osaka in her tweet saying the collaboration.

The Naomi Osaka Barbie comes carrying a Nike tennis gown impressed by her 2020 Australian Open outfit, full with Nike footwear, visor, and Yonex tennis racket. (It is a bit unusual that they picked that individual look to recreate moderately than one from the various tournaments she gained, nevertheless it’s nonetheless fairly cool.)

The doll goes additional than merely replicating Osaka’s garments too, even recreating her curly hair and sweetness marks so no doubt it’s four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka. It additionally has a poseable physique with 22 factors of articulation, and comes with a show stand that can assist you present it off. As a result of if in case you have a Naomi Osaka Barbie, you are going to need to present it off.

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“Clearly Naomi’s athletic ability is unmatched, that is a reality,” mentioned Nuera in an announcement. “However what I personally admire essentially the most about Naomi Osaka is how she makes use of her platform, the highlight on her and her voice, to lift consciousness about social justice.”

Osaka has been vocal about points reminiscent of racism and psychological well being, and is a passionate philanthropist.

“In the present day, given the tv protection we obtain and our prominence on social media, athletes have platforms which can be bigger and extra seen than ever earlier than,” Osaka wrote in a 2020 New York Occasions opinion piece. “The way in which I see it, that additionally signifies that we’ve got a higher accountability to talk up.”

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Mattel’s new doll is not the primary time Osaka has been immortalised in Barbie type. In 2019, the tennis participant was one in every of 20 ladies gifted distinctive dolls created in their very own likeness as a part of Barbie’s “Shero” line. Nonetheless, that is the primary time the broader public will be capable to get their arms on a Naomi Osaka Barbie.

Sadly, most followers eager to recreate Osaka’s Grand Slam wins have a little bit of a wait forward of them. Regardless of a purchase order restrict of two dolls per particular person, the $29.99 Barbie is bought out on-line “[d]ue to excessive demand“. You may request to be notified when it is again in inventory, although there’s presently no indication of when that is perhaps.

Osaka is presently taking a break from competitors although, so there is a good likelihood your Osaka Barbie will nonetheless arrive in time to observe her subsequent match with you.