David Bowie Barbie

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The Barbie doll is trading in her signature blond locks for a red mullet. Mattel released a David Bowie Ziggy Stardust Barbie this week to mark the 50th anniversary of Bowie’s 1969 hit “Space Oddity.” The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports.

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