I'll start with Ken dolls aren't really bought much, even now-a-days sales of Ken are no where near other Barbie dolls. But back in the 90's Mattel were set to change that by paying a researcher to go to Rave Parties in order to get the hip Ken they could. What came out of it was a new Ken that featured an updated look, including blonde highlights, an outfit that was a purple shirt with a lavender vest, sporting a necklace with a circular charm and an earring in his left ear. Even being titled Earring Magic Ken. Obviously don't judge a book by a cover, but you got admit... pretty gay.
What the newly raving researcher hadn't known, nor Mattel, is that the circular charm that the researcher had found on men in the Rave Parties, were a gay-sex toy. I could leave the story their and my clickbaity chapter at an end but the story isn't over, because Mattel did get what they wanted after all. A massive boost in sales for Ken dolls that rival even the brand named character herself. It was mostly bought by adults, either for jokes, laughs, and or that it represented the gays.
Mattel then stopped production of these Earring Magic Ken dolls after 6 weeks from when they were put in stores. Earring Magic Ken dolls are now highly sought after items among the LGBTQ+ community and collectors. Mattel has never said any word about them since besides announcing (paraphrasing) Ken is straight and will always be straight, after their mistaken mid-life crisis of Barbie's boytoy.
According to a previous comment on another website of this story (yes this is a re-published work) The ring on the necklace ken was wearing actually indicates that he's a bottom.
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