Hows this for a waste of money.

Parents can now go online and order a "phone call from Barbie(tm)" for their kid. You schedule the call, pay by credit call, and a pre-recorded message calls your place for your child to listen to.

No interaction, just a message.

Just like today's telemarketers.

If I was a kid, and my parents got me a recording as a gift, I'd feel kinda gypped.

*sigh*