CES 2009: Mattel Barbie B-Nails
Hands down, my FAVORITE booth at CES this year was Mattel.
They had a new toy that’s going to be out in the Fall of 2009 that blew my socks OFF. It is called B-Nails.
It prints cool designs on your fingernails. This nice girl demonstrated it to me.
First you stick your finger into the machine. It takes a picture of your finger.
Then you choose the design that you want on your fingernail.
I chose this classic Barbie silhouette. At this point, you can resize the image so it will fit on tiny little girl fingers or big fat thumbs or anything inbetween.
After it prints on your finger, you cover the image with clear polish. I couldn’t feel it printing on my finger. There was no heat and I didn’t feel the ink squirting.
Unfortunately, I painted my image too soon, so it smeared a bit.
I had better luck the second time. I sized the image a little too small that time, but it worked perfectly.
They had this toy connected to a PC and running software to control it, so I suspect it will be like the Barbie iDesign and work on Windows only. Hopefully, they won’t make us upgrade to Windows 7 just to play with it.
I am continually impressed with Mattel and their ideas for toys for little girls. B-Nails is just another great toy to add to the list.