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Woman spends over £2,000 building pink custom Barbie-themed computer with iconic doll inside

2023-07-27 9 Dailymotion

A Barbie fan built a fully-functioning Barbie-themed computer complete with pink decals and a doll inside.<br /><br />Christina Liu, 24, spent a week building the machine, which costed £2,014 ($2600). <br /><br />The PC is designed for gaming, and has top-of-the-range components that facilitate high-speed functions.<br /><br />Tech content creator Christina was inspired by the blockbuster film's release.<br /><br />Christina, from San Jose, California, USA, said she never had the chance to play with Barbies as a child, so this was an opportunity to show off her skills.<br /><br />She said: "I've always been drawn to the Barbie brand but was never able to have one as a kid. I felt inspired to build a computer themed around it since that's my hobby."<br /><br />Footage shows the process of how Christina built the PC and applied all the features, which included space for a doll inside, as well as a moving GIF from the film inside.<br /><br />Christina added: "This space isn't one that traditionally caters to women, so it's hard to find affordable hardware in the right shade of pink.<br /><br />"That's why I custom-painted the case to match the Barbie theme.<br /><br />"I had about a week from ideation to execution, painting the PC case took about three days since I needed to wait for the paint to fully cure.<br /><br />"The vinyl wrap took a few days to arrive. After I had that, I built the PC in a couple of hours."<br /><br />Christina makes tech tutorials geared towards girls getting into tech.<br /><br />She said this is one of her favourite builds to date - only trumped by her "cooling Boba" set-up - which saw Boba bubble tea used as a cooling system in the machine.

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