GI Joe is next.
Via KHOU:
It didn’t exactly connect to Matt and Nick because it was Barbie as the bride and Ken as the groom.
“So we bought another Ken, who was in a tux, and took out Barbie and added another Ken in, tied it together and gave Natalie the gift and her reaction was priceless,” Jacobi said.
That’s when the couple reached out to Mattel. Matt posted the picture of the set they made on his social media and sent a message to Mattel saying, “I hope this inspires you.”
Just days later, Mattel got back to them with an exciting email asking the two to come to Los Angeles in January to help the company come up with a same-sex couple marriage doll set.
“For them to reach out and take to social media shows the power of your voice on social media,” Caprio said. “It was great to be able to contact them and we’re really excited to see where this goes and work with them.”
Using their relationship with their nieces, the couple talked about the impact ideas like this can have for children across the country.
“At the end of the day, Natalie and Coco only know that Uncle Nick loves Uncle Matt and Uncle Matt loves Uncle Nick, that’s all they’ve known, we’ve been together for over 11 years, so this is what they know.”
Caprio says if kids are exposed to toys like these when growing up, it will help make seeing and being around same-sex couples normal like it should be, rather than something that requires questions.