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Buster's ready for his closeup
Urlbot Kelly
Urlesque HQ is a little overexcited about the newest edition to the Urlbots, Barbie Video Girl. We love her, and we think you'll love her too so we're giving away two dolls to some lucky Urlesque readers.

Video Girl is the newest Barbie doll that is a fully functional video camera. If you're a girl, focus on the striped hoodie and bright pink peep-toe booties. If you're not, remember that it's just a really fashionable camera. She's easy to use -- load her up with batteries and turn on the teeny tiny camera that shoots from a "necklace" in her chest and previews footage on the LCD screen on her back. After shooting, plug her into the computer with her pink USB cable (yes, a pink USB is included with each doll) and download some simple free editing software from her website to turn the footage into something special.

To enter the giveaway, we want to know ahead of time that Video Girl is in good hands. Keep reading for instructions on how to enter the Barbie Video Girl giveaway.
Since these dolls are so cool, you'll have to do a bit of work to enter. We want to see the types of videos that you (or your lucky children, nieces or nephews) will be shooting with the Barbie, should you win the giveaway.

Send us an edited/photoshopped photo of Barbie Video Girl -- aka a "Barbieshop" -- of Barbie in action. For example, in the above photo, Urlbot Kelly shows Barbie catching Urlesque's cat reporter Buster in action as he preps for the next edition of Cat Chat.

If you won a Barbie Video Girl, where would she go? What would she video? Show us! And, of course wild imaginations are always welcome here.
How To Enter the Barbie Video Girl Giveaway
1. Open up our easy-to-use image editing template in Aviaryhere's a transparent image of Barbie for you.)

2. Pick your favorite background photo.

3. Use Aviary's template to upload and add in your background into the Barbie photo (Don't forget Barbie's LCD screen!). Need more help? Check out our step-by-step walk through on how to use an Aviary template and participate.

4. Finalize your new Barbieshop image and download to your computer or grab the photo URL from the site.

4. To officially enter the giveaway, send us your Barbieshop photo or the URL to your awesome Barbieshop photo creation to barbieshop@urlesque.com or
drop a link to your created photo in the comments below.

Only entries that are e-mailed to the barbieshop address or appear on comments on this post are valid entries to the giveaway. Only one entry per e-mail address accepted. See below for more official rules. and click the blue "Open in Image Editor" to begin your new creation. (Or, if you're handy with your own versions of photo editing software,

UPDATE: The giveaway submission period is over. See the best submissions and giveaway winners!
On Friday, July 30th at 6pm EST, we will select two winners from the valid entries at random to win the dolls and will contact the winners via e-mail. So no matter your skill, everyone has a chance to win! And just a heads up, we'll also pick a few of our favorite submissions to feature in a post on Urlesque (unrelated to the giveaway) so by submitting a photo you agree to allowing us to post it on Urlesque.com.

Need some inspiration? Here's a few Urlbot creations to help:
Urlesque's Barbie Video Girl giveaway is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older. To enter, please e-mail one Barbieshop photo (outlined above) to barbieshop@urlesque.com or comment on this post. You must enter before 6:00 pm Eastern Time on July 30, 2010. You may enter once per e-mail address, and two winners will be selected in a random drawing. The prize pack will include the following item: (Approximate total retail value $49.99) one Barbie Video Girl. Click here for complete Official Rules.