Awesome Military Guy aka Prince Liam

manu962 Too bad that he won't be dressed like this in the movie.

MajorAbbey I honestly cannot believe they are still trying to sell him to us. They have a lot of nerve. So, what, he's good enough for the merchandise but not good enough for the actual movie? Well, thanks for that, Mattel. Thanks for getting my hopes up like that.

Lorinna Won't he be dressed like this in movie? :O OMK Miss Major! That's just a soldier, though an awesome one. You can always have Major Mint to bring your mood up.

MajorAbbey True. I guess I'll have to. I just wish Mattel hadn't just abandoned the idea of having anything that resembles Mint. Not to mention the fact that I was hoping for soldiers in this movie and... yeah, it got my hopes up. At least with PCS, they didn't do that. Incidentally, is it wrong that I kind of want to write a spin-off about this guy (as himself, not Liam)?

Lorinna Well, they just don't want to spoil Major Mint's character by creating his doppelgangers, y'know. Let's Major stay "the one and only awesome Mint". Why not? I think it would be amazing story, and I would be pleased to write this one.

MajorAbbey Yeah, it'd probably be something along the lines of "You're just not cute enough" (wow, I really need to get back to writing that). I suppose you could be right, but it seems like they're more and more determined to ignore him. Because, you know, heaven forbid girls be exposed to a man in uniform, because rules are bad, right? Right? Yeah... I guess, to quote a certain rap song "I ain't that mad, I just don't like being lied to". Because that's kind of how I feel about this; like I was lied to.

MelodyLaurel I still don't get why this outfit is only in the storybook. I mean, I know Mattel has a tendency of drawing their characters differently in the books (The Barbie characters having their hair down while in the movie they're always tied in a ponytail/bun), but this is too much.

MajorAbbey I don't get it, either. I mean, even if I was actually right with that sarcastic comment about men in uniform... well, girls are going to see it anyway, if it's in the storybook. That picture is everywhere. It turned up in the UK Barbie magazine, for pity's sake. Plus, there's no reason why a prince shouldn't wear a military uniform, provided he actually has a role in the military that would justify it. Look at Prince William. Maybe they figured the uniform would make him look less like "a modern teen" or something.

Lorinna Mattelz are forever with this. Look, in 12DP book, the characters weren't the same, I mean, girls' hairstyles were quite different. (Thanks Kelly, they didn't make it worse, but better, in the movie). Maybe, it's all because books and movies are being made by different people? *heard about Prince William and died of a perfect example of Awesome Military Guy* You know, Miss Major, have to agree. We all saw his bio on b.com/pap. But I remember, in trailer (or maybe it was a music video?), he was wearing something like a military coat.

MajorAbbey Was he? I didn't see a lot of people in military coats in the trailers, or music videos; then again, we didn't see much of anything outside of Keira's concert (not that I have a problem with her concert, but I'd like to know more about the plot. We've already established that Keira's a great performer). And yes, they do tend to change things in the books; they made Miss Privet blonde in the PCS book, for some reason. But I've never seen them ditch a guy's outfit before. Even Toddler Mint's outfit was almost identical to its movie counterpart.