A Barbie fan built a fully-functioning Barbie-themed computer complete with pink decals and a doll inside.
Christina Liu, 24, spent a week building the machine, which costed £2,014 ($2600).
The PC is designed for gaming, and has top-of-the-range components that facilitate high-speed functions.
Tech content creator Christina was inspired by the blockbuster film's release.
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.
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."
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.
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.
"That's why I custom-painted the case to match the Barbie theme.
"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.
"The vinyl wrap took a few days to arrive. After I had that, I built the PC in a couple of hours."
Christina makes tech tutorials geared towards girls getting into tech.
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.
Christina Liu, 24, spent a week building the machine, which costed £2,014 ($2600).
The PC is designed for gaming, and has top-of-the-range components that facilitate high-speed functions.
Tech content creator Christina was inspired by the blockbuster film's release.
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.
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."
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.
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.
"That's why I custom-painted the case to match the Barbie theme.
"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.
"The vinyl wrap took a few days to arrive. After I had that, I built the PC in a couple of hours."
Christina makes tech tutorials geared towards girls getting into tech.
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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00:00 Okay, tell me why I ordered two dolls, Pen and Barbie.
00:02 Tell me why they sent Barbie in this massive, weird, heavy box.
00:06 What the heck? I'm just kidding.
00:07 I built a custom Barbie-themed PC. I'm so proud of it.
00:11 They don't make too many cute pink cases, so I had to take things into my own hands.
00:14 I had the white Thermaltake Tower 200 case, and I painted it this cute pink shade.
00:19 I had to let the paint cure for like two or three days,
00:21 but when it was finally cured, I could put in all the hardware.
00:24 Favorite component in this whole build is the Galaxy 4070 GPU,
00:27 which just comes pink like I didn't even have to paint it.
00:29 Then I replicated the box art in Photoshop.
00:31 I had to create a brand new file because I couldn't find any high-quality files on the internet,
00:35 but I've literally never applied a vinyl before, you guys.
00:37 I was so sad because this vinyl cost me $93 to print out,
00:42 and I literally thought that I just tossed it all down the trash and broke it.
00:46 But your girl is resourceful, so you already know I salvaged it, and here is the final build.
00:50 Honestly, the vinyl doesn't look that bad.
00:51 I think next time I will probably pay for a professional to apply it,
00:55 but it was a fun learning experience.
00:56 And now I have a Barbie PC to play Barbie dress-up games in 200 FPS.
01:00 And this is what the inside looks like without the doll.
01:01 I have a Kraken cooler in there, so you can put any gif on the screen.