An action figure could get away with this flub, but not a Barbie doll. The whole point of Barbie dolls is to help girls feel insecure about their body image. If the Barbies look busted, how are girls going to feel bad about not having an impossibly skinny body and flawless features? I'm obviously being sarcastic, but I also have a good point. Boys or girls who play with action figures can just pretend the messed up eye is part of the character. On a Barbie, that doesn't work so much.
I grew up with an older sister, so I'm no stranger to playing with dolls. I'd use my allowance to buy a doll just so my sister MIGHT accept me. It never worked. All it did was give her new reasons to make fun of me. I should have seen that coming. Now I look back on all those years of wasted allowances and cherish those memories.