Tag: Monster High

Frankie and Jackson Picnic Casket for 2

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Frankie Stein kind of cracks me up as a Monster High “ghoul.” She’s been linked to so many Monster High guys. In this package, she is linked to Jackson – but is it just as friends or is love in the air?

I mostly bought this set for Jackson. I’ve had a tough time finding the guy dolls for some reason. I really do like this set though. Both dolls have cute clothing, Frankie’s outfit is very tame for a Monster High outfit – it’s very old school cute.

Pros: Quality dolls, cute outfits, fun little set. Comes with Jackson!!!

Cons: Picnic casket doesn’t hold all of the little goodies and the set doesn’t come with any brushes.

Would I buy again? Probably. I like the look of Frankie and I was happy to get Jackson. My daughters play with this set (especially Jackson) frequently.

Here’s the unboxing if you want to see everything that comes with it:

Zombie Shake Rochelle Goyle and Venus Mcflytrap

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There are a few things I especially love about Monster High. I love the clever puns and names of the “ghouls” and the clever substitutions for words they use. I also love their webisodes and Music Videos. The Zombie Shake webisode is one of my very favorites. The song is really catchy and the whole video is just cute. You can find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz_xtoFCfsY&index=28&list=PL_MZ8Wf268ZnIO3CnSxr6SukVfS3YpIh7. The dolls are wearing the outfits from this video.

The package comes with a diary of transcription of events from the webisode. It comes with 2 separate black Monster High Stands and 1 Black Monster High brush. Each doll comes with a purse to match their outfits as well. The dolls are really cute. The hair styles are adorable and they’ve both been a bit “zombified.”

Pros: Very cool Zombiefied dolls with awesome outfits and hair. I believe it was a great deal pricewise as well. I buy almost all of my dolls from Amazon.

Cons: I can’t really think of a con on these. I had a little difficulty with Rochelle’s wings and I don’t like the packaging, but that’s it.

Would I buy again? Yes! I love this webisode and song! My daughters don’t play with these as much as I would’ve liked though.

Getting Ghostly Draculaura and Getting Ghostly Clawdeem Wolf

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These dolls are from the new Monster High Movie “Haunted” (comes out tomorrow on DVD)! I am so excited for this movie!!! The Monster High ghouls use boogey sand to get them into the ghostly world to figure out what shenanigans are going on. Since Draculaura and Clawdeen are regular monsters, they need this sand to turn them into ghosts. Mattel did a really good job making the dolls look ethereal like. They are very pretty and look very different from their normal selves.

Pros: Totally different look, very cute looks, come with Stand and brush, nice doll to add to collection

Cons: No diaries:( I really enjoy those. Also, if you’re on a limited budget, you may not want to spend the extra money on another doll that you may already have. These are really good for Monster High doll Collectors.

Would I buy again? Yes. These dolls are gorgeous and my daughters will love them.

 

You can see them up close here:

Monster High’s Wydowna Spider

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Wydowna Spider might be one of the coolest Monster High dolls. She’s the daughter of Arachne and appears in the Ghoulfriends series of Monster High books. She has 6 arms, 2 legs and 6 eyes! I love the fact that this doll comes with extra outfits and shoes. Most Monster High dolls do not come with spare outfits. I’m guessing she comes with extras because she has so many arms and may not fit into other Monster High doll clothes.

Pros: Comes with extra outfits, is super cool looking.

Cons: None

Would I buy again? Yes! She is awesome and you pronounce her name like you would Winona Ryder which is pretty clever.

Monster High’s Sirena Von Boo

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Sirena Von Boo is from the Monster High movie Freaky Fusion. I like this character a lot. She’s a “Hybrid” which is a cross between two different kinds of Monsters. She’s a Mermaid-Ghost, which is a pretty interesting match up from her parents if you think about it. Anyway, the “Hybrids” are new to Monster High and feel like outcasts. Then some of the Monster High ghouls get fused together and the “Hybrids” help them take control of their new bodies. Sirena is a lot of fun because she’s a little flighty and has a very short attention span.

The Freaky Fusion “Hybrid” female dolls are some of my favorites out of all of the Monster High dolls. The boy (Neighthan Rot) isn’t very great, but the females. None of them need a stand to stand up, they’re very high quality and have great looks.

Pros: Stands up by herself! Gorgeous doll, very original looks, and a fun character from the movie.

Cons: To be honest, can’t really think of any.

Would I buy again? Absolutely. I love this doll!

Check her out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeNtNau-kKs

Monster High’s Ghostly Twyla from Haunted

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Twyla is the daughter of the Boogeyman in Monster High world. She appears in the new Monster High Movie, Haunted. As of this post, the movie is not out yet, but I have pre-ordered it and it should arrive on 3/24/15. This Twyla doll is called “Ghostly Twyla” because in Haunted, the Monster High ghouls go to Ghost World.

This Twyla doll is really cute. All of the Haunted dolls come with a very pretty Blue Hair Brush and Blue Stand. They all have chains on them (to keep them from floating away???) and very cute outfits.

Pros: Very cute doll, cute outfit, cute everything.

Cons: Overpriced, like most Monster High Dolls, does not come with a diary.

Would I buy again? I’m not sure yet. I’ll have to update after the movie comes out and see how big of a role Twyla plays in the movie. I’m thinking no right now though, because she’s not one of the kids’ favorites and it’s just another marketing ploy.

Monster High’s Clawvenus Doll

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Clawvenus is one of my favorite characters in the Monster High movie, Freaky Fusion. Clawdeen Wolf and Venus McFlytrap end up being Fused Together to make one monster – Clawvenus. I like this character because Clawdeen has a very sensitive wolf nose and Venus has Pollen Powers of Persuasion. In the movie, Venus’ pollen makes Clawdeen sneeze a lot and that causes all sorts of issues. They are just very cute together in my opinion.

Anyway, on to the actual doll itself. I like the doll a lot. It’s pretty well made. It’s a good fusion of the two “ghouls.” The outfit (except for the jacket) is really cute.

Pros: Well made, mostly cute outfit, fun hair.

Cons: Don’t like the jacket or the color of the doll.

Would I buy it again? Yes. This was definitely one of their better fusions that I bought. I think Clawvenus and Dracubecca were my favorites.

Student Disembody Council

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This is not one of my favorite Monster High purchases at all. I believe it was specially made for Target, but I bought it from Amazon. It comes with 5 characters: Scarah Screams (Secretary), Slo-Mo (President), Lagoona Blue (Vice President), Gilda Goldstag (Treasurer) and Cleo de Nile (Social Chair). I mostly purchased this set because my daughters love Slo-Mo and he’s really hard to find and my youngest saw Scarah Screams in the Monster High movie 13 Wishes and had been asking for her.

Pros: The set comes with 5 dolls and 3 of them are pretty hard to find sold by themselves.

Cons: This is going to be a long one: none of the dolls come with stands, brushes or diaries. The brushes I don’t mind (we have a ton of them!), but the stands are really nice to have. Sometimes my daughters just like to display their dolls and these all have to sit down when they make a “Set-Up.” Cleo and Gilda have really gross hair. It’s very stiff. My middle daughter calls it “Syrup Hair.” Lagoona’s hair is like that on one side, but is mostly soft. I don’t know why they have been doing that with shorter hair dolls, but I don’t like it all. Gilda’s hand fell off when I tried to get her out of the box and was difficult to get on. All of the dolls were pretty stiff, except for Slo-Mo who had a crazy wobbly head, which I didn’t like. Lastly, the set comes with 5 dolls, but only 4 cheering accessories. I didn’t get that either.

Would I buy again? NO. Even though I got dolls my daughters wanted with this set, it wasn’t worth the poor quality or the cost. These dolls are rarely played with by my daughters and I think it’s because of the hair and the poor quality.

If you’d like to see what I mean by “Syrup Hair” and the Slo-Mo’s wobbly head, check out this video:

Frights, Camera, Action! Operetta Doll

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Operetta is one of my favorite Monster High characters. She’s the daughter of the Phantom of the Opera and spends most of her time in the Catacombs. She’s got a Rockabilly kind of look which is pretty fun. She is a very strong character and not as boy crazy as some of the other ghouls. Basically, this is just the basic Operetta doll in fancier clothes for the Premier Party.

She comes with a stand, a hairbrush, a very cute purse, a camera and a VIM (Very Important Monster) Necklace.

Pros: Operetta looks great, cute outfit and adorable shoes. This is a well put together doll. If your child loves Monster High, he/she will have no complaints over this one.

Cons: Monster High dolls can be expensive and this is just the same doll as the normal Operetta, in a fancy outfit. Her makeup and hair are slightly different, but it’s really just a marketing ploy to get kids to want different versions of the same characters, instead of selling different outfits. I get it, but it can be a bit annoying. Packaging, as always, is annoying, although this was not as bad as some of the other dolls.

Would I buy again? Yes, but only because my girls are obsessed with Monster High. If they weren’t as heavily invested in the characters, I would save my money and buy a different character instead of the same character in different clothing.

Monster High’s Elissabat Doll

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Elissabat is the star of many famous Vampire “Boovies.” Draculaura is not her biggest fan because she says the boovies are not accurate as to what goes on in the real Vampire Court. This all goes down in the Monster High Movie Frights, Camera, Action! We have the movie and the chapter book (I recommend them both).

Elissabat the doll is very pretty. She is a high quality doll compared to some of the other Monster High Dolls I’ve opened. You can keep the backdrop that comes in the box for a setting for her. Her outfit is very cute and a little retro. She comes with a stand, a hairbrush, a “Boovie” Award and some sort of DVD/CD case with Lord Stoker on it.

Pros: A great doll, she looks very accurate to the movie, great outfit.

Cons: Monster High dolls can be a bit expensive and she is not an exception. Also, the packaging can be quite obnoxious as you can see in the video.

Would I buy her again?  Absolutely.