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>Recent Releases
Stand alone: Finnegan Wake
Boo York: Nefera, Catty, Draculaura, Clawdeen, Operetta, Cleo and Deuce 2-pack
Boo York new characters: Elle Eedee, Mouscedes King, Luna Mothews, Astranova w/playset
City Ghouls 3-pack: Mouscedes, Luna, Elle
Out-Of-Tombers 3-Pack: Draculaura, Clawdeen, Exclusive Catty
Freak du Chic: Gooliope Jellington, Frankie, Toralei, Jinafire, Honey, Clawdeen, Twyla, Rochelle w/playset,
Ghoul Fair/Scarnival: Heath, Howleen, Scarah, Elissabat, Draculaura, Clawd, Skelita
Collectors Edition Draculaura
Love's Not Dead 2-Pack: Ghoulia and Slow Moe
Hair Scare 2-Pack: Clawdeen and Viperine
Maul 5-Pack: Draculaura, Clawdeen, Gigi, Spectra, Invisi Billy
Wheelin Werecats: Meowlody and Purrsephone w/scooter
17 Inch dolls: Frankie, Draculaura, Clawdeen
>New Late 2015/Early 2016
Monster Exchange: Isi Dawndancer, Kjersti Trollson, Batsy Claro
Great Scarrier Reef: Frankie, Lagoona, Toralei
Great Scarrier Reef new characters: Posea Reef, Kala Mer'ii, Peri and Pearl Serpentine
Ghoul Getaway: Jinafire, Spectra, Meowlody
>News
Boo York, Boo York movie out now on DVD and Download
Great Scarrier Reef movie next Spring. Everyone is mermaids.
Welcome to Monster High movie coming Fall 2016
New Monster High Diaries book: Frankie and the New Ghoul at School out Nov 3
Monster High/Ever After High crossover hinted at in Boo York...
>>5253576
More MH news as posted in the last thread
>>5253576
More EAH news as posted in the last thread
You can vote for Courtly's bio over at the EAH website.
http://www.everafterhigh.com/en-us/way-too-wonderland#voting
When is Monster High going to finally get a rock band? I'm a big fan of Jem but those dolls are ridiculously priced at $120 each and I just want some dolls that come with instruments.
Rainbow Rocks dolls aren't poseable and niether are the new Barbie rock star ones so I'm holding out that MH will do something similar. I imagine Mattel is running out of ideas so it will come sooner or later.
Just a little reminder of how many MH characters with dolls there actually are.
>>5253974
>still holding out for "(nefera/clawdia) big body Abbey" and "little (sisters) body Lala.
>I have to move
>don't have any of the boxes for my dolls
>they're gonna get all messy in transit and I still have to pack them
FUCK.
I mean i could newspaper wrap them all seperately but I'm too lazy for that shit, i guess I'll chuck them all in a box.
>>5254011
You could always stick Draculaura's head on a Bunny Blanc body. Their skintones match up pretty well.
>>5253928
I'm holding out for a music class line where Johnny gets a doll and Skelita wears a mariachi inspired outfit with a trumpet.
>>5253909
geeze, I really hope the writers knows what they are doing.
both Courtly and Ramona could easily bite them in the ass.
>>5253909
all of those options are really shit.
>>5254282
Time for character suicide for Cerise.
Uuugh I have been hemming and hawwing about whether to buy Gooliope. She's on sale for 22$ st Target right now- has anyone seen her for a better price? And does she deliver on the higher articulation? She seems a little cheapish in person.
>>5253928
We already have at least two singer dolls, I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet. I mean how many bathing suit lines do we need?
>>5254014
If you actually lay them in the box and put a cloth or paper towel or something between each layer they should stay pretty nice and just need a little fluffing when they get unpacked.
>>5255062
I've only ever seen her at $30 so that sounds good. Personally, I love her articulation, and she actually seems nicer quality wise than the other big girls. Though be warned her hair is almost always terrible. I straightened mine and gave her a sleek a-line haircut.
>>5255062
I think she's worth it. She's a bit top-heavy and her box hair is awful, but as a doll, she's a lot of fun otherwise.
>>5254014
DON'T use newspaper, whatever you do. The black ink rubs off on anything very easily, but especially squishy vinyl. You'll end up with headlines printed across all of your collection. If you want to spend a little money for protection, I'd recommend getting large plastic bags (either ziplock or freezer bags) and putting either one-doll-per-bag, or if you're like me and have a bunch of variants, one-character-per-bag (because the similar colour schemes are much less likely to transfer). If all else fails a big box will do, just try to keep a steady temp/humidity as too much rapid variation can encourage dyes to leech out.
>>5254014
I used a plastic tub and laid a blanket down, laid down a row of dolls, folded the other half of the blanket on top, added another row and continued.
When I moved I kept the tub with me so I didn't have to worry about transit issues.
Looks like Clawdeen's starring in Great Scarrier Reef.
>>5254014
I went to a box store and got a couple of wine bottle boxes. They have dividers that section a box into twelve chambers, and they were perfect. None of my dolls had issues.
Dumb people on Tumblr are harassing Mattel over Isi's "Problematic" design.
If they get her doll discontinued I swear to fucking God
>>5256521
Her being racist/stereotypical, again
>>5256521
"Problematic" is tumblr-speak for "I want to call this racist, but can't really back that up if confronted"
>>5256147
Too bad mermaids are the worst.
>>5256147
That's Clawdeen? Why is she pink? Why does she have face markings like Meowlody and Purrsephone? Why is she making such an angry goddamn face?
Mattel, what're you doing?
>>5256873
Pretty sure this is just prototype art, and Clawdeen will look different in the movie.
Synopsis for the movie:
Join the Monster High ghouls on an all new aquatic, adventure, as they dive deep into the crystal blue waters of The Great Scarrier Reef. When the ghouls get pulled into the school pool, they find themselves transported to a world of coral and florals—a wild underwater wonderland! But Lagoona is not there to see the sights— she’s on mission of the heart, as she realizes she has come home! She must confront her childhood nemesis and bully, come to terms with her own freaky flaws, win an aquatic dance extravaganza, and fight a terrible beast from the deep. So take the plunge — you won’t believe what awaits you under the waves!
>>5256800
Go choke on a thousand dicks.
Mermaids are awesome.
Didn't know Zamii liked Monster High.
>>5256147
Um, duh, anon. Lagoona, Frankie, Toralei, Draculaura and Clawdeen, to be precise. Did you not watch the shitty recording of the SDCC teaser?
I would assume that Draculaura and Clawdeen will be getting dolls as well- and oh my god, what if Draculaura is a vampire squid mermaid? That would be fucking adorable.
>>5256521
The short of it is that Isi is suppose to represent a specific region of natives but her outfit takes designs from completely different native cultures.
>>5256521
>>5256780
>>5256796
For those of you who are genuinely interested (not tryna bring bad vibes here), Isi is based on Choctaw mythology of their deer spirit, the word Isi means Deer in Choctaw. However her clothes and accessories are based on completely different regions and cultures of Native Americans. For example dream catchers and fringe moccasins are from the plains and the print she's wearing is based on Apache clothing. Choctaw is based around southeast US but she's from New Mexico for some reason.
Basically the designer just put together what looked ascetically pleasing without doing too much research.
As for me, I really dig her look and I'ma buy her when I see her in stores.
Here's a picture of the different styles incorporated into the doll. Left is Choctaw top right is Plains and bottom is Cherokee .
>>5257298
Mermaids are missing my favorite girly bits
>>5257668
I think a manta ray would be a better fit for Draculaura. What with the bat-like wings and all.
>>5257694
>>5257720
So is the Isi Dawndancer really worst or better by trying to include aspects from many different Native American tribes than just doing one and having no representation for the others? I think Mattel was trying to cover as many bases as possible with Isi but I'm not sure myself if that's a good thing yet still like the doll though.
>>5257694
So, are you telling me tumblr is angered because that doll design is... too diverse?
I wonder what would happen if the doll happened to be a very specific and coherent design from a single specific culture.
>Muh cultural appropriation!
Savings alert! Target has released this coupon this week in Newspapers in their toy book plus they are doing 50% off a toy everyday on Cartwheel so keep your eyes peeled.
>>5257950
The issue is that native Americans have been treated as a vaguely mystic monolith with only the barest of differences. The label covers tribes that believed completely different things, lived completely different ways, and spoke completely different languages. On the whole native Americans are treated as interchangeable, which is devaluation at its finest. And considering that reservations are still terrible, and that culturally, many of these tribes are still recovering from a century of erasure, to make a doll that treats them similarly is salt in the wound.
I would compare it to them making a German character that spoke Russian and wore a Polish costume.
>>5258067
And to be clear, I actually quite like the doll. But pretending that it's respectful is pretty dumb.
Maybe if they donated a portion of proceeds to one of the many New Mexico reservations that don't have clean running water I wouldn't care, but cashing in on dying cultures just seems in poor taste.
>>5256430
If the people complaining are actually native Americans then fine, but it isn't. Dumbass white girls with nothing better to do are doing the moaning so just makes a big joke out of it all.
Are native Americans actually offended? I highly doubt it.
>>5256800
dubs confirms
>>5258219
literally all they'd have to do is change the clothing, that's the issue.
>>5257950
>>5258067
>too diverse
I think a lot of people don't get it because we're always told its "Native American tribes" and that just makes it sound like a bunch of villages with the same people living in them. To keep with that Europe thing that other anon brought up, its like if someone tried to pass off an Apache thing as being Blackfoot. Most people in the world would have zero idea what the difference is. But if you tried the same thing with a French thing and called it Finnish, people would be screaming bullshit. The two NA cultures are just as far apart as France and Finland, and have about as much in common, but to 99% of the world they're the same thing. The only difference (at least pre-"discovering" America) is that we are taught that Europe is countries and America is tribes.
>>5258204
Agreeing with >>5258391. Not offended, just kind of sad. Especially since, as they're throwing all the Native stuff they can at it, that means theres just that much less of a chance of any other legends being made.
Why does Holly get so many dolls? Cerise would have been amazing in this line
>>5259060
Who knows. Long hair on dolls sells? Or something?
But this is the first of her dolls that I've really liked.
>>5259104
Gonna agree with this. Holy and Darling are killing it in this line.
Raven...not so much. I usually like Raven's dolls, but I'm just not feeling this one.
Hopefully we'll get another girl as a Walmart exclusive.
Looks like each girl is going to get a dragon that coordinates with their outfit.
The Forest Pixies have their Amazon pages up:
Featherly: http://www.amazon.com/Ever-After-High-Dragon-Figure/dp/B014AHPTHM
Harelow: http://www.amazon.com/Ever-After-High-Dragon-Rabbit/dp/B014AHPTPY
Deerla: http://www.amazon.com/Ever-After-High-Dragon-Figure/dp/B014AHPTJA
>>5259231
I think it's very ambitious of Mattel to have next year's shelfwarmer all ready to go.
Are the eyes on these things giving anyone else personal small equine vibes?
>>5258408
Don't buy the damn doll then.
>>5259244
It's strange how you can see they originally didn't intend to give them such personal small equine knockoff eyes, because you can see the molded but unpainted lower lashes on all of them.
>>5259231
> I also hate that Mattel decided to sell them separately instead of packed with the dolls
Is this backwards land? Would you rather spend more money to get one thing you don't want as much?
>>5259244
They remind me more of the ones from Lady Lovely Locks
>>5259371
I guess I should be clearer: I'd rather they'd made grown/ridable ones like Apple's and included them with the dolls, since that's the theme of the line. The little ones are ugly, and selling them separately to the dolls is really weird to me, even if I think they're awful.
>>5259202
>>5259825
>Oh well, didn't want it anyway.
You know you could always buy that doll along with a cheap Howleen one and just switch head and return the Howleen. But of course that's dishonest and none of us here would ever do that, right? ^^
>>5259843
What a low life scum thing to do. Geez.. Some of you guys on this board are shameless.
>>5259898
I doubt that some little kid who's going to strip the clothes and drag the doll around by her hair cares all that much about articulated limbs. If she does, her parents can return said doll and the store can damage it out.
No harm, no foul.
>>5259843
She looks darker than Howleen though. more like Clawdeen or even Clawdia.
>>5253974
>72 characters
Jesus
Is or was there any toy line that has that many characters? I guess My Little Pony has a shit ton, but I'm not sure what otherdoll lines has this many characters.
>>5260746
Monster High does seem to be one of the few girls lines that breaks the 'core' rule. Just about every other line sticks with a certain amount of characters that it knows little girls like, in different outfits or whatever but still the same character. The only other ones that ever really break this are animal-line ones like MLP or LPS. For some reason boys lines are more comfortable with this since MOTU, GI Joe, and others willl just pump out characters.
>>5260746
Barbie has over 200 friends and family dolls so 72 isn't that much in comparison.
>>5260892
Yes, but that took decades for that to happen so it's more understandable. This only took five years for Monster High to get to 72 so it's a lot faster rate of increase which is very unusual.
Found this at Big Lots, but I'm not a collector of this stuff. Hope it helps someone!
>>5261103
What state and area did you find those in?
>>5261516
What? This glut of dolls is not going on in your local Big Lots? I've seen this exact same assortment of dolls in my local Big Lots since August. BL always gets in a big assortment of MH about round this time of year.
>>5253596
>pixies for both dragon games and epic winter
So are they going to become staples for EAH now?
>>5259069
>dragon games darling
Thank you, Mattel.
Great Scarrier Reef dolls have been spotted in Gordmans stores.
>>5261870
Do they have Ever Afters? There's only one near me at all and its in a shitty part of town that I'd prefer to avoid unless there's good reason.
>>5262465
No, but I've seen some at Ross for $13. Usually rarer ones too. I managed to snag a full Dexter and original Cerise there.
>Not going to the ghetto Big Lots/K-Mart/whatever.
Then you're missing out on finding rarer stuff. Those stores tend to get passed over by toy collectors because they're in a lower class neighborhood. Just man up, lock your doors, and bring your cell phone with you. You'll be fine and may be able to find something old and/or rare.
The Mh SD 5 pack with Slo-mo and Gilda is 50% on cartwheel so get it if you ain't got it yet, today only.
>TFW we're never getting EAH backgrounders as dolls ever. :(
From the instructions that come with Great Scarrier Reef dolls. Looks like we're getting two more dolls in this line. Clawdeen and Vampire Squid Draculaura maybe?
>>5263209
I still don't think that's Clawdeen. I have a feeling that's the bully that Lagoona has to face down.
Vampire Squid Draculaura sounds cute, though.
>>5263564
>Are Americans really this stupid?
Well, these things are meant for 6-12 year old girls and for some of them. This might be their first toy that glows in the dark and for the rest of those collectors with autism maybe.
>>5263305
>The Bo Peep girl has a trademark name now. Her name is Lily Bo Peep.
But of course there's no way that the actual doll will ever look as good as this custom which makes me sad. :(
>>5263590
We'll get her of course but most of the backgrounders are just OCs of people working on the show, so we won't get the ones in anon's pic.
>>5263342
the tail matches the Clawdeen on the Scarrier Reef artwork that turned up
>>5262558
By shitty I didn't mean ghetto. I mean literally shitty. Its dirty, the sewers like to overflow when it rains (which is about every 3 days this time of year), everything reeks in and out of the stores, and every time I've been there my car comes out of it with damage. Last time someone busted out my taillights and bent my bumper.
Good to know they carry the EAH at Ross though, I will check them out. Does anyone know if TJ Maxx also has any?
I saw the fuckhuge 28" MH dolls at Walmart yesterday. Can anyone explain why they sculpted the notches on the knees (they're on the normal MH dolls, which I thought was to make the hinge joint functional), but didn't make them posable? I can't find a good picture of it on the interwebs.
>>5263209
Is that fourth one implying it has glow-in-the-dark crabs?
>>5263564
I live in America and can verify that many people here are that retarded.
>>5264406
TJ sometimes does. So does Gabriel Brothers.
>>5264825
My theory is that they molded and expanded a cast of a smaller standard doll rather than actually sculpt a new huge one. Its extremely lazy and cheap, but I'm guessing they don't want to waste money on a new sculpt for something that might not even sell.
Kala and Posea in stock at Toots Toys.
>>5264825
I read a suggestion that because the huge dolls are third party and not Mattel proper, they might not have the license to use those particular leg joints.
>>5265337
I have the large purple doll and i suspect that they didnt want to put a joint so as to keep the doll solid and standing. The head is especially heavy with the eyes mechanism when you compare it to the rest of the piece - and then the legs are hollow.
>>5265232
Why do they feel the need to stick their crappy logo on everything? They also give free crap to Youtubers to get free advertising which also annoys me. They won't get a penny out of me.
>>5265232
>You know looking at that I'm kind of tempted to buy a cheap 12" guy figure and have the squid girl wrap the doll in all her legs.
I think I really need a Kala but what do you anon thinks is the doll you want if any?
>>5265232
>Daughter of [Confidential]
Wow Mattel, what kind of mythological monster could the squid ghoul actually be? We'll never figure this riddle out!
>>5265738
>Wow Mattel, what kind of mythological monster could the squid ghoul actually be? We'll never figure this riddle out!
You know she looks like the product of the unholy union between a goddess of destruction and an elder god with a squid for a head. So I think not telling us is for the best, anon. ^^
>>5263209
>>5265232
Well, it looks like Vampire squid Lala is almost surely confirmed now. How the fuck can one character be this cute in almost all of her different versions it just boggles the mind.
>>5265854
Kala looks pretty cute here. I wish her doll would've had that nice tail fade instead of sudden hunk of unpainted yellow plastic she ended up with.
Who do you boo?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN7c3O3j_G4
>>5266022
Jordin Sparks? She hasn't been relevant since like 2010. She must have been cheap.
>>5265902
I feel like that's the most disappointing part of her doll, too. I really love her design and her face, but that goddamn chunk of plastic tail. I was tempted to get her and paint down into the tentacles so there's a better gradation, but then I realised I'm too lazy for that shit.
>>5265854
Wow, they did not even try with her hair. Why make the character look like that if they weren't even going to attempt it with the doll?
>>5265854
That Lala looks like she was cobbled together in photoshop. Shouldn't she have the same size hips/tail as the other ghouls in this line?
Why hasn't Daring gotten a doll yet? I think it's because they're going to wait until the plot is far along. And by plot I mean that whole beast deal.
Scary Tales Draculaura, Frankie and Clawdeen are apparently being rereleased for Black Friday.
http://toyparadise.tumblr.com/post/132832421305/scary-tales-rereleases-at-tru
Looks like Poppy is going to be getting a Dragon Games doll as well
>>5272819
Fuck, I hope so. I've wanted that Clawdeen for a while now, but hate paying scalper prices.
>>5253576
>destroying an original release Cupid
Is this what it feels like to be triggered
>>5272982
What. The. Fuck.
>>5272982
Wtf. I don't really care about the head, but her body detailing was her most unique aspect. This couldn't have been done with a Spectra?!
First repaint. pls no bully.
I think I used too heavy a layer of MSC between layers, the eyes went on sloppy.
>>5265232
Color scheme is just awful.
>>5265845
>this is the closest I'll get to Cthulhu
no..
>>5273263
I like it all but the eyes, think about it. The eyelashes need to be longer. They're miniscule in comparison to the eyes themselves
>>5273263
what happened to frankies heterochromia?
>>5272913
I wanted Clawdeen so bad. Then they made Cerise Hood and I forgot these existed.
>>5273585
ah, please add false eyelashes! Dolls look so lovely with them! I take it all back.
>>5273263
Looks good, I love the two tones inside the irises, the eyes are sized right for her face, and your line work is nice. Paint on the eyes could be thinner, but that'll come with time. I haven't figured out how to get it the paint solid enough without being too think.
>>5272908
Pretty cute, though not as cute as Holly. I was hoping Bunny Blanc would be the exclusive though.
>Tiny, soft-spoken rabbit girl trying to control a dragon
>>5265232
this is probably the doll line with the best concept and worst designs. These are hideous.
>>5272908
Prepare for tumblr to cry racism because Briar/Duchess/Cedar aren't in it.
Yeah apparently Duchess is a "POC" now. Allegedly she's Asian but I really don't see it.
>>5273263
She looks like some doped up 80 year old crack whore but it's not the worst I've ever seen. Keep practicing and you'll get it.
>>5274182
I'm surprised I haven't seen that yet. Most of the complaints seem to center on the twins being boring, which I sort of agree with. Fingers crossed that they get a lot of development in DG.
>>5273263
>>5125×3864
Re-size your fucking photos.
>>5273568
Cerise is kind of meh for me. I like her sig doll (and have it), and her SDCC doll is great, but I'll never manage to get it because its price just went through the roof.
Great Scarrier Reef Frankie, Toralei and Lagoona are in Smythes stores in the UK.
Frightfully Tall Elissabat out of nowhere! Apparently she's a TRU exclusive.
>>5275958
This shocks me not at all. It's easier for them to make Elissabat after Draculaura than, say, Abbey or Cleo, who have completely different skintones from any of the other Frightfully Tall Ghouls so far.
Doesn't stop me from being disappointed, though.
Heads up the castle games 3 pack is going to only be at Target for the US.
>>5276100
Back of box
>>5275958
I want the tall Elissabat's clothing.
>tfw unpacking dolls after moving
Best friend and boxed clawdeen for scale.
Also sans my signature dolls (different box)
for Midwest people, Meijer has Frightmares on sale for $5 each.
Jane and Elissabat are joining the Ghouls Getaway line.
>>5277341
>>5275958
I never said she was a TRU exclusive, she did however have her own shelf tag and I found her at a TRU.
just got back from WalMart and i saw a huge MH doll at the top shelf easily 2ft tall lol anyone know about this?
>>5277567
i just watched a review and yes saddened by that aswell as the feet they look like stumps wtf... :(
>>5276159
what the fuck am i looking at
>>5277633
but why? who needs that many?
>>5277664
And that's only half of them.
They also appear to be in poor condition judging by the ratted hair on a few of them.
>>5277671
Poster of the pile here!
Most of the dolls are actually in really good condition, but some of them are thrift store saves and others have travel hair.
I'm fixing up the hair on them as i display.
>>5276159
this kinda hurts to look at :(
>>5275958
why can't i find this online? wtf!
>>5277664
>>5277664
>who needs that many?
>>5277341
LOVE Jane's outfit and hair, but her makeup is missing, it's not a deal breaker but it is a bit disappointing.
>>5278047
it looks like 100 fuckin dolls there. thats not right.NO ONE needs that many
>>5278407
>100
>Too many
Do you not know where you are right now?
>>5278407
No one NEEDS a single doll a tall, so why are you bitching?
>>5278455
>No one NEEDS a single doll a tall, so why are you bitching?
It's not about need but WANT!
But you could be one of those people that say 'I NEED IT!' on tumblr then you might have a problem. :)
>>5278636
>the point
>your head
No one needs any dolls, not a single one. So why bitch that someone has a lot? Nevermind that the person never even said "I NEED THIS MANY."
Great Scarrier Reef is out on DVD March 14, though it'll probably be out earlier on iTunes.
>>5279291
>Frankie = Electric eel
>Clawdeen = Dogfish
>Lala = Vampire squid
>Toralei = Catfish
>Lagoona = Fishfish
Seems like the Monster High Pun-O-Tron 2000 broke down when it came to Lagoona.
>>5279583
Pretty sure Clawdeen's tail is from a Lionfish though.
Found a mostly naked Cupid at Goodwill today. What does MHG think of this outfit on her?
>>5279583
I've heard that Lagoona is supposed to be a sailfish. And Toralei is a lionfish because of the stripes.
>>5279701
time out
>>5279685
bretty gud
tfw they won't just make any of the frightmares on avea's body instead of releasing all those happy meal ass pieces of trash. I would particularly love a fawntine... well, at least I have slightly more money than I otherwise would.
>>5280655
Barbie stuff will work but go for the ones with the long skirts/dresses unless you like the micro skirt look on Gooliope. And pants so far are a no go unless you DIY or find some really long ones because all the usual stuff will look like long jean shorts on her.
>>5280690
Different anon, I would suggest older Barbie stuff over new. Newer Barbies have a smaller bust.
>tfw 4 dolls away from finishing boo york set
fuckin 3pack and astra nova
>>5281454
Barbie is thicker waisted, while Gooliope is just an enlarged Monster High waist and body. MH has a much more narrow waist then a regular Barbie does.
Peri and Pearl's diary. They're basically CatDog.
http://monsterhigh.wikia.com/wiki/Peri_and_Pearl_Serpentine's_Great_Scarrier_Reef_diary
>>5281325
I'm missing the indigo variant of Astra, but she apparently isn't coming to Australia, sooooo ... great. Going to have to hope to find her secondhand when someone else is bored with her, and try to avoid the fucking playset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MEjglm6eDc
So have any of you been tempted to do stop motion with your dolls?
>>5281454
Think of how skinny MH torsos are. Compare one to a Barbie. They're about half the size, right? So its logical that a double-sized Monster has about the same size torso as a Barbie. And honestly its just tops or dresses with full skirts and short/no sleeves, since obviously pants won't work and lengths are going to be off. I could take some pictures later.
>>5274182
cedar would have been cute, i could see either duchess or faybelle. but i'm so sick of briar. she was the damn WTW exclusive and she has a fuck ton of dolls.
Does anyone knows what's the "official" height for the MH girls? I mean, I know many dolls are around 25-27cm tall, but how tall are supposed to be their respective characters?
I guess draculaura and Twyla are the shorter ones, with Frankie and maybe that ghost chick as the taller.
I ask this because I want to build a doll house for my niece, and would like to have some references to made roughly accurate designs.
Kala's diary. Looks like she's got some dark backstory to explain why she's a jerkass.
http://kandipony.tumblr.com/post/133240280979/kalas-diary-so-many-fish-puns-again-sorry-for
>>5284097
They're about the same height as a regular Barbie doll.
Was there ever any new news about those model kit picture we saw a while ago?
>>5284097
>The dolls of each group share roughly the same body mold, ranging from 25 cm for the preadolescent female body mold, to 27 cm for the adolescent female body mold, to 29 cm for the adult female and the smaller adolescent male body molds, to 31 cm for the larger adolescent male body mold.
All characters are on the "normal" body size except for:
Little Sister Bodies:
>Howleen
>Twyla
>Lorna
>River
>Astranova
Big Sister Bodies:
>Nefera
>Headless Headmistress Bloodgood
>Clawdia Wolf
>Casta Fierce
>Marisol Coxi
>>5284712
Whoops, sorry. Moucedes is also on the Little Sister body.
Did I forget anyone else?
>>5284097
I don't really understand. You're asking how tall the characters in the cartoon are? But you know that the dolls themselves don't accurately represent the heights or body shapes of the cartoon characters right? If you tried to make an actual scale house based on the official heights, none of the dolls would fit right. Draculara and Frankie might be different in the show but in doll form they're the same exact body. Rather than try to do it this way, why don't you try looking at regular Barbie type fashion doll house blueprints online? The scale will work fine for Monster High, and then all you have to do once its built is decorate it to look haunted or whatever. Like, your pic is just a normal Barbie house that's been decorated in theme.
Also as a side note scrapbook paper and quilting fabric are great sources of dollhouse wallpaper, and minky plush fabric is great for carpeting.You can also find cute Halloween stickers and stamps for decor in the scrapbook section too.
>>5284714
Boy dolls are also a lot taller and then there are the 17 inchers which also but a spanner in the works
>>5284724
Sorry, my english is kind of bad.
Yeah, I was talking about the cartoon characters. I know all the dolls are approximately the same size, but I supposed there were official heights for each character, so I could use an average and work from there. I don't know, maybe Toralei or Lagoona are on the "average" range, so I could use them as base. So, if the Lagoona character is supposed to be 1.75m tall, then a 3×4×2m room would measure 44×59×29cm.
Is just my autism at work.
>>5284764
Ok here's a pic with a lot of characters side by side but most of the heights are way off for some of the characters. So don't hurt your head thinking this over too much.
>>5284764
I don't understand your thinking. The animated characters heights are completely irelevent to reality as they change all the time due to cheap rushed animation.
>>5284800
Yeah, if he/she is making a doll house for the dolls then the dolls heights should be followed. Simple logic really.
>>5284783
why are the ones in the front so teeny tiny?
>>5284714
I think Kjersti is on the little sister body as well.
>>5284764
Look, dude. Its a dollhouse. I know, its going to bug you, scale bugs me too. But dollhouses almost never actually are true scale depictions of a real house. Especially ones for actual children. Its meant to be easy to play with, look nice, and take up a relatively small amount of space in the kids bedroom. A true MH scale house would take up my entire kitchen table, so you want to rein it in a bit. Again, look at the way Barbie houses are designed. They're usually one room deep by two or three rooms wide, two or three rooms tall, and all of that has to be a height that is easy for a child to look into, and a depth that a kid doesn't have to shove their entire arm into to reach. There's no hallways, no closets, stairs are an afterthought, and bathrooms are optional. Its not a real house. Figure out what would be most practical, and do it.
If it helps, on average ceilings in those houses are about 14-15" tall and the rooms are more or less cubic. Don't go more than 15 inches deep. I know its less than 8 foot in real life which makes it more narrow than most rooms, but any deeper and your niece might have trouble playing with it and her parents might not be too happy with you making such a huge toy for them to find room for.
Some new unarticulated dolls in sleepwear.
http://www.amazon.com/Monster-High-Draculaura-Doll/dp/B015EB2ZQG
http://www.amazon.com/Monster-High-Frankie-Stein-Doll/dp/B015EB30HY
http://www.amazon.com/Monster-High-Clawdeen-Wolf-Doll/dp/B015EB2YSA
>>5285298
I'm really digging those faceups/hairstyles. Maybe I'll pick them up once they hit Ross for $5 and rebody them.
>>5285298
>TFW Frankie finally gets metallic bolts on her doll.
>TFW It's on the cheaper body stock.
WHY?! Seriously I'm getting kind of sick all this two steps forward one step back shit that Mattel is pulling with these dolls.
What the fuck do I have to do to get all the upgrades on the same doll people.
>>5285730
maybe they could paint them just because they cut corners with everything else.
>>5284712
It is a crime that Draculaura doesn't have the little sister body, and that Abby doesn't have the big sister body.
>>5286889
They didn't start making the distinctions that early on. I'm a bit surprised they did it at all, if I'm honest.
But someone found that Bunny Blanc and Draculaura are a good match on skintone, so there have been a few headswaps floating around Tumblr and Flickr that look cute.
Monster High game is out on some sistems....
im surprised that apparently is going to be a steam version at some point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWxD764HcA0
wonder if there is going to be No enemies at all, because you know you cant have violence in your girls game...
>>5287671
Was going to ask if anyone was going to get this.
From what I've seen though the game is just a list of tasks to go talk to people and not much else.
>Go to the library and talk to Spectra
>Go to the gym and talk to Frankie
>Go to the cafeteria and talk to Draculaura
And so on.
>>5287685
yeah, probably pretty lame because developers will pull down quality because girls game... which is a shame. and probably because the budget....
but it says it is going to be on steam at some point. So maybe on a 80% sale....
>>5287671
Kazzoie is a girl...
>>5287727
and your point is?
she can still look like that.
She still have the eye lashes.
>>5287685
Which is kind of a shame really since it's not like a Barbie where she's just a normal girl without any special abilities.
While on the other hand, this is god damn Monster High where every ghoul has a power to fuck shit up. I mean they could have made freaking Castlevania or some other horror type game and be totally in bounds of the genre that MH taps into but instead we get this. The '13 Wishes' game at least let you use some of their powers once in a while. This looks like a CAM type game where you create your character but can't give yourself powers so what is the point then?
So /toy/ would you play a Megaman inspired Monster High themed game?
>>5288142
I guess though I'm not big on side scrollers or 8 bit games for that matter.
>>5288142
>shiteo game
no one invited you /v/
>>5288142
as long it is good...
i mean, i would play a mario 3d world rip off if it is good.
i would even play a banjo kazooie rip off if it was good.
but probably not a call of duty rip off.
>>5288142
Speaking of video games, the new game has been out for about a month now, apparently. "New ghoul in school"
Here's some gameplay. https://youtu.be/9kfy6GYKdLg Looks pretty boring, as I expected
>>5288207
some of thouse mouths at the beggining during the characters introduction, look kind of wrong. specially draculaura....
>>5288232
I noticed that too. Everyone had the same weird grin animation.
And maybe the game hasn't been out for that long, I thought the launch trailer spoke of october, but it seems like it's actually just been released or supposed to be released this week.
>>5288207
oh god those smiles are terrifying. I suppose they are monsters.
>>5287671
>>5288142
That game is just fetch quest. I feel like theres some potential to one day be a good MH game. Personally I. Think I'd be down for a visual novel type game where you choose your "beastie" and you get to learn more about that particular character's backstory and have a story arch with a good and bad ending or maybe even an RPGs.
Perhaps, on the other hand, the same concept would work a lot better with EAH where you choose your character and decide whether or not to follow or rebel against your destiny.
>>5288846
the thing is.... you probably have a really low budget for development of this kind of license.
And the problem isnt that the game is a Fetch quest. but that the world seem empty, and you dont do much outside just walking, jumping and pushing blocks. there is no items, there is no abilities, there is not much fun to do.
there isnt much going on. and im going to guess it is because it make it cheaper and easy...
>>5287727
Birds don't have mammary glands.
There's an ongoing playthrough of the game here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrXlEm4MgsbPm22HrPiypnTrhBKxeL2xe
It's definitely a kids game in that the gameplay is simple as hell, but I think they at least put in some effort in things like the story and making the school look like the one we see in the cartoon. There's an actual plot, loads of character cameos, and some of the dialogue is amusing.
Plus the voice acting is great. It's good to hear Draculaura with her old voice and Cleo being a snarky bitch again
>>5289454
>loads of character cameos
This is a definite plus for the game. Also the character creator seems decent enough for Donut Steel characters.
But anything gameplay related is super uninteresting. Go to place, collect 3 things. With the Fearleading rhythm mini game they almost tried. Also with the puzzle thing with Robecca.
Dear god why am I watching these videos even this much?
>>5289537
I'm hoping things get a bit more interesting once the whole 'Cleo is brainwashed/How the hell is Toralei Student President' plot picks up.
>TFW EAH actually have some interesting boy characters that would make coll dolls.
BUT WE WILL NEVER GET THEM. Why does Mattel like torturing us?
>>5291893
>coll dolls
*cool dolls
Ive got a few flawed frankies that im repainting
I want to do a soft lavender color for both face and body. everything i read says use car spray paint (which seems to only come in red, black and white) Any other suggestions?
"I'll do anyfang for a hit.."
Heads up, all Ghoul Getaway and Scarrier Reef dolls are in stock at Amazon.
Courtly Jester and the book party girls have been going in and out of stock on Amazon. Keep your eyes peeled.
>>5294312
Oh god, I think that's a Cerise Wolf doll.
>>5294962
>MC2 dolls
So what's down side of these dolls if you don't mind explaining? I've seen them but never gave them any thought.
>>5295466
Well for starters they're made by MGA...
>>5294312
>ruining a Cerise Wolf doll
What is wrong with people.
>>5296116
pretty sure its just a Melody Piper doll
still seems like a waste of a doll though
Found Dragon Games dolls at my tru, and picked up 17" Maddie for my mate. No new MH at all though.
>>5296369
Yep that's a Melody. Cerise has a way different rooting pattern.
>>5296369
>pretty sure its just a Melody Piper doll
Isn't that worse since there is like only one of her out now? And they did an actually good job of making a nice looking Melody. If you were going to do that use a Blondie or an Apple that shits everywhere now and cheap.
>>5296369
No, it's an enchanted picnic Cerise. The custom even has the same outfit. Doll just got rerooted.
So anyone make any finds and buys lately? I was at Ross this past week and got Lorna and Marisol. I missed them the first time around when they were still full price. Grabbed these two for Ten bucks each at Ross. Might try the Big Lots in the city if I have time, but happy with what I got so far.
>>5298184
They're still heavily stocked at my local TRU, but I'm in Australia, so they're also still full price.
Bought a few things recently though. Caved on the Lizzie Hearts Spring Unsprung set while it was 30% off. Almost bought Bunny Blanc, but she was still almost $30 herself, so screw that.
>>5293431
for real, help a noob out. Im dreading all these bad repaints I see and I wont want to fuck up a full body repaint.
>>5300578
Nobody's replied because there isn't really a great way to do a full body repaint. The different types of plastic make dying impossible, and most other paints will crack at the joints pretty quickly. I've seen one person do a full repaint that didn't, and they used the car vinyl/interior paint option that was already mentioned as having relatively few colours available.
You can get more if you go to a speciality shop, but I've also heard people suggest using modelling spray paints. The Testors brand is mentioned pretty frequently. That said, I doubt even that is going to come in a shade of lavender.
The only other option I can think of, you could do her up in white, then body blush over in shades of lavender.
>>5300715
Pretty much this.
Acrylics aren't too awful, but do rub off at the joints quickly, and can chip/scratch off if you're not careful (or even if you are.) Personally I haven't tried the car paint, but I'd suggest trying that in white and then going over it in the desired colour. Good luck though!
>>5253576
I got the new Jinafire. Her arm peg is a bit crooked though, is there anyway I can fix it?
>>5300578
If you want a purple body why not buy an Operetta / Twyla / Jane or one of the CAMs? If it has to be Frankie's head do a headswap and paint it, but I don't know why you'd do a full body repaint when there are purple dolls available.
>>5300905
Based on the first post, I'd assume that anon doesn't want to buy new parts, but work with what they already have.
I do agree with you, though. It's a bit weird to do a full repaint to a colour scheme that could easily be done with another doll.
>>5300578
Try trading one of your Frankies for a bait purple doll
>>5300896
You can call up Mattel and get a replacement set of arms. Sometimes they even send you a whole new doll.
Heya, I'm a super noob. Are any of the dolls easier to pose than the others? I'd really like to get one for figure drawing, but the site says that they don't stand on their own. Does that apply to arms as well, or is it just that they can't support their own weight? Should I get a higher-end one?
>>5301448
Their arms actually have a pretty nice range of motion and I've never had trouble keeping them in position. A lot of other poses can be done, just use a stand to keep them up. My friend put Duce in a dopey running pose, both feet off the ground and he held his pose fine. (Bear in mind some dolls do have looser leg joints that don't always keep in place.)
I might also suggest a Revoltech or Figma figure for posing. I've got a Revo Skeleton (Jason and the Argonauts) and he is capable of a variety of poses and holds them well. Pic related, it's what sold me on him.
>>5301589
All the points of articulation are circled, though there are two, one just below the head, and one just at the shoulders, that are not circled.
So anyone going to do the Target get BOGO 50% thing today/tomorrow? BTW, how do most of you go about getting your dolls? Do you get them right when they hit retail or do you kind of make a list of what you want and wait for the sales to come around?
I was the former when I get my first dolls in this line now I'm the latter or try to be.
Still haven't seen pic related yet.
>>5304064
I to go wait for sales of u can, but they're generally not great. The Deadluxe school at thing is on sale right now.
170 instead of 200.
... yay.
Good thing I don't do play sets. But doll prices are often similar. Any time I go to the US, I tend to do a big haul. Even with the exchange rate, because of sales, the dolls come out way cheaper than here.
>>5304287
I try to wait
If I can
School thing
Fucking autocorrect makes no sense.
>>5300905
>Operetta
Has her face scarred.
>Twyla
Super close to what I want actully, couldnt find her in the bargain bins that i found these
>Jane
omg where have she been? Ive never seen her in stores? How hard if she to find? PERFECT
>>5304303
She's getting a new basic doll next year, so not too hard.
>>5304287
So if you're still around anon what country are you from where the school set is 200? That's kind of a lot for that set.
>>5304064
I've only done Black Friday shopping for MH dolls once and still have a scar from it. So, no.
>>5304064
Depends on how i feel and what there is on sale - some dolls i can stand to spend a lil more on - some i wont pay MSRP for. I happened upon a 40 percent off Monster High sale on Amazon a few weeks back - ended up snagging the designer Draculaura doll for thirty - and a few other pieces that were dropped in prices. I ended up with all the taller dolls/ghouls being 17 bucks instead of the 23 that TRU was offering at the time. I need to get the larger Elissabat to complete the tall line for this year.
As for if i am hunting down monster high dolls on black friday - i want to - cause they are offering a number of items for more then 50 percent off in my area - but it's going to be a brawl to get them.
>Luna Mothews
>looks like a butterfly
>>5304499
To be fair, the Mothman doesn't look much like a moth, either.
>>5304499
I feel like most of these ones that don't look like they should are thrown into that category so they have an excuse to make pretty butterfly girls and the like.
>>5304298
Because those
were typo
corrections
from my other
post
Seriously, though. I thought the "fucking autocorrect makes no sense" would have clarified that.
>>5304354
Australia. Target has it right now for $160 on sale, regular $229. Big W had it in store for $170 last time I was there, but it's not even listed on their site or TRU for me to check where it is at the moment with either of them.
