Mattel's Monster High

[Werewolf]

New character Bios from Monster High.com. Not there anymore but somebody saved them before they were pulled.

Toralei

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Nefera

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Jackson

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[Jem]

I found Spectra today at Kohl's! I also saw the new wave at Target, but no spectra. So hopefully she will start being easier to find for everyone!

Still need DotD Lagoona and Deuce, and Abbey once she hits America, and the ghoul spirit 3 pack, and the Gloom beach 5 pack, and the 3 classroom dolls . . . Crap I will be so broke!

[Werewolf]

I found Spectra today at Kohl's!

Congrats! She is still really hard to get.

[Werewolf]

Found the new Dawn of the Dance series at Walmart. I've been really lucky at Wallyworld lately. Found Spectra there too. DOD Ghoulia is of course awesome and Deuce is surprisingly nice too. Much nicer than the two pack Deuce in my opinion. I also forgot to mention earlier that the stands have been inproved in the new Dawn of Dance, Dead Tired and Schools Out series. The waist clips are made of softer plastic and can actually be used without having to worry about damaging the doll's outfits.

[Harbingerboy]

The new webtoon is really cute, looking forward to DF Ghoulia. The new bios look great too. The holy grail I spoke of is my first edition silver-screen Frankie signed by MH creator Garett Sander.

[Werewolf]

The holy grail I spoke of is my first edition silver-screen Frankie signed by MH creator Garett Sander.

Oh, cool. I'm usually not into B&W toys but it works with that Frankie. Like the chrome accents too.

[Harbingerboy]

Oh, cool. I'm usually not into B&W toys but it works with that Frankie. Like the chrome accents too.

Yeah, the packaging is impressive. It actually opens like a tri-fold binder/trapper keeper too, unlike the similarly designed S1 general releases. it would've been interesting to see the "silver-screen" trend continue this year at SDCC, but DF Ghoulia is pretty hard to beat as far as MH/con exclusives go.

Anyhow, I'm pretty thrilled with this, it's a really cool display piece. Maybe one day it will be like having a first edition Barbie signed by Ruth Handler!

Anyone know if Garrett will be at SDCC this year? Anyone going?

[Werewolf]

Anyhow, I'm pretty thrilled with this, it's a really cool display piece. Maybe one day it will be like having a first edition Barbie signed by Ruth Handler!

It's cool that it's signed but not Ruth cool. Ruth and Barbie are icons. Without Ruth there would have been no Mattel, no Barbie, no MH or even fashion dolls as we know them. Not to mention all the toys like GI JOE that owe their inspiration to Barbie.

I'm personally not that into signed stuff and just as well. I opened my B&W Frankie. Kind of kills the value there.

[Harbingerboy]

It's cool that it's signed but not Ruth cool. Ruth and Barbie are icons. Without Ruth there would have been no Mattel, no Barbie, no MH or even fashion dolls as we know them. Not to mention all the toys like GI JOE that owe their inspiration to Barbie.

I'm personally not that into signed stuff and just as well. I opened my B&W Frankie. Kind of kills the value there.

Well I guess it all depends on who you ask. No arguing Barbie's cultural and
commercial icon status, but one could say that without Bild Lilli there would be no Ruth Handler lol...In regard to myself, Mattel's fashion dolls never interested me in the slightest, but I'm a big a fan of what Garrett Sander and co. are doing with Monster High. In any case, I did say "one day" and was half joking at that. I've always considered MH to be more comparable to something like Jem than Barbie anyhow.

[Werewolf]

but one could say that without Bild Lilli there would be no Ruth Handler lol...

That's really not giving Ruth enough credit.

She was a founding member of Mattel and a successful business woman in the toy industry at a time when that was unheard of. Ruth had been planning on Barbie for a long time before coming across a Lilli doll by chance on vacation in Germany. Lilli was a piece of the puzzle needed to show the design team at Mattel that a lady doll could be done.

Barbie was Ruth's brain child and she was the driving force behind her. Barbie obviously wouldn't have looked so similar to Lilli at first. But, in my opinion, she would have still been made even if Ruth had never seen the Lilli doll. It was Ruth's ideas and inovations that spawned modern fashion dolls as we know them. Her ideas to sell an inexpensive basic doll with separate fashions and accessories. This concept was so incredibly successful it was copied by Hasbro and GI JOE was born and then later by Ideal with Captain Action and Mego with Action Jackson.

Without Ruth and Barbie, in my opinion, no one would even remember Lilli and she would be lost to time. Ruth deserves and has earned her place in toy history.

Yes, well, kinda rambled there. Sorry about that.