Yes, I am a target market.

[cupcake_goth]

Mattel has started making dolls that are cute girl monsters. Monster High! (clicky-link to the Mattel site for them!)

They're ADORABLE. Let me direct your attention to Draculaura. (clicky-link!) She's a vampire. With long, straight black hair (with pink streaks!), who wears black and pink, carries a black and pink parasol, and has a pet bat.

::blinks a lot, then makes flailyhands of glee::

The Stroppy One, when I showed the Monster High dolls to him, agreed that they were very cute, but felt that the people who make the Bleeding Edge Goth dolls should feel a little ripped off. He's ... not wrong. (However, I think I like the face sculpt on the Monster High dolls better than the BE Goth dolls.)

To sum up: VAMPIRE DOLLY THAT IS DRESSED IN PINK AND BLACK AND COMES WITH A PARASOL. Ahem.

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Yes, there will be SFD photos later today, if I can sweet-talk mauraanderson into wielding the iPhone camera for me.

Comments

[morseren.livejournal.com]

The dolls are even cuter in real life:) The face sculpts appear to be Mattel's "My Scene" dolls done over in monster fashion.

I think I may have to indulge myself with at least one of them. I know The Granddaughter wants the Draculaura one and will probably get one to keep her from begging to play with my Evangeline and Ellowyne dolls as much. If they would only make the monster dolls with changeable wigs or heads it would be perfect.

Rebecca W.

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

There's someone on daily_doll (which everyone should be on anyway) who has the set and regularly posts very cute pics indeed.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I did not know about that comm! Thank you!

[aniline.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhh sexy monster girls I love them so much!!

I wonder if they'll make a video game. I wonder who will make the video game. I wonder what I'd have to hide under my pillow to make Konami want to make this into a DS game and ask me to pitch for it.

[iwishihadwings9.livejournal.com]

Omg these are adorable. I sense a dropping of $20 in my future...

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

it looks like the only way to get Cleo and Deuce is as a set. Weird

[marc17.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. A vegan vampire?

"None of that icky blood for me."

FAIL!

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that part I'm not thrilled with. Otherwise, she's darling!

[marc17.livejournal.com]

She is darling.

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

Did you see the plushy version?

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-High-Friends-Plush-Doll/dp/B003U6NG3Y/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1278537278&sr=1-16

Button eyes!

[blutsauger.livejournal.com]

I think the plush version is a lot cooler and cuter than that "oh so fashionable and hey incredibly slim" thing. o_O Well, at least they are as cheap as they look like...

[zmayhem.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! She's beautiful!

::puts on wish list 9,000 times::

[mistress-infy.livejournal.com]

OMG, the Frankie one! My paycheck is already groaning in protest.

[gloomsan.livejournal.com]

I want them!!!

Shame I can't find any info about them being released in the uk :(

[smu.livejournal.com]

I've thought they were adorable and I wish I could talk myself into them. Have you seen their channel on youtube? Crazy adorable. Apparently they're also based on a YA book coming out this fall by Lisi Harrison.

[blutsauger.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... Heterochromia, white-and-black hair, tartan... Frankie's adorable!

[my-poison-apple.livejournal.com]

OMG, YES.

I particularly love Frankie Stein.

[elfstar18.livejournal.com]

I was underwhelmed and tcfs about the whole thing until I saw Ghoulia. She's a zombie nerd goth girl!!! CHORUS: JUST LIKE ME!!!!!

But... they don't seem to actually make ANY merch for her at all. I'm going off to cry now.

[kibarika.livejournal.com]

1. I saw these a few weeks ago and thought of Jilli right away because of Draculaura who is my favorite.
2. Then I saw Ghoulia and thought of you.

I'm thrilled.

[roberts-muse.livejournal.com]

I *ABSOLUTELY LOVE* this!!! I'm seriously coveting, now...why, oh why, do you do these things to me???

[burrell.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec. Now my son totally wants the sea monster girl!

[acexkeikai.livejournal.com]

Okay I so need to fun out if they have them here OMG the Pink vampire and Frankie Stein and my fave :D

[morseren.livejournal.com]

If you have a Toys R Us in the area they carry the entire line. Some of the Draculaura dolls have more pink in their hair than others so you might want to see them in person first. There is a ton of other stuff that goes with the dolls. I am hoping they produce more clothes but the dolls seem to fit the Bratz doll clothes.

Rebecca W.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Totally unrelated to this, and at the risk of being an enabler, I just saw an ad saying that tomorrow is the 40th annual "John Fleuvog Thinks You're Awesome" sale and figured that I'd better tell you, on the off chance that you weren't already away of this.

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

They're monster themed Bratz dolls.

I don't know if I can talk to you anymore.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Hmm. While I can see a slight resemblence to the Bratz dolls, I find the design and face sculpt for the Monster High dolls to be WAY less cringe-inducing and offensive than the Bratz ones. And not just because they're monster-themed, either. :)

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

Uh huh... Actually, their eyes and noses look more like human eyes and noses, so I can see your point, but still...

[insigniaeclipse.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhh yeah! I ended up with the 4 singles in the span of one week. They are freaking awesome!!! I hope hope hope they make a Ghoulia doll, she is too cute!!!

[sataldajamahel.livejournal.com]

Omg, those are super cute!