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

[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...