judd:
I was in Target today and they had put out some new Monster high dolls. I saw new versions of some of the characters with beach/dance outfits.
There are plans for new characters. I also saw online but not in the store a coffin bed for Draculura and a mirror bed for Frankie Stein. I also read Mattel wants to produce a doll house/school set and a Hydration Station for Blue Lagoona.
Target had a fairly big display for the dolls and there are a number of fan sites along with the official site for these dolls. They have a fan base.
zombiehorror:
The Gloom Beach, Dawn of the Dance and bedroom sets have been out for awhile; it's been fairly easy to pick up the figures but the only place I have seen the bedroom sets is at Wal-mart. Even at that I've only seen them a few times and they usually only have 1 of each in stock at any given time. I told my wife that when we see them we are just going to buy them and set them aside for Christmas since last year closer to Christmas Monster High was MIA! We are all caught up with all figures and the bedrooms having just snagged Draculaura's coffin a few weeks ago, the only one I've seen, where as I've run into several of Frankie's beds! I think the rarest figure is Ghoulia, was lucky enough to find one at Target (or was it Walmart) and the only other time I've seen her is at a specialty shop where they were asking $25-$30 for her.
Claire's Boutique has a bunch of jewelry and other accessories for little girls, not for the dolls themselves, as well as Justice which also had some clothing (way over priced clothing) for girls.
charp13:
zh- I mentioned this earlier, but I broke down and bought my, then 5 year old, grandson the Deuce doll which of course meant that I had to buy the 2 pack with Cleo. And he really liked it and played with it for a couple of weeks, but I was assigned the Cleo and I put her on a doll stand and she fell over and her forearm broke off. I was surprised how easily it broke. So I hot glued it into position and she is now displayed again. I still love these toys, but my grandson has since moved on. If I had a little girl around here-Oooooh- I would have ALL those accessories :)
zombiehorror:
--- Quote from: charp13 on April 14, 2011, 09:42:45 AM ---fell over and her forearm broke off. I was surprised how easily it broke. So I hot glued it into position and she is now displayed again.
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There has been a lot of bad reviews on these for how easily the come apart. I know they designed the forearms to come off to make it easier to dress/undress the dolls but the flaw is that some of the dolls don't have the ball on the end of the peg that is supposed to at least keep the arm in its socket. I read a tip that said to remove the forearm and put a small dot of superglue on the end of the tab, once the glue is set put the arm back into the socket, if it is to tight you can file down the glue a little until you get a snug fit. I went and did this to the dolls that really had loose arms and it seems to work. My youngest has also ripped the legs off of two of the dolls. I had to cut open the thighs put the band back on the hook, located in the waist, then glue the thighs back together. I think that was Laguna I had to do that to but Holt is still waiting for repair. My girls are well below the intended age, recommended 6-12, so besides the factory loose forearms I really can't fault Mattel for the figures getting tore up!
charp13:
Wow- zh!! I now know where to send my injured toys- The zombiehorror Toy Trauma Center! You are an awesome Dad! When my kids would break something, back in the 80s, I would try to super glue it, glue my fingers together in the process, and ultimately buy a replacement toy and pretend like I fixed it- hahahaha!! Just kidding about the replacement part, but usually they would continue to play with the injured doll/action figure until it completely fell apart. I recently found some Thundercats with missing limbs and heads that apparently my son continued to enjoy playing with when he was young. But the Barbies and My Little Ponies were impossible to enjoy once they were "torn up".