Husband of the Monster

[Kd_Bunchanumbers]

Thanks peeps! I'm discovering the joys of different face sculpts, skintones and a different scale can do haha. Speaking of which, I found a Wave 1 Cleo with her fringe chopped off, and large amounts of tinsel/brown streaks hacked off as well as missing arms from a Savers bag. I mainly bought the bag for the Bratz Kids shoes cuz I have an Equestria Girls Rarity and I need shoe options lol.
I have cleaned her up and removed the matted bits of her hair and plucked out the really short plugs of hair and I’m wondering… Should I restore this Cleo, or is she too far gone to be worth anything as a wave 1 girl? I shoved a pair of paintless Lagoona arms cuz they don’t match anyone heh.
So what should I do? I’m really tempted to repaint but her face up is perfect and I know theres a lack of Wave 1 Cleos but she’s so… baity I wanna customize her…

[DollyKim]

Customize away! If I like a later version better I'll replace a first ed in my dolls no problem. I also switch hands and bodies, so 1st ed head Frankie can have shiny bolts, to have what I want. There's a lot of keep 'em in the box collectors who can keep their dolls mint.

[Lamia of the Dark]

I found a knockoff MH at Dollar General... >_> It was only $3 and I liked the face so I went ahead and bought one. It was just called "Goth Girl" and had a pretty generic box... there were 3 different outfits on the different dolls, but they were all pink skin with the same face and hair...

I like the face, looks pretty much like Draculaura with no fangs. The hair is kind of coarse but looks nice, at least... The outfit is nothing special - I picked the least-ugly one there was.

Her skintone was a perfect match for the CAM vampire, which is where her head is now... not a bad deal for what I paid for it, I guess.

Will post pictures later... if I'm not too lazy.

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

I found a knockoff MH at Dollar General... >_> It was only $3 and I liked the face so I went ahead and bought one. It was just called "Goth Girl" and had a pretty generic box... there were 3 different outfits on the different dolls, but they were all pink skin with the same face and hair...

By coincidence I spotted this today in the latest Book Depository newsletter: Win a signed Goth Girl
Book cover looks like this


The two are probably not related, I just liked the coincidence

[KatyaR]

I found a knockoff MH at Dollar General... >_> It was only $3 and I liked the face so I went ahead and bought one. It was just called "Goth Girl" and had a pretty generic box... there were 3 different outfits on the different dolls, but they were all pink skin with the same face and hair...

I like the face, looks pretty much like Draculaura with no fangs. The hair is kind of coarse but looks nice, at least... The outfit is nothing special - I picked the least-ugly one there was.

Her skintone was a perfect match for the CAM vampire, which is where her head is now... not a bad deal for what I paid for it, I guess.

Will post pictures later... if I'm not too lazy.

Please do, I'm curious about their level of articulation. They aren't at my local DG yet.

[KatyaR]

So what should I do? I’m really tempted to repaint but her face up is perfect and I know theres a lack of Wave 1 Cleos but she’s so… baity I wanna customize her…

I've seen people customize Nefera, and even saw a Wydowna (!!) with her face paint wiped. (!!!!) So I say go for it, since she's already a little playworn. At least a nice re-root.

[Jany]

I'm really being a noob here, but who's the girl next to Cleo?

[ShadowKat]

Why did we not get a Clawd like this to begin with!? He looks amazing!
Wish I had a suggestion on a replacement body, but I've been digging around for skintone matches myself to no avail.

Thanks, KatyaR! We kinda know about what body we want, just haven't went shopping yet.

So what should I do? I’m really tempted to repaint but her face up is perfect and I know theres a lack of Wave 1 Cleos but she’s so… baity I wanna customize her…

I say go for it too, KD! I'm with DollyKim, I chose one "Basic" sculpt of each character and then they get their other versions outfits (I'm a one doll per character collector with an obsession for clothes). In my opinion, what really makes a "Basic" is the outfit, not so much the make-up and hairstyle (unless it's vastly different like Cleo's Skull Shores short hairdo). My Cleo is the School's Out release, currently in her Picture Day outfit. I have no intention of replacing her with a Basic version, but boy I sure want the outfit! That and the first Maul fashion pack... Though I'm not paying $50 on eBay a piece for them second hand!

Please do, I'm curious about their level of articulation. They aren't at my local DG yet.

I've seen these. I think they probably only have about 5 points of articulation, like cheap Barbies, knock-offs, and old Jenny bodies. I haven't looked at them closely, though (The only reason I noticed them is because they were sitting on the shelf right above the Monsters. It's where I found I finally found my Music Festival Venus).

I'm really being a noob here, but who's the girl next to Cleo?

I think she was a Cleo (repainted beautifully I might add), with the Gorgon CAM girl's hair-cap. Correct me if I'm wrong, though!

[DollyKim]

My Cleo is the new classroom one, she has purple streaks, and my Draculaura is the Wal Mart dance one because I like that face and no bangs. Ghoulia has an evil DotD twin with a bad perm, Spectra has which ever one has the side pony tail (might go pink), and there's a dance Deuce and Beach Jackson but any other doubles are reroots. Mostly I don't have room for the extra dolls and a good reroot more than pays for herself.

[magkelly]

When I first saw Twyla I wasn't all that impressed but over the past week or so I've been running over to Target every other day keeping an eye out for Catty Noir and she's kind of grown on me. I kept looking at her and finally I decided I did like her after all. Daughter of the Boogie Man, catcher of bad dreams? That's a really cute back story.

I had to take my Dad and two of his friends out run them all over on some errands and the last stop was Target. I was hoping for Catty but she's still a no show here and so when they offered to buy me a MH for being so obliging as to play chauffeur I chose Twyla. That's 39, I think? Or maybe 38? I forget. It's getting to the point where they are multiplying so much I have to do a head count every time I add one just to keep up with this fearsome pack. I am admittedly addicted to them.

Like I said before, MH's I think they're totally dolly crack. Can't buy just one. I keep telling myself I am done, and ticking them off my list, but I every time get that want list under 5 dolls and somehow one or two more always end up on there. I'm going to end up with a whole 5 shelf bookcase full of them if I keep going. I'm working on shelf 3 as I type. If I keep it up the Bratzillas will have to end up parking their little plastic behinds elsewhere, for sure...

So far those are the only 13 Wishes dolls I've seen here, but I now have them all. We don't get a lot of variety in MH dolls here. There has been more lately than before but still every wave of dolls that comes out there's only so many that do show up and some of the dolls that seem to be plentiful elsewhere just never seem to make an appearance on our store shelves. I usually end up ordering them online just to get the ones I really want.

This is my current "want" list as it stands. Some of these are "maybe" dolls but I'll likely get them sooner or later as they appeal to me on some level. But there are dolls on there now like Holt, Clawde and Heath that I honestly never intended to buy at all. It's definitely watching the cartoons that's got me going there. The more I watch the videos the more I find myself liking characters I didn't think I would like before. Heath? I couldn't have cared less until I saw him interacting with Abby. But they're so cute together that I can't help but think I want one. Same thing with Clawde and Draculaura. Holt? I did not like him at all until I started watching the cartoons, but lately like Twyla somehow he's just grown on me and I just found myself adding him to the list...

Catty Noir
Scarah Screams
Jackson Jekyll
Holt Hyde
Venus McFly
Blob/Ice Girl CAM
Clawde Wolf
Heath Burns