Monster Mash

[DollyKim]

Target has an exclusive Skull Shores 5 pack, same Ghoulia and Draculara but Frankie, Cleo, and Clawdeen are "exclusive". It's a color Frankie. They also knocked a dollar off the outfits and at least the one I went to had a supply of CAM starters, SS singles, and some Sweet 1600.

[KatyaR]

People were grumbling about Catrine not because she is a cat but because she wasn't the 6 armed spider girl they showed with Bloodgood and Scarah at last year's SDCC. I personally really like her. She is the first official Werecat that seems to be good. I for one was getting sick of the whole "dogs are good and cats are evil" thing they had going.

Still have hope for Spidergirl, especially since the Headmistress is now set as a release. I just hope that the young arachnid isn't next year's SDCC exclusive. >_<
I will be peeved if the finished Catrine isn't as pretty as the prototype.

[anoniemouse]

Catrine is really pretty *but* I'm sick an tired of every store getting their own exclusive doll. It's getting a little ridiculous. ... It makes trying to collect a pain in the rear. Plus I'd rather Mattel focus on the characters they already *Have* and make exclusive dolls that way rather than a new character.

Anyway my local TRU had a huge haul. Design Lab, Coffen Bean Set, High School set, the Exlusive Bath and Scotter with dolls and without. Series 2 Frankies and Clawdeens, Series 1 Draculara, Exclusie I Heart Fashion or whatever with Abbey and Frankie, Sweet 1600, Add Ons (Except Design lab T.T), Cat and Witch CAMs, Boy CAMS, Cleo Vanity, Bunk Bed. C.A. Cupid.

Then I went to Walmart, they had a huge display of Operettas, Rochelles, Abbeys, and the Sweet 1600.

Justice has all the RollerMaze ones.

Beejeez after months of nothing it's like Christmas in July!

[OkamiKodomo]

Lucky. I'm still trying to find a basic Jackson. Another Sweet 1600 Clawd would be nice too, but I'm not holding my breath.

[knittnkitten]

debating about getting the ghost girl CAM addon and then modding my grey frankie to put the limbs on.

[DollyKim]

Exclusives make the economy go 'round.

By the time you mod Frankie pick up a grey torso CAM pack for the ghost then you can part with or mod the spare parts. You might want the skeleton add on as well. As pink as they are I really do like the whole CAM system idea.

[delbelcoure]

I just ordered Ghoul's Rule Clawdeen off of Amazon (with free shipping). It was ~$10 more than TRU shows as a selling price. Given how much time and gas I've already spent looking for it, I consider this a good deal. Now I can relax and stop worrying about missing out on her. I cannot prognosticate which dolls will be clogging the shelves around here ( B&W Skull Shores Frankie) and which dolls I will be lucky to see even once (Gil, 1600 Clawd).

[knittnkitten]

I'd hate to have more spare body parts around. I already got the two CAM bases before the extra torsos were added. unless I just take apart the werewolf cam and use her body for the ghost parts.

[pigeonweed]

Rochelle Repaint process by nonaptime, on Flickr

For anyone interested, I made a tutorial on my process for repainting Monster High dolls. It's mostly stuff I learned from lurking so much.

Part 1: http://www.nonaptime.com/2012/07/mh-rep ... -the-doll/

Part 2: http://www.nonaptime.com/2012/07/mh-rep ... ets-paint/

[OkamiKodomo]

AAAAAAHHHH!!! I GOT MY JACKSON!!

-flails-

Last one on the shelf at TRU. My friend spotted him on the corner of the shelf and went "How much do you love me?" and I went "huh?" and she holds him out and I think my squeal could be heard clear across the store. XD

So I now have all the monsters I was currently lusting after. For the moment. Might want to grab the cat/witch set to get the pink parts for my dragon head.

-edit- Except Lagoona. Still don't have one of her.