They Showed Up: Monster High G3 Welcome Committee Frankie Stein

There was such a real worry that this doll was never going to release.

Furiouser and Furiouser: "Living Dead Dolls in Wonderland" Inferno as the Queen of Hearts by Mezco Toyz

This was always going to happen. I've made it overwhelmingly clear that I adore both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass and Living Dead Dolls alike, and I'm pleased and chagrined to say that I found the fusion of the two to be really enjoyable-LDD didn't mishandle or misunderstand the material by my judgment! Still, they were hanging in limbo for me collection-wise, primarily because they're quite a hot item on the aftermarket. The catalyst for finally getting into this LDD line was finding a seller who I've arranged to buy a few nice items from, including Sadie as Alice, at the start of June. But while Alice would be the logical place to start reviewing this doll line, logic isn't the parlance of Wonderland...and I ended up finding a good deal for Inferno as the Queen of Hearts and getting her in first.

My Living Dead Dolls FATALogue

For a while, I've debated if I should assemble the LDD death certificates I've gotten into their own archive to have them in reference to each other, and I finally decided I wanted to. It serves as a fun way to document the collection and check back and see them together, and I like organizing and archiving things and checking things off lists, so I ordered a photo binder that would fit the certificates.

Living Dead Dolls Roundup 12

 

This one ended up all ready to post during April, before the second uncomfortable roundup, but I decided to pace it out and leave it for after. Let's begin!

An Uncomfortable Living Dead Dolls Discussion, Part 2

The time has come to take out the red flags again.

Last August, I assembled a group of four Living Dead Dolls to explore the matter of the brand's optics not being very clean, looking at four dolls I found problematic while engaging in as fair of a critique as I could, acknowledging points of appeal to the dolls while also frankly discussing why they present issues. It gets a bit dark and serious at points, but the first post is here (relevant content warnings are at the start). Unfortunately for LDD, but fortunately for my topics and writing prospects, those four dolls were not the only ones to be iffy in terms of content, and so I was able to relatively easily assemble a second group to discuss. (I could also do at least a third after this.) We're sticking with totals of four. My previous uncomfortable-roundup plans could have ballooned and I pared it down to the four of the first post, so there was always going to be follow-up. 

Sip your cup of tea every time I bring up the LDD Fashion Victims doll line in this post. I'll get to them eventually, I swear, but the amount of times I found them relevant to this roundup even got me exhausted!

Let's begin. This is a long one.

Warning for discussions of ethnic stereotyping/slurs, mental-based ableism, underweight eating disorders, and sexual themes.

Dolls Divided, 2/2: Living Dead Dolls Exclusive The Great Zombini (new) and Viv (redux) by Mezco Toyz

This is an unusual one--I'm re-reviewing one Living Dead Doll here because I decided I wanted her in full context, and since Mattel dropped another bisecting horror doll, having two posts was resonant. 

Warning for bloody and anatomical gory imagery.