Friday, November 21, 2025

They Played With Us: The Monster High Skullector "The Shining" Set by Mattel Creations


Mattel Creations, are you headed for a crash or something? Save for a continual release pattern of boy Skullector characters turned into girls, you keep putting out wondrous surprises at breakneck speed and I'm getting worried for your safety. 

Warning for bloody imagery.

Monday, November 3, 2025

A Look at LEGO "Wednesday"


So what if this post was too late to include in my LEGO horror Halloween project? I was in deep, and so I'm making the post anyway! Spoilers for the show will be openly discussed.

Friday, October 31, 2025

Picking Bones, Part 3: Monster High 2025 Dia De Muertos Skelita Calaveras by Mattel


In 2023, I did a run of discussion on Monster High's Skelita Calaveras dolls, including, in my second feature regarding Skelita, her first two dolls made to celebrate the Dia de Muertos holiday--2016's standlone collector doll, and the first Howliday Skelita doll in 2023. Now it's time for another one, which I decided to group into my previous posts as a belated installment in their series!

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 11: Turning the LEGO Haunted House into a LEGO Haunted Home


The crown jewel of LEGO Monster Fighters, and an enduring holy grail for collectors, is set number 10228, the Haunted House. But I didn't love it.

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

A LEGO Horror Chronicle, Part 10: The 2025 Creator Haunted Mansion


This is a strange place to drop another parcel of monsters--a single LEGO Creator 3-in-1 set consisting of an homage to the 10228 Haunted House, with new but frustratingly unoriginal minifigure designs. I needed them regardless of what their designs were, of course!