It's Whatever It Wants to Be: The Monster High Skullector "Ghostbusters" Gozer Doll by Mattel Creations

Monster High Pride isn't over with Spelldon and Valentine! Mattel dropping a pretty darn genderqueer licensed horror character during June simply couldn't be coincidental, and I saw what they were doing! I love my queer dolls, and I love having multiple to celebrate for Pride in one year. I had a lovely time in 2025 with Welcome Committee Frankie and the Witch Weaver. The Weaver was a '24 release in autumn which I selected for last June, but Mattel did have two covert Pride releases last year with Frankie and Elvira v2. I just didn't get Elvira. Shame on me, I know.

But what about Gozer?

BONUS PHOTOSHOOT: Skullector Scarah Screams

This is a fairly quick return to an older doll subject, and won't be a long post, but I'd promised it in the review itself. 

"Now SERVING" or "Dolls Divided 3/2": The Monster High Skullector "Beetlejuice" Waiting Room Two-Pack, and a Zombini/Viv Revisit!

...so Mattel made a fool out of me. Remember how last year, I did a two-half project about two-half gimmick horror dolls which split apart at the waist, comparing the body designs of brand-new Monster High manananggal Corazón Marikit and classic Living Dead Dolls' unfortunate magician's assistant Viv? Yeah, well, turns out I should have waited a year, I guess, because it turned out Mattel was adapting the bisecting concept to the exact same murdered magician's assistant concept as Viv. It's a real Doofenshmirtz's Nickels situation here. There aren't many dolls in this type, but weird that it happened twice. Poor Viv never got her timing right--first an incomplete solo review in 2024, then a review of her full two-pack set ahead of her ideal MH counterpart! And now I don't know what this post is. I can't very well add a third half to the two I wrote. It's unmathematical. Is this a third in a series or a separate review that happens to be a follow-up to a duology? Yes. 

Warnings for very bloody imagery as pertains to the LDD half of this discussion, and discussion related to, and imagery alluding to, suicide as pertains to Miss Argentina.

In Space, No One Can Hear You Gag: The Monster High Skullector "Alien" Doll by Mattel Creations

This might be the hardest a doll has seized me in a little while...and I hadn't even seen the films or the full reveal when the wind was first taken out of me!

Mechanical Marvels, Part 2: Monster High's SKULLECTOR Robots!

How's about a sequel to a post I never thought would get one? Turns out, there are now two more robots from Monster High, albeit licensed adaptations, and both are characters who play with the fusion of doll and robot themes in an intriguing way. Neither doll quite convinced me alone, but together, they made for a compelling discussion. Both are also very recent icons adapted to Skullector, and both are from series of media with their next installments releasing June 27, 2025! It's meant to be. 

Dolls Divided, 1/2: Monster High Designer Series Corazón Marikit by Mattel Creations

Time for a new short project that Monster High tossed into my lap! They've been on fire with releasing awesome new horror novelties in their G1-style dolls these days (upcoming are the half-skeletal body for Corpse Bride Emily and the removable pretty faceplate on M3GAN to expose her base head's inner robotics). This gimmick doll was not only irresistible, but provided a perfect conversation piece for another topic I was already going to bring in! This is Corazón Marikit, the second Monster High Designer Series doll. And I wasn't going in for her until I saw she split apart at the waist--the topical gimmick of this two-half post project! After this, Living Dead Dolls Viv is coming back to the blog. I want to get her again through her complete two-pack release since I ended up not satisfied having her solo and removed from context. That way, I'll be able to compare two bisected dolls!

Woe is She: Monster High x "Wednesday" Wednesday Addams Doll and Paint it Black Fashion Pack by Mattel Creations

It hasn't passed my attention that Netflix's Wednesday has abruptly (and relatively belatedly) gotten a huge marketing and merchandising push, possibly because they realized the show's popularity was juxtaposed against a relatively untapped market, and also they have a second season to hype up. The first season is even on physical media now, which Netflix almost never allows for their originals. Toys and clothing and other branded products are popping up everywhere, and now we have proper Wednesday fashion dolls in lieu of the cheap Chinese no-brand dolls that have been floating around online. And who else would be giving us these dolls than Monster High? It's an ideal match. Both are about spooky schools! Let's see how the doll collaboration turned out.

Altogether the VERY Ookiest: The Monster High Skullector "Addams Family" Set By Mattel Creations

I was torn deeply about the Skullector Creature from the Black Lagoon, but I basically forgot all about her once these were revealed. There wasn't a question in my mind: I needed these and I would get them. I haven't found a Skullector release so good or so relevant to my interests since the Bride of Frankenstein dolls.  I immediately shuffled out a space for them in my budget. If I couldn't get these at early-access or standard launch, I didn't even care about going aftermarket. There was just no missing these for me.

Keep it Weird, Babes: Barbie Signature Weird Barbie (from the Barbie Movie) by Mattel Creations

 They seriously couldn't have had this out any sooner?

Love Bites: Monster High Howliday Love Draculaura and Clawd Wolf by Mattel Creations

Love it, hate it, or don't care, it is indeed Valentine month! While the holiday doesn't give me much personal substance, I enjoy the aesthetic quite a bit, particularly a more vintage, subversive or dark take on the iconography. So let's get in-theme with the first of a couple of posts I have planned! I don't know if this particular doll set has been super buzzy or well-received, but I was struck the second I saw it.

They Belonged Dolls: The Monster High Skullector "Bride of Frankenstein" Set by Mattel Creations

...so why did nobody tell me they made this? I completely didn't get the memo about it, and I picked up on a lot of other MH news. Maybe it was for the best because this lit a spark in my brain and quickly became my absolute most coveted MH collector release, far outstripping any admiration I had for any of the G1-era exclusives. For one big reason.