LDD Loose Ends

This is just a quick wrap-up of dolls I left in limbo. It's a good time to post these because my Damien project is being held up by a desk I ordered being caught in limbo, and I might have to get a refund if the seller doesn't respond and confirm it's being shipped soon. Theirs looked like the perfect prop for the dolls, too. Fingers crossed it works out.

A Living Dead Dolloween, Part 7: A Vintage Halloween Custom!

The Living Dead Dolloween is almost over, but I had to throw in one last short new entry before the finale.

A few months ago, when reviewing Grace of the Grave, I discussed how her bumpy, pitted, mouth-cut head sculpt was a total one-off, and speculated on potential other use cases it could have been applied to were it chosen to be repurposed. While the head sculpt had no time to be reused before the switch to ball-joint bodies shut the door on several unique sculpts in the very next series, I still thought maybe some creativity could have given it more life, and the holes and bumps made me think of a character themed around the Moon. This idea came back to me closer to Halloween as I realized I could customize a Grace into a vintage Halloween moon fit to add to the Series 32 cast. 

Apology to Avea

This is the story of an extended abject disaster. Consider this the tale of a series of toy crimes and my attempt to atone.

Left Out Dolls: Re-Resurrected

I've kind of dropped out of my Left Out Dolls fervor for a while now. This might be the last post in this category as my base doll pool for this series is shrinking (Rainbow High is, by all appearances, dying, Shadow High is done) and other things are driving my attention. So here we go!

The Horrible Wizard of Oz: More Living Dead Dolls

We've still got a ways to go before we look at what Living Dead Dolls promises to be in a new era...and I went on-theme a little further than I'd expected to because I got two more Oz dolls. 

Queens of Hearts: Looking Into Ever After High

Not long ago, a reader asked for more of my thoughts on Ever After High, which I thought was a great idea. I did take a different direction than I had planned, though, owing to the urge to be seasonal this first half of February.

RESTYLE ICONS: Good Boy Bad!

It feels like forever since I did one of these! Let's take a look at one of two (or one half of two) characters who never really worked for me.

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.

In the Red Thorns: A G3 Monster High Body Model

I decided not to give up on my plans to make a body-model out of Ghoulia after all. Besides, the entry into G3 original characters was an exciting idea. 

Revenge of the Yass Gremlins, Part 3 (Finale): L.ots O.f L.oose Ends

Just a few more to look at--curiosity pieces and clothes donors I needed to have. 

Give Her Her Flowers: Monster High G3 Signature Venus McFlytrap by Mattel

I've never seen such consistent praise and excitement for a G3 doll Monster High doll design before...and I cannot remotely dissent. She was a must-have the second I saw her first photos. Usually, character redesigns are contentious, but I've seen so much love for this one and I completely agree.

Look Who's Talking: A Puppet Monster Custom Project!

When a Cedar Wood doll is part of a package you ordered for a clothing piece, you have to do something with the doll left over!

Revenge of the Yass Gremlins, Part 1: L.O.L. On Film

Okay, I wasn't done with L.O.L..

...or was it not done with me?

Mechanical Marvels: Monster High's Robots!

I've always loved robots.

Swimming the Seas and Rivers: A Lagoona Blue Roundup

Back for more of Monster High's main fish monster, because I've found more to do with her! It's just not a G3-only roundup this time.

Two in a Million: Monster High Peri and Pearl Serpentine by Mattel

 Monster High has pushed the envelope for a while with several dolls that go further-out than the rest to really try something unusual and unprecedented within the doll space. 

Deal or No Deal? Monster High G3 Scare-adise Island Heath Burns by Mattel

 What a weird time to release warm vacation dolls.

Left Out Dolls 3-D: The Revenge

 Go here to see the post where the Left Out Dolls came from, and here to see the preceding post to this one.

Left Out Dolls: The Return!

My relationship with Shadow High has shifted a bit since I made it my governing obsession with the Shadow High Deep Dive series of posts (part 1, part 2, part 3, and epilogue). 

RESTYLE ICONS: The Shrieking Sixties!

Let's hear it for the only ghoul who broke the SDCC/ILF curse!