#Fang Club

[monsterhigharchive]

Ghouluxe Ghoulia Yelps Doll (2023)

Fang Club Exclusive

[thecursedprince]

Monster High Outta Fright Operetta Doll

Shriek, Rattle, and Roll 🎶

$ 50.00

Launches on Mattel Creations on April 12 with Members Only Fangclub Membership

Lead Product Designer: @rebecula13

Link to article: https://creations.mattel.com/pages/monster-high-outta-fright-operetta-doll

Straight from her concert in the catacombs comes the first exclusive Fang Club Member doll of 2024. Catch the hottest music act in Monster High – the new Operetta doll. Based on the fan-favorite G1 character, this singing phantom takes the stage in a 1950s-inspired spiderweb dress and vinyl record overskirt. She comes with her rockabilly pet spider Memphis Longlegs and a guitar handbag to complete her retro look.

MONSTER HIGH™ OUTTA FRIGHT OPERETTA™ Doll

10.5 inches tall with 10 points of articulation

Wears a spiderweb dress with a vinyl record overskirt and piano key shoes

Her hot rod red high-top hair style is crowned by her pet spider Memphis Longlegs

Rocks her look with a neck scarf, dice earrings, and a guitar handbag

Premium Packaging with music notes and Outta Fright logo

Includes Certificate of Authenticity

Doll cannot stand alone. Doll stand included. Colors and decorations may vary. Purchase limits subject to change at the sole discretion of Mattel.

©2024 Mattel.

SKU#: HRP93

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[softboiledstudios]

I’ll never get tired of drawing her 💗

[jacobharvest]

Vote Round 2!

[eueuesart]

🎹👻🕸️🎸👠🤠🥀

Had fang club Operetta on the brain. I think if I were to make a deluxe version of her I’d want to reference some of Phantom’s costuming? And avoid the dreaded collector mermaid dress plague.

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Fund a small artist’s doll obsession? 🌹

[mh-dreamscape]

Fun fact brought to you by a marine biologist/marine affairs major!

Part 3: Creature from the Black Lagoon Edition!

Sooooo I ended up getting her and when I finally got to look at her details up close, I got inspired to do another one of these! Now that I’m graduated, I’ll most likely be taking her out of the box at some point! This will also be a little bit of a review too!

In my previous post, I rated her a 9.7/10 because I was confused by some design choices, like the harpoons in her heels. I feel that would’ve looked better with some type of shoe unless her feet are supposed to be like boots? Anyways, I’ll be going from head to feet with aquatic biology and my feedback!

The Fin Headpiece:

Most fins have multiple lines or filaments like that and tend to start with either a darker color or color that matches their body on the inside. That color starts to fade out the further on the fin we go because the material is a lot thinner. They can appear to have a sheen look sometimes because they can be shiny and reflect light a little!

The Face:

Probably the most informative part, the face has many qualities to it! Makeup? Iconic. Flawless. The only thing I might change about it is maybe a not-as-bright lip color, but I think I feel that way about many designs and might just be a personal preference so I’ll let it slide. Aquatic factors? To. The. MAX!

Unless a fish has a protruding lower jaw, they don’t typically have an upturned smile. Body shape and mouth position can be linked together too. Bottom feeders, like catfish and sturgeon, are usually wider and flatter with an inferior mouth or a mouth that’s toward the bottom of their face or completely under it. Fish with superior mouth types (“a” in the picture and towards the top of the body) and terminal (“b” and towards the middle). As you can see, either way, the fish will have a downturned mouth and I just love that quality on this doll. This follows with her nose as well! Her nose does stick out like a normal monster high doll. It’s flattened a bit and has wider nostril sides which goes along with the snout on fish.

Now, I know most of her design is literally based on the Creature of the Black Lagoon so I’m probably just listing facts about him too, but let’s talk about the sides of her face, the part I highlighted the most in this 3/4 perspective!

Probably the most prominent features on her head sculpt: Gills! They generally follow the rules of anatomy having the the arches and filaments, but she is missing an operculum, which is a protective covering for the gills made by a series of bones. This doesn’t mean she’s entirely inaccurate though as only bony fish have operculums!

The Hands:

While it isn’t related to fish much, I wanted to admire her hands too! On Mattel’s page for her, they mentioned amphibious a couple of times so I thought I should show that. This is a comparison to frogs hind leg and foot (I couldn’t find a good picture of a “hand” or front leg).

The Body/Clothes:

As mentioned above, this piece was called “Pearlescent amphibious body armor” and while it does resemble a frog-like skeleton a bit, I felt it looked more like a fish! The top part that rests on her shoulder reminds me of the head portion of the skeleton.

Now, let’s take a look at her tail/fin which I believe is made of some type of tulle, but please correct me if I’m wrong! I don’t know much about fabrics.

The way the tulle sticks out in the first set of body pictures (middle one) reminds me of a caudal peduncle which as described in the picture above, connects the main body and the caudal (tail). The way the tulle is spread, it looks like it would be a truncate tail. Tail shapes are connected to the maneuverability and speed of a fish and each in the third picture shows how they could work. I know it probably doesn’t lay that way when she’s taken out of the box, but it was a cool design choice!

The Feet/Shoes:

I haven’t taken her out of the box yet, meaning I don’t have any good pictures of her feet or the stand so I’m using the stock photos from Mattel’s site. The fins follow fish biology with them being a lighter or different color and the tops and bottom of her feet/shoes resemble a more amphibious or reptilian nature. Taking a closer look at it, I can now see that the harpoon is attached to a rope that wraps around her ankles! I wish they colored it differently so we could distinguish that (or maybe I was the only one who thought they just stuck harpoons in her heels lol). After finding that out, I don’t have much complaints. I think it’s kind of cool they made the feet into boots!

The Stand:

I adore the stand! I love when stands can add a bit of background or a pop of color to the doll! The kelp/seaweed was a great idea to hold her up and there’s detail on the sea floor as well! My only tiff is that I don’t quite know how stable this will be. With the usual stands, the clamp in the back holds their waist up while the bottom gives their feet something to rest on. It makes it stable in general posing of dolls. These pictures show her feet barely resting on it and I’m sure you could probably stretch her one foot out to land on the higher part of the terrain, but it wouldn’t quite look as good as the stock.

I tried making a quick edit of another way to keep the pose. I originally wanted it to be a harpoon and harpoon gun but I felt that was sort of off brand with Mattel and Monster High so I instead lifted that anchor from the terrain, colored it differently to look like it was covered in algae, and rested it in the seagrass! The only drawback would be that it requires a bit more plastic for each stand and may make it a little more clunky. Like I said, I haven’t taken her out of the box yet so I don’t quite know how stable the original stand is, so this is more so brainstorming!

Overall:

Making this post made me glad I got her and appreciate her design more. I got her about a month before graduating and it seemed fitting for my final doll delivered at college to be one that’s similar to my major (er I guess I should start saying degree now huh 😅)! I know this was such a long post and I’m sorry for it but I figured combining my “Fun Fact” series and an observational review of her in-person would be great! Her rating still stands at a 9.7/10!

What do you guys think? Do you like her design? What’s your favorite or least favorite part? What would you change about her? Should I keep doing this series??

[keepingmyselfundead]

Not Monster High fans shaming other fans for liking g3 or purchasing the Fang Club membership just bc you don't want to. Idc if it's not your cup of tea but don't shame the rest of us. That's not very Monster High Morals of you.

[thepinkdolly-ah]

Ghouluxe Ghoulia yelps: Fang club exclusive

[bleachcakes]

Jinafire Fang Vote!! All my choices got picked, and she comes out tomorrow when I get paid the stars have aligned for me

[thats-rough-buddy04]

SHES HERE!!!!

[chizyk]

people be receiving their ghouluxe ghoulia already, meanwhile im here waiting like

[s0ng-of-the-day]

Todays song of the day is

Vulture Culture by Fangclub

“Like a noose around your neck

Got a guilty conscience.”

[emma-dennehy-presents]

Just paid a scalper too much for the Ghouluxe Ghoulia doll. >_> Im a Fang Club member but didnt get to the listing in time. Told myself I wouldnt do it anymore after getting out of chasing action figures, but I couldnt help myself. JUST LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE IS. ⊂(ಥ⌣ಥ⊂)

[themageofblood]

I'm literally fucking crying

I've contacted customer support 3 times and they keep sending me no reply emails with literally nothing under them?!?! I called their number and they said they are currently closed despite the fact I called before they closed. I never got an email about the skullectors despite the fact that I pay for fang club. I contacted monster high through Twitter and still no response. What the hell was that launch. All I want to know is if this will be a regular thing so I can prepare for the future. I was so excited to get these Dolls especially after recovering from a seizure yesterday this would have been the perfect pick me up but I'm just so frustrated I can't find out anything and I'm just so devastated

[jacobharvest]

The Voting Starts!

[eueuesart]

My concept for a Haunt Couture/Skullector Rochelle... except I've rendered her.

See the original sketches here