#creeproductions

[thedollcrypt]

*ALLEGEDLY* Wave 1 Creepros are re-stocking Friday the 13th (HAS BEEN DISPROVED)

(This has been disproved. The new alleged date is in November. I made an updated post with the new date) Please note that this is all alleged! We are not 100% sure that this is true! Just putting this out there so that if it is true, people have time to prepare!

[dollsorwhatever]

The neck issue

So after my Creeproduction Spectra review where I mention that a lot of the Creepro dolls have much shorter necks than their original dolls, I got curious and started taking dolls apart lol Here's what I found: the reason the Creeproductions have extremely short necks and slightly deformed neck holes and chins is...the dumbest reason you can possibly think of! It's literally that Mattel is using the wrong neck peg for their newest MH dolls lol. First, the evidence (in the form of screenshots taken from Ebay): G1 Frankie vs Creepro Frankie!

Original Frankie has a much longer neck with the head sitting right on top of the 'bulb' of the MH neck, while Creeproduction Frankie's head is placed much further below the bulb and her lower head is visibly deformed and..like....puckered? Around the neck? Visibly caving in on itself.

So, I ripped off my personal Creepro Frankie's head and compared it to an original G1 Spectra body I have lying around:

The Creeproductions (and if I have to guess, some collector g1 dolls but not all) have a much thicker and lower neck peg than the originals, and it is literally pushing the heads down lower than they were made to go! Resulting in a slightly deformed head and a short stubby neck. To confirm this is the cause of the short necks, let's look at my Frankie on her original body:

Stubby neck Now let's see her on the original Spectra body and a G2 body (which has the same neck peg as original g1)

Suddenly she has as much neck as any original G1 Frankie would have had! I imagine this is more obvious on some heads than others, but it's incredibly obvious on almost every Creeproduction to the point where I have been scratching my head for weeks trying to figure out why their lower heads seemed to be caving in like that! I think some if not most Skullector character dolls are safe, and I think most new Cleo dolls are fine? I think some of the Haunt Couture dolls are safe, if not all of them? I'm just kind od flabbergasted that this is the reason why I've felt like the Creepros have sort of stubby necks and slightly deformed heads- a simple problem that could have been easily avoided if people paid attention. Luckily I already prefer to rebody my g1 dolls onto g2 bodies I guess lol

[sonic-fairyspell]

Manifesting that, hopefully with the Creeproductions that we eventually get ones of Holt and Jackson maybe someday.

[saint-calvin-stw]

Draculaura and Clawdeen just got delivered and I'm literally giggling like a madman I'm so fucking happy

[bowser14456]

So the first pic is the stuff I got for Easter, and the second pic is the creeproductions I got in the mail today.

[artistalyway]

My work got some Monster High dolls in stock so- decided to whip up some quick drawings, and make stickers to give out to anybody who buys the dolls!

(Also on Redbubble)

[saliosis]

even though you act so vile

[unl1f3-x-c0ll3cts]

Monster high creeproductions coming April 1st!!

Ghoulia, Spectra and Abbey are $25 USD

Cleo+ Deuce 2 pack is $50 USD

there was a limited preoder time early this morning for Amazon US but if you missed that, they WILL be available on Mattel Creations on April 1st :))

love them and need them all!!…well deuce’s new face is a lil questionable

comparisons to G1 originals

[freaky-flawless]

Reblog and put in the tags how many dolls you've added to your collection in 2023, and what your favorite one is!

[dollsdreams]

Okay maybe I'm being extra critical, but we all know mattels creepro post has some mistakes...

just look how wonky Frankie's bolts are! Like first headband gate with Clawdeen and this is just irking me. I was thinking about ordering one of each (aside from Lagoona. Still mad tbh) but now I'm REALLY scared about quality, because if they're posting this, what are the actual dolls gonna look like?

Also from my childhood I remember Frankie's bolts being metallic. These are a weird, cheaper plastic that have a matte/no shine look. Not happy about that either.

[tyragotlost]

📸

[brxkxnhxxrtsclxb]

for those who missed out on the creepos on amazon (frankie is still available) , i’d check the listings from time to time. sure they’re sold out and idk if they’ll restock but i’d check back in the case of any returns >.<

you never know !! some people buy things and then realize they may not want it and return it. just a thought cuz we never know >.<

[dollsorwhatever]

Tutorial: MH Creepro neck and Arm fix

Posting this here because I keep getting questions about how I've been fixing my MH Creeproduction bodies to look a little less janky! Most people already have these techniques in their arsenal (and can definitely do a better job than me) but I keep getting questions on Twitter about how I manage to fix mine so I figure I'd just post a tut on Tumblr that I can link to lol This is an add-on to my previous post about the neck issue with both waves of Monster High Creeproductions in addition to another issue where the Creepro arms cannot lay flat against the sides of the body. Tutorial below!

Supplies Needed:

-Shitty creepro body

-Some sandpaper, I've been using 320 grit

-Boiling water We're going to start with the neck since that one is pretty quick.

This is the neck peg to start with, compared to an original G1 neck peg- the section we're concerned with is the circular peg right above the neck hole:

(Creepro on the left, original on the right) the Creeproduction peg is significantly thicker, which is causing the head to sit lower on the neck and cause the vinyl to deform. We're going to fix that by sanding the underside of the neck peg until it's much thinner, but not quite as thin as the originals (since original g1 dolls frequently have loose necks lol)

First you'll want to cut out a rectangle of sandpaper and fold it in half; this is both to make the sandpaper less flimsy and also because the folded edge is good for sanding nooks and crannies.

Now you're going to sand all around underside of the circular neck peg shown here, until that whole circular peg is thinner:

Make sure not to use the folded edge of the sandpaper for this part of the tutorial, we don't want to accidentally carve into the "stem" of the neck peg and cause it to snap. I like to sand off a bit, try the head on and then sand off a bit more if it's still not sitting as high as an original MH neck would. Make sure you're heating the heads prior to removal or you might break the neck peg. And also chop off that stupid hook on the top of the circular peg, it does nothing but cause misery lol This is typically what it looks like when I've sanded it as much as I need to for most dolls:

(after on the left, before on the right) Some characters have heads that sit much higher on the neck originally (like Spectra) so I'll sand off a lot more for them, but ymmv.

Now onto the body!

So, this is the Creeproduction body as-is:

This is the flattest I can get her arms to her sides. Some creepros can get them flatter, but not by much. Original G1 body arms already tend not to lay flat enough in my experience, but Creeproduction bodies are even worse lol We're going to fix that with sandpaper and boiling water! Provided below is an illustration of the general places that we are going to sand:

The notch under the ball joint of the arm, the area directly below the armpit and a tiny bit of the round area on the underside of the upper arm. We're going to sand a little off of each section.

For the notch in the arm, you're going to use the folded edge of the sandpaper to carve out the notch until it's a bit deeper than previously.

No, it's not pretty! Thank you for noticing lol

Next we're going to sand the armpit area, using the other edges of the sandpaper because we don't want to dig into the arm at all accidentally:

As well as this rounded area of the arm , not too much but enough to make it just a little flatter:

I left it raw to better show exactly where I'm sanding; most of the visible sand marks will disappear after washing but you can clean it up more with a finer sandpaper when you're done if you want. I'm just too lazy to do that lol

After all of that, your arm should sit more or less like the arm on the right (left unsanded for comparison)

Much better, but not quite there yet!

Modern G1 bodies have vinyl upper arms that are easy to manipulate with heat, so in order to get them as flat as possible we're doing to boil and reshape them. I like to boil my water in the microwave, and then dip the entire upper torso into the water until the arms are super pliable. At this point I will pull them out, pinch the arms right up against the body with my thumb and forefinger and then run them under the tap until they set. Your final result should look something like this:

And that's it! Hope that helps lol

Some shoddy before and after photos lol:

(Spectra was also rerooted lol)

[dragaliareferencearchive]

Boo-riginal Creeproduction Spectra Vondergeist - Monster High

*Higher quality references are available in the Google Drive

[kryptokat96]

Creeproduction wave 2 is finally here! Getting them was easier this round but still difficult with all the scalpers/resellers out there.

[alainlokerest]

Why it's so hard for mattel to distribute a product in a normal and accessible way?