#the Howliday dolls are cute but they could and should be better

[worm-in-a-trenchcoat]

Mattel cancelling dolls and discontinuing lines because they aren’t selling well is just so annoying.

They aren’t selling well because they’re fucking ugly.

That’s literally it.

[delectabledolls]

And just a bit further analysis and commentation because sweet 1600 is my favourite line ever and omg these dolls.

From right to left cause I needed to talk about the ugly elephant in the room.

Cupid

I cannot believe how hard they flopped on the possible queen of the century especially when all of the fanarts of her in her literal corny bloomers were full of promise. Her colour scheme is all over the place but that teal is sooo not needed. That headband was bad but the fast its unpainted and sat in such a key focal point area is horrific. That dress reminds of the disaster that was howliday cleo but somehow nowhere near as ugly. She is so apple white coded (thronecoming fr) unnecessarily I thought it was bad enough when we got that blondie with apples face that no one in the world owns. The gradient on her legs, I understand why they had to change it from the original with the white symbols on top but it dosen't work and i'm praying it looks alright when the dolls arrive. Those platform shoes are actually kinda nice just unsure about that gold maybe if they were airbrushed they would look nicer. The blue around cupids eyes make her look dead and so does her heart earrings which from a distance to me look like dead beating hearts. That black bow bothers me so much why is it right there its so not needed and ruins everything the most and the money for that could of been used for the headband!

Frankie

They did them so bad with that undetailed leg, such a letdown after monster ball in particular. I think that pink on the balloon and leg detracts and is a bit garish in contrast, I wish they chose something more subtle and fitting if they are so insistent on pink. That cage is so darling charming I am def giving it to her. Apart from the blush being not the nicest they are a really nice frank doll.

Draculaura

Where do I even begin if you haven't my other first ever post I am so desperate to own her I never saw this coming at all. Asides from what I already wrote the fabric of her under skirt is to die for and every disney princess girls dream. I am desperate to the back of her shoes but her eye makeup is what a drac fierce rockers could be and her lips are I think would of been better a solid colour than the gradient they are but its no biggie. Her heart handle brella is sooo cute for lala please do it again mattel best idea ever. Those gloves are so madeline hatter way to wonderland omg I am very nostalgic to that well done mattel. That box is so shade to howliday cleo because I was going to get her box but this is it but properly good. Her bodice and earrings are just pure amazingness but her hair the silhouette and curve and the black highlights at the top are totally like skulltimate secrets 3 but without that darn treated poly (another doll I now don't need) but I hope it looks just as good in box cause just wow. Lastly, her hat is so adorbs and reminds me of a call back to dawn of the dances famous 3 pack exclusive drac who I still don't own cause being a european doll collector can suck at times.

Cleo

Finally, the diva herself whilst I am never a big fan of cleo especially G3 with her washed out eyes and blue palette this might be her best look yet. Her hair is what monster ball should of been to be honest her whole look is what it should of been. I swear we have had snakes on the top of shoes before from mh but maybe it was just ghouls alive clawdeens cat shoes im thinking of but they are still nice either way but not mindblowing like that laura. Her skirt cage is very Marie Antoinette which is so fitting but I'm not the keenest on the shape it gives her dress and the tassles that dangle from it that should of been fabric if needed. I am probably just going to get her for her hair cause thats thebonly thing I am really bothered about.

Overall

All of these are similar to their originals yet add a new delicious twist except for cupid she's rotten to her core im afraid. The spine balloons and now im just praying the packaging and eyeshadow is impeccable. Would love to do a review of these and find all the extra IRL hidden deets. Totally buying em all and drac as soon as I possible can without combusting.

just had to yap as these are some of the best dolls ever and my excitment was off the chart.

[monsterpie]

howliday special thoughts

i finally got around to watching it!!! only a few hours late, lol 

anyways, assorted thoughts and stuff under the cut!

i kind of have trouble believing not a single monster knows about presents? like did they just never give/get presents or...?

i guess im nitpicking, but i also have trouble believing there is no monster holidays at all? like not even any celebrated by a particular race of monsters? i dont know, its just... seeing how many different types of monsters there are, it seems a bit... improbable... (also, wasn’t that collector Abbey doll supposed to be from the reboot era? wasn’t she celebrating something?)

what was the little blue new student at the beginning... looked like some sort of bug... im going to guess a fairy?

toralei’s concept of a holiday is spot on......

oh no... food might fall on gob... aka the monster that literally eats food... the monster who ate trash out of a trash truck.... the monster who is literally made of some semi permeable liquid which allows him to absorb anything he wants to absord.... how would he ever have gotten out of that situation...

gil found dead in miami

how much water was in his tank if he flooded the entire lobby with at least three feet of water (presumably? considering where it was at on the doorway)

“IM SORRY YOUR HOWLIDAY WAS TOO WEAK TO WITHSTAND YOUR ICE FISH BOY” EHGLWIEHGGWEHGEW I LOVE ABBEY

O MAN THERES A SKULLETTE 

IM ACTUALLY REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT

ITS THE WOLF KIDS

i like that cleo realized how to tell when frankie’s lying.... it was kinda cute, kinda like ‘aw they are friends even tho they don’t have much in the way of important interactions thus far in the reboot’

 lets go graverob a child’s grave

well at least now we know how to pronounce alivia 

frankie and alivia are already adorable and im so glad

cleo’s poses are so cute omg 

alivia’s eyes are blue and not heterochromatic

@mattel get your story straight

what if alivia does like scinece but she needs time.... shes basically a newborn, scince is literally in her blood, so shes looking to branch out a bit...

LET GHOULIA COME BACK SO FRANKIE AND SHE CAN TALK ABOUT SCIENCE

there’s deuce’s band... but wheres woolie.... 

WOOLIE HAS BEEN MISSING FOR LIKE. ALL OF THE GHOUL SQUAD WEBISODES. WHERE IS SHE.

as far as i remember it monster high was situated back in the woods with no direct road to normie town.... it was probably a couple of miles from normie town as well.... why did they build a road that connects straight to the main road and not even build a fence to stop trespassers....

MAKE A POTATO BATTERY

parade floats cant spin that fast without flipping over

“whered you get all this talent?” “you made me, so it obviously came from you!” THATS SO SWEET IM DYING

gob is glue... glub?

abbey is so good at snow im love her

seriously i never realized how much i loved abbey until this special which is, frankly, shocking and also sad

that looks like a doggy bowl that mom wolf is sipping out of

i hope those arent the $1000 icoffins (lol)

can the pups not talk or do they just prefer barking

hc that barker actually has pink hair bc he got into some of his moms or clawdeens crafting supplies and they accidentally temporarily dyed his hair pink

euorgehgpergpeaph;eajrhijoerag clawdeen sounds downright murderous when she sasys “let’s play in the snow’ and honestly thats just how siblings are tbqh

they should really include abbey on their team.... she couldnt hit all the pups in one throw.... and build a snow shield....

THeyRE USING HIM AS A BATTERING RAM

WHO GAVe THEM SHOVELS DRUMS AND GRAPPLING HOOKS

even if they lost the snowball games, would the pups not have tired themselves out enough to willingly go to bed anyway??

i mean it makes sense the pups arent listening to her since clawdeen isnt the alpha....

well i was right about the pups....

draculauras comforter is so cute omg

frankie and lala are sharing a bed bc theyre dating

NO TTHAT MUCH CHILI PEPPER DEUCE

ok but the bone bros’ hug was so darn cute

there is literally no way theres that many students that go to monster high,

dpeaking of which WHEre IS MOANICA DID THEY FINALLY SUSPEND HER

abbey just freezing the pups to the float is KILLING ME

ah yes, catty singing instead of ari... just how it should be

fangelica should know better than to fly to normie town....

this normie girl... is terrifying...

batterina is a good name.... how has nobody made an oc with that name

is fangelica younger or older than lala, canonically? i cant remember

“theyre nothing... but bones and bones” leajhrbalejkrhb;jaekrhaer

“hi dad!” THATS SO CUTE, LET FANGELICA AND DRACULA HAVE MORE FATHER DAUGHTER INTERACTIONS

HOW did the little normie girl even GET THERE

IT COULDNT HAVE BEEN THE MAPALOGUE COULD IT??? THE BANDAGES WERE NT ATTACHED TO CLEO, SO THEY WOULDNT HAVE TRANSPORTED WITH HER, S OTHEY WOULDNT HAVE BROUGHT THE LITTLE GIRL ALONG

SO HOW DID SHE EVEN GET THERE

WHAT THE HECK

since we never saw the little girl go back, guess what? now dracula has three daughters

new meme: dracula keeps getting children

i mean thats literally the entire plot anyway right?

every student at that school is unofficially his new child

thanks dad

overall that was a super cute special!! there were a few loose ends, and a few things i didnt like, but overall it was super enjoyable and sweet!!!