First of all, they seem really expensive except that you get two outfits, two wigs, two pairs of shoes (anyone know if they fit) and essentially- two different dolls (cause they faces have distinctly different personalities).
But- they just aren’t terribly attractive. The vampires faces are a little too pointy.
Is it bad that I want this one for its green wig alone? Though the boots and clothes may be workable with the MH girls. I kind of like the school girl-ish look on the normal one, though the boots kinda detract from that. Some mary-janes would have been better.
And this one- I like the spacy dress, and the black wig. (I like the blue one too, the my vampire CAM NEEDS the black wig like burning). But should I really be spending $25 on a doll I don’t really want? Again, it seems like they were trying for school girl but the lace and Barbarella boots are killing it. They’d look better on Judy Jetson-meets-Twilight over there, anyhoo. Why is she wearing her grandmas slippers?
This one- I’m sure Spectra would do the purple outfit justice, but the gold one? Blegh blegh blegh. lol. I would make use of those wigs, though. The shoes on the gold are cute, the ones on the purple- um, Draculaura much?
And finally there is this chicky. I don;t even know with those clothes. Draculaura would have to do a serious Molly-Ringwald-Pretty-in-Pink overhaul on that monstrosity of a frock to render it wearable. I love me the sweetness of Gothic Loli, but this is like, saccharine . But I can work with the top and capris on the normal girl.
Essentially, if I were rolling in dough (and could find them anywhere), I MIGHT pick these up and recycle. There is so much potential here but it looks like they were lazy with the design. (I hear they recycled the doll line/names, too). The artwork on the box is Bratz-ish, and the clothes actually look cute in it but somehow when they made the clothes they felt compelled to add sparkles and lace and make them too gross for words.
Srsly… look: The pink wig? The Abbey boots on the turquoise one? The desert safari tan ensemb? I dig those… But in doll form? Not working.
Ok, thats been my two cents. Now back to your regularly scheduled Monster High addiction program.