The Clawdeen and Howleen Wolf set was the first and for a long time only way to get a Howleen doll, she recently got a new doll in the dance class line which I will write about at a later time. They were a Target exclusive last year, though they have been clearanced out of stores so now it would be rare to find one in the store. The only way to get it now is through a variety of online sites including Amazon, which is linked above, or eBay. Presently on Amazon the price isn't too bad, it marks the doll at 20 some dollars a piece, which is about the average cost of a doll to begin with.
Howleen is an interesting doll to say the least, I personally am not a fan of the fashion she's in but it is made well as always. She's a very colorful doll and matches her bio far as wearing 'Were-Punk' fashion. With her jacket you have a choice of weather or not you want her to wear her hoodie up, also the hood has two holes in it so you can slip her ears through it. Her backpack is an interesting feature, being a difficult to put on at first I had to take a fore-arm off in order to get it fully on but it's easy to remove the arm and put it back on. Also it is a bit odd to me how the full thing is made out of plastic, with it's straps being made out of plastic they had to make them far too big. I personally think the straps should have been made out of fabric that way you can Velcro them when you go to put it on the doll, that would allow you to not have to take off an arm and it would bring the backpack closer to her back. With the way it is now the straps fit a bit oddly as you can see in the picture above. But beyond the backpack issue, everything on her is beautifully made. The color combination is crazy but just seems to fit her, especially with her bright orange and yellow hair. Another interesting feature on the doll is the fact her right ear is bent, its a characteristic of the doll and I'm not sure why but it kind of fits her as well. Compared to Clawdeen, Howleen has quite a few accessories and all of them are removable with just a bit of work. With her bracelets you just have to pop off a hand gently, while the safety pin in her ear can be worked out carefully. Another interesting thing about Howleen is her height, the character is the little sister of Clawdeen so instead of using the same basic height mold they use for most dolls they made her shorter to signify her being younger. It is a lot like how they made Nefera de Nile a taller girl then the others, because she is the older sister of Cleo. Howleen's pet comes with this set, its a hedgehog named Cushion, her diary also comes making this Howleens signature/basic doll.
Clawdeen is beautifully made, like Howleen and all the other dolls they come out with. As with almost every other doll she has, her hair is different being mostly a deep purple with green and black streaks at the front. Looking at the doll you would think her streaks at the front were glue as most streaks like this are, however this doll is different. They are long streaks, as long as the rest of the hair almost, and are brought back into a pony at the base of her head hidden by her purple hair. This creates the tight streaks without having to use the messy and annoying glue, making it a lost easier to brush her purple hair because they often get glue on other parts of the hair when one part is glued.
This set comes with the two dolls, Howleen's pet, and her diary however it doesn't come with stands or a brush for either of the dolls. Even with these things missing from the set though, these are amazing dolls and I highly recommend them for your ghoul's collection. Mattel has continued their line of high quality Monster High dolls for sure!
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