Jinafire Long

When I first got the Skelita doll I was extremely happy, however I had a mission to complete. I needed to get the next new character! I had been wanting her since I first heard about her, and I got her finally a couple weeks ago!

Jinafire Long

Jinafire Long is a bit of a hard doll to find as new ones usually are, especially as it is part of the Scaris Frights set. I found her at a target luckily, the box was a bit damaged and it was hidden in the very back so I figure I'm pretty for that. Amazon of course partially reflects how hard it can be to find her, with the doll fluctuating between 30-40 dollars on any given day. She's finally listed on TRU's website, however she is not available to get online and even on Mattel's website she is sold out.

Jinafire is the daughter of the Chinese dragon and they focused on that beautifully. She doesn't have wings like Eastern dragons do, instead she has the long tail with a feathery looking tip just as Chinese dragons do. Her skin is a beautiful golden color, and she even has scales along her legs and such to keep to her dragon origins. Not only that but they keep close to her Chinese heritage as well, her hair style especially with the stick is definitely a common oriental design. Even her clothes have an oriental feel to them, being a lot like a mini kimono dress.  She is a gorgeous doll to say the least and its hard to find anything wrong with her. With my doll her tail has a habit of falling out, granted you can stick it back in easily enough but  mine seems to fall out at simple bumps. I don't know if this is a common trait or not, I haven't heard anyone else talk about this but I haven't talked to many people about Jinafire yet. Even so I imagine in newer dolls her tail will be better, as it does seem that they try to fix problems with each doll that comes out.  The only other thing I don't like about this doll is that instead of string at the end of the sticks they have plastic molded to look like string, I can understand why though and its just a personal preference really. Jinafire, like Skelita, doesn't come with a journal exactly her's filled with drawings as well including some gorgeous outfits I would love to see become available for the dolls.  Nor does she come with a pet, on her bio its listed that she has narrowed it down to 50 choices, and that dragons take a long time to decide on a pet. This alone makes it doubtful she'll ever come with a pet, and it seems that Mattel is trying to move away from the Monster High doll and pet theme they had going for most of their characters.

All in all, she is an absolutely gorgeous doll and I highly recommend getting her. If you can find her in a store that would be great, it would save you money. However if you want her right now you can get her from amazon and ebay both, but they will cost you more. This is a great doll for any collection and your little ghouls will have tons of fun playing with her.

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Clawdeen and Howleen Set

I must apologize for the lateness of this blog, my original plan was to write about one of the many dolls I have coming in the mail from Toys R Us. However those were not even sent out until today because of weather and holidays, so that will have to wait until next week.  Instead this week's blog will be about an old doll set that I just got in the mail today.

Clawdeen and Howleen Wolf Set

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!

Venus McFlyTrap and Robecca Steam

Last week I had a package come in with something amazing in it, the two newest signature dolls in the Monster High Line.

Venus McFlytrap and Robecca Steam , both are becoming very hard to find in store. I have never seen these in stores and was only able to get them due to a glitch where they weren't showing up on a website meaning they still had stock. With how hard it is to get these I would highly recommend grabbing them online while you can, before prices start going crazy.

The dolls are made beautifully, with extreme amounts of detail on them. Robecca is the daughter of a Mad Scientist, and her outfit is very steam punk. She's a robot and they put in quite a bit of details to show that, her eyes have gears as the iris's of her eyes and she has rivet bumps on her legs and arms. She even has working gears on the back of her legs, the gears will turn and don't have any real purpose but to add to the doll itself. Her pet is a robotic penguin with a jetpack, which looks oh so cute~! Venus is the daughter of the plant monster, and she's into the 'green' movement to save the world. Her purse is a canvas bag, much like the ones many companies suggest using for shopping instead of using plastic bags. She is made just as beautifully as Robecca, with many details such as ivy accessories and jagged leaf-like ears. Her pet is a Venus Flytrap, that is very adorable.

The only problem I'm seeing with these dolls is that you have to be careful with Venus's hair. She has hair like Abbey's that likes to fall out if you're too rough with brushing it. Not everyone is having this problem though, it seems  it depends on the doll you get.

Even with that problem though, I highly recommend these dolls for your collection. They are beautifully made and perfect additions to the Monster High line!