Monster High Power Ghouls

A new set of dolls have started to come out, these based on Super Heros, but there are only two of the four dolls out currently.

                      Clawdeen Wolf as Wonder Wolf                Spectra Vondergeist As Polter Ghoul

This full set is a Target exclusive set sadly, though there is no release date out yet for Frankie and Toralei's power dolls. These recently came out, I believe back in November with the large amount of doll sets that came out for the Holidays. These are available on Amazon but in short supply and of course they are more expensive because they are exclusives. However currently you can still get these on the Target website,  Spectra's item page is here and Clawdeen's item page is here .

To begin with, I just have to say the way the dolls are displayed in their boxes is amazing. I love how Clawdeen is bursting through a wall while Spectra is phasing through one. It makes me wonder how Frankie and Toralei will be, its definitely going to be interesting.  The dolls come with something a bit different, they have their usual stands and brushes but they also have a short comic book that explains how they became super heros. Spectra is the first her book showing how it begins, and in Clawdeen's when she becomes Wonderwolf there is a silhouette of Polterghoul saying that it was time for Clawdeen to join them. So it seems we have gotten the beginning and the end of the comic series, or that at least one other ghoul already has her powers. I would say if its just one it will most likely be Frankie, I think Toralei will end up being a villian she reminds me of Cat Woman.

I personally think these dolls are gorgeous, even if I'm not a fan of the yellow-ish green in Clawdeen's hair. The outfits are simplistic but fitting of as super hero, and Spectra's cape of chains is perfect for her.  These dolls are amazing and perfect for people who are fans of comics as well. After all Wonderwolf is of course based on Wonder Woman, and it is said Spectra is based on Super Girl. There are even rumors that Frankie is going to be based on the Flash! Not only that in the comic book there is a second villian besides Toralei, this one actually being a doll that has never been made, the Daughter of Arachne.

I highly recommend getting these dolls, they're gorgeous and perfect for Monster High fans. As the other two dolls are released I will be doing a review of them when I can get them, to keep up on the news of that make sure to join us on our Facebook Page.

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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Skelita Calaveras Doll

In one of the newest lines of dolls, Scaris Frights, there are two new characters released, and even hints of a third one within one of the journals of another doll. However this blog is about the first one I received out of the set, Skelita Calaveras.

Skelita Calaveras Doll

This doll is one of the new characters, Skelita the daughter of a Skeleton, and she can be hard to find in many stores but currently she's at a low price on Amazon linked above. I personally got her from Toys R Us during a  big order, making her more expensive at 25 dollars, but the Amazon's price of 20 dollars is much better especially if you get free shipping. 

She is one of the few characters that doesn't come with a pet, however her bio lists her pet to be Monarch Butterflies which migrate to her home in Mexico every year. This doll, especially with her look, heavily reminds me of Mexico's Day of the Dead decorations which is an interesting change compared to most Monster High dolls. She comes with the usual brush and stand for her, along with a special suitcase and a journal/sketchbook. It seems she is a bit of a fashion designer, which may be why she is in Scaris that will probably be revealed in the show/movie that will be coming out soon. I love the suitcases that come with these dolls, each is themed to the doll it belongs to and it can open up to hold a few things. 

The doll itself is beautiful as all Monster High dolls tends to be, though she is made differently from most Monster High dolls. She is a skeleton after all and all of her is bones, though she is even different from the Create a Monster skeleton girl that came out a while back. Skelita has indents where there is normally spaces in the bones, however there aren't spaces with hers most likely to make the doll stronger so it would survive a child playing with it. She also isn't as poseable as must dolls, her legs barely bend at all and don't move very much though part of that is because of something else I will explain in a moment.  I found her impossible to stand on her own, it seems more dolls don't like to stand on their own but you can lightly lean them against something and it will look like they are standing on their own so there's that. Another different between her and the CAM doll is the torso of the doll. On the CAM its a solid torso to be used with any other CAM girl, however the torso on this doll is detailed. It has ribs and such, which makes you wonder how the heck it has a chest on the doll like most dolls do. Well that's simple, she has had plastic surgery! Let me explain, in many fashion packs the clothes are on a clear plastic mannequin form. On Skelita she has a clear plastic mannequin torso form, it goes down to her hips which is part of the reason her legs don't move very much. I am probably going to try to trim the plastic a bit so her legs are more poseable, but it won't make it possible for her knees to bend correctly.

Skelita is a very beautiful doll and one I would highly recommend adding to your collection. Its a bit disappointing that she isn't as poseable but that doesn't stop her from being a gorgeous doll, which is sure to get many new dolls in the waves to come that are just as gorgeous.

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Ghouls Alive Dolls - Spectra

One of the coolest dolls Monster High has come out with recently was the Ghouls Alive dolls. These are not just dolls though, their outfits are basically their 'signature' outfits the ones they wore with their pets. You may be thinking no big deal right? Well these dolls are awesome because of one big thing, they do stuff! I recently got the Spectra doll so I can tell you about her, however with Clawdeen and Frankie being different I can't tell you anything about them just yet.

Ghoul's Alive Spectra

I personally got my Spectra from Toys R Us for 27 dollars, though it seems to be a bit cheaper on Amazon which you can find by the link up above. These aren't store exclusives from what I can see, but they do seem to be a bit hard to find in other places right now.

To start with, this box is absolutely gorgeous. I am not someone who likes to keep things in boxes, but I would consider keeping the dolls in the boxes because of how gorgeous it is.  The boxes have sound holes in the front along with an open area for you to push the button in her stomach to make her work. Spectra's arms and legs glow blue when you push her button along with play a ghostly sound, click the video before for it.

The fact that the dolls do things like this alone make them epic in my opinion. Frankie is said to have electrifying sounds and Clawdeen closes her eyes and howls. I will be getting these dolls myself and as I do I will be posting reviews about them too along with videos so you guys can see it for yourself. 

The dolls come attached to different board, with spectra she is 'phasing' through a  board in the middle of the card.  Its easier to get these dolls off the board which is rather nice, there isn't anything going through her head like most dolls have now a days. Though one thing you would definitely need when opening this doll is a pair of scissors, it would be impossible to maneuver the doll out of its ties without one. 

These dolls are highly different in some ways from the usual monster high dolls. Spectra's body isn't as jointed as her usual doll, her hands can't move and you can only bend her limbs slightly before they pop out of their sockets. Not only that but her head is hard compared to her usual head, she is one doll that I don't think would be rehairable but I may be wrong about that. Her head won't tilt up or down it only moves left and right because of the speaker being in her head.  She won't stand on her own, which makes her stand nice but the fact her stand is different can be a bit annoying. It makes sense that they change it, after all the usual stand would probably press her stomach button but the stand she has is a bit annoying. She has one of the old barbie stands where you put a claw thing between the dolls legs to balance them on it, with Spectra you definitely have to balance her because its too tall for her body to touch the stand. Spectra is not really pose-able at all, you can move her limbs up and down but you can't bend her making the stand an absolute necessary thing.  Beyond these things though the dolls are absolutely gorgeous. They are make well with great clothing, and their effects just make them amazing. It would have been nice to have them a bit more pose-able but she is still a great doll.

I don't know if I would recommend these dolls for kids, they seem to be more of an adult collectible but your little ghouls make like these as well. It fully depends on who you are getting this for, but if you are a collector of the dolls I highly recommend these for you!

Meowlody and Purrsephone

About a week or so before Christmas I was doing some looking on Toys R Us to find a price of a My Little Pony item I'm interested in, so I can write a blog about it here. However when I got online I decided  to check through Monster High to see if they had anything new. The thing that caught my eye though wasn't new, it was a restock for the holiday season of an exclusive doll set! I immediately ordered the dolls and they came in a couple days before Christmas.

Meowlody & Purrsephone

These two werecat sisters were an exclusive released back in April and were quickly sold out online. Their prices had gone through the roof on Amazon, but are now back down to a normal price which you can get by clicking on the link above.  If you are wanting to get it through Toys R Us's website, click here. Either way you'll get a beautiful set of dolls, and both ways of ordering it are pretty smooth and painless.

This set, because it is a double pack, does not come with everything they usually come with. For example,they do not come with stands for the dolls nor do they come with brushes.  Another noticeably lacking item is a pet for them, however it is explained within their Bio why there wasn't one. They had a bird years ago but one of them had developed an allergy so they had to give the bird away. So that seems to be the reason the dolls have no small pet with them, they probably won't until in the stories they get another if they do end up getting a pet. They only come with one diary, the twins have both 'written' in it instead of having two different ones. Out of all the things the doll set is missing, I wish they would have gotten stands with them, they won't stand up on their own unless their tail is against something.

Even with the lack of a stand, so many dolls come with them that don't need them it would be easy to get another doll's stand for them. I have not tried using another stand with them yet, but their tail seems to be different from the other werecat Toralei's, so I don't believe the tail would cause too much of a problem with a stand. The tail can move in a full 360 making it much easier to move out of the way if it is causing a problem. The dolls have beautiful hair that doesn't have the problem of falling out as certain dolls do such as Abbey, however they do have had parts glued together. The main part is their striped streak, however I have found another random part of their hair being glued as well which may just be a factory error with my dolls. Their outfits as always are well made, the twins proving to be like yin and yang with the opposite patterns and colors.  They both have a glove on one hand along with a bunch of bracelets on that arm, with the other only having one bracelet. Their style is rather unique far as Monster High dolls and is an interesting concept,  though their purses follow the usual  theme of the doll with these being red yarn balls.

All in all these are beautiful dolls and the only version of these characters out so far. I highly recommend getting them for your ghoul's collection,  they are well worth the price.

Monster High Scrapbook Kit

During this time of the year many people take hundreds of pictures of friends and family, of events and special times. A lot of people turn to scrapbooking afterwards, and your ghoul can too with the small scrapbooking kit.

Monster High Scrapbook Kit

I found this kit at Dollar General for five dollars, and it seems one of the few places to get it online is from amazon which you can find through the link above.  This kit is for doing scrapbooking on your wall, which makes it great for decorating your ghoul's wall with memories and Monster High. In this kit according to the front you get 60 pieces, most of it is actually the stickers that come with the set.

Above is what you get, though there is also a black and blue heart that is themed after Frankie Stein. It comes with two frames, which I tried to show by laying them on top of some of the sheets. It also comes with 4 scrapbook sheets, 3 being squares and the 4th being the heart I mentioned earlier.The rest of the pieces are gems, markers, and a variety of stickers which include the sparkling blue sheet. It is not visible from the picture but it is actually a sticker sheet with a variety of character themed stickers such as lightning bolts for Frankie, a pawprint for Clawdeen, and a bat for Draculaura.  The frames have a sticky side on them so you can hang them up, however the sheets do not come with a sticky side. I am not sure how they expect you to use it to scrapbook on your wall unless they want you to tape everything up. The way the scrapbook package is packed up is a rather big pain really, everything is in a small flat box in a tray you can pull out. However everything is taped together leaving you with scotch tape trying to stick to other parts of the kit if you don't use it all right away.

This kit is a cute thing to get for your ghoul to finish off your Monster High Christmas, especially if you can find it at a dollar general store.  I would recommend getting this set even if its just to take the set apart to use for other things, such as the stickers for other projects or the frames and sheets to decorate other things.

Monster High Craft Ideas for Christmas

If you want to fill your ghoul's Christmas with Monster High cheer, then one of the biggest things you can do is Monster High based crafts!

4 Cookie Cutters out of a set of 18

One of the things done most often during Christmas is baking cookies. However did you know you can bake Monster High themed cookies? All it takes is getting cookie cutters to do the special shapes for the cookies. One of the best ways to do this is to get Halloween cookie cutters, many will fit different things dealing with Monster High. There are several different sets out there but one I would recommend getting is the Wilton Halloween Metal Cookie 18-Piece Cutter Set . In this set there are several different shapes that can be used for Monster High cookies, and would be fun for your Ghoul to decorate. These cookies can be made with any recipes you want of course, and if you want to decorate them whatever you choose for it would work as well. There are several other sets of Halloween Cookie cutters out there such as these and these.

Clear Ornaments

Another craft you can do with your kids is make ornaments for the Christmas tree with them. There are several different ways you can do it, for one you can get clear ornaments and Monster High stickers to put on them. If they are ornaments that are clear, you can also take the top off to fill them with glitter to match the Monster High look. The ornaments above I got from Hobby Lobby, though there are several sets on Amazon such as these.  Also far as the stickers go there is a large variety of what you can get, the ones pictured above are actually from an item I will be writing about in my next blog. However other sets you can get include these and these. Another thing you can use with these clear ornaments is decorative tape, such as this Monster High Tapeffiti 5 pack , I personally have never used Tapeffiti before but from what I am seeing it is like scotch tape just with pretty designs on it.

A second ornament idea would require using the photo cards your child gets with the dolls, or even finding the images online to print out will work. You can make a simple frame ornament with craft sticks , the picture, craft glue , and a picture frame hanger . One way you can do it is just make a frame with the sticks, glue them together and then glue the card to the back with the hanger. Depending on the size of your picture you may want to cut the craft sticks in half so they will fit the picture better.Another way you can do it is to double the frame so there is space at the top to just slide the picture in without having to glue it in place. There is a variety of ways you can do this ornament,and you can decorate the frame in any way you and your ghoul want.

Finally a craft you can do to make your Ghoul's Christmas Monster High filled, is one that you have to do yourself unless of course your Ghoul is an adult. You can do a Monster High stocking for them, with one of your regular stockings and a Monster High iron on transfer. There are a few different ones available on Etsy, however there is a website specializing in iron on transfers with many different Monster High ones here.

I hope these craft ideas will help you fill your Ghoul's holiday with Monster High Cheer~! I have done two other blogs to give ideas, one being about stocking stuffers and the other about wrapping paper.

Monster High Wrapping Paper

Hey welcome to the second week of Holiday ideas to make your little ghoul's holiday monster high filled! This week there is Monster High decorated presents!

Monster High Wrapping Paper

Above is a square of wrapping paper I cut out from a tube I bought off amazon, link above. The graphics on it are great, featuring the torn ghoul design they have used on random items including a pencil case that was available when school supplies were being sold. The graphic sadly does not include my favorite monsters, such as Abbey and Spectra, but it does have the group that usually shows up on merchandise. Its standard wrapping paper that comes on a 30 inch tube, the total amount you get is 12.5 square feet.There are also a variety of gift bags that I haven't gotten, but I imagine are the same as regular gift bags of course, here and here.

These things will help make your ghoul's holidays a monster high one! Make sure to check back next week for the next holiday tip!

Monster High Stocking Stuffers

Christmas is around the corner and you may be wanting to make your ghoul's Christmas a fantastic Monster High filled one. Now the obvious thing to get would be the dolls of course, but there are a lot of other ways you can fill it with Monster High! For one thing there's always the stocking that needs to be filled!

One of the obvious things to get would be small items like the ones above. At stores such as dollar general you can find these cute monster high lip glosses for your ghoul! There are two different styles out right now, a roll on and a glitter squeeze but I have only found 2 different balms for each so far. Though if you can't find these at your store you could always get a party pack of lipbalms such as these . I have not tried the party packs yet, however I can tel you that the two styles pictured up above are awesome.

Depending on the size of the stocking you are filling, you could possibly put in the flashlight shown above! The little flashlight is great for telling stories in the dark or even just adding a bit of light to a ghouls life. I personally found mine at walmart several months back, however you can also find it here. It runs on two Double A batteries and throws out quite a bit of light with the bulb being a bright LED light. There are other monster high flashlights I haven't tried out yet like this one and this one.

These are just a few stocking stuffer ideas to make your ghoul's Christmas perfect. Make sure to check back next week for another Christmas idea!

Monster High Poster Book

The other day while I was at the store, I noticed something in the poster section that I hadn't seen before. I of course had to pick it up and look at it, it was Monster High after all! When I saw exactly what it was, I had to get it!

Monster High - Poster Book

This poster book is filled with 12 different 8.5x11 posters to decorate your monster high room with. The posters are beautiful, for the most part are colored though there is a grayscale poster and others that focus on black and white with a pink accent. 

One of the best things about these posters is there's one that has Spectra on it. Granted, she's not a big part of the picture, but it is a nice change to what I have been seeing on posters and merchandise. It is actually the first time I've seen spectra included on anything besides her doll items and costumes of course.  This may be a sign that they will start including her on more things. I was able to find this book for five dollars at my store, though I'm not sure if its available at stores besides Walmart.

I highly recommend this poster book! It comes with perforated lines making it easy to get the posters out to decorate your room with!