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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My Jinafire Long doll's tail falls off, too. It falls off often, at small bumps, like you said. I just stick it in hard and it stays better.
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