After a long dry spell in doll releases, there were a ton of new Monster High dolls at Toys R Us last week. Many of the
13 Wishes dolls were in stock, as were the Ghoulia/Cleo and Heath/Abbey two-pack sets. My first instinct was to grab 13 Wishes
Lagoona (because of her bright yellow hair, and because she comes with Neptuna in a purse-bowl) and
Twyla (because she's a new character with the shorter body mold). But then I put Twyla back because I don't really think she's very interesting and I'm not wild about her face. I grabbed
Ghoulia's two-pack because of that
periodic table dress. Eeep! That is the best piece of Monster High clothing I have ever seen. I eventually put that set back, too, though, because while the dress is amazing, the dolls don't look that different from dolls I already have.
The Heath and Abbey set was tempting because Heath is a new character (and a guy) and I don't have an Abbey doll out of her box yet, but Heath looks a little plain to me. He doesn't have a lot of detail in his face or hair. The deluxe 13 Wishes characters (
Draculara,
Frankie and
Clawdeen) appeared to be the most interesting of all the new dolls, and among these three beauties, I find Clawdeen to be the prettiest. I think Clawdeen is simply my favorite character--she always stands out to me with her dark skin and elegantly threatening claws.
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13 Wishes Clawdeen Wolf, $29.99 at Toys R Us. |