Friday, July 5, 2013

Monster High 13 Wishes "Haunt the Casbah" Clawdeen Wolf

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.
13 Wishes is a Monster High movie that is slated to come out towards the end of 2013.  From what I understand, the movie centers around Howleen Wolf and her 13 genie-granted wishes...all of which come with a catch.  The genie is another new character, Gigi Grant.  The Gigi character makes a nice doll, with a face that reminds me of Lagoona's sweet, freckled appearance.

Clawdeen comes in a standard Monster High cardboard window box.  The box advertises the DVD, even though it hasn't been released yet.  It's confusing to me that the dolls would come out so far in advance of the movie.


Clawdeen is accompanied by a few plastic accessories, but I still think that the $30 price tag is pushing a serious boundary--at least for me.  I do not want to get in the habit of spending $30 on a standard Monster High doll.  Interestingly, the sets with two complete dolls also cost $30, and this seems like a much better deal.

This set includes a standard Monster High skull brush and a plastic purple lantern.  It also includes a plastic stand that is hard to see while everything is still in the box.



The back of the box has a cartoon of Clawdeen, Frankie and Draculaura.  I like the look of the dolls much more than I like the style of the cartoon.


There is also a synopsis of the movie plot, which is nice.  I wonder if they'd be selling more Howleen dolls if everyone had already seen the movie?


Here's the loot:

It always looks like less out of the box.
One exciting new thing about this set is that the style of the stand has been changed.  Thank goodness.  Clawdeen comes with a saddle stand:


The stand looks great.  It has a black plastic skull-shaped base and a clear plastic saddle support:


The stand also supports the doll really, really well:


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The stand is a huge improvement.  Those old stands didn't hold the dolls without messing up their clothes, and my stands kept breaking on me.  I love this new stand.

The stand also works nicely as a support to prop up the collector's card that comes with this doll.  I don't care for the card because I don't like how Clawdeen looks in this style of drawing:

She looks more like a Mystixx Vampire.
The other characters look slightly better:

I love Frankie's dress.
The lantern is the featured accessory.  The first thing I noticed about this piece is that it has a very strong chemical smell.  About a week after taking this lantern out of the box, the smell is still strong enough to be unpleasant from about a foot away.

The smell is unfortunate, because the lantern is a nice-looking accessory.  It is made out of slightly flexible translucent purple vinyl.  It has very elaborate molded details:

It looks kinda like a really fancy fire hydrant.



The lid of the lantern opens with a very simple hinge to reveal a small compartment that is about an inch and a half deep with the diameter of a penny:


The lid doesn't fit perfectly on my lantern and the legs are uneven, giving the whole thing a crooked fire hydrant appearance:

Meh.
This version of Clawdeen was appealing to me because of her carmel-blonde hair.  The glittery streaks in her hair make me nervous (those can get really tangled) but I love the color.  The shade of her hair matches her beautiful skin tone and also resembles the gold color of her lips.  The purple streaks in her hair break up the monochromatic palette, but I actually think I'd like the doll even better if she didn't have any highlights in her hair whatsoever.  

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The fangs get a little lost in all of the gold and glitter.
She has very glitzy eye makeup with purple eyeliner and a thick band of glittery lilac eyeshadow.  


Her eyes are similar in color to her skin and her hair...with a slight peachy orange tinge at the bottom that looks great:


My doll has a small defect in the outer corner of her eyeball.  It's very hard to see this flaw in real life.


Clawdeen's hair is long, and has a fairly simple style.  Her hair looks deceptively elaborate because of all of the glittery gold things.  In addition to glitter strands mixed into her rooted hair, she has a gold plastic headdress that hangs down one side of her face, and a large gold earring in one ear:

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While the texture of the hair is soft, it looks tangled and matted right out of the box:


There's one strand of hair on the left side of her face that has been twisted and tied with transparent rubber bands:


 Here's the gold plastic earring up close:


It has a moon dangling in the middle:


Clawdeen's outfit looks fancy, but it's basically a mini dress with an overskirt...and lots of gold plastic accessories:


The dress is sleeveless, but there are large gold plastic bracelets on both arms:


The molded pattern on these arms bands reminds me of a zipper, although I'm not sure that's what it's supposed to be.


The overskirt is hard to appreciate right away because it is plastic-tied together in back:



With the plastic ties removed, the skirt hangs nicely.


The overskirt is made of three separate layers of fabric:


The outer layer is a sheer purple organza with a shiny gold applied pattern.  This pattern looks even more like a zipper than the arm band pattern does--especially at the top where there's a pretty obvious zipper pull and zipper teeth:



The second layer is an semi-opaque rayon-type smooth, drapey fabric with a vaguely leopard spot print:



The bottom layer is thin gold and black lace with a bubbly pattern that reminds me of magnified xylem and phloem from a tree.  I'm pretty sure that's not the look Mattel was going for...but it's cool:



The overskirt is held on with a velcro gold waistband that is supposed to be covered by a gold plastic belt:


Here's the plastic belt up close:


The overskirt is extraordinarily simple in its construction--none of the edges are hemmed or finished in any way, but it has an interesting assortment of colors, textures, and transparencies and I think it will double nicely as a cape:



Under the long skirt, Clawdeen is wearing a very short black stretchy mini dress with metallic gold moons all over it:

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It's obscenely short...but I like it anyway.


The moon pattern is very symmetric, but my dress tends to pull off to the side for a more abstract asymmetric look:


The dress has a netted halter top:


The shoes are like high-heeled jelly sandals.  They're fun, but they don't have any really amazing design elements:


These shoes are also pretty hard to get on and off.


I like the translucent purple heel and the gold soles that make them look like stilettos.  That's a nice touch.


It was hard to evaluate Clawdeen's hair with that large headdress still in place, so I removed it.  It comes off easily--there's just a single clear rubber band holding it down.


Here's the headdress:


It has a zipper (?) pattern that matches the arm bands and the print on the outer layer of the overskirt:


The hair was pretty messy to begin with, and the headdress removal left behind a few more tangles and snarls:


The tinsel hair highlights are rooted at the very top of the head only.  It would be pretty easy to just pull most of those out:


The hair is thickly rooted, and the only strange thing is that the scalp is painted a color that is much darker than both the hair and Clawdeen's primary skin color.


The hair is surprisingly easy to brush out.  The tangles release easily, and the glittery tinsel strands don't interfere with brushing at all.  

The texture of the hair is ok, but not amazing.  It feels a lot like the Princess & Me Rapunzel doll's hair.  It's very soft and fluffy, but it doesn't have any silky drape or hang to it, and so it can look bulky and shapeless.



This girl has a lot of hair:

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The halter top of the dress was tied in back with a double knot.  It took me several minutes to losen this tiny knot with my fingernails:


The armbands can be removed by taking off the doll's hands.  Clawdeen has great hands.  Look at those fingernails!


This Clawdeen has the standard Monster High body with ball jointed hips.  Here she is next to my first wave Clawdeen--still my favorite version of this character:

There's a little more orange in the new doll's skin tone.
The only real differences between these two are the hip articulation, the skin tone, and the fact that the new doll can't look down.  Her head is always tilted up just a bit and it can't be made to stay in a downward-facing position.  This is frustrating.

Ooh!  Nice earrings up there!
Flaws aside, I think that 13 Wishes Clawdeen is easily my second favorite Clawdeen doll.  These two dolls go nicely together with their contrasting hair and lips.  This picture really makes me want to get rid of the purple in the new Clawdeen's hair, though:


With her clothes off, you can see how nicely the new stand fits Clawdeen:




Back in her original clothes, Clawdeen tried out the overskirt as a cape.  I really like this look--capes are so much fun:


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I also thought maybe the skirt could work as some kind of veil, but that wasn't such a great idea.


Clawdeen doesn't pose very naturally with her lamp.  Because Monster High dolls don't kneel very well, she can't kneel next to it and peer inside without looking like she's praying at the porcelain altar:

Urg...too many raw steaks...
The lantern can make a decent little chair, I guess, but not a very comfortable one:

We all know about canines and fire hydrants...
Or, Clawdeen can sit next to the lamp on a couch...but this just looks like an awkward first date:

It's not you...really.  It's me.  
If the lamp is sitting on a table, however, then Clawdeen can work her magic:


I really like the twist in Clawdeen's hair, but I wanted to take it down to see if I could hide some of the purple color.

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The twist comes out easily and leaves behind some nice waves in the hair around Clawdeen's face:


Here she is with the purple showing and with the purple hidden:


I like both, but slightly prefer the all-gold look.


I can hide the purple even better with a simple ponytail:


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Here are a few more pictures to show off what I consider to be this Clawdeen's best features: her excellent saddle stand, her dramatic skirt that doubles as a cape, and her voluminous sparkly golden hair:



 



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13 Wishes Clawdeen Wolf

Bottom line?  I love this doll's coloring.  She has a sun-kissed glow that makes her radiant.  I also love the new stand.  It has a very simple design, and yet it offers a wonderful improvement over the earlier stands.  I didn't realize how bad the last stand design was until I played with this new one.  

I like the clothes on this doll, but here is where my enthusiasm looses a little momentum.  The tight black and gold dress is great and the three-layer skirt is dramatic and works really well as a cape.  No complaints there.  I'm ambivalent about the copious gold plastic accessories--they go nicely with the doll's golden hair, but they are right on the verge of being too tacky.  I would almost always prefer a bit more subtlety.  The shoes are fairly cute, but they are irritatingly hard to get on and off.  This ensemble is fine overall, it's just that I don't feel that it is special or elaborate enough to warrant the $10 price hike.

If the clothes don't validate the $30 price tag, then it falls on the accessories to be really great.  I don't feel that this is the case.  The awesome stand aside, this doll really just comes with a lantern and a brush.  The brush is dismissible.  The lantern looks great with all of its molded decorations, and I like that it can be opened and closed, but the strong smell and rickety balance take away from its appeal.  It's nowhere near as neat as Lagoona's fish bowl purse.

Having said all of that, I really do like this doll.  I just feel like if Mattel wants to jump up into the $30 price range with this line, they should stick with the two doll sets.  Those seem like a good bargain.  For a single doll, I wish they'd do something a bit more unique to warrant the price.  13 Wishes Clawdeen is a great doll and she has beautiful coloring and nice clothes...but so do most of the $20 Monster High dolls.  In the end, my 1 Wish is that I'd left Toys R Us with a $20 Lagoona and an extra $10 in my pocket.

13 Wishes Clawdeen Wolf

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    1. I wouldn't date that lantern, either. He smells bad! And I'm married. ;D

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  2. She's RIDICULOUSLY pretty, my goodness. I'm hoping to find Twyla, the other new character, she's adorable from the pictures I've seen, and her eyes glow in the dark!

    Also, I've sent you an email! :)

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    1. I got your email, AJ--thank you for the tip. That email address is inundated with "how to improve your blog" spam and so I often miss things!

      My TRU has five thousand Twylas. If you can't find one near you, let me know! I didn't realize that her eyes glow. That's pretty awesome. Her hair looks like it might glow, too, but that could just be the color. I'll have to give her a closer peek. :)

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    2. I've sent you another email with everything!

      Ooh, that's a very nice offer! I'll take you up on that if I don't feel like making the half-hour drive to our nearest TRU.

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  3. I agree with you. The saddle stand looks much better, and the purple in Clawdeen's hair isn't appealing at all.
    I have been looking everywhere for Twyla but have no luck what so ever.

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    1. Weird! I just mentioned to AJ, above, that my TRU seems to have a million Twylas. Maybe I should grab a few extras for those who can't find them? I'll stop by again today and see what's left. :)

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    2. You are such an awesome person, if it isn't too much trouble I would take you up on that offer. :)
      My TRU is so bone dry and the only new thing I have seen was Headless!

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  4. The price difference is mostly a TRU thing. These are selling for $24 at Walmart. The Lagoona would have cost you $22 at TRU. I definitely recommend her- she's unique and adorable. The immobility of the neck is a common problem lately, unfortunately.

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    1. Yeah, I just noticed that Amazon has these dolls for much cheaper, too...or at least some of them. I wonder why TRU is charging a higher price?? $24 is much more reasonable. Grumble. I've got my eye on that Lagoona, for sure. Her yellow hair is really fun. I guess it's her fresh water coloring?

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  5. I was disappointed with Twyla's face, too. She looks so CUTE in the promo photos, but then you see her in person and she's just... not cute.

    The zippers are a sort of fashion motif on a few of Clawdeen's outfits in the past, weird to see them in this Arabian Nights setup, though. I think I'll have to have this 'deen when she comes out at Wal-Mart. No way I'm paying the TRU markup of $30.

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    1. I wish I had been paying more attention--the prices are certainly better elsewhere! I think maybe Toys R Us gets the dolls first, though, because there's no sign of them anywhere else around here. She's a great Clawdeen for $22!

      I looked at Twyla again today and her face is very angular. Some of the dolls are painted with really small pupils in their eyes, and these are the worst. The dolls with larger eyes look good. And the eyes glow in the dark, apparently! Fun!

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  6. She is really lovely, thank you for another great review.

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  7. i really need to get a MH doll.... whitch one do you think has the best clothes, face, and (brushable) hair for the lowest price?? HELP! i am lost in the ways of MH....

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    1. never mind! i have picked skelita! the neat bone-body gives me a good excuse to steer away from my AG dolls.... can't wait to see her! XD

      -Juliet

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    2. Good choice! Skelita is great! She is so unique, and she has some good culture in her backstory. Love her. She's a pretty dramatic character for your first Monster High, though! Certainly nothing like American Girls! :D

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  8. Haha, I've finally done it! I've read through every entry in your archive. I love reading one of your posts every time I sit down for lunch. Now I'm all out though! ): Definitely looking forward to any and all upcoming reviews.

    Also, I'd LOVE IT if you reviewed a Pinkie Cooper doll. They're coming out soon and I'm super excited for them. (Twin-tails! Squee!!) They remind me so much of Peteena Poodle and Catwalk Kitties, which are the only other (playline) dolls I know of that have the whole anthro-animal-face thing going on. :P

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    1. Oh my gosh, I just saw those Pinkie Cooper dolls in my local toy shop today. They are fantastic. I really want one.... Or two.

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    2. You are brave to read all of the reviews, Quiche! Wow. Thank you so much, though. It's like we've been having lunch together for weeks! ;)

      I just ordered a Pinkie Cooper doll because I am impatient and can't wait for them to show up in my toy store. I'll review her as soon as she comes! I am pretty excited about those dolls, too. They seem like a breath of fresh air. But why do they have pet dogs? Aren't they supposed to be dogs themselves?

      I'll need to look up Peteena Poodle and Catwalk Kitties while I'm waiting for my Pinkie. Those sound interesting--especially for a poodle owner like myself! ;)

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    3. Ooh, you've already ordered one! Can't wait to see your opinions on that line. Also, yes, Peteena's pretty amazing. I'd love to get my hands on her and make her some modern clothes. She's such a 60's doll! Unfortunately, she goes for hundreds on ebay sometimes. I'm waiting for her to pop up at a decent price, but it may not happen for awhile..:/

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    4. I don't think Pinkie is supposed to be an actual dog but more like what would happen if people had evolved from a canid ancestor instead of a primate one. So Pinkie would be like "Canis Sapiens" while the pets are just good ol "Canis Familiaris". Well at least that is what makes sense to me since nobody would think twice if a doll came with a cute baby chimpanzee.

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  9. I've been looking at the Haunt the Casbah/13 Wishes/Party Dolls and wondering if I wanted them. I love Clawdeen, she's the one I have the most of in my collection. Mostly its those tacky (perfect word by the way) plastic gold accessories. I also found the makeup too dark for my taste. But I really love the outfit and have trouble saying no to Clawdeen in general. T_T

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    1. I have exactly the same problem! I go to the store with the intent to buy Draculaura (who I don't have) and I seem to always walk away with Clawdeen! What is it about her? She's sneaky. :)

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  10. awww,she is adorable with her golden hair!!!!! never seen such a pretty Clawdeen! looks like she will be on my wishlist! thanks!best regards from Poland!

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    1. Glad you like her, Urshula! Isn't that hair color wonderful?

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    2. it is,indeed! lovely golden hair!

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  11. She is very cute. I do love Clawdeen's face but I don't actually own one. I am looking forward to seeing some new MH in my local shops as it seems like it has been the same old stuff for ages. I don't think that I will be tempted to actually buy any though as I probably have enough. I am holding out for the Ever After High and the new Sindy playdoll later this year. Thanks for the review Emily. Have a great weekend. x

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    1. I really hear what you're saying about the same old Monster High dolls in the store time after time. Even with several new ones, there's a certain repetitiveness that makes me crave the new doll lines like Pinkie Cooper and Ever After High! I want Apple White pretty badly at this point. The EAH dolls are supposed to be coming in this week to my Justice store. Not here yet! Ahhhhhh!
      I hope you have a great weekend, too. :)

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  12. I'm gonna hold out for Twyla when she comes to SF.

    P.S. If youre interested, Ever After High dolls are at Justice stores for a limited time!

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    1. Thank you for the tip about Ever After High, Rose! My Justice is a bit slow in getting them, but they'll be here soon! Yay! :D

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  13. I love this Clawdeen, the gold looks great on her! And I totally agree, the new stands are great. You are so lucky, I haven't been able to find either of the 2- packs anywhere.
    Oh, and one more thing, on toyrus.com the Heath and Abbey pack is labeled as 'Home Sick'. What exactly are they doing in that class?

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    1. Really? Home SICK? LOL! At least the box is labeled correctly. I agree...what are they up to, exactly, in a home sick class? ;)

      The two packs are gone from my store now. They lasted about thirty seconds. The Ghoulia one can still be found online for a good price, but not the Heath set. Those Monster High dudes are hard to track down!

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  14. Emily- do you think all of the dolls will come with the new stand? i am hopping to get Skelita soon; she will be my first MH doll! i don't think one of the old stands would work on her skeleton.. (a saddle might be better)
    -Juliet from doll diaries

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    1. That's a good question! I bet that the Skelitas on the shelf right now all have the older stands. Mattel.com doesn't have stands sold separately or anything like that at the moment, either. Maybe they will in the future? That would be a great idea! I'd buy a few.

      The thing is, Skelita is so skinny, the older stands might actually be better for her! I find it hard to get the waist grip part around the larger waists of the regular dolls...but Skelita's waist is itty bitty! I wonder if the saddle stand would even fit her? Hmm. I wish I still had Skelita so I could test it for you...

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    2. maybe i should wait a few weeks? if they are switching all the dolls to the new stands, it might take awhile for the dolls currently in stores to be bought and replaced with new ones..... hmmm. if i don't keep skelita's plastic body, would the old stands still work? it would be fun to test it! if/when i get her, i'll let you know if she had the old or new stand.... if she has the new one, i might be able to find an old stand on eBay to test it... i'll be going to target in about a week, so i'll let you know if the dolls had the old or new stands.(:
      -Juliet

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    3. it turns out my family is also going to target today; i'll make a list of dolls with new stands and post it as a reply to this comment.
      -Juliet

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    4. i looked at most of the dolls there, and NONE of them had the new stand!! DX! i tried to look at at least one doll from each line, but i may hve missed a few. they had one skelita: old stand. boo.

      (thanks to your blog, i know walk down the toy aisle and go; "look! there are the winx dolls! OHHH!! those are the lil woodzes animals! and there! those are LaLa Oppsie horses!!! SQEEE!" needless to say, my parents think i'm crazy. :)

      -Juliet

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  15. I would love to see you review an everafter high doll!

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    1. I'm working on a few things to make that happen! :D

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  16. at toy r us i found almost all the new dolls, i saw the howleen doll, the twyla doll, and the new lagoona. i decided to learn about this line a bit ago because i thought the draculaura, frankie, and clawdeen looked awesome but couldn't find any at my toys r us and twyla's hair is just like that it looked really bad when she came out of the box, and that stand type is actually really old. i think it was just for that line and you can also find more of those stands in the ghouls alive doll series. sorry this was so long

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    1. Oh, the Ghouls Alive dolls have the new stands, too? I didn't know that! I have actually been tempted by those dolls on and off, and if they have the new stand, that's a real plus! It's a huge bummer that Twyla has the old stand. Maybe it's because she has a shorter body and they'd have to design a whole new size of saddle stand for her and Howleen? Hm.

      Thank you so much for the information! :)

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  17. Omg your reviews are amazing and so funny. Will there be more 13 wishes dolls.

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  18. I'm pretty sure that these stands are special to the casbah dolls as the new two packs and the other dolls come with the standard one and the $30 is Toys R Us once again overpricing their items as the casbah dolls on target.com are $23 -

    http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=monster+high+casbah&category=0|All|matchallpartial|all+categories&lnk=snav_sbox_monster+high+casbah


    Personally, she's my favorite of the 3 as well. (and I would urge you to grab Heath while you can as we all know how fast the boy dolls stop circulating, only to sell for insane prices on the secondary market.)

    This was a lovely review, as always ;3

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  19. Yes! you did Casbah and even Clawdeen at that! I want this Clawdeen so bad, I love her, She is my favorite Clawdeen next to Scaris. Casbah Clawdeen's color is to die for lol..love that she has that lovely blonde hair color, They need to make more of her in that color. Though I do wish that she didn't have the purple streaks in her hair, Especially the tinsel pieces. Maybe you could pull out the purple and tinsel pieces leaving her hair all that golden-caramel goodness :)

    I really wanna get this doll but 30 bucks for a single doll? that's a little steep even for me. Although I think she'd be worth it, Especially with that amazing new saddle stand. Which I love that Mattel did on the MH girls, Can't wait to get some with stands like that. I can see it making posing much easier!

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  20. This and sig Clawdeen are the only Clawdeens that I've ever actually liked the look of. There's something about the sheer amount of gold and animal-print in the others that just turns me off. I also love the hair colors (and for me, the purple just makes 13W Clawdeen that much better).

    So now I have a decision to make...

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  21. TRU always seems to overprice their dolls. I remember the Ghoul's Rule line being $30 at TRU when they first came out as well. I always try to buy my dolls at Target or Walmart instead unless it's a TRU exclusive, there is a good sale, and/or I want to put them on layaway.

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  22. I love this version of Clawdeen. Well, I love this whole line hehe
    I think her hair, make-up and skin color look great. I also love the print on the dress and the overskirt is even better as a cape! I don't really have anything negative to say about the doll, it's a shame the lantarn smells bad and it's of balance but it still looks great though. I'd love to try that new stand, it's perfect for my CAM skeleton. She's wearing Frankie's Day at the Maul clothing pack dress but it looks horrible with the old stand. This stand looks like the perfect solution!
    I also loved the lantarn pics at the end, really funny xD
    Thanks for this review Emily!

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  23. She look so beautiful that now I'm tempted...

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  24. The whole zipper theme of Clawdeen goes with her being a werewolf. You zip it up and everything is contained, which is her human side, unzip the zippers and you unleash the inner beast! So yeah, the zippers are important and a deliberate part of her design.

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  25. can you help me? I have looked online and all the 13 wishes clawdeen's have brown hair! Where did you get yours?

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    1. You're right! I hadn't noticed how brown the hair looks online!
      I got mine at Toys R Us. I think some of the pictures make her hair look darker, but all of the dolls I've seen in real life have the lighter hair with purple. At Amazon, for example, the stock picture looks brown, but the customer shots are more blonde.

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  26. Aww, you said no to Heath Burns?! Haha, I was hunting him down for weeks! I almost howled for joy when we found him! I was a bit disappointed when I first saw the pictures of him, but after seeing him out of the box I really adore his expression and head mold. So even though I told myself I would never buy two of one character, I had to make an exception (I already had Skull Shores Abbey Bominable), and I also love the Abbey that came with the set. I considered doing a review myself of them both, but I've never actually done one, and I went nuts and deboxed them before I could get any pictures of them fresh out of the box.

    Heheh... I know many of the Monster High fans were dying to get a doll made of his character for the longest time, as he has been part of the show from the beginning, and has also shown up in diaries from time to time. He's also pretty funny. :)

    If you're interested, I posted a couple of pictures of him and Abbey on my DeviantArt account:

    http://midnightkangee.deviantart.com/art/Pretty-Little-Faeries-401849448?q=gallery%3AMidnightKangee%2F312632&qo=12

    http://midnightkangee.deviantart.com/art/Don-t-Burn-the-Cookies-401847261?q=gallery%3AMidnightKangee%2F312632&qo=13

    http://midnightkangee.deviantart.com/art/Heath-Stop-Fooling-Around-401846004?q=gallery%3AMidnightKangee%2F312632&qo=15

    http://midnightkangee.deviantart.com/art/Heath-Abbey-and-the-Birds-407533310?ga_submit_new=10%253A1381889451

    Anyways...

    I loved the review, as always. Took me forever to add a comment though, 'cause I forgot my password! I think this is one of the prettiest of the Clawdeen's. It's unfortunate about the lantern and the smell, though. Frankie was definitely my favorite of the 13 Wishes Ghouls, but because of my rule I didn't get her (I already have her Wave 1 Basic). :)

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  27. Well, the Haunt The Casbah Lala of my friend has that stand. The doll can't stand on it, now is broken. Ooh, and, too, it don't fits Twyla, and only looks fine in the dolls with skirts.
    Bye!

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  28. I have both the Abbey and the Draculara of this line but I think my stands are defective because they don't work at all. They are too big for my dolls and the dolls fall off the stands when I touch them. These stands work better for my EAH dolls.

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