I'm back with the second post in the mermaid series! I learned so much from your comments on the Mermaze Mermaidz review. As I've said before, the comments are always a hugely valuable (and humorous...) part of this blog. Thank you so much for all of your contributions. I'll single out a few mermaid-related things that were mentioned: first of all, Lurkins noted that I never tested Jordie's color change feature, which is embarrassingly true. I went back and did that and added in some pictures of the results. It's pretty cool! Séverine's tip that one of the dolls (Riviera) has bad hair is very helpful, too, especially since I was so pleased with the hair on Orra and Jordie. Last of all, I had no idea about the alleged backstory of the Mermaidz or which body parts were taken from other MGA lines. I should have at least recognized the Project Mc2 eyes! Thank you to Alé for those tidbits.
But today is all about Spin Master's Mermaid High dolls. The first wave of these fishy friends has been out since late 2021, and the second wave of dolls hit the market this spring. I've been waffling back and forth about whether to write about this brand for several months now, mostly waiting to see if the high original price (around $27) would come down at all. The dolls never struck me as being worth quite that much. I guess I waited a good amount of time, because the first wave characters recently went on sale at Target. They were around $5 for a while, which was insane, but are now $19.99, which is a reasonable price for this brand. I purchased first wave Finly at full price a few weeks ago, and then added Searra during the $5 sale. This review got too long to include Searra, though, so I'll put those photos over on Patreon.
I'm going to feature Finly today because when I was looking at all of the characters in the store, she's the one who impressed me the most. I love her rainbow-themed outfit and her cute green-eyed, freckle-filled face. In this review, I'll contrast first wave Finly to the newer version of the same character:
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| Mermaid High Finly by Spin Master, $26.99. |
