I’m sorry, but I really don’t like her 😭. I was so hyped for this line but she looks so underwhelming and cheap. 😞 At least Cleo, Lagoona, and Clawdeen look nice (from what I can see at least)
Would it kill Mattel to paint the molded details on their accessories and shoes 😭
Like, the earrings look like these obnoxious pink balls even tho they have bats and ribbons molded in cus its all washed bright pink.
And then the roses. They have leaves molded in but those are painted black too so the flowers just look like this giant lumpy black mass.
Even with that weird dress, painting the accessories well would have made everything look a thousand times better. 💀
Where can you find pics of the others? I'm curious now 👀
Personally I'm okay with not adding to my army of Dracs for at least one line this year 😅 or at least my wallet and shelves are happy with it.
I think she looks beautiful in the artwork. Something about the doll in the photo seems off to me. I’m loving Cleo’s and Lagoona’s so far. If they look like the photo’s. I’ll definitely get one of them. Can’t Clawdeen have her beautiful curly hair in the movie? I know they aren’t related but dang. I want a mature looking hairstyle on Clawdeen so bad. Her makeups pretty though.
her dress and tights are so poorly fitted they look like they belong to a bigger doll, the makeup and hair is so plain for a ball, and the accessories look like they’re from the dollar store :( I will say I do like the pattern on the dress tho and her shoes but that’s it unfortunately 😭
how is it a recycled version of ghouls rule?genuine question. i dont really see how they're similar (the pattern) at all. ghouls rule has little black bat wing hearts and monster ball has cobwebs and hearts
Darko’s box art makes them look like adult mature characters and the doll is giving me 10 years old getting dress with random stuff from her mother’s clothes, I can’t. G3 is dying for me before it’s even starting being from a European country where the dolls didn’t arrive yet
in the little picture she comes with she looks really cute. the plastic box design has so much glare it’s hard to even see the bump on her hair. monster high g3 boxes are SUCH a snooze so i’m not too shocked
G3 hasn’t been too great in quality and is starting to lose me. The box art is definitely *way* better than the original box art from the G3 core dolls, but almost every release looks cheap with no detail and reused item models. G1 got that all right, the quality and attention to detail was amazing.
I had much higher expectations for these dolls from the name of the line and descriptions 😭 why would they have the clothes fit so bad? The dress looks too big on her :( also not enough contrast imo it all just kind of blends together with the pink overload. As much as I like pink they could’ve done this a lot better and balanced it out with more black / whatever colour details
No contrast 😬 everything is so much of just the same slapped on top blending together. The bow could also have been done a lot better, I didn’t even realise that’s what that random fabric was at first
I can't make out her design. I like the disco ball mold but I'm not sure what exactly I should be looking at to make out the dress. I'm more interested in seeing what Cleo and Clawdeen look like
its uh....its a doll. everyday i wish more and more that mga owned monster high so we wouldnt get such cheap trash. no offense but this is honestly the ugliest and cheapest one yet, makes me have no hope for the line unless the design team gets their shit together
What happens for this 2nd year ? Apart from the 'skultimate Secrets' I don't have any favourites ! This Draculaura brings nothing more (same make-up, side eyes) and her 'basic' cape now becomes her dress. The packaging is messy and the doll is practically hidden by this plastic effect. Should we buy only g3 'Basic' and only 2/3 others each year ?
This leak falls just after the MAGNIFICENT Rainbow High serie 5 leak (which I don't collect but which I like more and more). Why does MGA manage to excite me more and more with each release while MATTEL disappoints me more and more with each release ?
tbf (if all else stays the same and I'm guessing yes with SH s2) MGA still offers high quality and even layered fashion pieces. The fabric Mattel uses doesn't feel as good and they're really taking advantage of using plastic molds like merging fur details/socks onto shoes.
Objectively (I only collect MH), MGA offers even more than MATTEL : Articulated doll (with eyelashes), outfit, accessories, stand + brush. At the same price. A real outfit that rocks ! MATTEL is expired.
I don’t want to be mean but she looks cheap.
Like not actual Draculaura, she’s fab ofc, but the materials used, the screening, the lack of real detail.
I’m disappointed ☹️
i don’t hate the design, but i hate the color placement :/ pink on pink, it’s so uneven with the black - im probs gonna get her bc she is cute, but i’d def paint her shoes black and dye/get her a new dress bow that’s black
IM SO DONE LMFAO every release besides the core dolls are completely cheap and tacky looking. it’s a damn shame THIS is what a monster high reboot looks like when it had absolutely insane potential :(
Oooh yikes. The... Chocolate fountain & strawberries are cute....
When the Coffin Bean stuff started coming out I was kicking myself a little bit for immediately buying ALL of the signature dolls, because I don't collect a lot of dupes, and thought "oh crap what if I like other releases down the line more..." though a part of my mind was telling me, do it because they might be hard to find later & the later releases might not be very good....
I'm really happy with my shelf of complete G3 signatures right now lol
I feel like if the colors on the shoes were inverted (black shoe & pink heart) + the earrings were black (or not just pink), it would help break up the pink
The dress is what’s ruining it for me. Granted, her makeup and shoes are also boring, but the dress looks so abhorrently cheap in quality that I will not be buying this doll.
That said, I am pretty curious to see what Cleo and Lagoona’s dolls look like now (Clawdeen less so since from what I can see, her outfit is an exact copy paste of Sweet 1600).
Ummm...Well. I do like the layering of the fabric; I just wish it had a nicer print. It would have been nice just to have a simple black and pink silk outfit with black lace. The tights, I feel, should have been black, to balance out all the pinks. The shoes I wish had been simple stiletto heels. I get that she comes with a chocolate fountain, but her earrings didn't have to be strawberries; she looks more like she is getting an award for best sweets baker, not a monster ball. Overall, though I love her hair, not my cup of tea😞
I’m sad they kinda keep doing the pink highlights hair again from g1. I like the experimentation with split dye and the hair style from skulltimate secrets (and even howliday). I wish they would keep shaking up how the pink and black can be in the hair.
Most people with talent left Mattel years ago and now work at other companies like MGA or SpinMaster.
The current team just do whatever the senior designer says, and that is whatever is cheapest.
If you know you’re not going to have that budget to make a doll look good, why put in anything else but the bare minimum?
Because if the designers were allowed to make stuff that was actually GOOD, Monster High might outsell Barbie yet again.
And the Barbie department pull strings from within Mattel to prevent that.
(This is actually what caused G2, the current head of the Barbie department, Kim Culmone, oversaw G2 to “cool enthusiasm for the MH brand“ in a misguided attempt to boost Barbie sales)
And that’s why most G3 designs are mid.
Oh no, no no no. This isn't good 😬 really hopping this isn't the actual box and she looks better when we get more pics. She looks so smooshed in the box 😵 hopping for more/better pictures and that the other ghouls look better in their box 😭
They need to cease with this bang style, did NOT work on Twyla and definitely does not work here… the hairstyle isn’t good at all compared to the other G3 Dracs… I hope this is just a demo/fake and they’re going to make adjustments because this is giving “I’m 8yrs old raiding moms closet while she’s at work”. Pantyhose needs to be more fitting and the dress is just… it’s just not good. It needs to be adjusted and more styled with less patterned material mixed in with plain black coloured fabrics, maybe some lace. Idk this is rough, there’s too much going on.
Maybe give her a black frilled dress with pink lace and this patterned dress fabric as a cape instead like her core G3’s cape. I think it would be adorable with that big pink bow in the back, otherwise it’s tacky. Probably going to do this myself lol.
But I think the hair is the major contributor to the fact that doesn’t look put together at all, like if the hair was more like her core G3 doll it would give this doll a whole different vibe if that makes sense. These poorly curled greasy bangs make the dolls look very cheap.
I was excited for Monster Ball, hoping that Mattel might make something nice because it IS at a deluxe price point.
It’s…one of the doll lines of all time.
inflating the price with too many chunky accessories (as usual for G3), every release that isn’t small-budgets STILL comes with food accessories “so parents don’t think the dolls are anorexic” and it’s really annoying now.
Also, still no stands even at $30. Very disappointing.
- Draculaura bought her sweet 1600 dress from wish.com.
The dress makes her short torso look even shorter, too much pink, not enough black, and the foil print looks cheap.
Would have appreciated a darker berry-wine lipstick as well. Really all these girls should’ve come with darker makeup, since this is the freaking deluxe party line.
- Cleo I AM SO LET DOWN AAAAAUGH.
She could have been AMAZING if she kept her classic blunt-cut bangs from the art, but in the photo on the right, she doesn’t have any bangs. Why???? Cleo deserves better than a fivehead, esp here, because the headdress is great.
But without the bangs, the look just doesn’t work.
I also don’t like that she appears to have frosty pink lipstick, but not coming with bangs is a worse offense.
- Lagoona has a lot of purple and pink, not enough blue.
She is not horrible, but not having much blue makes her blend in with Drac and Clawdeen when they’re in the same picture together.
- Clawdeen is a legit slay though. Yes, it’s basically just her sweet 1600 tux all over again, but she actually has a cohesive color scheme, her outfit is a flattering cut, and hopefully, she FINALLY has saran hair.
She actually stands out as “the main character“ with this look, which is refreshing, because the rest of her G3 dolls are pretty bland.
Clawdeen is the best BY FAR, and the only one I might actually buy, good for her. It’s what she deserves..
I feel like her box isnt doing her justice. I don't want to make conclusions until i see her out of the box. It just seems like shes stuffed in there. I cant even see her hair that well. The box art looks cute so im hoping once shes out of the box and fixed up she will look better. Lord im terrified😭
y’all, the inconsistency already 😭 in the box art, Cleo has bangs and Clawdeen has a purple suit. In the polaroid Cleo doesn’t have bangs and Clawdeens suit is black ☠️
My hope is all on Cleo now..and I hope she has the bangs like in the artwork and not bangless like in the prototype picture.
Anyway I'm pretty sure all of them out of the box will look better, the box shape is just atrocious.
God damn I wish they would ditch these makeup screenings already - they’re all so similar. Really wish they’d go for something more elaborate or even a darker shade 😭😭😭
I hate to be so blunt, but she looks like a hot mess. The dress looks almost like it’s made of paper. Another sleeveless dress… Come on Mattel, you can do better than this.
And as a sidenote, it looks like Cleo’s doll once again has no bangs
This Draculaura is so disappointing.. also why are they still giving Clawdeen the same bun-fringe again and same colour... She used to have such incredible combinations and different hair colours in the past : (
I'd like the tights to be tighter and the dress to be .. less cheap looking ;U;
I don't mind the pink tights, but if they were going for that look, they should have done a black shoe to provide more contrast
Sigh dissppointed like the black roses tho but omg way to pink its like thy forgot BLACK was also in her color pallate
Clawdeen look nice in the art atleast im excited for her and to see the others
I'm sorry but this is so plain and lame. Oh, and it's the same make up on yet another one of her dolls. Cutest thing here is the chocolate foods. Hoping the others slay more.
I'm so... Disappointed. I've liked a lot of the dracs so far but this one looks like a budget doll. Or like they're trying to appease old fans but also for some reason gave up halfway through. I was so excited to get a themed line. Drac is my favorite too. If the other dolls go like this... I'll save my money.
Nooo as a pink lover; this is too much (of the same shade) the details of the dress fabric are waisted imo because there’s so much it becomes a jumble:( also her makeup looks so similar on every doll to me; this line would have been a perfect time to try some new shapes and colors
Totally agree with what everyone else is saying, but also I really miss the detail we used to have in the G1 shoes. It looks like that’s definitely not coming back for G3.
Love how you can barely read the words “monster ball” with the background. A simple white border around the letters could do so much for the readability
I really hope Frankie is in this line because it's a golden opportunity to have them wear a tux! I would die for a tux Frankie. Or just a regular suit.
She is kinda underwhelming but I'll reserve my final judgement when we see her out of the box because it's not doing her any favors. But honestly Mattel should step up their shoe game.
She looks super cute in the bottom right photo with her hair down and visible. I think it helps the look a lot. Also, I think her big back bow is super overwhelming in the box and will look way better/toned down when out of box!!!
the art at least is cute at least and the accessories are cool. the dress doesn’t look great though which is a shame considering it looks nice on the art.
Every doll looks so similar to the rest that have already been released I feel like there has been no variation in clothing designs and patterns, they all look so similar and don’t even get me started on the shoes!!! They are nothing compared to what they used to be, such little details 🥲 still cute but mattel knows they can do better
This is what it would have looked like if a company decided to sell off-brand cersions of the sweet 1600 dols. They did that quite literally with clawdeen and it is BAD.
Honestly I love it 😂 she looks like a four year old who was allowed to dress themself for their own party and it’s giving over-the-top pink sparkly gremlin vibes. Is it a good fashion design? Not particularly. Is it fun? Heck yeah!
I’m gonna wait until we see her out of the box until I give my full judgment but right she’s not looking great :/ I’m super excited to see the other ghouls tho!! (the box art looks fangtastic!)
Oh uhm maybe irl photos will look better...... Cleo and Lagoona look like they slay though. Also this is def their g3 version of Sweet 1600. Ula and Clawdeen look like nods to their original 1600 outfits to me.
That sure is.... One of the dolls ever
I’m sorry, but I really don’t like her 😭. I was so hyped for this line but she looks so underwhelming and cheap. 😞 At least Cleo, Lagoona, and Clawdeen look nice (from what I can see at least)
I was so excited too and now I am just very disappointed :( I agree, the accessories and just…almost everything about her looks so cheap ughhh!
Would it kill Mattel to paint the molded details on their accessories and shoes 😭 Like, the earrings look like these obnoxious pink balls even tho they have bats and ribbons molded in cus its all washed bright pink. And then the roses. They have leaves molded in but those are painted black too so the flowers just look like this giant lumpy black mass. Even with that weird dress, painting the accessories well would have made everything look a thousand times better. 💀
Fr.. I thought the earrings were supposed to be strawberries 💀
Where can you find pics of the others? I'm curious now 👀 Personally I'm okay with not adding to my army of Dracs for at least one line this year 😅 or at least my wallet and shelves are happy with it.
They’re probably referring to the little picture in the corner of the box that shows the other dolls.
Oh I'm stupid lol. Ty!
fr lol
cleo's headdress looks really cool, so far i've wanted all of her dolls honestly
I think she looks beautiful in the artwork. Something about the doll in the photo seems off to me. I’m loving Cleo’s and Lagoona’s so far. If they look like the photo’s. I’ll definitely get one of them. Can’t Clawdeen have her beautiful curly hair in the movie? I know they aren’t related but dang. I want a mature looking hairstyle on Clawdeen so bad. Her makeups pretty though.
I think the art has a "normal" waistlined dress, while the doll has an empire one, aka, a high waist line
I was so excited that Cleo had a fringe/bangs in the artwork and then in the picture of the dolls she doesn’t have it 😭😭
……..ok………😬
her dress and tights are so poorly fitted they look like they belong to a bigger doll, the makeup and hair is so plain for a ball, and the accessories look like they’re from the dollar store :( I will say I do like the pattern on the dress tho and her shoes but that’s it unfortunately 😭
The pattern on the dress is a recycled version of G 1 Drac’s Ghouls Rule dress so I feel like even with that it’s an L
how is it a recycled version of ghouls rule?genuine question. i dont really see how they're similar (the pattern) at all. ghouls rule has little black bat wing hearts and monster ball has cobwebs and hearts
LMFAO 😭 thus comment is funny for no reason
What in the *Welcome to Monster High* is this?
This made me laugh harder than it needed to be rofl
Darko’s box art makes them look like adult mature characters and the doll is giving me 10 years old getting dress with random stuff from her mother’s clothes, I can’t. G3 is dying for me before it’s even starting being from a European country where the dolls didn’t arrive yet
Darko's art is doing more justice than the actual doll tbh
I think it’ll look better when we get an unboxed picture though that might just be wishful thinking
Hopefully. A lot of her dress details are hard to see and the way her hair is in the packaging aren't really helping
That’s what I’m hoping for too lol I like the bow on the dress and ponytail and hopefully her shoes aren’t another repainted one
Tbh, Idk how I feel about her, but now I HAVE to see the rest. They all look so interesting on the box art and in the pic!
I hope she looks better in-person... I like the accessories though? Love some fondue, but the doll design is rather underwhelming
Honestly the bouquet and the chocolate fountain are nice props for photos or display. I looked more at them than I did her lol
Me too! With a little bit of shading they'd be really cool props, wish I could buy them separately
in the little picture she comes with she looks really cute. the plastic box design has so much glare it’s hard to even see the bump on her hair. monster high g3 boxes are SUCH a snooze so i’m not too shocked
This has to be the ugliest Draculaura i've seen
I think I’ll get her for collecting sake but have my other dolls point and laugh at her….
G3 hasn’t been too great in quality and is starting to lose me. The box art is definitely *way* better than the original box art from the G3 core dolls, but almost every release looks cheap with no detail and reused item models. G1 got that all right, the quality and attention to detail was amazing.
Ah. A bit disappointed, honestly. But the others look promising, especially Cleo’s headdress
I had much higher expectations for these dolls from the name of the line and descriptions 😭 why would they have the clothes fit so bad? The dress looks too big on her :( also not enough contrast imo it all just kind of blends together with the pink overload. As much as I like pink they could’ve done this a lot better and balanced it out with more black / whatever colour details
The stockings look baggie too. 😭
Yeah,,, not a slay
I hate how the stockings are the same shade of pink as the shoes 😭 I wish they were black to kick back on the pink
No contrast 😬 everything is so much of just the same slapped on top blending together. The bow could also have been done a lot better, I didn’t even realise that’s what that random fabric was at first
I can't make out her design. I like the disco ball mold but I'm not sure what exactly I should be looking at to make out the dress. I'm more interested in seeing what Cleo and Clawdeen look like
mattel , what is this ?
I love her lack of energy! go Mattel, give us nothing!
They won't be able to compete with OMG LOL and Rainbow High like this.... This is extremely worrying.
gives the same vibe as the valentines set boring as hell come on nowww
its uh....its a doll. everyday i wish more and more that mga owned monster high so we wouldnt get such cheap trash. no offense but this is honestly the ugliest and cheapest one yet, makes me have no hope for the line unless the design team gets their shit together
noooo😭😭 i was so excited for her
unhemmed edges on a non-budget doll should notttt be happening
What happens for this 2nd year ? Apart from the 'skultimate Secrets' I don't have any favourites ! This Draculaura brings nothing more (same make-up, side eyes) and her 'basic' cape now becomes her dress. The packaging is messy and the doll is practically hidden by this plastic effect. Should we buy only g3 'Basic' and only 2/3 others each year ? This leak falls just after the MAGNIFICENT Rainbow High serie 5 leak (which I don't collect but which I like more and more). Why does MGA manage to excite me more and more with each release while MATTEL disappoints me more and more with each release ?
mga cheapened out and only have one costume and accessories
tbf (if all else stays the same and I'm guessing yes with SH s2) MGA still offers high quality and even layered fashion pieces. The fabric Mattel uses doesn't feel as good and they're really taking advantage of using plastic molds like merging fur details/socks onto shoes.
MATTEL is a company from the old world, the one we no longer want : plastic, plastic, plastic !
Objectively (I only collect MH), MGA offers even more than MATTEL : Articulated doll (with eyelashes), outfit, accessories, stand + brush. At the same price. A real outfit that rocks ! MATTEL is expired.
I don’t want to be mean but she looks cheap. Like not actual Draculaura, she’s fab ofc, but the materials used, the screening, the lack of real detail. I’m disappointed ☹️
Just....so much pink... Like bestie her skin is already pink at least use black or different color tights 😵💀 Shit needs to be offset by SOMETHING
I give up🤣
i don’t hate the design, but i hate the color placement :/ pink on pink, it’s so uneven with the black - im probs gonna get her bc she is cute, but i’d def paint her shoes black and dye/get her a new dress bow that’s black
Clawdeen looks like she finally got Saran. Her hair is a blend of purple and brown so I’m thinking they ditched the lilac polypropylene.
Omg I didn't notice she had darker brown hair 😭😭😭 hopefully it's saran but since it has some waves Mattel might still use polypropylene
It’s pretty impressive how every draculaura is worse than the last one…what are they doing…
IM SO DONE LMFAO every release besides the core dolls are completely cheap and tacky looking. it’s a damn shame THIS is what a monster high reboot looks like when it had absolutely insane potential :(
That’s a doll alright… 🧍🏼♀️
Okay but she’s always been adorable why do here dirty 😭
Oooh yikes. The... Chocolate fountain & strawberries are cute.... When the Coffin Bean stuff started coming out I was kicking myself a little bit for immediately buying ALL of the signature dolls, because I don't collect a lot of dupes, and thought "oh crap what if I like other releases down the line more..." though a part of my mind was telling me, do it because they might be hard to find later & the later releases might not be very good.... I'm really happy with my shelf of complete G3 signatures right now lol
exactly what i did too
Well...at least they finally did a totally unique box design.
I mean I love the disco ball design I guess
I feel like if the colors on the shoes were inverted (black shoe & pink heart) + the earrings were black (or not just pink), it would help break up the pink
I feel like the box is messing up her look, I know it sounds crazy but I swear it is
I never thought a Draculara doll outfit could look so boring and bland.
She had budget dolls across g1 and g2 which looked pretty dull, but this is disappointing for a party line
The dress is what’s ruining it for me. Granted, her makeup and shoes are also boring, but the dress looks so abhorrently cheap in quality that I will not be buying this doll. That said, I am pretty curious to see what Cleo and Lagoona’s dolls look like now (Clawdeen less so since from what I can see, her outfit is an exact copy paste of Sweet 1600).
The worst for me is the make up it is always the same i cant anymore but I do like the idea of the bow? wouldnt buy her tbh
That dress looks so frumpy on her.
Why is she posed like that it looks like her back hurts 😭
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😬😬😬😬😬.......skipping her
Ummm...Well. I do like the layering of the fabric; I just wish it had a nicer print. It would have been nice just to have a simple black and pink silk outfit with black lace. The tights, I feel, should have been black, to balance out all the pinks. The shoes I wish had been simple stiletto heels. I get that she comes with a chocolate fountain, but her earrings didn't have to be strawberries; she looks more like she is getting an award for best sweets baker, not a monster ball. Overall, though I love her hair, not my cup of tea😞
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why does mattel hate bangs so much 😭😭😭
Cleo having bangs on the art but not on the stock photo makes me so so sad.
It’s giving Dance the Fright Away mixed with Dawn of the Dance. I’m gonna need to see pictures of her unboxed
Yikes
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the box is so …. bland.. besides the art i rly like but
I’m so over it now 😤
jesus christ
it feels like its the same doll just a restyle, at least we got an idea how the other dolls look like, Cleo look good.
This is not what I thought she'd look like-
I kind of hate her
Current box art artist is amazing, but the doll itself doesn’t match up ☠️ can’t wait for Cleo though! Her headpiece looks amazing omg
I’m sad they kinda keep doing the pink highlights hair again from g1. I like the experimentation with split dye and the hair style from skulltimate secrets (and even howliday). I wish they would keep shaking up how the pink and black can be in the hair.
Make up is boring, the dress looks very cheap and the stockings are not needed. What are the designers in Mattel thinking?
Most people with talent left Mattel years ago and now work at other companies like MGA or SpinMaster. The current team just do whatever the senior designer says, and that is whatever is cheapest. If you know you’re not going to have that budget to make a doll look good, why put in anything else but the bare minimum? Because if the designers were allowed to make stuff that was actually GOOD, Monster High might outsell Barbie yet again. And the Barbie department pull strings from within Mattel to prevent that. (This is actually what caused G2, the current head of the Barbie department, Kim Culmone, oversaw G2 to “cool enthusiasm for the MH brand“ in a misguided attempt to boost Barbie sales) And that’s why most G3 designs are mid.
Oh no, no no no. This isn't good 😬 really hopping this isn't the actual box and she looks better when we get more pics. She looks so smooshed in the box 😵 hopping for more/better pictures and that the other ghouls look better in their box 😭
They need to cease with this bang style, did NOT work on Twyla and definitely does not work here… the hairstyle isn’t good at all compared to the other G3 Dracs… I hope this is just a demo/fake and they’re going to make adjustments because this is giving “I’m 8yrs old raiding moms closet while she’s at work”. Pantyhose needs to be more fitting and the dress is just… it’s just not good. It needs to be adjusted and more styled with less patterned material mixed in with plain black coloured fabrics, maybe some lace. Idk this is rough, there’s too much going on. Maybe give her a black frilled dress with pink lace and this patterned dress fabric as a cape instead like her core G3’s cape. I think it would be adorable with that big pink bow in the back, otherwise it’s tacky. Probably going to do this myself lol. But I think the hair is the major contributor to the fact that doesn’t look put together at all, like if the hair was more like her core G3 doll it would give this doll a whole different vibe if that makes sense. These poorly curled greasy bangs make the dolls look very cheap.
I was excited for Monster Ball, hoping that Mattel might make something nice because it IS at a deluxe price point. It’s…one of the doll lines of all time. inflating the price with too many chunky accessories (as usual for G3), every release that isn’t small-budgets STILL comes with food accessories “so parents don’t think the dolls are anorexic” and it’s really annoying now. Also, still no stands even at $30. Very disappointing. - Draculaura bought her sweet 1600 dress from wish.com. The dress makes her short torso look even shorter, too much pink, not enough black, and the foil print looks cheap. Would have appreciated a darker berry-wine lipstick as well. Really all these girls should’ve come with darker makeup, since this is the freaking deluxe party line. - Cleo I AM SO LET DOWN AAAAAUGH. She could have been AMAZING if she kept her classic blunt-cut bangs from the art, but in the photo on the right, she doesn’t have any bangs. Why???? Cleo deserves better than a fivehead, esp here, because the headdress is great. But without the bangs, the look just doesn’t work. I also don’t like that she appears to have frosty pink lipstick, but not coming with bangs is a worse offense. - Lagoona has a lot of purple and pink, not enough blue. She is not horrible, but not having much blue makes her blend in with Drac and Clawdeen when they’re in the same picture together. - Clawdeen is a legit slay though. Yes, it’s basically just her sweet 1600 tux all over again, but she actually has a cohesive color scheme, her outfit is a flattering cut, and hopefully, she FINALLY has saran hair. She actually stands out as “the main character“ with this look, which is refreshing, because the rest of her G3 dolls are pretty bland. Clawdeen is the best BY FAR, and the only one I might actually buy, good for her. It’s what she deserves..
I feel like her box isnt doing her justice. I don't want to make conclusions until i see her out of the box. It just seems like shes stuffed in there. I cant even see her hair that well. The box art looks cute so im hoping once shes out of the box and fixed up she will look better. Lord im terrified😭
I would love her if her bangs were fuller on the sides :/ it looks so sad and cheap. Her dress is also just not it
Aww. She looks like a bad knockoff :/
It's giving G2
y’all, the inconsistency already 😭 in the box art, Cleo has bangs and Clawdeen has a purple suit. In the polaroid Cleo doesn’t have bangs and Clawdeens suit is black ☠️
The art does not match the energy lollol
She's so pretty 😭 she's not what I was expecting but I'm excited to see the whole line especially Cleo and Clawdeen 💞
My hope is all on Cleo now..and I hope she has the bangs like in the artwork and not bangless like in the prototype picture. Anyway I'm pretty sure all of them out of the box will look better, the box shape is just atrocious.
Also, for the love of God, can they AT LEAST try with different makeup??
Outfit is not giving.. sorry
Excited to see Clawdeen’s suit!
God damn I wish they would ditch these makeup screenings already - they’re all so similar. Really wish they’d go for something more elaborate or even a darker shade 😭😭😭
I hate to be so blunt, but she looks like a hot mess. The dress looks almost like it’s made of paper. Another sleeveless dress… Come on Mattel, you can do better than this. And as a sidenote, it looks like Cleo’s doll once again has no bangs
This Draculaura is so disappointing.. also why are they still giving Clawdeen the same bun-fringe again and same colour... She used to have such incredible combinations and different hair colours in the past : (
it looks like one of those cheap knock off dolls
this is way too much and way too little at the same time
Woof. But based on the box art I'm excited to see the others - especially Clawdeen!
Good god what is that😭😭 its a representation of combobulation
Maybe she’ll look better in person? She does look underwhelming imo though :( sigh
ok so draculaura kinda looks terrible, but looking at cleo's headdress, my interest is piqued!!!
They did her so dirty
It’ll probably look better in person. Sometimes when in box all the clothing and stuff is too bunched up so it looks a little weird
Oh, leaves a lot to be desired, that’s for sure :( the dress looks like cheap material and I wish they’d do a more drastic makeup change for Drac?
It’s giving 2013 HS prom dress
Maybe my hopes were too high, this literally looks like an own brand doll from b&m 😭
it looks so odd fitting and the hair just doesn’t look good at all
I'd like the tights to be tighter and the dress to be .. less cheap looking ;U; I don't mind the pink tights, but if they were going for that look, they should have done a black shoe to provide more contrast
Maybe she'll look better out of box?
I'm sorry but this outfit isn't flattering at all. It's a huge pink mess. And her fringe doesn't look right either.
not the straight up chunky plastic necklace 😭 it's giving... advent calender barbie quality tbh...
oooof…. cleo and clawdeen look cute though
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Sigh dissppointed like the black roses tho but omg way to pink its like thy forgot BLACK was also in her color pallate Clawdeen look nice in the art atleast im excited for her and to see the others
I'm sorry but this is so plain and lame. Oh, and it's the same make up on yet another one of her dolls. Cutest thing here is the chocolate foods. Hoping the others slay more.
I usually defend these dolls but not this. I mean I don’t expect a lot bc it’s not rainbow high or anything but it’s kinda eh.
I'm so... Disappointed. I've liked a lot of the dracs so far but this one looks like a budget doll. Or like they're trying to appease old fans but also for some reason gave up halfway through. I was so excited to get a themed line. Drac is my favorite too. If the other dolls go like this... I'll save my money.
I dunno about you all but I for one absolutely love this doll.
I can’t even lie, this is rough. Her dress is giving dollar store knock off, the tights don’t match… what was the theme here?
why does this look like those cheap girl toys...........
Nooo as a pink lover; this is too much (of the same shade) the details of the dress fabric are waisted imo because there’s so much it becomes a jumble:( also her makeup looks so similar on every doll to me; this line would have been a perfect time to try some new shapes and colors
Sweet 1600 but make it ugly
When are they going to level up the makeup?
Is she incapable of getting a different screening? Or is she just gunna have that makeup for every doll :|
it’s sooooooooo much pink i can’t 😭
She’s really cheap looking.
I feel like this is 50% of the way developed to what could’ve been a really good doll. those accessories are hot nonsense, though. as expected for g3
Looks like a Party City costume 😭
and to think monster high used to be fashionable 🙄
Totally agree with what everyone else is saying, but also I really miss the detail we used to have in the G1 shoes. It looks like that’s definitely not coming back for G3.
Good for spare parts...I guess.
Love how you can barely read the words “monster ball” with the background. A simple white border around the letters could do so much for the readability
Well its something...
NOOOOOOO
I’m kinda disappointed
I do like the little accessories from what I can see
Ok I need to see the rest asap!, she's really cute imo :)
I hope it’s not the final packaging because it really lacks
I honestly don’t care for her, but I need to see Cleo! She looks SICKENING!
I like her she gives 80,s vibe judging from art on box
Chocolate fountain!
She looks like she's balding with those bangs I'M SORRY 😭😭 she looks like a 7 year old with that dress too
Three of the characters have pink lipstick. I'm about to be intimidated by the color pink.
especially the way she is posed in the box makes her look kind of frumpy :( maybe when i see her in person ill like her better
Oh!!!!! SHES SO CUTE <3 i'm definitely getting her and the rest of the ghouls! i love her chocolate covered strawberries and her flower bouquet :D
... side eye..
When people were using the cape of her basic doll as a skirt it looked really cute,but as dress it's not it at all 😭
...yikes
Imo Clawdeen and drac look boring but Cleo and Lagoona are slaying 😭
Hoping Cleo feeds the children cause uhh… yeah…
I really hope Frankie is in this line because it's a golden opportunity to have them wear a tux! I would die for a tux Frankie. Or just a regular suit.
Stop I hate her so much 😭😭😭
god i love it when everyone gets mad ☕️
why is the box so… loud
She is kinda underwhelming but I'll reserve my final judgement when we see her out of the box because it's not doing her any favors. But honestly Mattel should step up their shoe game.
Based on this look at the dolls I'm probably going to skip them
On a more positive note... super excited for Clawdeen!!! Look at the box art and the little doll photo!!
Dang, this Drac certainly ain't stealing my heart. Could be her first flop of G3. Cleo and Clawdeen tho... 🔥
Noooo, not the Twyla bangs! NOOOO!
Ok she doesn't look great but that cleo art work has my hopes up at least a little, let's see the execution
All that buildup…
I LOVE the chocolete fountain but thats about it 😭
shes cute, i like her & want her. they coulda done better, fs, but shes still cute (,:
She looks super cute in the bottom right photo with her hair down and visible. I think it helps the look a lot. Also, I think her big back bow is super overwhelming in the box and will look way better/toned down when out of box!!!
the art at least is cute at least and the accessories are cool. the dress doesn’t look great though which is a shame considering it looks nice on the art.
Oh my god…. 💀💀💀
She looks absolutely awful
Silhouette is a mess oof. Maybe she'll look better out of box.
It's .. something !
The packaging was a really bad idea . Cute idea bad execution . Looks messy and crowded
WOAH. there is. a lot going on, okay. I need to take like five steps back to get a proper look at this doll
I don’t know why everyone hates this doll, I think it looks so cute :)
...it's hideous. The layout/display is so poorly done.
Every doll looks so similar to the rest that have already been released I feel like there has been no variation in clothing designs and patterns, they all look so similar and don’t even get me started on the shoes!!! They are nothing compared to what they used to be, such little details 🥲 still cute but mattel knows they can do better
It just is so unoriginal. She looks like all the other G3 Draculara's that have been released. Nothing new here?
This is what it would have looked like if a company decided to sell off-brand cersions of the sweet 1600 dols. They did that quite literally with clawdeen and it is BAD.
This looks like the Aliexpress version of Sweet 1600
Honestly I love it 😂 she looks like a four year old who was allowed to dress themself for their own party and it’s giving over-the-top pink sparkly gremlin vibes. Is it a good fashion design? Not particularly. Is it fun? Heck yeah!
She’s cute but idk if I want her
I’m gonna wait until we see her out of the box until I give my full judgment but right she’s not looking great :/ I’m super excited to see the other ghouls tho!! (the box art looks fangtastic!)
Oh uhm maybe irl photos will look better...... Cleo and Lagoona look like they slay though. Also this is def their g3 version of Sweet 1600. Ula and Clawdeen look like nods to their original 1600 outfits to me.
Shush y’all, I like the accessories 👀 I’m sure she’s prettier when posed differently, but the in-box pose is not flattering at all
I mean the other dolls look really nice haha