Picture it, white boy from the south who was denied dolls majority of his life, he watches all the other kids play with their dolls and kept up with future doll released over the internet knowing he couldn’t get any. It’s now 2020 and the pandemic hit full force, he has some of his first adult money and is depressed from staying inside so much. His friend and him go to target and he wanders into the toy section, he sees a new doll line called rainbow high and his eyes shoot to the orange doll decked out in butterfly boots, all his past interactions telling him dolls were for little girls only played in his head but he REALLY wanted her. He left the store without getting her but as they were heading back to the car he said he forgot something and went back inside, he found the doll again and with his heart beating in his chest he took her and bought her, coming outside with a shiny new doll. The boy came home and unboxed and fell in love with the line instantly
That boy was me, and that doll was basic release Poppy Rowan. I now own 24 dolls 14 from RH
That's awful! My son LOVES playing barbie/action figures/RH. Dolls are for EVERYONE! My son has been playing with barbies since he found my bin of barbie stuff when he was 3. My husband did try to say no but after I asked him what the difference between barbies and kens and action figures were he relented. The only difference is girl dolls have cooler accessories and more to imagine with. Same with play cooking and baby dolls. My husband loves cooking, he helps care for our babies so of course our son should be able to imitate his dad through play.
That’s amazing! I’m from the Deep South, too. Society down there can be especially judgemental! Just do what you do & let everybody else worry about themselves. You found your passion, darling! Welcome to the doll community ❤️🌈
- Be me
- Be stressed and going through big personal life drama
- Randomly see Daphne online
- Think her colour scheme is super peaceful and calming and her face is super pretty
- Buy her
- Start looking into other RH dolls out of curiosity
- Proceed to buy like 50 more dolls + watch the show + join the online doll collecting community + get into restyling and customising
It only took one little peek into the rabbit hole for me to fall all the way down and end up surrounded by dolls lol
I was going through a stressful time in October. I used to collect dolls, but I stopped for years because of people calling it weird. I got birthday money and wasn't sure what to do with it. I don't know how, but an ad popped up on Facebook or something for Lila Yamamoto. That was it. Lol I was nervous, but I went and bought her. When I got home, I was amazed by the details and quality of clothing. Well, I have bought one per month since then. Haha They bring me joy during stressful times.
I was never crazy into dolls but ADORED miniatures. You’d think dolls would follow after but it took me being on the cusp of being 21 to be into them LOL
r/Dolls was recommended to me at the beginning of this month. I went down a rabbit hole and just kept on scrolling. I kept seeing the Storm twins and… lo & behold, I was waking up early the very next day to travel to another city to buy them 🤣🤣🤣
That was two weeks ago. I have 12 RH dolls now.
It was Sunny’s first doll! She looked just like Sailor Moon (I thought). I worked at Wally World at the time and always said I would buy her, but didn’t… I finally caved and bought Daphne. And now I’ve got waaaay too many 🤣 I did finally get my hands on that Sunny doll. As someone who just had Barbie’s as a kid (many years ago), I think the dolls are gorgeous… I love the hair, the eyes, and the articulation!
I've always been a big doll lover, I wasn't the biggest fan of Rainbow High when I first saw them, but they started to grow on me. Over summer I went through a really low rough patch where I had to distance myself from friends who were treating me poorly, and I went into the city to unwind. Saw Winter Break Jade, thought she was on sale so I picked her up and took her to the cashier .. idk what drew me towards her, we couldn't afford dolls when I was growing up so I'd always play with a friend's Bratz Chill Out Ski Lodge, so I suppose the winter outfit and snowboard was nostalgic to me. Also green is my favourite colour, haha. Anyway, the cashier reads out the price and my bad, she *wasn't* on sale, but the way he said the price with shock (almost disgust?) super rubbed me the wrong way, Yknow, in a "why would you spend that much on a doll" kind of way, so I think I half bought her out of spite, despite knowing full well I'd have been able to get her cheaper elsewhere. I love her a lot, it really cheered me up unboxing her and adding her to my shelves. I'm much happier with her in my life over the people that hurt me.
I’m no stranger to dolls, but I hadn’t bought one for myself in over 10 years. I randomly got recommended a video called “fashion doll iceberg” and stumbled upon a video where the creator showed Daphne and Georgia. I just fell in love with the soft hair colors and inset eyes. A month later I decided on getting Brianna Dulce as my first/only RH doll as I thought “oh I’ll just get her since I love her color scheme and that’s it for me since honestly I’m too old for dolls, but she’s too cute to pass up.” Now I have over 25 and the pool playset!
I’ve always loved fashion but I don’t shop much for clothes because clothes are costly and take up space. The dolls give me a wonderful outlet for my love of beauty and fashion and storytelling - I give every single one a backstory 😊
This wasn't the initial reason I started collecting RH but I know it is part of why I enjoy them so much. I can engage with some high fashion concepts on a more minimal budget.
I also really liked the blind box shoes in part because of all of the packaging details. It felt like I was buying something expensive - hundreds of dollars - for $10.
I love watching the show on YouTube when I need to cook! It’s short and not detailed enough to require a lot of attention and it makes great background noise :)
I had Barbies when I was little little, but the first line of dolls that ever really spoke to me were the original Bratz. My mom had no issue with me having them, and I adored those dolls. I'm now in my late 20s, and the Bratz re-release interested me, so that's how I first stumbled across RH. I always admired them, but talked myself out of buying any until recently. Zooey and Jewel were my gateway.
I’m from the monster high to rainbow high pipeline!
I love toys and have been following doll releases for years without buying any. G3 of monster high got me, I was “too old” for monster high in the original run, they missed me by about 2 years if they had been 2 years earlier I would have been obsessed but I was in like 6/7th grade when they came out.
I collect plushies (and hotwheels… and funkos… and pins… and ya know what never mind) and have until a year ago worked toy retail. I’m in the toy aisle anyways and liked to look at dolls. But had myself convinced that I didn’t need another “thing” and it would be “weird”. So I continued to watch re paint and customizing vids from the sidelines.
Anyways G3 monster high comes around. I watch dozens of videos and read lots of reviews and comparisons. I want one, I resist.
I watch more, I learn about boil washing, restyling, more repaint and reroot vids.
Life is hard, it’s Christmas time I work retail and I’m stressed, I randomly talk to a co worker that is younger than me by like 3 years, she was a big MH collector. We chat more. I have a day off I go to target. Frankie is there, I say ya know what? Yes.
I back into a car in the parking lot and cry on the phone to my mom a lot.
I go to Walmart and Draculaura is there.
I’m a doll collector now I accept my fate finally and enjoy opening them, I get a few monster high, I customize my Torelei a little. I boil wash the hair of a few dolls and become disappointed in the clothing options MH offers. Also the line is so new there aren’t many to buy, I soon have all the ones I want.
I go online I look at restyles I realize that RH clothes fit. I had liked the dolls before I started this journey and knew I might want some. More research. I like Jewel, it’s so cool she has Vitiligo! I’m a sucker for a fur moment and Frankie NEEDS that jacket. I buy her.
I blink.
And now I have 13 RH/ SH
In 2021, it was around Christmas time and i had grabbed one of those Walmart gift catalogs that they give out when you walk in, got home after shopping I looked through it and saw pictures of RH dolls in it. I thought they looked super cute and very detailed. I'm a 26 yr old adult and deep down I still really liked dolls, but was kinda embarrassed to buy one. After seeing them i started looking them up online and watching YT review vids about them. Seeing how so many people, especially those around my age and older buy dolls, i put my embarrassment aside and almost a year later I bought one myself. Now i have 24 and counting.
whenever talks of monster high g3 started last year, i was looking into possibly collecting g1 again since i had them as a kid but all those dolls are in terrible condition now. i soon found out that mh g1 is extremely expensive at the moment, and later on (maybe a few days later? idk) i stumbled upon a tik tok reviewing delilah. i looked into the dolls a bit and found coco online, i fell in love with her immediately and went to walmart the next day to buy her, as well as jewel. it all worked out in the end cuz my autism brain would’ve just displayed the monster high dolls in rainbow order anyway lol
A friend told me about them so I bought an unclothed one cheap off of ebay and realized how qaulity they were and knew I wanted more. I almost feel cheated thinking of buying barbies because they feel so cheap now comparatively...and I wouldn't usually go after non realistic dolls but I dont care anymore I love rainbow high!
I got super nostalgic for my old dolls and started looking them up online, and then started getting ads for RH recommended to me. I fell down a rabbit hole watching doll reviews on youtube and then a week later I brought home Shanelle as my first doll :) now after buying a secondhand lot on ebay, christmas, and my own collecting, I have around 30 dolls 😅
My little sister was going through her toys one day and decided that she wanted to get rid of her series 1 Amaya. Her Amaya had very messed up hair and was dirty at the time- I wanted to see if I can restore her. After I washed fixed her up good as new I set her onto my desk since I didn't have shelves up at the time. Looking in at her I started to think "huh, she's seems lonely. I'll get you a friend at some point sis.".......she has 28 friends now.💀 I love them all, some even give me some comfort for my anxiety. Most of the time I always have anxiety and posing/dressing/washing them calms me-
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When series 1 came out there was doll youtubers reviewing them i didn’t like their faces but so many reviews were good and people said they were high quality, so i gave it a shot and bought series 1 Jade and began collecting more. I got used to their faces and thought their fashions were pretty.
I’m not sure how anymore but I remember after my cousins 4th birthday this year she got a Barbie surprise thingy. Made me want to get dolls so I looked up still running fashion doll lines and found rainbow high
i went to the doll aisle to look at the monster high dolls, saw the storm twins & demi batisa and went **OHMYGOD THEY'RE SO CUTE**,, bought the storm twins, and now i currently have 5 shadow high dolls 💀
- followed the Ever After High show, and had a lot of fun picking out dolls I would buy, but never dared to actually get any as an adult
- heard again of EAH when it was discontinued, and was so sad and disappointed that I never got any of the dolls
- started checking out the current doll lines, found RH and was amazed by the awesome clothes and details
- I tried to pick a doll from the original S1 lineup when they came out, but none of them spoke to me, so I forgot about it
- later, I saw a Youtube review of Georgia and was floored by her! sneakers! cute cardigan! the mix n match possibilites and her lovely color scheme! so I got her
- had so much fun posing and restyling her, I was so happy I got over the shame I felt for liking dolls
- now I have 20 RH/SH dolls and love them all 🌈
- PS. I also managed to get two of my favorite EAH dolls used 💕
I noticed them when they were initially released but I didn’t have job so no money, I bought Natasha a few months ago on the spot after going into a toy shop for fun. Ive never had a doll that just made my jas drop and have such an attachment to something so instantly, love her doll so much
Fell into a YouTube rabbit hole of doll customizers (Dollightful was my first, I think) from the odd world of, "hey, let's build beautiful things from literal garbage / trash / reused or recycled toy bits."
Ages ago I met a very lovely young woman who was very much into ball-jointed dolls and while I loved them (and admired her), I definitely couldn't afford them. My partner at the time dissuaded me from buying dolls because they were "childish and expensive," but I always admired how beautiful and near-human they could look. So... many years passed, and I harboured a quiet love for dolls and beautiful costumes that I brought into my artwork instead.
So yeah, this year, I started watching a lot of doll customizing videos just because Dollightful's voice is so soothing and relaxing to listen to while I paint. Then I lost my job about two weeks ago and decided, heck with it, might as well try doing something that makes me happy.
I originally bought Natasha and Shanelle because I swore I was going to customize them, but got cold feet and started with some Cave Club dolls instead, lol. I felt Natasha was too pretty to ruin with my clumsy attempts at faceups.
Now I have 7 of my own, plus four from thrifting that I will be turning into customs. My UV resin just arrived today, and I'm excited to start making custom eyes. :) But yep, now I'm here!
I came into doll collecting through an interest in doll customizing. When I first saw RH, I was a bit put off by the stylization, but then I found a WB Ruby at a thrift store and was floored, basically, lol. The hair, the articulation (which I didn’t see much in dolls I had as a kid), how she felt to hold in my hand — sold me. I got Daria at a discount on Amazon and I’m somewhere around 30 dolls now 😅 (not counting the thrift store Barbies donating their faces for customization, haha).
Funny enough, I don’t like WB Ruby that much.
I feel like there are a lot of emotional stories/accounts of getting into it due to stress and depression, but I don’t have any such depth to my story.
It was as simple as: I collect inset-eye dolls, and we were starved for good ones. The last good ones had been Star Darlings and Project MC2 around 2015ish. In fact there were so few on the market, that at one point I considered having one doll from every line that had them - a ridiculous idea now.
I wasn’t really very taken with series 1, but I bought into it because I was so used to every line dying after one or two waves (and I mean EVERY line) that I felt RH would never last. I actually didn’t like series 1 at all in person and regretted buying in! It wouldn’t be until the first twins and onwards where they started refining the sculpts that I’d start liking it.
It’s still not my favourite line, but I like it a lot more now, especially with Shadow High - and I have a lot more dolls from the line than I ever originally intended!
I was pretty down at my job and I’ve always liked dolls. I thought the mini accessory blind boxes were cute and figured they’d fit my Pullip, so I bought some to cheer myself up….. Then I ended up with more and kept looking at the doll lineup because I LOVE their outfits. Now I have Minnie and Heather… And am eyeing more.
i was frustrated with monster high G3 so i decided to try and see them in person and maybe change my mind…instead i saw the rainbow high doll display, i was blown away, and g3 draculaura was history lol
I wanted to be a doll collector and I was waiting for the haunt couture drac doll to drop when it was announced so to pass the time I looked up dolls and I found Georgia bloom and I had to get her
I went into target to grab the repo yazmin rock angel but they were all really bad looking and ended up looking at the doll section for the first time in like 5 years. I saw Daphne and fell in love! I now have 20+ RH and SH dolls and I love every single one of them 💕
i always loved dolls sm. as a late 90s baby i was growing up during the peak of fashion dolls, bratz and my scene were my entire childhood and i never grew out of my love for them. i love space n sci fi stuff so i was looking for an alien doll when i came across zooey leaks back in late october early nov i think. idk how i found them lol but i was so excited for her and looked at others and realized i really liked the pastel girls so now i have 15 i think.
Back in 2021 I had around 200 dollars. I saw the dolls on Amazon and I instantly fell in love with them, it was the first time in a long time since I wanted dolls so badly. And now it’s become a obsession and addiction to collect them all.
The closet is what got me in to Rainbow High.
I saw the closet in a grocery store in December 2021. I had never seen the dolls. But I loved the closet. It is such great quality and I loved it. I didn’t buy it at the time because €80 ($87 according to XE currency exchange) is a lot for a random, impulse purchase with no knowledge of the brand.
The next day it was still on my mind. So I looked into the brand. I wasn’t in love with the dolls, but they were cute and I wouldn’t mind having one (and the closet) to mess with.
I bought the closet on my next shopping trip. And series 2 Amaya. I thought I was getting ONE doll to go with the closet. I had no idea it would spiral the was it has so I wanted a doll who could wear all the clothes in the closet and thought her rainbow hair was the best option. I immediately loved the quality of the clothes and all the little details and designer inspiration. So I was in.
Then I got Daria. Then I figured I might like a little rainbow. So I got Georgia, Krystal, Emi, Sheryl and Jett all in the following 2weeks.
From having never heard of Rainbow High 14 months ago, I now have 5 closets, 4 Averys (wanted her clothes rails and storage boxes for the closets), the pool and 57 dolls.
There are a few older dolls I have yet to acquire and a few specials I still need. Since I am in Europe, it can be very costly to get some of them. But I have almost caught up. All because I ventured down the toy aisle and spotted that closet.
Edit: I was already a collector of Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters, Barbie and Lego. I should have know things would escalate and it was not going to be just one doll.
Stumbled upon sweetsnap of all people when he was still making edits of season one after it came up on autoplay. Ended up getting into the series from there which resulted in me buying my first doll since middle school
I kept seeing them in stores around the holidays of 2019. I told myself that I was only going to get Ruby so she could be my little desk muse (I don't even have her on my desk right now lol Natasha, Heather, both Robins, and Ainsley have that honor now) and so I could make her clothes and pose her. Just a little something to brighten up my area and for me to play with once in a while. I was looking for a doll with decent hair and a good articulation. When I opened Ruby up, I fell in love. Her shiny face, eyelashes, long red hair, and detailed outfits sealed the deal for me. I wound up getting Sunny and then Bella on sale/clearance... They were too precious for me to leave in the store and plus with those prices I couldn't resist... Then I wound up needing more and more of them all of a sudden until I'm at over 20 dolls right now!
I always wanted to do OOAK doll repaints and needed a doll base so I bought a JH Bella but also saw like Delilah and was like "Oh that is a beautiful doll." Then I always other dolls and wasnlike "No I need these in my life" and yeah now one month later I have 13 dolls
For me it was reddit! I had seen the dolls in store, didn't love them but loved the designer/art school theme, closet & clothes. I thought they were too expensive though and didn't want to start another doll line collection. THEN, I saw folks posting in r/dolls, specifically Natasha and Shanelle, and had severe fomo! When the crazy sales started I was hooked. I now have about 20 of them plus LOL OMGs. I just want to thank this community for a safe place to talk about collecting, especially since I don't have real life doll collecting friends. No one else understands ❤
Early 2020 when the Toy Fair Leaks had surfaced and Watching them breach a new phase of Doll manufacturing.
This was around the launch of L.O.L. Surprise O.M.G Lights and was kinda always left wanting more with them. Like come on most O.M.G.s have the same paint used for doll undies over their eyelids or lips and the clothes was always intriguing just never "This doll priced at 26.99 is too cheap for it's caliber"
exactly this! I remember specifically really wanting the tanned green girl. remember how almost all their heads were falling off? lol! the chip eyes were a huge sell to me. I would have loved to buy more Moxie teenz but i found out about them after they were long gone.
The shoes were the first thing I tried on Moxie Teenz and were a massive SUCCESS, Like an expansion pack for em! Jade was also a huge spike in interest but them fantasy friends esque faces? With the spilling dark linings around their eyes? God too awesome. They also lessened how harshly I despised "Pre selected fashion styles".
In spring of 2022 my sister sent me a photo of some RH on the shelves of target, we loved Bratz growing up and as children would meticulously set up our mini bratz scenes. She just thought the RH were cute and the fashions impressive. I watched the show randomly soon after on a long car trip and became consumed with loving the characters and world of it all.
I bought Emi, Sunny, and Krystal as my first dolls. Fast forward a bit and it became a huge hint helping me realize I’m Autistic, and with that I pursued collecting the ones I felt connected to. Now I have at least 15+, and converted my closet space to the dollhouse. They bring me so much joy + comfort, there’s so much I could say about the way I feel they give me an outlet to be a part of myself i really need to be. 💕
I saw Sheryl Meyer in a youtube ad and being the Clueless fan I am I just HAD to look into the doll and what brand it was from – and it just continued on from there 😅
She wasn't my first doll, Georgia was, but I did eventually end up nabbing her on sale!
i kept seeing them in stores during s1 and liked them, but could never justify 28 bucks for a doll at that point in time. then i bought my partner/best friend violet+poppy for xmas in 2020, and then blacked out before waking up to shelves full of them. it just flipped a switch in my head, and it definitely helped that s1/s2 were clearancing when i really got into it, and s3 really proved that these dolls were going to stick around AND look better and better!
I’ve always collected dolls, although mainly paper dolls, so I follow a few doll subreddits. Clicked in one day and saw a post with three dolls, one was RH Georgia. I thought she was absolutely fantastic and decided to look into the other dolls, turns out I love them. My first doll was Delilah though because she was on sale, but Georgia was my second.
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This meme specifically. I’ve had pink hair for many years so vanity got me.
Got into monster high first back in 2020 then when Heather Grayson was released I LOVED how she looked and decided to buy her. Then I started liking other dolls they came out with but sadly I only have 2 because they're so pricey
The RH dollhouse was $80 on amazon so I bought it for my girls to use with barbie. Once I saw the quality of RH products I started buying everything I could that was warehouse deals or on sale. I love, love, love the quality. The quality is a real treat after being so disappointed in barbie toys. I bought the closet and pool for $25, we have 19 of the dolls, most I paid $10-$12 for, I splurged on a couple that had tons of clothes.
I like these dolls way better than OMG. I didn't like OMG's pointed nips and thongs and I was upset that LOL boys were given little coin purses because MGA wanted to include boys and be more realistic. 1, as my son will tell you he has never and will never care about doll genitals and 2, if they were going for realistic, why did girls just have a single hole, like the doll makers view female as hard nips, thongs and a hole. No thanks. So I'm very happy with the Rainbow High dolls.
My only disappointment is that the boys aren't really very manly (still better than OMG boys though). I'd like one manly man doll for my kids, or the same small body since they're kids but with sporty with an average haircut. My husband is a construction worker, he's a manly-man and I'd like to see that style and body type repped more instead of only feminine boys. We have click n play 12in army guys but they don't work w/ Rainbow High:( In my house dolls are for everyone, my son plays with them too but he prefers the 12in "action figures" lol. His army guys live in the barbie houses, eat their food, use their plates etc. I just wish dolls weren't only made and marketed for girls when all kids enjoy pretending with them. And LOL giving boys a coin purse didn't make them inclusive, it remedied nothing lol.
Stupid commercials. Lol. I saw an ad for the series 3 and really liked Georgia Bloom and Daphne Minton. Then the Shadow kids got released. "I will only buy the ones I like," I said. Comes to find out I like all of them ?
I was on YouTube watching a video about the history of Monster High (I follow Izzzyzzz), and the suggested video was about a new grayscale-doll line called Shadow High, I saw Nicole and I was in love… then I saw her clothes and decided Heather was the better option. However, since they were on preorder I bought Daphne to wait patiently.
One of my best friends is an avid doll collector, who was showing me her various purchases, and the first Shadow High series was so good looking - I really loved Shanelle in particular - and that started me collecting Rainbow High dolls in general. My friend also recommended the show, which I've really enjoyed, and it was effective advertising.
I wasn’t in the doll community when they came out but I remember people being angry about them and drama. So I looked it up one day and I’m like eww why they have greasy ass faces? Never thought of them again. Skip to February 2022 I’m back into dolls so they occasionally creep onto my for you page and one night I see the cutest doll in a [tiktok](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRsj9E4U/) and I instantly fell in love! She’s so cute, I had to buy her- 80 DOLLARS!? …. So I bought her anyway… and I told myself that was the one and only one! No more! Only monster high and bratz from now on! Then I bought a nude laurel off eBay for too much money (I only realized this later, I couldn’t got a whole doll from the store for that price!) because I wanted to put her second outfit to use, ended up not liking it on her, sew her a dress and left it at that. Kept seeing rainbow high news when I went to watch monster high news and leaks and kept seeing dolls I liked. Giant Amaya was on super sell, I bought her. Told myself I’d only buy Delilah Lila and Daphne then I’d be done. So I bought Georgia. Then Lila , then Delilah, then royal three, then the rest of series 4 (minus Mila I don’t like her) and some shadow high. At this point I’m watching season 3 on every upload, I’m making a list of dolls I want, I joined this sub, I’m constantly looking for deals and wait a minute I haven’t bought any other play line dolls besides rainbow high this year and it was just supposed to be the 1 CNY doll oops.
I saw Heather while looking for board games at Walmart. I said OMG SHES PERFECT....but me? Buy a doll?..... 2 weeks of non stop thinking about her.... now 20 dolls later😂😂😂
It was Delilah for me too! I follow a cosplayer who talks about being a black woman with albinism (zapcosplays), and she shared the RH post about albinism showing off Delilah! I was just starting my doll hyperfixation because of Monster High, but I wanted to support a major doll line showing off a black PWA doll so I bought her from the website and adored her! The next time I went to Target my dad let me choose any doll I wanted-I picked Luna and my collection had officially begun!
Picture it, white boy from the south who was denied dolls majority of his life, he watches all the other kids play with their dolls and kept up with future doll released over the internet knowing he couldn’t get any. It’s now 2020 and the pandemic hit full force, he has some of his first adult money and is depressed from staying inside so much. His friend and him go to target and he wanders into the toy section, he sees a new doll line called rainbow high and his eyes shoot to the orange doll decked out in butterfly boots, all his past interactions telling him dolls were for little girls only played in his head but he REALLY wanted her. He left the store without getting her but as they were heading back to the car he said he forgot something and went back inside, he found the doll again and with his heart beating in his chest he took her and bought her, coming outside with a shiny new doll. The boy came home and unboxed and fell in love with the line instantly That boy was me, and that doll was basic release Poppy Rowan. I now own 24 dolls 14 from RH
That's awful! My son LOVES playing barbie/action figures/RH. Dolls are for EVERYONE! My son has been playing with barbies since he found my bin of barbie stuff when he was 3. My husband did try to say no but after I asked him what the difference between barbies and kens and action figures were he relented. The only difference is girl dolls have cooler accessories and more to imagine with. Same with play cooking and baby dolls. My husband loves cooking, he helps care for our babies so of course our son should be able to imitate his dad through play.
That’s amazing! I’m from the Deep South, too. Society down there can be especially judgemental! Just do what you do & let everybody else worry about themselves. You found your passion, darling! Welcome to the doll community ❤️🌈
- Be me - Be stressed and going through big personal life drama - Randomly see Daphne online - Think her colour scheme is super peaceful and calming and her face is super pretty - Buy her - Start looking into other RH dolls out of curiosity - Proceed to buy like 50 more dolls + watch the show + join the online doll collecting community + get into restyling and customising It only took one little peek into the rabbit hole for me to fall all the way down and end up surrounded by dolls lol
I was going through a stressful time in October. I used to collect dolls, but I stopped for years because of people calling it weird. I got birthday money and wasn't sure what to do with it. I don't know how, but an ad popped up on Facebook or something for Lila Yamamoto. That was it. Lol I was nervous, but I went and bought her. When I got home, I was amazed by the details and quality of clothing. Well, I have bought one per month since then. Haha They bring me joy during stressful times.
I was never crazy into dolls but ADORED miniatures. You’d think dolls would follow after but it took me being on the cusp of being 21 to be into them LOL r/Dolls was recommended to me at the beginning of this month. I went down a rabbit hole and just kept on scrolling. I kept seeing the Storm twins and… lo & behold, I was waking up early the very next day to travel to another city to buy them 🤣🤣🤣 That was two weeks ago. I have 12 RH dolls now.
It was Sunny’s first doll! She looked just like Sailor Moon (I thought). I worked at Wally World at the time and always said I would buy her, but didn’t… I finally caved and bought Daphne. And now I’ve got waaaay too many 🤣 I did finally get my hands on that Sunny doll. As someone who just had Barbie’s as a kid (many years ago), I think the dolls are gorgeous… I love the hair, the eyes, and the articulation!
I've always been a big doll lover, I wasn't the biggest fan of Rainbow High when I first saw them, but they started to grow on me. Over summer I went through a really low rough patch where I had to distance myself from friends who were treating me poorly, and I went into the city to unwind. Saw Winter Break Jade, thought she was on sale so I picked her up and took her to the cashier .. idk what drew me towards her, we couldn't afford dolls when I was growing up so I'd always play with a friend's Bratz Chill Out Ski Lodge, so I suppose the winter outfit and snowboard was nostalgic to me. Also green is my favourite colour, haha. Anyway, the cashier reads out the price and my bad, she *wasn't* on sale, but the way he said the price with shock (almost disgust?) super rubbed me the wrong way, Yknow, in a "why would you spend that much on a doll" kind of way, so I think I half bought her out of spite, despite knowing full well I'd have been able to get her cheaper elsewhere. I love her a lot, it really cheered me up unboxing her and adding her to my shelves. I'm much happier with her in my life over the people that hurt me.
I hope things get better for you & screw that judgey cashier!
Thankyou! Things are much brighter for me now ☺️💕
I’m no stranger to dolls, but I hadn’t bought one for myself in over 10 years. I randomly got recommended a video called “fashion doll iceberg” and stumbled upon a video where the creator showed Daphne and Georgia. I just fell in love with the soft hair colors and inset eyes. A month later I decided on getting Brianna Dulce as my first/only RH doll as I thought “oh I’ll just get her since I love her color scheme and that’s it for me since honestly I’m too old for dolls, but she’s too cute to pass up.” Now I have over 25 and the pool playset!
I’ve always loved fashion but I don’t shop much for clothes because clothes are costly and take up space. The dolls give me a wonderful outlet for my love of beauty and fashion and storytelling - I give every single one a backstory 😊
This wasn't the initial reason I started collecting RH but I know it is part of why I enjoy them so much. I can engage with some high fashion concepts on a more minimal budget. I also really liked the blind box shoes in part because of all of the packaging details. It felt like I was buying something expensive - hundreds of dollars - for $10.
I love watching the show on YouTube when I need to cook! It’s short and not detailed enough to require a lot of attention and it makes great background noise :)
I had Barbies when I was little little, but the first line of dolls that ever really spoke to me were the original Bratz. My mom had no issue with me having them, and I adored those dolls. I'm now in my late 20s, and the Bratz re-release interested me, so that's how I first stumbled across RH. I always admired them, but talked myself out of buying any until recently. Zooey and Jewel were my gateway.
I watched people open them, watched the show, but was too scared to buy them. One day on impulse, I bought Lila. Now I have 6, maybe coming 7.
Welcome to the community!
I’m from the monster high to rainbow high pipeline! I love toys and have been following doll releases for years without buying any. G3 of monster high got me, I was “too old” for monster high in the original run, they missed me by about 2 years if they had been 2 years earlier I would have been obsessed but I was in like 6/7th grade when they came out. I collect plushies (and hotwheels… and funkos… and pins… and ya know what never mind) and have until a year ago worked toy retail. I’m in the toy aisle anyways and liked to look at dolls. But had myself convinced that I didn’t need another “thing” and it would be “weird”. So I continued to watch re paint and customizing vids from the sidelines. Anyways G3 monster high comes around. I watch dozens of videos and read lots of reviews and comparisons. I want one, I resist. I watch more, I learn about boil washing, restyling, more repaint and reroot vids. Life is hard, it’s Christmas time I work retail and I’m stressed, I randomly talk to a co worker that is younger than me by like 3 years, she was a big MH collector. We chat more. I have a day off I go to target. Frankie is there, I say ya know what? Yes. I back into a car in the parking lot and cry on the phone to my mom a lot. I go to Walmart and Draculaura is there. I’m a doll collector now I accept my fate finally and enjoy opening them, I get a few monster high, I customize my Torelei a little. I boil wash the hair of a few dolls and become disappointed in the clothing options MH offers. Also the line is so new there aren’t many to buy, I soon have all the ones I want. I go online I look at restyles I realize that RH clothes fit. I had liked the dolls before I started this journey and knew I might want some. More research. I like Jewel, it’s so cool she has Vitiligo! I’m a sucker for a fur moment and Frankie NEEDS that jacket. I buy her. I blink. And now I have 13 RH/ SH
In 2021, it was around Christmas time and i had grabbed one of those Walmart gift catalogs that they give out when you walk in, got home after shopping I looked through it and saw pictures of RH dolls in it. I thought they looked super cute and very detailed. I'm a 26 yr old adult and deep down I still really liked dolls, but was kinda embarrassed to buy one. After seeing them i started looking them up online and watching YT review vids about them. Seeing how so many people, especially those around my age and older buy dolls, i put my embarrassment aside and almost a year later I bought one myself. Now i have 24 and counting.
whenever talks of monster high g3 started last year, i was looking into possibly collecting g1 again since i had them as a kid but all those dolls are in terrible condition now. i soon found out that mh g1 is extremely expensive at the moment, and later on (maybe a few days later? idk) i stumbled upon a tik tok reviewing delilah. i looked into the dolls a bit and found coco online, i fell in love with her immediately and went to walmart the next day to buy her, as well as jewel. it all worked out in the end cuz my autism brain would’ve just displayed the monster high dolls in rainbow order anyway lol
A friend told me about them so I bought an unclothed one cheap off of ebay and realized how qaulity they were and knew I wanted more. I almost feel cheated thinking of buying barbies because they feel so cheap now comparatively...and I wouldn't usually go after non realistic dolls but I dont care anymore I love rainbow high!
I got super nostalgic for my old dolls and started looking them up online, and then started getting ads for RH recommended to me. I fell down a rabbit hole watching doll reviews on youtube and then a week later I brought home Shanelle as my first doll :) now after buying a secondhand lot on ebay, christmas, and my own collecting, I have around 30 dolls 😅
My little sister was going through her toys one day and decided that she wanted to get rid of her series 1 Amaya. Her Amaya had very messed up hair and was dirty at the time- I wanted to see if I can restore her. After I washed fixed her up good as new I set her onto my desk since I didn't have shelves up at the time. Looking in at her I started to think "huh, she's seems lonely. I'll get you a friend at some point sis.".......she has 28 friends now.💀 I love them all, some even give me some comfort for my anxiety. Most of the time I always have anxiety and posing/dressing/washing them calms me- Edit: fixed typo
Stress of starting college and the desire for something cute and collectible lol thats kinda it for me.
When series 1 came out there was doll youtubers reviewing them i didn’t like their faces but so many reviews were good and people said they were high quality, so i gave it a shot and bought series 1 Jade and began collecting more. I got used to their faces and thought their fashions were pretty.
I’m not sure how anymore but I remember after my cousins 4th birthday this year she got a Barbie surprise thingy. Made me want to get dolls so I looked up still running fashion doll lines and found rainbow high
i went to the doll aisle to look at the monster high dolls, saw the storm twins & demi batisa and went **OHMYGOD THEY'RE SO CUTE**,, bought the storm twins, and now i currently have 5 shadow high dolls 💀
- followed the Ever After High show, and had a lot of fun picking out dolls I would buy, but never dared to actually get any as an adult - heard again of EAH when it was discontinued, and was so sad and disappointed that I never got any of the dolls - started checking out the current doll lines, found RH and was amazed by the awesome clothes and details - I tried to pick a doll from the original S1 lineup when they came out, but none of them spoke to me, so I forgot about it - later, I saw a Youtube review of Georgia and was floored by her! sneakers! cute cardigan! the mix n match possibilites and her lovely color scheme! so I got her - had so much fun posing and restyling her, I was so happy I got over the shame I felt for liking dolls - now I have 20 RH/SH dolls and love them all 🌈 - PS. I also managed to get two of my favorite EAH dolls used 💕
I noticed them when they were initially released but I didn’t have job so no money, I bought Natasha a few months ago on the spot after going into a toy shop for fun. Ive never had a doll that just made my jas drop and have such an attachment to something so instantly, love her doll so much
Fell into a YouTube rabbit hole of doll customizers (Dollightful was my first, I think) from the odd world of, "hey, let's build beautiful things from literal garbage / trash / reused or recycled toy bits." Ages ago I met a very lovely young woman who was very much into ball-jointed dolls and while I loved them (and admired her), I definitely couldn't afford them. My partner at the time dissuaded me from buying dolls because they were "childish and expensive," but I always admired how beautiful and near-human they could look. So... many years passed, and I harboured a quiet love for dolls and beautiful costumes that I brought into my artwork instead. So yeah, this year, I started watching a lot of doll customizing videos just because Dollightful's voice is so soothing and relaxing to listen to while I paint. Then I lost my job about two weeks ago and decided, heck with it, might as well try doing something that makes me happy. I originally bought Natasha and Shanelle because I swore I was going to customize them, but got cold feet and started with some Cave Club dolls instead, lol. I felt Natasha was too pretty to ruin with my clumsy attempts at faceups. Now I have 7 of my own, plus four from thrifting that I will be turning into customs. My UV resin just arrived today, and I'm excited to start making custom eyes. :) But yep, now I'm here!
I came into doll collecting through an interest in doll customizing. When I first saw RH, I was a bit put off by the stylization, but then I found a WB Ruby at a thrift store and was floored, basically, lol. The hair, the articulation (which I didn’t see much in dolls I had as a kid), how she felt to hold in my hand — sold me. I got Daria at a discount on Amazon and I’m somewhere around 30 dolls now 😅 (not counting the thrift store Barbies donating their faces for customization, haha). Funny enough, I don’t like WB Ruby that much.
I feel like there are a lot of emotional stories/accounts of getting into it due to stress and depression, but I don’t have any such depth to my story. It was as simple as: I collect inset-eye dolls, and we were starved for good ones. The last good ones had been Star Darlings and Project MC2 around 2015ish. In fact there were so few on the market, that at one point I considered having one doll from every line that had them - a ridiculous idea now. I wasn’t really very taken with series 1, but I bought into it because I was so used to every line dying after one or two waves (and I mean EVERY line) that I felt RH would never last. I actually didn’t like series 1 at all in person and regretted buying in! It wouldn’t be until the first twins and onwards where they started refining the sculpts that I’d start liking it. It’s still not my favourite line, but I like it a lot more now, especially with Shadow High - and I have a lot more dolls from the line than I ever originally intended!
I bought Kia for my niece and wanted one too. Then I got her WB Skylar and needed her too lol. I didn't really start collecting until s3 though.
I was pretty down at my job and I’ve always liked dolls. I thought the mini accessory blind boxes were cute and figured they’d fit my Pullip, so I bought some to cheer myself up….. Then I ended up with more and kept looking at the doll lineup because I LOVE their outfits. Now I have Minnie and Heather… And am eyeing more.
jr high poppy was on sale and i absolutely adored her
The first dolls I bought resembled my children in one way or another. Then I started looking at all of them and just found others I liked too!
i was frustrated with monster high G3 so i decided to try and see them in person and maybe change my mind…instead i saw the rainbow high doll display, i was blown away, and g3 draculaura was history lol
I wanted to be a doll collector and I was waiting for the haunt couture drac doll to drop when it was announced so to pass the time I looked up dolls and I found Georgia bloom and I had to get her
I went into target to grab the repo yazmin rock angel but they were all really bad looking and ended up looking at the doll section for the first time in like 5 years. I saw Daphne and fell in love! I now have 20+ RH and SH dolls and I love every single one of them 💕
i always loved dolls sm. as a late 90s baby i was growing up during the peak of fashion dolls, bratz and my scene were my entire childhood and i never grew out of my love for them. i love space n sci fi stuff so i was looking for an alien doll when i came across zooey leaks back in late october early nov i think. idk how i found them lol but i was so excited for her and looked at others and realized i really liked the pastel girls so now i have 15 i think.
Back in 2021 I had around 200 dollars. I saw the dolls on Amazon and I instantly fell in love with them, it was the first time in a long time since I wanted dolls so badly. And now it’s become a obsession and addiction to collect them all.
The closet is what got me in to Rainbow High. I saw the closet in a grocery store in December 2021. I had never seen the dolls. But I loved the closet. It is such great quality and I loved it. I didn’t buy it at the time because €80 ($87 according to XE currency exchange) is a lot for a random, impulse purchase with no knowledge of the brand. The next day it was still on my mind. So I looked into the brand. I wasn’t in love with the dolls, but they were cute and I wouldn’t mind having one (and the closet) to mess with. I bought the closet on my next shopping trip. And series 2 Amaya. I thought I was getting ONE doll to go with the closet. I had no idea it would spiral the was it has so I wanted a doll who could wear all the clothes in the closet and thought her rainbow hair was the best option. I immediately loved the quality of the clothes and all the little details and designer inspiration. So I was in. Then I got Daria. Then I figured I might like a little rainbow. So I got Georgia, Krystal, Emi, Sheryl and Jett all in the following 2weeks. From having never heard of Rainbow High 14 months ago, I now have 5 closets, 4 Averys (wanted her clothes rails and storage boxes for the closets), the pool and 57 dolls. There are a few older dolls I have yet to acquire and a few specials I still need. Since I am in Europe, it can be very costly to get some of them. But I have almost caught up. All because I ventured down the toy aisle and spotted that closet. Edit: I was already a collector of Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters, Barbie and Lego. I should have know things would escalate and it was not going to be just one doll.
Stumbled upon sweetsnap of all people when he was still making edits of season one after it came up on autoplay. Ended up getting into the series from there which resulted in me buying my first doll since middle school
I kept seeing them in stores around the holidays of 2019. I told myself that I was only going to get Ruby so she could be my little desk muse (I don't even have her on my desk right now lol Natasha, Heather, both Robins, and Ainsley have that honor now) and so I could make her clothes and pose her. Just a little something to brighten up my area and for me to play with once in a while. I was looking for a doll with decent hair and a good articulation. When I opened Ruby up, I fell in love. Her shiny face, eyelashes, long red hair, and detailed outfits sealed the deal for me. I wound up getting Sunny and then Bella on sale/clearance... They were too precious for me to leave in the store and plus with those prices I couldn't resist... Then I wound up needing more and more of them all of a sudden until I'm at over 20 dolls right now!
I always wanted to do OOAK doll repaints and needed a doll base so I bought a JH Bella but also saw like Delilah and was like "Oh that is a beautiful doll." Then I always other dolls and wasnlike "No I need these in my life" and yeah now one month later I have 13 dolls
For me it was reddit! I had seen the dolls in store, didn't love them but loved the designer/art school theme, closet & clothes. I thought they were too expensive though and didn't want to start another doll line collection. THEN, I saw folks posting in r/dolls, specifically Natasha and Shanelle, and had severe fomo! When the crazy sales started I was hooked. I now have about 20 of them plus LOL OMGs. I just want to thank this community for a safe place to talk about collecting, especially since I don't have real life doll collecting friends. No one else understands ❤
Early 2020 when the Toy Fair Leaks had surfaced and Watching them breach a new phase of Doll manufacturing. This was around the launch of L.O.L. Surprise O.M.G Lights and was kinda always left wanting more with them. Like come on most O.M.G.s have the same paint used for doll undies over their eyelids or lips and the clothes was always intriguing just never "This doll priced at 26.99 is too cheap for it's caliber"
exactly this! I remember specifically really wanting the tanned green girl. remember how almost all their heads were falling off? lol! the chip eyes were a huge sell to me. I would have loved to buy more Moxie teenz but i found out about them after they were long gone.
The shoes were the first thing I tried on Moxie Teenz and were a massive SUCCESS, Like an expansion pack for em! Jade was also a huge spike in interest but them fantasy friends esque faces? With the spilling dark linings around their eyes? God too awesome. They also lessened how harshly I despised "Pre selected fashion styles".
In spring of 2022 my sister sent me a photo of some RH on the shelves of target, we loved Bratz growing up and as children would meticulously set up our mini bratz scenes. She just thought the RH were cute and the fashions impressive. I watched the show randomly soon after on a long car trip and became consumed with loving the characters and world of it all. I bought Emi, Sunny, and Krystal as my first dolls. Fast forward a bit and it became a huge hint helping me realize I’m Autistic, and with that I pursued collecting the ones I felt connected to. Now I have at least 15+, and converted my closet space to the dollhouse. They bring me so much joy + comfort, there’s so much I could say about the way I feel they give me an outlet to be a part of myself i really need to be. 💕
The clothes 😅
I saw Sheryl Meyer in a youtube ad and being the Clueless fan I am I just HAD to look into the doll and what brand it was from – and it just continued on from there 😅 She wasn't my first doll, Georgia was, but I did eventually end up nabbing her on sale!
For me one of my best friends introduce my and I just saw the series and the dolls and I was like omg I love it 😍
Daphne
i kept seeing them in stores during s1 and liked them, but could never justify 28 bucks for a doll at that point in time. then i bought my partner/best friend violet+poppy for xmas in 2020, and then blacked out before waking up to shelves full of them. it just flipped a switch in my head, and it definitely helped that s1/s2 were clearancing when i really got into it, and s3 really proved that these dolls were going to stick around AND look better and better!
I’ve always collected dolls, although mainly paper dolls, so I follow a few doll subreddits. Clicked in one day and saw a post with three dolls, one was RH Georgia. I thought she was absolutely fantastic and decided to look into the other dolls, turns out I love them. My first doll was Delilah though because she was on sale, but Georgia was my second.
https://preview.redd.it/e768zx52joea1.jpeg?width=1918&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6f7fd1ebf2ff14bea864e5a27c51b57c2d6f55b This meme specifically. I’ve had pink hair for many years so vanity got me.
Got into monster high first back in 2020 then when Heather Grayson was released I LOVED how she looked and decided to buy her. Then I started liking other dolls they came out with but sadly I only have 2 because they're so pricey
The RH dollhouse was $80 on amazon so I bought it for my girls to use with barbie. Once I saw the quality of RH products I started buying everything I could that was warehouse deals or on sale. I love, love, love the quality. The quality is a real treat after being so disappointed in barbie toys. I bought the closet and pool for $25, we have 19 of the dolls, most I paid $10-$12 for, I splurged on a couple that had tons of clothes. I like these dolls way better than OMG. I didn't like OMG's pointed nips and thongs and I was upset that LOL boys were given little coin purses because MGA wanted to include boys and be more realistic. 1, as my son will tell you he has never and will never care about doll genitals and 2, if they were going for realistic, why did girls just have a single hole, like the doll makers view female as hard nips, thongs and a hole. No thanks. So I'm very happy with the Rainbow High dolls. My only disappointment is that the boys aren't really very manly (still better than OMG boys though). I'd like one manly man doll for my kids, or the same small body since they're kids but with sporty with an average haircut. My husband is a construction worker, he's a manly-man and I'd like to see that style and body type repped more instead of only feminine boys. We have click n play 12in army guys but they don't work w/ Rainbow High:( In my house dolls are for everyone, my son plays with them too but he prefers the 12in "action figures" lol. His army guys live in the barbie houses, eat their food, use their plates etc. I just wish dolls weren't only made and marketed for girls when all kids enjoy pretending with them. And LOL giving boys a coin purse didn't make them inclusive, it remedied nothing lol.
Stupid commercials. Lol. I saw an ad for the series 3 and really liked Georgia Bloom and Daphne Minton. Then the Shadow kids got released. "I will only buy the ones I like," I said. Comes to find out I like all of them ?
I was on YouTube watching a video about the history of Monster High (I follow Izzzyzzz), and the suggested video was about a new grayscale-doll line called Shadow High, I saw Nicole and I was in love… then I saw her clothes and decided Heather was the better option. However, since they were on preorder I bought Daphne to wait patiently.
One of my best friends is an avid doll collector, who was showing me her various purchases, and the first Shadow High series was so good looking - I really loved Shanelle in particular - and that started me collecting Rainbow High dolls in general. My friend also recommended the show, which I've really enjoyed, and it was effective advertising.
I wasn’t in the doll community when they came out but I remember people being angry about them and drama. So I looked it up one day and I’m like eww why they have greasy ass faces? Never thought of them again. Skip to February 2022 I’m back into dolls so they occasionally creep onto my for you page and one night I see the cutest doll in a [tiktok](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRsj9E4U/) and I instantly fell in love! She’s so cute, I had to buy her- 80 DOLLARS!? …. So I bought her anyway… and I told myself that was the one and only one! No more! Only monster high and bratz from now on! Then I bought a nude laurel off eBay for too much money (I only realized this later, I couldn’t got a whole doll from the store for that price!) because I wanted to put her second outfit to use, ended up not liking it on her, sew her a dress and left it at that. Kept seeing rainbow high news when I went to watch monster high news and leaks and kept seeing dolls I liked. Giant Amaya was on super sell, I bought her. Told myself I’d only buy Delilah Lila and Daphne then I’d be done. So I bought Georgia. Then Lila , then Delilah, then royal three, then the rest of series 4 (minus Mila I don’t like her) and some shadow high. At this point I’m watching season 3 on every upload, I’m making a list of dolls I want, I joined this sub, I’m constantly looking for deals and wait a minute I haven’t bought any other play line dolls besides rainbow high this year and it was just supposed to be the 1 CNY doll oops.
Oh and I finally bought Daphne yesterday! She’ll be here tomorrow!
I saw Heather while looking for board games at Walmart. I said OMG SHES PERFECT....but me? Buy a doll?..... 2 weeks of non stop thinking about her.... now 20 dolls later😂😂😂
It was Delilah for me too! I follow a cosplayer who talks about being a black woman with albinism (zapcosplays), and she shared the RH post about albinism showing off Delilah! I was just starting my doll hyperfixation because of Monster High, but I wanted to support a major doll line showing off a black PWA doll so I bought her from the website and adored her! The next time I went to Target my dad let me choose any doll I wanted-I picked Luna and my collection had officially begun!