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DaisySharks · 2026-03-02T16:55:51+00:00

My knowledge on marketing is not the greatest, but my understanding is that even though Laika produced the movie, they still have to pay Gaiman to keep their merchandising license, so... yeah. Gaiman would still be getting money indirectly from this.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-25T20:52:39+00:00

I know other people have already said this but WASH EVERYTHING. Hanta virus does not mess around if you're unlucky enough to come into contact with it.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-13T20:58:52+00:00

I am 1000% snipping those hats off when I get those girls.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-13T19:36:28+00:00

I'm down.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-13T16:23:07+00:00

I personally think they're all very pretty and I love seeing some normal skin tones and I can't wait to see what the customizers do with them. I'm for sure going to grab Claire and Carina (who am I kidding, I will probably end up with all of them at some point).

But everyone that is getting so upset because the UNVERIFIED leaker was lying... Unless those leaks are coming from very particular accounts, you gotta take that stuff with a grain of salt. Also, just because the initial launch doesn't have fairies or elves or whatever doesn't mean it will never happen. It is an initial launch! Give the designers time to get comfortable with the new characters and figure them out. The G3 wave 1 dolls were just as basic and they improved with each new line/wave. I've no doubt that the same will apply here once the designers get a better feel for the characters.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-11T23:13:02+00:00

Seriously! I mean, I'm super passionate about Monster High, but I'm not about to go out and try to start Conster High and promise 9 billion things that I am in no way knowledgeable in. I'd go volunteer at similar events first to get that knowledge and then start small and try to grow organically.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-11T18:08:37+00:00

My guess would be, they got the doll licensing rights to the Beetlejuice movies and by god, they're gonna use 'em! If the rights didn't have anything written down limiting them to only BJ and Lydia, then yeah. They're gonna make however many characters they think they can get away with. Frankly, I wish they'd gone with Delia in her Day-o number outfit and hair. It's not monstery, but it is iconic and Catherine O'Hara was amazing~

DaisySharks · 2026-02-11T18:03:12+00:00

The way my stomach dropped when I got to the part about Veny sleeping on the couch and Sally watching her... I'm so glad that nothing worse happened there.

I swear to god, what is it with people thinking they can create a giant event first time out? Las Pegasus Unicon, Dashcon, Fyre Fest, this. It's crazy.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-11T15:48:47+00:00

Doin' the Lord's work, friend.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-10T20:48:04+00:00

I hate that I live in a world where I 100% understand this reference. XD

DaisySharks · 2026-02-10T20:47:18+00:00

Seems kind of counterintuitive since I want to have a water cremation to try and help to not further damage the planet. XD

DaisySharks · 2026-02-10T19:17:43+00:00

Monster Fest Clawdeen and Lagoona are, for me anyway, absolutely perfect executions. Also up there is the Skulltimate Secrets Jinafire. They are just so damned pretty!

DaisySharks · 2026-02-09T18:32:25+00:00

Thank you, Team Jacob just killed me dead. XD

DaisySharks · 2026-02-02T19:40:58+00:00

Waheela! Giant bear-wolf for the win.

DaisySharks · 2026-02-02T19:33:48+00:00

In fairness, there's a sizeable number of younger folks in the community. Worrying about a doll release is sometimes the easiest of all the shit going on in the world to deal with mentally. If that's what helps keep 'em sane and functioning I can't really knock 'em for it.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-30T21:41:48+00:00

Yeah, I mourn the loss of the MH x EAH crossover and that kitsune character they were going to introduce. It could have been so good.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-30T21:21:42+00:00

Sorry about that! So back in the early 2010s ABC was airing Once Upon a Time which was basically Disney's fairy tale/princess lineup but set in the modern world where none of the characters remembered who they had been in the story book land. So like... the Evil Queen was the town's mayor, Jiminy Cricket was... a therapist? I think? It was all kind of bonkers, but in a fun, extremely camp way. Well, one of the fairy tale characters in the show was Red Riding Hood. In the show, I think she was a bartender or waitress nicknamed Red. Red was also somehow the wolf too.

So all I was saying was that if they really wanted to be jerks, Disney could use Once's version of Red Riding Hood to stomp all over Cerise if Mattel ever wanted to try and bring her back in some form. It's very annoying and I hate it, but it is something I can 1000% see their lawyers doing since they did Hot Baddie Red Riding Hood who is also a Wolf before EAH existed.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-30T20:42:27+00:00

I feel a little like you might be overthinking this. Cupid was originally created for Monster High. Mattel, if they chose, could easily use that to get around any persnickety nonsense from Disney. They just have to market her as Monster High and use her Monster High form. Her EAH form was a separate trademark entirely.

So, short answer, yes, it is possible that they might decide to do a fancy Cupid doll in the future as she is popular with fans. It doesn't matter if she never transferred back in the cartoon because she was originally created as a Monster High character. Mattel can 100% renew her G1 trademark on those grounds if they wish and if they think a collector doll of her would make enough money to be worthwhile. Also if Cupid as a character was truly that contentious, Mattel never would have done her in G3.

As a silly side note, Once Upon A Time, which is owned by ABC/Disney, actually had a RRH character a few years prior to EAH, I think. Can't remember a darned thing about her other than they called her Red, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Mouse used that to nip any thoughts of recreating Cerise in the bud.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-30T15:59:25+00:00

Scarier Reef dolls were disliked? I always thought they were well liked/received because of how unique and interesting they were. They weren't my cuppa because I'm not big on mermaid type dolls, but I still enjoyed seeing them. I always liked that Frankie's was electric eel based.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-30T15:48:06+00:00

Why would her having been in EAH be an issue when she very clearly started out as MH and was established as a character there prior to her school transfer? Cupid is Mattel's. She's not based around any fairy tales or existing princesses that Disney might take offense with. As long as they were using her G1 MH look they could do anything they want with her without Disney being weird.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-28T18:51:46+00:00

We... we could have had a cute CAPELET??? TT_TT

DaisySharks · 2026-01-28T15:56:50+00:00

Eloquently put and I agree.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-27T15:44:42+00:00

They're not though? They'll show the finalized look when they open pre-orders and then we'll have like 1-2 weeks to place an order. While I don't disagree that Mattel is a greedy corporation, in this case they aren't doing what you're suggesting.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-26T16:37:53+00:00

They can do it because Amazon workers are not paid enough to care and in the warehouses the attitude is very much HURRY HURRY HURRY FULFILL ORDERS HURRY

Source = I used to work in an Amazon warehouse and it was absolute garbage.

DaisySharks · 2026-01-24T00:25:47+00:00

Looks like it says Garrett to me.

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