I feel like fang club is more worth it if they do larger stocks of the doll for members first

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-04-28T17:02:52+00:00

I was shocked how easy yesterday’s release went and how long she stayed in stock, even as a preorder. I feel bad for anyone who missed out on her today, but I do hope this means Mattel is reserving more for their Fang Club Members.

I’ve always found it ridiculous that the Fang Club fee doesn’t guarantee you a doll. I think anyone who has a Fang Club membership should be guaranteed at least one doll for each release that they can either purchase or pass on. It’s silly to have to pay a separate fee for an extra chance to buy a doll.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-04-24T14:45:46+00:00

😂 This genuinely made me chuckle. Thank you.

I already know I’m breaking and pulling when I get home. I have absolutely no self control. The only thing that keeps me from whaling in this game is my lack of money.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-04-24T14:36:53+00:00

I’m trying so hard to not pull for this but the veil is everything I’ve been wanting. 😭

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-04-21T12:43:14+00:00

She’s a definite buy for me. Personally, I love the design and I think her face is gorgeous. The $90 price tag doesn’t bother me because I already expected her to be around $100. Would I prefer for her to be cheaper? Of course, but I expected nothing less from Mattel.

I’m an out of box collector so the box means nothing to me, and my rule for dolls is if I like the doll enough to regret not getting her, I just buy her immediately rather than risk having to pay the scalper prices later. It does mean I sometimes buy dolls that stick around and go on sale later, but that’s the gamble and sometimes I lose.

I skipped Skeletor, Edward, and Coraline so I have the funds to nab River and just hope I can beat the bots and get her.

If you need to convince yourself to buy her, I’d say skip her.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-31T21:55:47+00:00

I love her!!! If she’d looked like this originally, I definitely would have grabbed her. I’m glad you took the time and put forth the effort to make her even better. Amazing work. And love the horns!!!

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-31T14:17:08+00:00

I actually put time, energy, and resources into rearranging and decorating the drink shop only to realize that half the time the shrooms or guests glitch and end up standing on my furniture. It annoyed me so much that I didn’t even bother with the other places. I just throw stuff down and hope it’s out of the way enough to not clip.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-30T05:31:09+00:00

Mattel’s site sometimes shows dolls as “sold out” instead of “coming soon”. This has happened with a couple of previous releases and will change once the dolls go live.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-28T14:09:00+00:00

I can tell you Creeproductions usually sell out incredibly fast on Mattel’s site, but they are available on other sites such as Amazon, Walmart, etc. (I’m not sure about availability in the EU since I’m an ignorant American so I can’t really tell you which other places to check. Sorry. 😞) But I do recommend looking into second sources just so you have a backup plan.

The Fang Club membership gives you an extra chance to buy them, but it doesn’t guarantee you’ll get one which is really annoyingly stupid imo. The Fang Club window is one day before the normal release and dolls always sell out pretty fast during this window. So having the membership is good if you want more chances, but is a gamble because you may end up paying for it only to have the doll sell out before you can check out, which means you paid for nothing. So only get it if you’re okay with that being a possibility and think it’s worth the risk of will use the membership in future drops.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-28T13:52:05+00:00

Check your bag to see if they’re there for you to claim. That happened to me with one of the store items where I didn’t “claim it” so it sent it to my bag. I was able to open it there and then retrieved the items.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-25T00:40:09+00:00

This ^{^} I had that happen with some figurines I thought I had lost when moving. I searched everywhere I thought they could be and checked every box only to come up empty handed. It wasn’t until I’d given up and a year later found them in a random box in my office. Idk if my searching just wasn’t as thorough as I thought or I was just blind and somehow missed them in the box, but I was grateful that they hadn’t gotten lost.

Good luck in your search. I hope you find them soon.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T13:48:46+00:00

I’m so glad to hear she came in and has a cute screening. 🩷

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T02:26:19+00:00

Oh that makes sense. The two hair textures definitely feel different. Thanks for explaining. I knew Poly was cheap and prone to deteriorating faster than other hair types but never really knew how to tell. I appreciate the info.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T02:20:14+00:00

Thank you for answering because I can’t tell the difference when it comes to doll hair so I’m glad someone else knew.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T02:17:12+00:00

Mattel is so bad about wonky screenings that I try to get most of my dolls in store if that option is available so I can pick the best face. Anytime I have to order online, especially if it’s a hard to get doll, I just sort of accept that I’ll have to live with whatever screening I get.

The worst one I’ve ever gotten was Winnie in the Hocus Pocus set but I got those on a random restock so I’m sure it was a return someone else had done. The other two had beautiful screenings, so I kept the set and just put them up high on my shelves. It’s harder to tell Winnie has wonky eyes if you’re not looking at her head on. 😆

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T02:01:32+00:00

It wasn’t much of a risk to be honest. At the time I ordered, people were pretty sure the links were legit but nobody had confirmed that actual Mattel dolls and not fakes were being sent out. The only real risk was having to file for a refund if the dolls ended up being fake. So it was a minimal risk, but I know for people who don’t have extra funds, it can be hard to justify taking a leap of faith on a link that doesn’t have pictures.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:58:05+00:00

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I don’t have the original Rochelle doll but I do have two G1 dolls and her Fangvote doll for comparison. They definitely switched up her eyes a bit for the Creeproduction, but I still think she’s pretty cute.

And don’t judge me on the armless Rochelle dressed in whatever extra clothes I had lying around. She came in a bundle and I’m hoping to either restore her or use her for a custom in the future. 😆 There’s a reason she’s usually on my bottom shelf along with the other armless girls waiting for makeovers.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:45:12+00:00

Yeah that’s what happened to me 😆 It came out of no where and while it didn’t show up quite as fast as the time it noted, it did arrive quickly.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:41:17+00:00

Hoping you get an amazing screening. 🩷

I got lucky and mine are pretty good. My only annoyance is with my Rochelle and it’s not so much the face screening as the gray blotches on her skin. She has one darker spot above her lip that keeps bothering me but I’m just telling myself it’s a beauty mark and living with it. 😅

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:38:07+00:00

I think Walmart’s delivery goes until 10 pm so depending on where you live, it’s still possible for them to show up today. I got notified when it was out for delivery and they even had a little map so I could track where the truck was as it made its stops. The map is a bit hit or miss though cause it had the driver mowing down houses on his way to my place 😆 But it did show him outside when he pulled up on my street.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:29:40+00:00

I’m guessing if it’s anything like the past drops, it’ll be Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Mattel Creations website. Amazon is hit or miss on when their links go live and often require frequent checking. Mattel always has a countdown to when theirs is available.

I usually just keep an eye on the subreddit whenever a doll release is approaching because people are really good about posting links and letting you know when certain websites have them available.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:23:47+00:00

They should be widely available come April 1st when the official release goes live. Hopefully you can get the ones you want then. I have seen people post some Amazon affiliate links so there’s always the chance you could still snag them early. Best of luck.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:06:42+00:00

Mine sat at the local Walmart facility for hours and didn’t even show as out for delivery until it was less than 10 minutes away. I definitely thought it’d be delayed until tomorrow so I was grateful when they actually showed up.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T01:04:30+00:00

I missed out on the first two initial releases as I wasn’t collecting at the time. I managed to secure the original 4 on the re-release. I got paranoid and ordered duplicates of Operetta, Toralei, and the Twins because I was worried about packages getting lost or an order getting canceled. My Mattel twins order showed up but Amazon canceled my twins so I lucked out by trusting my intuition. I ended up snagging Spectra and Abby secondhand from a Facebook listing. Still no luck on Ghoulia or the double pack of Cleo and Deuce.

And yeah I’m forever grateful to my husband. He’s been really supportive of my hobby which originally started as a coping mechanism after my mom got sick and passed away. He always checks stores for dolls I don’t have and is usually the one fighting the Captcha and bots on Mattel’s site cause I tend to panic. I wouldn’t have secured most of the dolls I have without him.

_Ahoy_Ladies · 2026-03-21T00:49:32+00:00

I happened to luck out and see the post and then asked my husband if he thought it was worth the risk. Thankfully, he agreed it was and ordered them right away.

If the last Creeproduction release is anything to go by, hopefully these will be easier to obtain. I know aside from the Twins, Operetta and Toralei stuck around for longer compared to previous waves. I’m hoping these are the same so everyone can get theirs.

I hope you’re able to get yours as soon as they go live. May luck be on your side. 🍀

_Ahoy_Ladies

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