The WHC base outfits do not have the care and detail of My Scene, Monster High or Ever After High. Some of my underwhelming feel for these dolls, though, I lay at the feet of Mattel. I think that I'm just reacting to the hype around these dolls, and maybe it's also related to the fact that I am that much farther away from the "just setting out to find yourself" stage in life than I was when my kids were into My Scene. I guess I shouldn't be too negative about this it's hard to make a group of dolls that absolutely stand out from any dolls made before. Fifteen years from now, some doll company will probably produce a whole new line of doll friends that are completely different to these, and yet exactly the same. They were "edgier" than your standard Barbie. The doll line I would compare the WHC to, is My Scene. Of course, they were more money, but all of a sudden, everything you got in those doesn't look so bad price-wise. At least at the beginning of their respective launches, those outfits had more details, and painted accessories. Plus, even though there were plot holes galore, the idea of whether or not the EAH characters should follow their parents' tales, or not, made for a storyline with a little appeal to it.Īlso, I personally liked the MH/EAH clothes a lot better than these new outfits. I mean, that's been done for ages in literature and movies, but not very much in doll lines. ![]() ![]() And my beloved Ever After High did at least offer a new take on fairy tales, with the children of fairy tale characters. As I've pointed out up above, MH dolls really were quite different to the playline doll scene. I'm old enough that I've seen cycle after cycle of "it's okay to be different/be yourself even if you're different" messages aimed at kids roll around, not that I disagree with the sentiment. They wear their hearts on their sleeves! They're into music and photography and skating and dreaming! HashtagDaretobeDifferent! The WHC girls are different because: Mattel tells us so. I don't remember any monster dolls being available in the playline market before. They turned into bats or were sewn together or had lupine characteristics. For one thing, Monster High had an engaging storyline with the dolls right from the start: they were different from the world around them, because they were monsters. Anyway, I don't even like Monster High, but I call absolute nonsense on the WHC being successors. Didn't know Mattel acknowledged that adult purchasers mattered at all for playline. One article says the dolls are "offering a new bridge between kids, tweens, and adult collectors alike." Hmm. This new line is touted as being the next in the Monster High/Ever After High mode. And how much of a mark-up should wrists and ankles be, anyway? Maybe I'm off base about this. Yes, she doesn't have articulated ankles and wrists, but she does have more accessories than you get with many standard Barbies. I have quite a few thoughts on this doll, compared to previous Mattel lines, but first I would like to ask if you now feel some of Mattel's other recent dolls are overpriced, considering this doll sells for only $14.97 at Walmart. Since I still have Mattel's Ginny Weasley outfit lying around, I tried one of her shoes on Cory, and it does slide on completely, but was a bit loose, and the arch is not the same. No, really, it looks like an actual old school tape cassette. Anyway, you can tell Cori is a musician, because she has a Walkman. You can absolutely see the care Mattel took with this new line. However, her full paragraph description is actually Charlie Lake's. Apparently, available in early July means "If you're lucky, you'll find some at your Walmart, and if not you can pre-order and get it whenever." I really liked Charlie Lake the best, from the pictures, but I didn't want to wait forever to get this review done, as other people have managed to get their hands on several of these dolls and reviewed them already.Īccording to Mattel's website, Cori Cruize is a musician, who creates her own songs. There were still only three of the dolls available at my Walmart last week. But then I saw someone post on Instagram that Jacy was not a rebody candidate, as her neck is noticeably thicker than even the Curvy Barbie necks, so I decided to wait, in case I did choose to rebody. At first, I had just been thinking about grabbing Jacy, even though I wasn't particularly fond of her outfit. ![]() I finally found another doll besides Jacy Masters at my local Walmart.
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