Current Mood : Eager
Had a wild hair today, since I felt a little better, to get all my 'moving on' Monster High dolls together, and reposition and redress most of the 'staying' ones. It's kinda sad that I'm keeping 20 - and that still leaves a bunch to relocate ! My keepers 20 includes fitting models DLaura and Ghoulia, and has open spots for whenever I find Abbey Bominable, Gil, or a Create A Monster. That's a good number of dolls for me, 20 or so, lots of variety without being a tidal wave. When I have too many dolls, it's easier for me to ignore them and buy more than it is for me to dress and play with them. Ask the Barbies.
So far, though, at least with the MH line, it's been too easy for me to buy dolls for their coveted shoes, clothes, or hands. Need to knock that off, and create more, buy less. I'm gonna redress the ones seeking new homes, offer them to the LiveJournal group as trades first, then commit the rest to eBay. I want at least one more locker, and some props...and the ghouls are always hungry for shoes !
My 'keep' criteria was fun to work with. I wanted all my original dolls, of course, so there were six girls and four guys, right there. And the duplicate character girls had to be significantly different to warrant keeping - my three Frankie Steins each have unique hairstyles I like, like my two Cleos. It's funny that I also kept three of the one I'm least interested in, Clawdeen, because I simply can't resist those hands !
So, the final tally by character is, one each of the four guys (Deuce, Jackson, Holt, Clawd), three Frankie, Clawdeen, and Ghoulias, and two Lagoona, Cleo, and DracuLaura dolls. Heavens help me if Mattel comes out with Headmistress and Slow Moe dolls - I want those so much, I'll be back up near 30 in no time !
Anyway, I soon got everyone placed, and decided to put my original dolls in the new Fearleader outfits. And when it got down to it, I just couldn't rip out DracuLaura's sleeves, they somehow just looked 'right' on her. So I decided to give each of the other ghouls something unique to her. Clawdeen got the 'glove' hands from the Dawn of the Dance version and the headband and earrings from her soccer uniform, Cleo kept some of her wrappings and got gold bracelets, Frankie got the 'stitches' uniform. I was not about to wreck the new one picking the decal off again !
My pair of clothes fitting dolls have been placed in a never-filled cubby in the Sewing / Computing Arena, and they seem to be mostly happy. I'm sure Ghoulia's mood will improve when I pick up some plastic glue and fix her arm. It's funny that I had this empty space in my loaded-up desk for this long, it's as if it was waiting for them.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell ya'll about Kmart.com. After exhausting all possible places that might sell an Abbey at less than gouger's prices, I suddenly remembered, I hadn't checked the K-Mart website. And - gasp ! - they actually showed 'Add To Cart' by the Abbey doll description ! I couldn't believe it, for just $17. ! I eagerly headed to check out when...cue the 'Fail' noise...the site chose then to tell me they were out of stock, and to check my local store. Um, there's not a KMart for 60 miles here, and you coulda told me you didn't have any before the 'enter your payment' screen. Most of the other MH dolls were out of stock, too, and they handled that by not having an 'Add To Cart' button. Hummph. K-Mart can go swing, as far as I'm concerned.
Perhaps it was that which led me back to eBay, where I found Ghoulia's Comic Club outfit for just a couple bucks over retail, and a Buy It Now. So I hit it, and now I can scratch that off the list. Hopefully Gil and Abbey won't be too far behind !
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