Window Shopping: Monster High

11 Sep 2012

Window Shopping: Monster High

So that historians are spared the burden of endless debate in the many volumes I expect to be penned in my honor, I present to you the Monster High dolls I am most eager to acquire.

Three-Eyed Ghoul (Create-a-Monster):

(Photo Appears Courtesy of nevraforever at Flickr)

Bee Girl (Create-a-Monster):

(Photo Appears Courtesy of nevraforever at Flickr)

(I am almost certain that all the remaining photos are promotional images. If I am mistaken and a photographer credit is due, let me know).

Perhaps the biggest revelation is Lagoona Blue; she is not the character I find most compelling, but I am interested in half a dozen of her variants. That’s twice the number of any other character.

Lagoona Blue (Classroom):

Lagoona Blue (Dead Tired):

If nothing else, you gotta love her Abe Sapien-like sleeping quarters.

Lagoona Blue (Skull Shores):

Lagoona Blue (Wave 1):

Lagoona Blue (School’s Out):

Of the five Lagoona dolls pictured, the Wave 1 version is probably my favorite, which is a pity because the older dolls tend to be the most expensive.

C.A. Cupid (Wal-Mart Exclusive):

At first I hated Cupid’s lipstick, but then it somehow reminded me of Quimper from Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles:

Catarine Demew:

Cleo De Nile (Ghouls Rule):

Draculaura (Wave 1):

I find Draculaura to be among the least interesting characters in the Monster High series, but this, the original Draculaura doll, is pretty nifty.

Frankie Stein (Classroom):

Frankie Stein (Skull Shores):

Frankie Stein (School’s Out):

And now for my favorite character (and here I should note that all my talk of favorite and least favorite characters stems from nothing more than a given doll’s design; I have no intention of exploring any Monster High media):

Ghoulia Yelps (Classroom):