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newmoonstarOkay, so, I promised myself I would stop buying dolls for a while. I even decided I was justified in recently spending a heap of money on a bunch of dolls from the Disney Store (which were on sale!), because it was going to be the 'last' batch of dolls I was going to be buying for a long, long time. (LOL!)
HOWEVER -- (isn't there always a however? ;D) ever since they introduced Monster High Operetta last year, I've been kind of sidling up to the idea of getting one, because, you know, a Phantom of the Opera-related doll is just not something that a person who's both a doll collector and massive Phantom phan can really be without! I resisted for a long time (the rational arguments pop up in your head: they're too expensive; I don't want to start collecting another doll line when I'm trying to downsize; etc.) but I've been taking a closer examination of the Monster High section at the toy stores since then, and well, darned if that sea monster one isn't just adorable, and the Egyptian vanity for Cleo de Nile is all kinds of Art Deco awesomeness, and-! and-! (You get the picture!)
So, since my mom decided she was going to brave the Black Friday madness, I gave her a list of Monster High dolls I was interested in, since every store seemed to have them on sale, and I wouldn't feel so bad about bringing more dolls into the house if they were cheap. Thus, when I awoke that day, there was Dance Class Lagoona Blue and Dead Tired Clawdeen Wolf awaiting me in a shopping bag on the floor, which I tore into like a kid on Christmas morning, deboxed the little monsters, and immediately lost my heart.
They are SO. FREAKING. CUTE. I cannot even... their little fins! Their little claws! I don't have words... they're just TOO ADORBS!!! I feel like a seven year old again, it's so stupid how happy these little plastic dolls make me.
And of course, with the typical collector's logic, I figured if two are good, more will be even better. After all, I still needed Operetta, right? She was the whole reason I got into Monster High, so OF COURSE I needed Operetta!
And, apparently, Cleo de Nile, Spectra Vondergeist, Frankie Stein, Draculaura, and Rochelle Goyle too.
So basically, in about three weeks, I went from no Monster High dolls, to two dolls, to around twelve dolls today. (And original Operetta is scheduled to ship next week! :P)
In my defense, I will add that they were all bought on sale, and since I have a Mattel outlet store in my city, I can get really, really good deals on damaged packaging if by some miracle they actually manage to get MH dolls in, and I'm lucky enough to get there before they all fly off the shelves. (Like yesterday! Heehee!) I really think I am going to try and stop now, since I've got quite a few now, and I promised myself that I would have to stop once I ran out of room in the doll bin. (Which I think will probably happen now! I haven't even put any of them away yet, I just love to see them sitting out being all fierce and fashionable!)
So for better or worse, the doll collecting bug has bitten yet again. Maybe it's just something you can't fight once it's got you, but if you shop sales and clip coupons, hopefully you can come out of your latest bout relatively unscathed!
(And if nothing else, you will at least have lots of fun posing them for funny photos of them all doing 'The Monster Mash' and 'Thriller'. Heehee. Oh Monster High, why did I ever think we weren't meant to be?) ;D
HOWEVER -- (isn't there always a however? ;D) ever since they introduced Monster High Operetta last year, I've been kind of sidling up to the idea of getting one, because, you know, a Phantom of the Opera-related doll is just not something that a person who's both a doll collector and massive Phantom phan can really be without! I resisted for a long time (the rational arguments pop up in your head: they're too expensive; I don't want to start collecting another doll line when I'm trying to downsize; etc.) but I've been taking a closer examination of the Monster High section at the toy stores since then, and well, darned if that sea monster one isn't just adorable, and the Egyptian vanity for Cleo de Nile is all kinds of Art Deco awesomeness, and-! and-! (You get the picture!)
So, since my mom decided she was going to brave the Black Friday madness, I gave her a list of Monster High dolls I was interested in, since every store seemed to have them on sale, and I wouldn't feel so bad about bringing more dolls into the house if they were cheap. Thus, when I awoke that day, there was Dance Class Lagoona Blue and Dead Tired Clawdeen Wolf awaiting me in a shopping bag on the floor, which I tore into like a kid on Christmas morning, deboxed the little monsters, and immediately lost my heart.
They are SO. FREAKING. CUTE. I cannot even... their little fins! Their little claws! I don't have words... they're just TOO ADORBS!!! I feel like a seven year old again, it's so stupid how happy these little plastic dolls make me.
And of course, with the typical collector's logic, I figured if two are good, more will be even better. After all, I still needed Operetta, right? She was the whole reason I got into Monster High, so OF COURSE I needed Operetta!
And, apparently, Cleo de Nile, Spectra Vondergeist, Frankie Stein, Draculaura, and Rochelle Goyle too.
So basically, in about three weeks, I went from no Monster High dolls, to two dolls, to around twelve dolls today. (And original Operetta is scheduled to ship next week! :P)
In my defense, I will add that they were all bought on sale, and since I have a Mattel outlet store in my city, I can get really, really good deals on damaged packaging if by some miracle they actually manage to get MH dolls in, and I'm lucky enough to get there before they all fly off the shelves. (Like yesterday! Heehee!) I really think I am going to try and stop now, since I've got quite a few now, and I promised myself that I would have to stop once I ran out of room in the doll bin. (Which I think will probably happen now! I haven't even put any of them away yet, I just love to see them sitting out being all fierce and fashionable!)
So for better or worse, the doll collecting bug has bitten yet again. Maybe it's just something you can't fight once it's got you, but if you shop sales and clip coupons, hopefully you can come out of your latest bout relatively unscathed!
(And if nothing else, you will at least have lots of fun posing them for funny photos of them all doing 'The Monster Mash' and 'Thriller'. Heehee. Oh Monster High, why did I ever think we weren't meant to be?) ;D
