New Doll!

[sc_rufctr]

My niece recently showed me her new doll... She just loves it.

I can't see the attraction?

[bivenator]

Thats kinda disturbing to me, perhaps that is why the kids like it.

[sc_rufctr]

There's a whole set to collect. And she wants them all.

Monster High - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[sc_rufctr]

And it gets weirder...

[slodave]

But more importantly... What are those tasty looking yellow treats on the left in the first picture?

[DARISC]

If it wasn't for the facial sutures, I would find them mildly distasteful with a hint of Barbie.

I would name the first one Envy le Tramp and the second one Miss Guided.

Is there a 'Ken' line of dolls designed to hook up with these adorables?

Is Envy le Tramp available in a 5' 2" inflatable version?

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by slodave

But more importantly... What are those tasty looking yellow treats on the left in the first picture?

Good eye. They are my home made Italian short breads.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by DARISC

If it wasn't for the facial sutures, I would find them mildly distasteful with a hint of Barbie.

I would name the first one Envy le Tramp and the second one Miss Guided.

Is there a 'Ken' line of dolls designed to hook up with these adorables?

Yes there is a male version.

Originally Posted by DARISC

... Is Envy le Tramp available in a 5' 2" inflatable version?

I would guess yes. No doubt available online

[azasadny]

Scary...

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Your niece finds beauty and strength in being different. Bravo to her.

[M.D. Holloway]

Looks like they used the BRATS molds with a different style scheme. The cartoon appeals to typical 7 year olds with a brief fascination with the macabe and erie but in a safe way. Harmless.

[azasadny]

Looks like something from the movie "The Nightmare before Christmas" by Tim Burton...

[DanielDudley]

Monsters are scary to little kids, so anything that makes them cool and friendly is fun.

When I was in first grade, it was all about dinosaurs, Frankenstein and The Wolfman.

just a phase, I think.

Originally Posted by DARISC

If it wasn't for the facial sutures, I would find them mildly distasteful with a hint of Barbie.

I would name the first one Envy le Tramp and the second one Miss Guided.

Is there a 'Ken' line of dolls designed to hook up with these adorables?

Is Envy le Tramp available in a 5' 2" inflatable version?

You are an interesting fellow!

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

Looks like they used the BRATS molds with a different style scheme. The cartoon appeals to typical 7 year olds with a brief fascination with the macabe and erie but in a safe way. Harmless.

Definitely not the Bratz molds. Bratz is/was made by MGA and these are Mattel products. The line came out right in the middle of litigation between the two and I would imagine the similarity in structure was a bit of a pot shot from Mattel.
(I half own an online toy store, I'm not some sort of pedophile/wackjob)
What people will pay for these stupid things is appalling...

[GothingNC]

My younger daughter also has a few of them.
Also got into watching the Walking Dead.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Your niece finds beauty and strength in being different. Bravo to her.

Vive la difference, but is a child (or adult) being 'different' when they participate in the latest fad or fashion?

While these dolls are 'different' in one sense, in another they are the same as any fad or fashion; they are only different until they quickly become common, a la Barbie dolls (can anyone look back and say that any child found beauty and strength in being different as evidenced by the fact that they wanted a Barbie doll?).

Was the adult who designed these dolls being different - or being the same as any other designer setting out to produce a product that will be appealing to as many prospective customers as possible?

In the adult world, marketing is marketing and let the buyer beware, or be oblivious, who cares? We're responsible for our own actions.

But is that perspective reasonable and healthy when applied to the child's world?

I don't judge these dolls on any moral or ethical basis. I actually think they're funny. I can easily see them as the works of an artist whose genre is social satire. But as a child's toy, I find them banal at best and, at worst, a negative influence on a child's developing creativity.

If a toy was introduced that comprised a 'kit' of doll parts that included a selection of dolls clothes and arms, legs, heads, torsos, etc. that could be snapped together and dressed in combinations chosen by the child, then children who were demonstrating that they are different and/or creative could be distinguished from other children who snapped their dolls together and dressed them in accordance with adults' definitions of ideal images or current fads or styles.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by HHI944

...MGA...Mattel products...The line...pot shot from Mattel...

(I half own an online toy store, I'm not some sort of pedophile/wackjob)
What people will pay for these stupid things is appalling...

Exactly.

Posted while I was typing my post, this is a precise fit into what I said. It's all about marketing - no need to even mention the word 'toy'...or consider the positives or negatives regarding the targeted end users, children.

[Zeke]

My ex wife modeled for the first one. The green is a nice touch. I wonder if she suggested it.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by milt

My ex wife modeled for the first one.

Good one.