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.... Ruckus is the cutest puppy to ever exist and I will hear no contrary claims
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And bonus "Taking Flight"
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hi again dollblr
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@nocakeno resident wedding dress expert.
Battle of the Barbies! Bonus Round: Just for Fun
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Tsukuyomi
from Final Fantasy XIV
I'm calling it done for now, some details and the moon are missing but they will be reviewed on a later date. Could be better? Of course, but it could also be unfinished forever.
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I wanted to take pics today but it’s overcast and cold so have this quick pic I took of Rainbow a few days ago 🌈
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the transition im crying
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Sculpting the DARK, DARK tale of VINEGAR TOM! -- by Something Wicked
I've known for some time that Vinegar Tom was a demon of sorts. After all, I've been friends with @vinegartom for 16+ years. But in those years, I had forgotten the name of the person who described him: Elizabeth Clark. It's always unusual to me to hear my name said by others, as it's not as common of a modern name. Or I just don't run across that many of 'em. But 17th century England? Of course there's going to be tons of 'em.
I enjoy hearing old tales like this, a mix of fantasy and insidious bullshit that shaped history. Keeps me humble, I guess. I also enjoy Something Wicked's sculptures, which... yeah do include buttholes sometimes. The "Devil with Butt Teeth" video was the first of his I watched.
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Oh no they've found out they're in my phone
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I can’t tell you how much I love this artwork from ancient Egypt (the Middle Kingdom). People have been raising cattle and practicing animal husbandry for so long, that there is something almost inherently human about this scene.
Everyone in the field of veterinary medicine or agriculture knows the feeling of staying up late with a laboring animal trying to make sure both mom and baby are okay. Delivering a calf is often physically and emotionally exhausting work that takes enormous patience and learned skill. It requires a unique balance of physical strength and gentleness to do correctly. There is no feeling quite like getting that baby out and everyone is okay. I’m certain ancient people must have felt the same way, and I wonder if the artist knew this feeling firsthand. I wonder if those humans depicted were people the artist knew, if the cow and calf maybe were as well.
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the snuggliest bug
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It's Wednesday, so don't forget!
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Lenore Loomington Doll Review Part 2 of 2
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Let’s finally take a look at her dress (the post before this one looked at her accessories and in box photos)! Ugh, that belt thing just keeps getting in the way of everything and will NOT sit well on her torso.
Lets remove the offending piece to actually look at her dress…
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Much better (I was so afraid of breaking her clip, I had her hanging from her neck for many of my photos). I love that the cut of the dress is WAY different to any other Monster High dolls I’ve seen, and I like the idea (I assume) behind it: looking at silhouettes of plants and animals on a night sky.
Buuuuut I feel like it could have been elevated a bit more for such an expensive doll. Give us some glow in the dark/sparkly dots acting as stars going up her skirt, finish her sleeves and dress train with some lace, oh, or maybe sew some “vine like” ribbon/fabric hanging off of the train or sleeves. Oh! And I feel like her short black lacy piece is kinda a second thought, I’d have made it longer in the back or give it a more ragged cut (so it’s not so reminiscent of a tutu or petticoat). I say this all, because both the color and the cut was honestly better executed by:
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The one you got vs the one you ordered. Yeahhh, it very closely resembles Moonlight B.B’s dress (shirt/skirt) and I feel like MGA’s looks like the more expensive clothing piece as well. more review and doll comparisons under the cut:
Aaaand here it is off the doll:
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The dress is not hemmed around the bottom of the dress or sleeves, but I don’t see them fraying any time soon. I like how thin and flow-y the fabric is it makes it look a bit ethereal. And oh? But what’s this?? A secret secondary dress/slip??
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What a cute little surprise. It’s fully hemmed, has a little lace on the bottom, and has a bit of a stretch to it. Also, Lenora’s arms are wrapped in plastic to prevent staining.
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Here it is off the doll. Be forewarned, I low key struggled redressing her. That larger dress didn’t want to nicely slide back over her smaller dress.
Let’s finally take a look at Lenore’s face.
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My Lenore’s eyes are printed up a bit too high and her lipstick is both smudged and incorrectly filled in in the top left side. 😬 At least a little bit of acrylic paint can fix her lips….
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Her glitter tears are really pretty and seem pretty well attached and her “ghost mask” is a lovely addition to her face (it’s a nice gradient).
It took me awhile to notice she has cute little pink eyelashes mixed in with her black ones.
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Her side profile and lightly pointed ears (by the way, the back of her head is marked as 2023). I do wish her eyebrows were a bit darker and looked like Rochelle’s worried ones (@mistyxxart’s, on instagram, drawing of Lenore is what I WISH her eyebrows looked like).
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This artwork is fangtastic and has given me so many fun ideas on how I want to upgrade my Lenore.
Lenore is pretty well covered now; let’s look at how she compares to come other ghouls (I apologize for many of these photos being a bit blown out - the lighting in my kitchen is kinda sucky).
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The OG Spectra!!! Two very different ghostie ghouls. Monster High’s oldest vs MH’s newest. Spectra has clear body parts, no ghost mask, and colored sclera. She also has kanekalon hair vs Lenore’s saran. I think they stand on their own as pretty different characters honestly.
Let’s let a few more come across the veil.
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So many ghosts!!! Ari, Ari, what are you looking at?!? Sweetie. Stop longingly staring at Spectra.
Okay, so they actually don’t seem to have very much in common with Lenore either. Ari has a milky/shimmery body (much more akin to the Haunted releases of ghosts) and Lenore has a shimmery body without looking like she has milky skin. Her shimmer has more of a blue tinge than the yellow tinge that Ari’s has.
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The Create a Monster Ghost (I always forget how hard they went on her outfit: skulls amassed behind a fence with a blood-dripping belt; I love it when MH sneaks in stuff like that), has the ghost eye mask (I don’t like hers as much as Lenore’s) and uncolored sclera like Lenore, but her pupils are black - like Ari’s. Both CAM ghost and Spectra have clear limbs.
There is something these ghouls all share in common:
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Mother of PINK! The Monster World must have very limited shoe material that ghosts can wear and it’s all in similar shades of pink and magenta.
I wonder how she compares to the Haunted dolls…? POOF!
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Ask and you shall receive! Technically River is a grim reaper and Kiyomi is the daughter of a noppera-bō, so not just comparing “ghost ghosts,”but why not throw them in here too?? Porter, Vandala and Kiyomi all have very milky skin, Lenore’s plastic is very opaque in comparison with that pearl/shimmer finish.
~shimmer shimmer~ Porter has colored sclera like Spectra and Vandala doesn’t have black pupils, like Lenore. I wonder if there is a reason for some ghosts to have colored/regular sclera and pupils. Maybe it’s a ghost genetic trait like attached ear lobes….
River was wondering what all the hubbub was about in comparing them to this new ghost. Well, until I told River how much Lenore cost compared to them. River couldn’t say much, but just proudly showed off her clear limbs: “I cost less than a third of that and I have clear limbs!” ….I wonder how she’ll react when I tell her the ghoul that received her original head sculpt idea cost double Lenore’s price.
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And POOF!
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What a lovely menagerie of MH ghosts (pretend like my Symphanee got here quick enough to also be in the photos).
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Perfect! Can’t even tell….
Oh! And Vandala brought her girlfriend Sirena along so I could compare Sirena’s skin tone to Lenore’s. Her skin glitter is not as fine as Lenore’s and she has a yellow tint to her skin….I wonder if Ari’s and Sirena’s is due to age.
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Hand splat in face.
Before I wrap up, let’s compare Lenore to some MH dolls that look like the main ingredients they blended up to create Lenore.
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Your progenitors!!! (my G1 Twyla has been de-glued with LA’s Totally Awesome, but her bangs are discolored and are waiting to be retrobrighted this summer). Hmmm, a dash Twyla’s skin color, a major helping of Vandala’s face mold and monster type, and an inspirational sprinkle of Amanita’s outfit and pieces.
I can see the comparisons with G1 Twyla (more in person than in a photo). Lenore’s skin has a purple hue from the pearly finish. Also, Lenore’s hair streaks are more baby blue than the minty green of Twyla’s hair color. They both have pink eyes, and wear dark colored clothing.
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Now, Lenors and Amanita, look like they could have been in the same line (when I actually have Lenore fully dressed). Amanita believes that she would have still been the only deluxe, store exclusive of the line. “Maybe you could have been like the Big Lots or CVS exclusive to Gloom and Bloom.” Amanita! That is uncalled for! “You’re right, how about a K-Mart exclusive because they’re as dead as she is.” Lenore thinks this is one plant she doesn’t want in her garden.
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They both have long wavy hair, flower shoe clips (but Amanita’s is sculpted to be a lot more three dimensional and it’s painted).
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Both have extra make-up around the eyes, a hair decoration/accessory, and a thin, slightly see through dress covering a surprise mini dress (I still feel like Amanita’s has more detail, but that pleather portion will rot off someday).
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Yeah, she is more than welcome to pose. I think that Amanita might have pulled off the look a bit better…. :/
And a face comparison!
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Similar, but Amanita’s/CAM Vampire Girl’s head sculpt is not the same.
Avast ye!! We might have a match! Vandala’s face does look closely the same (I should have taken out Vandala’s earring for all of these photos)…
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Hmmm…..
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Hmmmmmmm…..
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HMMMM, Lenore’s ear looks a little bit more defined (when I don’t have the light GLARING right ONTO it).
Man, Vandala, I need to de-glue your head whenever I get more LA’s Totally Awesome in. You are a grease ball!
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Well, Lenore might have used Vandala’s head sculpt base, but they went in and refined some parts…like her chin being a bit blunter, her nose and ears being a bit more defined, her lips might be a bit bigger (or they were just over painted).
Whelp anyways….Lenore…Lenore….I am glad I bought her, as she has some cute surprises, a lovely face, soft hair, but she’s very overpriced from the get-go and would have (in my opinion) not gotten such backlash had she been released to stores and Mattel creations as a 40-55 dollar G1 release and if she had not been SO HYPED UP!!
What are your thoughts? Would you buy her? What would you change?? Do you think Mattel has a huge wheel in their board room to spin and assign value to their dolls? Should I double check pictures to make sure they turned out alright before I put all my dolls away?? (Yes, yes I should).
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oh no
I don’t consider myself SUPER annoyed by slight face wonk. As long as it’s pretty darn even, I can live with it. My Signature Clawdeen, Cleo and Opperetta are probably the worse in my collection, but they have now been beat:
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Yeaaaaaah. Her top lips are not even, her left eye is placed too high, and her right eye is mostly not even on her eye bubble….
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Approximately drawn where they should be with my finger.
Hopefully Mattel can send me another….?
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found this cute little ballet outfit for sina on amazon :o
it came with a leotard, leg warmers, skirt, ballet slippers, and bag (everything else was already something i had.) it’s from the company emily rose (it’s listed on their website here!) and is made for glitter girls/wellie wishers but fits sina (unoa 1.5 boy body) pretty well! the leotard would work better for a shorter doll and the shoes (not pictured) fit a 5.3-5.5 cm foot (not hers lol) but overall i think it looks really cute on her!
the price was also pretty good- i paid about $16. the quality isn’t the best (feels like standard playline doll clothing) but it’s not bad! despite looking really delicate, it seems pretty sturdily constructed :)
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Finally reassembled this girl, like a year after de-gluing her. The lighter hair is still discolored from the cleaner, but not as bad as it was before sitting in the sun for several months. Don’t want to leave her naked, but any clothes are going to cover her vines, which kind of sucks.
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