The real story behind the Elissabat frightfully tall doll: Back in 2014 the Monster High team was making plans for a 17” Cleo and Lagoona. Then when the idea was presented they were told they didnt have the budget for new facial sculpts that would’ve been required to make these two characters. The team then realised that Elissabat and Draculaura had almost the same face sculpt (in the original FCA! storyline Elissabat and Draculaura were cousins, so they looked very similar, but by the time the story changes the dolls were already in production and the resemblance stuck.) so with their remaining budget they realised they could only make one more 17” doll, Elissabat.
I smell an idea for another sdcc doll! (Reimagining one character of a line with collector budget, ala freak du chic draculaura and silver voltageous Frankie) Maybe not lagoona because that would be a tall order for someone who isn't one of the REAL main ghouls (which she IS but everyone knows she doesn't get the same billing as the other ghouls) BUT since cleo is a BIG fan favorite I could see her getting a tall doll. But if they did both and maybe a ghoulia that would be amazing. Listen, it would be a great thing for them to fall back on, a tall version of each basic ghoul, maybe even throw back exclusives like tall basic scarach and hooddude and tall kerian and whisp because that way it doesn't devalue the original releases and could bring them to a larger audience. Like tall twyla, or tall abby, or tall spectra, i can see it now. 😢
gooliope doesn't have parents! she's an abandoned lab experiment, which is why she ended up in the circus. so she's basically an orphan, and she wants to find out who made her. because of the reboot, we never got to find out :( EDIT! forgot to mention the date of when she was made in the lab is on her neck piece.
Also, the drop of slime on her diary is implied to be her tears. My guess is that Gooliope broke down crying when she wrote that entry (my head canon is that the circus' ringmaster and his troupe started to comfort her after finding out about this happening).
Elissabat was made because she had the same face as Draculaura and making Lagoona would've made Mattel invest in the making of a new mold, and I guess that was not an option at that time. 🤷🏻♂️ It's sad, because she would've looked beautiful.💙🐠
Frankie was my favorite character, I didn't see her as whiny at all. She was just dealing with being the new girl, and for real kids, you feel like you're the new girl for a long time. So that's kind of what Frankie reflected, being someone who was confused and didn't feel like she fit in.
Are you thinking about the Thestrals from Harry Potter? They are the skeletal looking, gaunt and ghostly winged horses that can only be seen by persons who'd witnessed death at least once.
Freak Du Chic was SUCH a good doll line and I would love to collect that line (along with sweet screams) The whole concept is just amazing and the designs were so well done. Freak Du Chic Twyla and Clawdeen are just so perfect.
I’m not sure if this is common knowledge, but I only found out about this like a month ago... Elisabat’s skin tone is the exact same as Draculaura’s; I’ve always thought her skin was a pastel lavender or something 😂
Yes I remember Dollightful doing a video where she chose Elisabat because she thought it was a light purple and then realised that it wasn't. Your eyes fool you in thinking differently.
If they really wanted it to be a random character, Whisp would have been a more logical choice for this line rather than Elissabat. Remember her gigantic height when there was an eclipse in 13 Wishes.
Sidenote I bought this doll new in box like 5-6 years ago it must have been... For $15. I knew nothing about Monster High, but it was a gift for my niece and she was over the moon happy.
Lemme tell ya, they aren't "rare" all monster high dolls were mass produced, it's just some dolls are rarer than others, ala skullshores ghoulia vs gil, where there was supposed to be a gill in some distributions but alot of them were JUST skullshores ghoulia, and so she's everywhere where as gill most people's first chance to get him was in the later released dance class 5 pack (which I have both, I am not immune to $#!++/ doll drops). Another big issue is that they're the core versions of each ghoul, so they have the "1st wave" tax on top of their novelty. And speaking of their novelty, sure lots of people would just throw their dolls in one box and not care too much but a bigger doll, people assume to charge more (fair I guess) but THEN they go look HER up and then find these CRAZY prices and then someone who would've had really good prices is now a SCALPER. That's why they're ALLLL expensive.
I bought Gooliope as soon as she came out as a bday gift for myself & she literally arrived on my bday, I was so happy. I ended up finding Draculaura & Clawdeen in smashed boxes for $5.00 each at a charity sale & I bought Elissabat used from Once Upon a Child for a few dollars but she is missing one earring & her stand. All these dolls did come with stands. Hopefully one day Frankie will join my gang of 17" dolls. Im a sucker for oversized fashion dolls, & miniature dolls, & Bratz, & Monster High, & OMG's, & well, dolls.
I have freak du chic Gooliope, and frightfully tall Draculaura and Elissabat. I also have wonderfully tall Madeleine. We have to wait and see what Mattel does with G3 Monster High and G2 Ever After High
I just started recollecting dolls during this last year of quarantine. I have Barbie, Madame Alexander, Crissy and family, Rainbow High, OMG, Pullip, Miss Revlon and Gene, but I think my most favorite all are the 17" Monster High dolls! I have them dressed in gowns from Thailand at the moment, and this winter I'll put them in the gothic gowns I bought from a designer in Russia! This has been the perfect comfort and creative pastime this last year!
I actually am really hoping Clawdeen can transform from human to werewolf. I feel like it would give conformation to the fact that she's black (like when she turns human her skintone is still the same and it's not just because she's a werewolf) and her struggles with turning into a werewolf would be so interesting to explore. Like when she turns, she has really thick hair on her legs or around her wrists or even on her face and she just learns to absolutely own it. Or maybe when she gets competitive, or gets protective over her friends, she can half transform. I feel like there is so much they can do with her character if she was able to transform, like literally thinking about it makes me so excited. And to be fair, Draculaura was able to turn into a bat, so it would be cool if Clawdeen had a turning ability too. I don't think any other character was able to turn into a human cause it didn't fit their monster heritage, but it would fit Clawdeen considering werewolves were always able to turn into people.
If they kept going with Frightfully Tall, we could've gotten Lagoona, Cleo, Ghoulia, even our cool gal Abbey! I also feel like a tall Honey Swamp would've been cool, and I think Gooliope's face could've been a great candidate, not sure why-
Your monster high videos are bringing back memories from when I watched you years ago. They are so enjoyable to me to watch and I still love collecting mh dolls. I'm also trans as well ftm and it makes me happy that you support your son kaiden :)
They did release another Gooliope doll. But I think she was a reboot version as the other dolls in the Shriekwrecked line were reboots. I do like her more in that version though, bc the blue hair suits her better imo. Maybe you could try to get her and do a comparison.
Now if Mattel made a large Lagoona and Ghoulia, I would be so up for that. Oh and Rochelle too, also maybe one of the guys, Deuce and Slo Mo. My list is short.
Absolutely love this! I’ve been watching since 2012 and I still adore you and kadien. Thank you so much for the nostalgia and all of the laughs and smiles.
I really think it’s not about clawdeen could transform into a human in the new “reboot”. It’s because the first 2010 clawdeen got the human hands and they switched the hands in the later lines (gloom beach, the new versions of clawdeen...)
I know it’s been done but I would like to see a FDS MH compare and explore from now. And the mermaid series too. Uhhh just about anything MH ... lol the obsession continues🌻
The only 17 inch monster high doll I got growing up was Gooliope so watching this gave me so much nostalgia. I always wanted the other tall ones but I never had the money to get them. This actually makes me even sadder because I've been thinking about selling all my old monster high dolls
Yes! I love monster high content from mommy!! Absolutely brings back the best memories of me binge watching you when i was younger 🥺💖 ill never forget how excited I'd get when you would post a new video of monster high!
Criminal Minds ( started in 2005) had a writing team that wanted to have gay/bi characters, but the network refused! Glad things have changed a bit since then!
Also, would like to see more giant characters like Gooliope in the new Monster High. How about a daughter/son of a giant, an ogre, Leviathan, Behemoth, an oni, or a kaiju?
I still don't have the three frightfully tall MH, but I think that I'm going to see to buy them (sadly they never released them in shops in Italy). I think that it's glue the "problem" in Clawdeen's hair. I have the basic one that has the same problem. From what I can remember Jackson Jekyll/Holt Hyde was the only one that transformed. The body was basically a taller version of the MTM body. The earrings are supposed to be the rim of some wagon wheels that were in the circus, or something like that. The "horses" in Harry Poter are the Thestrals, they can be seen only by who have seen somebody dying (Harry could see them because he saw Sirius die).
They were losing money during this doll line so they could only make a certain amount of dolls. They already had the molds for Frankie, gooliope, and draculaura so they used the draculaura mold to churn out another one, and made elisabat.
So I just found this channel again. I found the mommy and Gracie show years ago and I loved it so much. If I’m not mistaken Kaiden and I are similar in age and like him I kinda grew out of the content. Today I saw one of your videos on my feed and immediately recognized you. My immediate thought was where’s Gracie? Then I noticed the channel name was different so I checked to see if it was really you. I can’t believe that so much has changed. I’m so happy for Kaiden and I’m glad he’s being true to himself. You guys were my childhood. Thank you so much for being that family friendly channel that I could have fun watching and not have to worry ab it being to old for me.
A cool thing that they could do with Clawdeen becoming human was that when it’s day (not in the monster world) but if they visit the human world and it’s day, or not a full moon? she becomes human, but all of the other time like at night and during the day in the monster world, she’s werewolf
oh i have a horrible feeling that brushing the hair with the product still in damaged it, lmao I probably underestimate the quality of monster high doll hai-
My Draculaura big doll came with a stand so i dont know if they changed it over time or mine was just an original release and then they started to take the away or what but I know mine came with a stand
Does anyone know if 1/3 BJD shoes will fit 18 inch monster high dolls? I lost Draculaura's boots during her long face makeover and keep coming across all these super cute 1/3 BJD shoes, but will they fit her??? Anyone help!!!!! Because a girl needs cute shoes lol