Monster High Reboot EXPLAINED : Why the dolls changed 

I absolutely like Monster High, Ever After High, Bratz and Disney Princesess do you watched Barbie Top Model 2007 commercial? It was awesome commercial.

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for some reason i cant see ur insta? very annoying because whenever im doing a lewk i go to your insta for inspo!😊

Where is you instagram ? I can't seem to find it, and i want to know if you deleted it or something

clawdeena9 100% agree with the eboy/egirl idea! Who wouldn’t love that

Yea I've heard a lot of girls say they would compare themselves to barbie but I never understood that. I never did. She was clearly a doll with the way she was molded. Honestly MH dolls are more "realistic" in my mind because they are more "organic" in the way their bodies flow, even if the proportions are more incorrect. And part of that is that they can bend more but the other part is just the design od each piece. They look more "normal" naked than 90s barbie did. She had almost a literal hour glass figure, like what a corset does, so the clothes looked good on her. It looked more like a playboy bunnies body than most womens bodies. And I think another thing was that I wanted to be tall and willowy with dark brown hair(or blue), and barbie wasnt that. And I've never been that (except the blue hair).

Honestly, if dolls looked just like REAL people that would be horrifying.

you'll never see those parents complaining about Raggedy Ann or Superhero dolls looking unrealistic

LightishRedGummi lmao right

@@lightishredgummi9654 Espesially with the new DC Superhero Girls. They made the girls too overtly hyperactive.

seriously-

Same here

Fr

So true. XD

Monster high doll are on a whole level with there amazing outfit I meant the original btw

Ikr and now there plain and ugly 😭 I miss the old monster high, I wish I never threw away my old dolls

They look like their from the flea market

I agree!

All

now it looks like the aliexpress version of the original doll

LITERALLY BYE

I can't agree on this. Ever after high's storyline is way more darker and dare I say, more thought out than monster high. It would lose it's creative part and become just the new Disney dolls.

@@leia6432 last time I checked ever after high had NO lgbt or autistic characters!!

@@Paris-jv8xo about the autistic part I'm not sure, but one of the writers of Ever After high: Dragon Games has literally proven that Apple White and the prince's sister were meant to be a true pairing, so LGBT is there for sure.

the original monster high showed a message to young girls telling them that its okay to have flaws, and to embrace them no matter what people say, and now they changed how the dolls look because of what people said. :/

yhoalibeth. And EAH!! They were winning the game

@@catpisscigarettes yea I forget to put that to lol

bruhh yeaaaaa

yhoalibeth. fr 🤩 I was literally obsessed with them then and low key now

Cheyenne La Loup winning? more like slaying 🥳

No “Karen”☕️

Why did that rhyme for me

@@reiveon cause it was supposed to rhyme....?

we are monsters SAY IT LOUD!

I rather still listen to “we are monsters, we are proud”. The Reboot in my opinion is bad. I actually miss lot’s of characters I really liked and the story is boring.

Yessssss

LITERALLLLLLLYYYY!

PREACH

Which is funny because the story of EAH was way darker when you really think about it

YESSS

L i t e r a l l y

YAAASSS QUEEN 👑👌

Clawdeen wants to shave, her choice. Kids won't always wanna follow.

@@moonbowcraze1632 exactly

FOR REAL. trust me, if little me heard about a cartoon character who likes being shaved cuz they dislike the feeling of hair ("fur") on them, i wouldn't bat an eye. i didn't give a heck about my appearance as a kid, it's adults who made me feel self-conscious with their not so sensitive words. NOT A MFKING DOLL

I Never own an original one but I do have a reboot draculaura and yes it looks like a figurine

I totally hear that - The reboot has a familiar face but everyone can see that somethings off from trying too hard at being kid-friendly 😓

Something just doesn’t feel like it did

I love love loved the original monster high and the gothic aesthetic especially and had unique styles for each doll. The reboot just looked too "girly

Niki Da Queen tell me about it 🙄😒🤚🏻

They aren’t even scary imo.

@@agb8206 Is it weird that I think that the Reboot looks more scary than the Original? 😅😂 Idk I just think that they looked already kinda cute. Also the huge eyes in the reboot version scared the heck out of me lol

Michiaー i thought i was the only one

Rash Ben I love the cursed princess club! It’s one of my favorite comics lol

If children liked those dolls, it means they didn't find them scary

You do realize adults made Monster High in the first place? I get being upset, but you have to realize a majority of things made come from adults

@@MahouShoujo-Studios yeah we know but like you know which type of adults we are talking about.

@@MahouShoujo-Studios you know what kind of ass adults were talking about, don’t start.

@@gloom0259 It's been 3 months, what do you mean "don't start"?

@@starryskies113 That's what I'm saying. The comment said "adults ruin everything" instead of "karens ruin everything".

pfp twins

@@sofya3033 yAaAss

It's not the kids it's the parents who are scared

exactly! it had an amazing message.

and yet they were under fire about the “flaws” the ghouls had

IKr!

Reason why I also loooooved Monster high besides their awesome style before the reboot

You had 999 likes, just gave u a thousand!

I own almost all of the monster high dolls. I bought them for myself because I love them! My daughters are too old to play with dolls (as if that’s a thing) now. I liked them because they are like Bleeding Edge and Livingdead Dolls but way more “playable”.

@Needsumhobiwater ! wait.. are you.. are you talking to me..? o.o

@@noniakamai2458 omg I remember these!! There's not a lot of dolls like this unless you go expensive or custom. These were fantastic for a great price! I started collecting as a teen because I had a "phase" and I remembered the book.

Some people are now paying lots of money just to get one

@@ambertoennies2353 I'm 15 and I have a few, but I love them so much! I've watched the movies too many times with my friends when we go camping, but I still watch them lol. They're entertaining no matter how many times you watch them

Literally my favourite part of the franchise. I wish parents could see how important it is for weird kids to have their weird dolls :( I feel sorry for new generations

Yeah

LITERALLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME. I'm...heart-broken :(

I guess you heard the news :)

I hope you got one of the reproductions

If you saw the outfits for some Bratz Babyz dolls, it makes sense. The rest is just a reach

I remember as a little girl I wasn't into princessy or bride dolls. Yeah, I used to like mlp (G2 used to be around when I was younger) as I loved animals , and the knock-off barbies that didn't have that much make up on . But all there was around that time were overly girly Barbie, Bratz and MyScene dolls. I would have loved some Monster High style dolls back then. I don't like the fact that they must make everything so girly. Not all little girls are girly girls...

As a kid I was obsessed with monster high, barbie, frozen and EAH. I remember my bff at the time gave me her MH dolls cause my mum couldn’t afford them..but as I grew up I threw them away because I thought I was too old for them. I regret that now because I’m just now getting back into the MH fandom

S T A R R Y ツ Me too. Now when I come over to see my younger sister, she wants to play dolls. I’m looking and all she has are the “New Barbie”, and “OMG” dolls, which are almost knockoff Bratz. I was genuinely shocked, no Bratz, no Monster High, just carbon copy Barbie with different skin tones and lots of makeup.

@@immstarry7175 me too, I threw most of my mh dolls because my dumb self thought I wouldn't like them or play with them. Now I 100% regret it

Logic is lost on Karens

Yeah. It was a little cliche with the message but I was impressed with the delivery. You know how at times they write for a younger demographic and just toss out crap because they're young kids, but they actually did rather well. Can't remember the name of the Valentine's day one I think it was "why do ghouls fall in love" I was deeply impressed that they actually pointed out the differences between love and romantics (which Disney had been guilty of conflating with love for awhile). Sad to see that change.

These dolls made me feel like I had a community when they came out. I was in elementary school at the time and I was super into gothic stuff but no one else around me was. When I saw monster highdolls were coming out I watched the web shorts and I loved them so much and as soon as my birthday came around that was all i wanted

Caleigh Tilson me too! I was so into creepy cool stuff like scary movies or dark clothing and when monster high came out it made me feel more comfortable being who I was and that there were other girls out there who liked the same things as I did at a young age

Too true

That would be like complaining that Digimon have designs that are too scary or dark. They're also MONSTERS, even the angelic or holy ones. And fans of Digimon always say that the evil, demonic, undead, mutated, or cybernetic ones tend to have cooler designs, and that's part of the charm. If this were to happen to Digimon as well, then say goodbye to fan favorites like Beelzemon, Mephistomon, and Kimeramon.

Sorry you had to go through that! Toys are for everyone!

They're getting re released!!

@@KitKat-is5qg exactly, my parents never let me have plastic or too girly toys as they wanted me to be "a strong woman" i had to fight to get makeup haha. now im in highschool and they frown at me collecting dolls. im not gonna stop though its my money.

This is an old comment but I literally just bought meowlody and purrsphone for 100 dollars 😭😭

i hope you get all your dreamies gifted to you/in great condition in thrift stores for almost nothing and can enjoy an amazing collection gl gl

The thing is that, they were never scary, they were just different. Kids are not gonna play with something that scares them. This whole rebrand stuff was probably made by Karen moms that just want normative boring stuff for their kids.

True

That kinda reminds me of the hotel Transylvania movie series 🤔

@@maxturbotron7954 as a kid, i loved both. that shit used to be so awesome

Who remembers the once upon a zombie dolls?! Those weren’t as scary as a them? And I also loved those dolls! They were so cool and they just shut down. 😭

Shy Girl oh shit, I never thought of that! I never liked her but this gave me a new perspective, thank you.

Lowkey i realted to her I am a smart person but my speech impedement often gets in my way so I related to her a lot

Yes!!! It really pissed me off because she represented a minority in a very good way!!

Whose art is in your profile picture?

@@midnightmist814 it's from a indie comic called Snotgirl! The artist and cowriter is Leslie Hung!

If you are into reading, I found a crossover book on Amazon, it’s called the legend of shadow high by Shannon Hale.

Same:( and since my family couldn’t really afford to buy me those dolls not even enough to have a small collection I only have one or two from when I was a kid they were only selling the new ones is stores like Walmart and target (I don’t really like them) and in Amazon if you purchase it the box comes damaged or the doll does or something 😞😰all I want is some nice original nostalgic monster high dolls I know and loved

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@@queenlei9501 i know right

So true because the old MH were telling children and even some teens that they should always be their selfs no matter what and when they did the reboot it's almost like they were saying looking cute is better than being yourself which is so not true.

@@moonbcw_ yeah my parents loved how they where different and now every time we see one of the reboots we frown at it because how can something so good become a barbie

LITERALLY

Ikr,that’s them sexualising them.Like wtf

YESS EXACTLYYY

I think its more because children don't understand the difference between mature and not, and could lead to some sexual subliminal stuff become normalized to small children when they are not capable of understanding why sexualization is an adult thing. But I just mean if parents get defensive its not because they see it sexualized, i think because in the age of the internet its hard to control *who* sees and interacts with kids/teens. I'm not taking sides here im just trying to give an idea if the other sjde

I can kind of see where thier coming from I mean children like to dress as thier favorite characters. Most of the audience for shows about high schoolers is younger kids who want to be like them. Quite a few parents make adaptations to certain costumes that to a teen is fine but to a 5 year old kid....yikes. worst case I can think of was a black and white Shirley temple short) this was not just costumes but a shirley temple short where they had toddlers wearing burlesque costumes and doing a plot line that could easily be part of an adult romance section. (Girl goes to big city either has to work at the club/higher end pub as a performer or marry the older owner. (Guy who goes after any girl he sees despite saying he's in love with one girl) She is saved by her country boyfriend.) not only is it uncomfortable it also makes me wonder why it was ever made. True I would never wear most of the outfits monster high girls wear but then again I dress old fashioned. However unlike them (those who complained about this) I've learned long ago my idea of modesty in clothing is not shared by everyone. How people dress is up to them. I might not be comfortable in such an outfit but it's not me wearing it. This is true in real life but also with dolls. Makes sense that dolls based on high schoolers have clothing that high schoolers would wear. Seriously theirs dolls that are worse out thier that over sexualize something that is branded as a kids toy. Why pick on monster high dolls?

@@crazycrackinchick thank you for mentioning it here. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to jump and explain this. Overreaction on karens part is not justified by a flame war by outraged fans. Instead a constructive way to show it is best.

I hate to say this but I agree

No offence to Disney and descendants BUT PLS THEY REMOVED EAH, THE ICONIC SERIES WITH ACTUALLY INTERESTING AND FABULOUS CHARACTER DESIGNS FOR A SHITTY “NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS” MOVIE ABOUT CHILDREN IN LEATHER CLOTHING IM WEAK- 😭

Josh Broadbent 🙄😒

Old men with money get to make the final say in most things not just dolls, pretty sad

Yup and also womens rights..

Old men with money who have never touched dolls, or they were that one kid who would take his sister's Barbies and slam their faces on a running treadmill.

@@sapphireshores6112 My little brother would always be a fucking creep towards my dolls.. I hated it even though he was young.

Same for my little pony...

JustPassingBy facts !! I remember when they started sticking all the little glitters and hearts on them and I was like “ew what is this”

LPS started going down once they began swapping the magnets out for a small hole

@@SapphireeCos If you're talking gen 3/3.5, I get it, they looked like babies and the stories were practically nothing, but if you're talking gen 4, they may be cuter-looking than many of the previous iterations of MLP, but the story and lore in the show was epic on a level not seen from MLP since gen 1. *That's* what got people interested in gen 4 MLP.

@@ChipmunkiousD I am talking about the toys.

Yup

Well inDraculora’s case its legit

@@Hootystan4ever Frankie and Cleo as well, I suppose

Wait WHAT

Yoshi Cinema has I did and regret it

There’s doll hair you can buy

@@kurtkunklesbiggestfan9311 i did the same with my Barbies Xd

i’m worse i erased their facesss

Yeah, all 3 havn't had a movie in a few years

@@nouhs8410 Yeeah

already ruined it🤷🏼

@@isaacb1045 yup

@@isaacb1045 kinda :c

Exactly. Just leave the old ones be and don't buy them if you hate them so much. I can't believe Monster High didn't fight back because if I was the owner I would fight back and say, "Then don't buy them."

Yes like they are literally body shaming dolls for being too “skinny” wtf 😭

exactly- i feel after 2016 they stopped being true to themselves and their slogan " be unique be a monster ". it didn't matter what you looked like all it matters was that you were being yourself.

@@vanessalopez5984 The theme song literally has “A little bit strange, but so are you.” LIKE THIS IS SO INCLUSIVE WTFFFFF

I used to work at a toy store, and we sold Monster High dolls. That was exactly the point of the dolls, and I don't get how anyone can NOT see it. They're about loving yourself even when your different, all of them are friends when though they're different species with different tastes and hobbies. That's what dolls are all about. They're about empathy.

EXACTLY especially the OMG dolls-

i know this is late but the RU-vidr is actually a guy. He just has a high voice and was cosplaying

@@rumis.dollsss.15 What are you talking about? My answer says nothing about the RU-vidr, I was commenting on the accusations against the doll line.

@@gerdaurban7462 oh. i think i replied to the wrong comment by accidnent. apologies

The money isn’t coming from the kids so it doesn’t matter

When I was 10 I saw Frankie Stein and I fell in love instantly with her! I never saw her as scary of freaky but every adult I showed her off to was terrified of her 😅

@@mangoshateu361 I mean. Theres also a HUGE doll customizing scene that was fueled and spawned from MH that were adults buying it, not just kids. So no it's not just bad mothers complaining about it and not buying it. The concept of them was always going to put them off from buying it. The EAH dolls were the perfect compliment to the kids or mothers who didnt want the MH dolls. The bigger eyes, rounder porportions but still able to fit many similar clothing items. And of course, the concept being less "scary".

I know and many doll customisers buy monster high for the top quality articulation too

depends on the kid, me as a kid watched courage and goosebumps without ever getting scared. meanwhile my niece who is older than I was when I first saw courage got a nightmare, it was not even one of the scariest episodes.

To be fair, I think it's more about the design subconsciously affecting children, girls in particular. If you've been affected by something for years in childhood w/o subconsciously, you wouldn't know it.

homeiswonderland again I think people need to deal with the real problems, like bullying, rather than place the blame on dolls. Realistically I don’t think there are that many people aside from people who have self image disorders who are negatively affected by how dolls look. Also it’s not just about girls, ever seen a doll meant to be played with by boys? If it happens to girls it most certainly happens to boys too, and I quite frankly just don’t think it’s that deep.

SkyrimBarbie True. And besides, parents buy the dolls so if they felt their child specifically has self esteem issues that was their responsibility to buy certain products for them. Not many adults have conversations with their kids about their bodies. With the internet, it’s easy for kids and teens to get information and false information too. I know my mom only told me “boys have this part and girls have this one.” Yet I could have Barbie, Bratz, and MH. So some parents just don’t like talking about anything difficult.

@@homeiswonderland ty karen☕

The design of my Monster High dolls and Barbies never affected me as a kid. You know what did? My own parents constantly calling me fat and telling me if I don’t eat healthy, I won’t get a husband when I’m older. And yes, they’re the same people who would frequently talk about the “gross” message that MH dolls give to kids.

you mean good ghouls.... I'll leave now

Facts lmao-

They ruin it for the rest of us 😐😞😡

Karens ruin EVERYTHING

They aren’t even wearing revealing clothes? I love monster high and I wish they didn’t reboot them into cartoonish crap.

I remember my grandma didn’t like them cause they were “scary”

THATS WHAT I THOUGHT

They all had distinctive silhouettes. Now they don't have all these outlines that differentiated them, you can't tell them apart at all.

And by rebooting it, they threw out all of the movies and shows. There's a movie that focuses on over coming diversity between vampires and werewolves that meant so much to me as a kid. Their entire gimmick was to be yourself, be a monster. It's entire meaning was diversity.

Wait, WHAT?! Why?

Funny, MH was about being different and now all the dolls look the same lol.

when i was younger i loved these characters. Im a big fantasy lover so having a doll with wings or a tail or ears was awesome. Like i had torali and the cat twins and my favourite part was that you could remove torali's tail and move the twins. Now my goddaughter has all my monster high dolls (shes 3 and finds them scary) but in a few years she might find some of them cool. Shes kinda lovin sylvainian families. But anyway thoses dolls made by childhood, so many memories of me and my best friend playing with them. They completely ruined the franchise with the reboot.

Yeah, same. Monster High used to be my favorite franchise

Jazzy I have one new one it’s of clawdeen it’s pretty cute but not as good as the old ones

I feel like the advertising really messed with how people saw the dolls. When I first saw the commercials as a little little kid upon the dolls original release, I automatically assumed that I was too young for them. But when we saw them in stores, it was completely different. They didn't look scary or overly mature, so we bought some. Then I started getting into the webisodes and realized that the actual style and tone of the brand were completely different from the advertising. Though I think the advertising may have stayed a problem even as it changed, because even when it was very different from its original advertising, they still kind of tried to stick with the whole dark and scary lighting kind of thing. Which I guess made parents believed that the dolls were too scary or mature for their kids.

I agree. All these Karens are so stupid enough to realize that they could just not buy the dolls. I liked Monster High and didn't see anything that was inappropriate or scary. They are monsters. Some parents don't know what "fun" is.

I got addicted when I was 8

I agree i played with them around 7 as well never once did I find them scary or to sexual i never even knew that what they were wearing was apparently sexual lmao I loved these dolls i really hope they come back

For my mom they where ugly, but she always bought me some of the dolls cuz she just wanted to see me happy.😌

Same, I used to love monster high :(

I loved Bratz if they wanted their children to play with Bratz that look childish then buy Bratz Kidz thats why they exist, thats why Bratz Babyz exsist for different age groups, parents need to chill

Same girl. I love them with the original design. They are Monsters crap. They aren't stupid pink barbie dolls. But now. Crap...

Yea even though I only have 1 but they should have never cheapd down Disney princess if they have never done that none of this have had happened

I am a girl

Yeah I dont like when its baby like, cause then people do weird things with that.

Right

Ikr🙄 this is why the world’s “depressing” everything’s boring feel’s the same all toy’s gone no makeup no nothing I’m so done😞

Baby Kaede was a mistake

They were afraid all the kids were gonna grow up goth and emo lmfao

I love the team over at Mattel, I think they have some insanely creative concepts and visions - but I have noticed a trend where Barbie is always their priority, so if something is interfering with Barbie sales, they WILL prioritize Barbie over it. I think given Barbie is such a staple to Mattel, and is the longest-running fashion doll in existence it makes sense - however - seeing as their profits are lower than they've ever been, I think it's time for a renaissance.

@@Clawdeena9 Someone did say that it had nothing to do with Barbie. They just try to make the new dolls better, but they failed to do that. I do not see why they thought molding the clothes and hair onto them would help it sell better. I used to think they just wanted Barbie and Hot Wheels to stay on top like some people said, and some genius gave me a correct answer that it had nothing to do with Barbie nor Hot Wheels; Monster High and Ever After High were getting old, so they're going out of business, and when I looked it up online, it was exactly like the genius told me, and also they did try to make them better, but they failed, so they went out of business.

Even Winx Club also did that in 2019

JMT GACHA fcats

It truly is only because parents complain. Parents not only complained about monster high being either "to slutty" or "to scary" they also complained about barbie dolls being to skinny, so they released plus sized versions, (which i could see why because everyone is beautiful on the inside and out) what i'm really waiting for rn is for parents to go after LOL dolls because unlike monster high and bratz dolls who were teenagers and represented teen fashion trends of the era, while LOL dolls are literal babies dressed like hookers. These karens need to go complain to the manager and stop ruining moments for children to just have fun.

This^^

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

That part!!

Right? I supported them and I was in high school lol

Like its just a doll Karen, chill! LOL Karen: *complains about MH dolls negatively affecting young girls minds* Also Karen: *Lets daughter twerk to Cardi B on tik tok* Yeah the dolls are the problem...

Karen is MARRIED to the NON-CREATIVE EXEC making these decisions!

Oh soooo true

That’s because the kids are too busy listening to kidz bob

Right like if you hate them so much just don’t buy them lmao

The old style of the doll's are getting a re release!! ^^

H. Ivy OMG SAME I JUST CARED ABOUT WHAT HAIR AND OUTFIT IT CAME WITH

I loved them because they all had their own styles and were different from eachother. They had different heights, different builds, different styles, different backgrounds, and different likes. They weren't just the same thing over and over again but with different outfits. I did love the outfits as well, though. I loved how unique the outfits were and how it wasn't just a colour mess, rather than colour combos and black. Just my opinion tho.

bruh all i cared about was draculaura looking like an absolute snack. it was also funny too like a vegan vampire, that’s amazing,

i pretty much just wanted to be a part of the wolf family in general lmao.

Personally, I do like the idea of dolls having a bigger variety of body types, but Monster High honestly made me feel _good_ about myself. It never gave me body image issues. I'm part of a spooky family. My dad's kind of punk/gothabilly, my mom is constantly mistaken for a vampire, and I was raised on horror movies, goth culture, and year-round Halloweeny-ness. I genuinely love that stuff, but I also spent a lot of time wishing I was "normal," when my only idea of what "normal" meant was what TV, movies, and dolls told me. So to see something like Monster High was really cool. Adults are constantly deciding what's best for kids without asking them.

Not everything dark can be considered goth

Cindi Gonzalez omg u cant tell me spectra doesnt listen to goth music

@@loraksinst_t7241 teaaa

@@cindigonzalez7350 as a goth, that's true but I used the term loosely

They are not even e-girls in the reboot, they look like cheap barbies

I actually managed to get a Clawdeen one for Christmas in the 1st grade in 2014. I don't really watch MH anymore but after seeing what they've done I'm holding onto it forever.

If my mom says get rid of you dolls I would get rid of the ones that aren't monster high and ever after high dolls I won't be getting rid of much

Same, all my dolls are the old good ones

I have a box full of dolls both ever after and montster high. Then another box for the school, the car, lagoonas and clawdeens beds and much more. That was my childhood :( Me and my friends would with dress like them for halloween we were the clawdeen, cleo, and Lagoona. Hell even my mom liked them, sucked they had to to do this.

Same. I have like a Posea reef doll. Like omg I had so many. But my sis threw it all away for no damn reason

this is for roughly the second time that the parents have also interferes with Mattel's toy like they whinged about Barbie as well way back in the late 70s and the 80s when they decide to change Barbie's look because of one thing it's a toy a placing it's not meant to represent anything it's meant to put the child and fantasy of them being barber for the day or Barbie for part of their lives but this in Barbie meant to represent was it like to be a child to know you can actually have a career when you grow up to be a woman they just toys from crying out loud

I know! As someone who was made fun of in the locker rooms for having a skinny, or “anorexic” body as other girls put it, I liked seeing dolls who had bodies like mine.

On top of this they had Ever after high, a more kind of based story. They were just looking to complain

Angharad Ceridwen right? When I got into these dolls, I never felt like they pandered towards me or something😂 I've heard of adults complaining that fashion dolls pander towards little girls, and would lead to girls wanting an unrealistic body??? Like I never felt that way! Dolls are meant to be played with! Not brainwashing kids into looking a certain way. Why cant parents just let their kids have innocent fun? I doubt a lot of little girls grew up with the idea that they have to look pretty

Dolly Dream literally, the reason I was so drawn to bratz over Barbies was because as a child I was heavily into fashion which now I’m an adult I’m looking to start a career in fashion, the whole argument these parents make that fashion dolls don’t inspire young girls to have a future beyond looking pretty is stupid, like barbies had every fucking career she could possibly have, she’s even been an astronaut ffs. The reason dolls look pretty including action man dolls is because children live in fantasy land and part of growing up is realising fantasy land doesn’t exist, why can’t these parent let their kids live in bliss while they still can 😂

I was four years old when Monster High first came out and I remember seeing their early commercials on TV. Then, I watched the New Ghoul @ School special on Nickelodeon and that’s how I fell in love with the entire franchise. I was a religious watcher of the MH webisodes and owned many of their DVDs and other products (I think I might’ve owned a Monster High backpack at one point). While they weren’t conventionally attractive in comparison to Barbie dolls, I found the Monster High dolls to be pretty in a monstrous way. The number-one reason why I started playing with Monster High dolls in the first place was because they were fashion dolls (and I was mainly into fashion dolls because of Barbie), but the second reason why I started playing with Monster High dolls was because I loved the brand’s overall message about being yourself, embracing your flaws and differences. My first MH doll was a Skull Shores Lagoona Blue, my second and third MH dolls were two Clawdeens: one was a Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love doll and the other was a Dead Tired Wave 2 doll (my mom bought me those for Christmas). I lost interest in Monster High when Mattel rebooted the brand in 2016, and stopped watching the movies as well as buying the dolls. While I do understand that you have to keep up with the times and that trends change, I didn’t like (and still don’t like) the way that the current MH dolls look: in contrast to the ordinary bombshell looks of Barbie, the original Monster High dolls were a lot more edgy and gothic, and instead of keeping that dark and punk aesthetic that’s been synonymous with the brand since it’s debut in the early 2010s, not only did Mattel change the face sculpts of the MH dolls by giving them round yet childlike eyes to appeal to a younger demographic (thanks to sensitive ass parents complaining about how “scary” the dolls looked in the past), but they overall cheapened the dolls by giving them low-quality clothes. In addition, G1 MH dolls looked a lot more mature and mysterious than their G2 and G3 counterparts. I was never scared of Monster High dolls and my mother never complained about them (and she continued buying them for me). I may be a Barbie fan for life, however, I will always be a Monster High fan as well and I will buy the Skullector and Creeproduction dolls in the future! 💯🩷💜🖤

Kool-aid get a soap box and preach

Dude did u see that episode where frankie that made a sister that looks like ghoulia??

Kool-aid I didn't play with the dolls but I watched the movies and I didn't like the reboot it was awful

Kool-aid, monster high was my childhood...

Ellie Puff WAIT WHAT!!!

Madame Mayhem your speak straight facts honestly

That's very unfortunate

remember ever after high

Fortunately polly pocket is still cool...maybe cooler than the 2000s version. But i agree with you all the other doll lines suck nowadays!

Just like how cube destroyed CLC from 2017.

Ikr

Samme

Tanayah Thornhill Same.

I really like that idea. I think a collection of middle school/elementary aged dolls for HM would be really cool. They could even could even play it off of one of Clawdeen's young siblings or maybe Frankie could have a younger sister 'made,' rather than aging the main cast down.

The whole 'Monster Family' aspect was legit the only good part with the reboot, although I still don't think Cleo should have any siblings aside from Nefera ;)

@@tessfabled4115 a "good part" except for Howleen who got wiped off in the process.

I don't get why parents who thought Monster High was so scary couldn't have just bought their kids Ever After High or Enchantimals dolls instead? Especially Enchantimals that are actually aimed at a younger audience. But yes, I absolutely agree! A middle school spin off would have been perfect!

@@MyBubbleInSpace cause some parents don't want to be responsible enough to decide what they want their own kids to be exposed too. And blame a company for making a product that is CLEARLY for an older demographic. Seriously, just tell your kids that they can get a Monster high doll when they are a tad bit older and until then, you can have any doll from these other brands.😋

The new dolls look oddly disturbing compared to the cute and familiar looks of the old ones. Like how do they manage when trying to make something more child friendly and wholesome to make it look freaky and scary

oh my god they really do, i remember seeing like fake knock offs at the pharmacy when i was younger and they look exactly like the reboot.

I never got to get the OG monster high back in the day, but thank goodness for eBay and Amazon. 😭

Damn my mother. She sold my old ones.

I silly have go Dracula she was my favorite cut her birthday is on the same day as mine plus I love vampire

Totally agree. The bratzs looks so bad now too. Like wth.

Plus, Barbie's clothes are very bulky so their bodies NEED to be skinnier so things will fit better.

People do actually complain about cartoons. Disney Princess's are unrealistic standards for girls as well. And the companies make the dolls aspirational which is why the body proportions bother people.

and i have never seen a kid even mention it before, literally no child cares, it's always the parents projecting their own insecurities onto their children

Thats the problem though, people don't buy it if they dont like it. Without money, there's no reason to continue making them. We create the market. All we can do to change it is spend our money with purpose and hope the companys listen before they tank.

Tsk tsk tsk body shaming dolls RESPECT THE DRIP KAREN!

XD I LOVE THIS COMMENT it's very underrated

Omg😭😂

I dont get it?

@Joe oh i get it now i mean i be got for a long time since that was 10 months ago but thank you for telling ne

Me*

I remember I used to have a sweet 16 draculaura (or whatever) locked in some box. it was the only doll I had left, and of course I lost it. God knows where it is.

Same

I am disappointed. I hate having to play with these ugly dolls. It makes me hate being a kid

Same I am actually so annoyed😳

Dam these make me sad 😢 especially cause I was a huge fan of MH in the 5th grade and me being a boy I never got a single doll.😢

Of course!

I don't know about anyone else but I would sign I never got to enjoy the real ones I was stuck with a reboot

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

i really want it back too omfg

I’m so happy my sister was OBSESSED with monster high dolls and has tons of them but anyways YES WE NEED A PETITION I CANT EXPLAIN ENOUGH HOW I WANT THEM BACK INSTEAD OF THESE PLAIN BOOTLEGS

He was not fired, he left

He left before the reboot dude

What the hell nooo 😭😭😭😭😭

He is a fucking legend. And Lisi Harrison would be disappointed to see what they did to her beautiful story.

cristy fernández クリスティ :(

every kid, tween and teen who grew up on monster high on cartoon network: ya'll ruined it!

I wasn't even a tween when I started liking monster high. I still have the one movie my mom bought me and the massive number of dolls I have.

So true! I am a Monsterhigh Collector and the new dolls are just horrible! :/

I still have many of the original and I have to say the newer one are poorly made and ugly. I miss collecting the original ones

I loved moster high when I was 6 😔

that's not just parents that's a good portion of twitter too

Say it louder for the sexist karens in the back

Heck! As a kid I didn’t even notice their unrealistic body shapes! These Karen’s are overreacting!

I am a skinny girl with small boobs, a little bit of ass, a small waist and a bit of a belly. Basically, a non-exaggerated version of Monster High dolls. So I really loved them as a little girl and they made me feel way better about myself compared to other dolls. Also, they are monsters so they clearly going with the scary theme by giving them slim and long limbs

There was A crossover at the end of one of the movies and I never got to finish ever after high sadly :(

Jungkook’s Kookies that’s a lot of words there buddy

@@alaynaokulich ikr

Umm Periodt I think

Alayna Okulich lol

Awww that's amazing😭😭😭

Aaaaaawwwwwww so cuteeee💕

So sweet

That's so cute :3

That is amazing though! 🥺