Monster High was really wholesome when I think about it, specifically their whole message of acceptance which completely flew over my head as a child but was touching in retrospect as a teen.😂❤
Yeah it was way ahead of its time. I was surprised to find out Ghoulia was supposed to represent Autism in a positive light and being on the spectrum myself I was glad they did that. MH was woke!
Yea, I always loved the frase “freaky flaws n’ all” Like yea they’re odd flaws, but they’re your flaws. Love yourself, even with your weird quirks and flaws. Lol I always got those stuff that they tried teaching kids Lil side note but I also liked ever after high with “its your life”. You don’t gotta be like your parents or the people around you, just do you. And Barbie with their “be who you wanna be” Not sure what bratz was trying to say though lmao
im just so happy they went back to the ORIGINAL doll style, the reboot was…. okay but i hate how they changed it to appeal to younger audiences when the whole motto thing is “be yourself, be a monster, be unqiue” yet they changed how the dolls and animation looks to appeal to what people were saying? hopefully the new live action movie and series wont be bad though.
According to the diaries that came with the new collector dolls, Deuce and Cleo broke up. Some theories say Frankie is now dating Deuce, but that’s a DISGUSTING theory! Frankie would never do that to a friend! She might be a monster, but she’s NOT Cassie from euphoria.
10 years ago my sister, who is actually my best friend of 18 years now, showed a 10 year old me the world of Monster High. I became obsessed immediately and one day, I saw a monster high doll in the shop and I wanted it so badly. I live in a third world country where the economy is so bad that children have to work to support their families, and I have no dad figure, so my mom who was purchashing some basic necessities (which was already expensive on its own) bought me the overly priced doll because I was throwing a tantrum. Since then, I have been keeping my precious original Lagoona Blue on my closet as she watches over me. I would like to think that she protects me because whenever something bad had happened, I always seeked her out to protect me, as unfortunately, I come from an abusive household. My sister got herself a Cleo De Nile doll and we would always play together, take tests to see which monster we were, and watched Monster High. I also had a neighbor who was a fan and we would talk to each other from our balconies, inform each other if a new episode was starting on tv and come back to talk about the episode. They were good times. I am sorry mom you were a single jobless mother and I was a very bratty child, but the decision you made that day shaped me into a better person, I would like to think, and since then, I have learnt to "not want" stuff I cannot get.
Thank you so much for sharing this! It’s beautiful to think that all over the world, no matter what situation kids are in, we all have the same desire for fun and freedom. Monster high helped me express myself as an autistic kid, and I’m glad it brought happiness into your home!! I’m terribly sorry your experience growing up was so hard, I hope your life gets better every day that passes
@@badbitcheswalkthrough8195 Thank you as well for reading my story! I am so glad that Monster High helped you, it's really nice to think that just a cartoon we watch on tv or the toys that are given us shape our personalities and help us express ourselves. I do wish that they didn't change the style of the show as it's missing nostalgia because of the vibe but it's still the show we love and care for. Also! This made me curious, which monster was/is your favorite?
I do want to say that, yes, all the Dolls that were released in 2020 and after are meant for older audiences because they're collector dolls and why they are also more expensive!
So I watched the new movies with the new design, and to be honest, it's not THAT bad. I mean if you don't know the other films, you will probably enjoy the new versions, because they aren't terrible quality-wise. The only sad thing about it is that the story backgrounds changed (the monster high is now Dracula's castle that Frankie and Draculaura made into a school instead of a century old school with its own history) and many characters were replaced or changed (e.g. Clawdeen doesn't have her iconic three siblings anymore but a whole ton of little brothers Hotel Transylvania style). I mean it's not bad, but definitely a glow down and even more directed at children.
Honestly it was pretty bad they were animated well- that's about it. Most of the charectors didn't act like themselfes and they were completely changed, which for a hardcore fan or collector of the origanl monster high stuff is devastating.
@@berserkagain7976 I agree with this. I enjoyed the new animation style considering the look of the old 3D animation. (Draculara's hair looked like it was foil or something which made me laugh a lot)
@@berserkagain7976 Yeah to be honest for me it was the pure whiplash that hit hard. I grew up watching the movies, so seeing most of the cast like Abbie, Ghoulia, Torelai etc. Thanos snapped from existence HURT. If there is one thing I will credit them for, I actually liked the new antagonist Moanica De Kay. I thought her powers were pretty cool, and she posed a good threat. Shame the rest of the two movies were forgettable tho. But hey! At least they looked nice! I will give them props for the animation.
I vividly remember my first dolls, yes plural.. it was the Cleo and Duce two pack, and the only reason why I remember is because my brother thought they were transformer's and BROKE all the limbs. I am still pissed about that because I got blamed for it.. when my brother KNEW better than that.
@@AmandaTodhunterOfficial he literally ripped the arms, the hands, the legs and anything that could bend he bent it- thanks for the condolences and I think my brother never touched my dolls after that
Me and my sister shared dolls, and one of them we had was Clawdeens older sister, SHE GOT RID OF HER WITHOUT TELLING ME I legit cried when I was like 4 over it 💀
How in the world did you brother thought that a high monster doll was a transformer ? How can a human being come to this conclusion? They literally don't even look alike , both of the series themes and models are so different even a blind person could tell . I don't wanna say anything offensive about your brother but I must say . He maybe didn't knew , he maybe was stupid . Of course as he grew older he got smarter and maybe a little more wiser . If he actually knew , omg . I hope he got what he deserves because this is a atrocity . Not only he broke something you loved you also got the blame for it , this is an act of EVIL .
@@Dojafish Tbh I think it was an excuse my mom gave so I didn't go on a rampage to his toys, but practically blamed me for it, saying I shouldn't have left them out when my brother did that all the time and she didn't see me do that. But I did make it clear that he couldn't touch my stuff anymore, creating what I called "the invisible tape line" meaning he had his place to play and store stuff and I had my place, worked really well surprisingly, not a single doll was broken again... to my knowledge at least.
You can really see the quality change of the dolls in 2014-2015. They didn't have much money so had to take away Articulation which hurts my soul. And make the their faces more brightly colored instead of darker because karens complained that monster high was "too scary" 🤦♀️ the skullector are 18+ as it says on the box 💀
In May this year there coming out with the original frankie, lagoona, clawdeen and draculaura dolls again, for $25 & should be sold in stores world wide
the thing with the monster high theme song is that every single line, every word and every phrase, everything is in the beat, and it hits HARD! I can't, everytime i hear this song i start dancing instantly, i swear
My first doll was honeyswamp from “frights,camera,action” , I remember she came with a camera accessory and I had Gigi from 13 wishes I had other dolls as well, like Bonita and the unicorn/zombie hybrid and multiple Dracula, clawdeen and frankie and at least one Claude, Abbie, Venus. I remember having so many stands and having a whole set up on my bedside table with them on their stands.
i was really into monster high back in 2010-2012 and I’m honestly so heartbroken that I don’t have the dolls anymore. now that i have adult money im starting to build my collection back hehe
I’d say mh in its peak was 2013. I think that’s the year the brand made a billion dollars and was top tier. Ooo also, they’re planning a haunt couture Cleo and lagoon later this year. Definitely follow mh to find out when they drop girlie! The haunt couture and horror movie dolls are like sold only on mattel creations and sell out hella fast cus they’re limited 🥲
Monster high is great the only reason I did not buy all the dolls when I was little is because I was a boy and that was seen as weird but I think I might lowkey be down to buy some dolls . I love their maximalist designs !
34:22 this is how my sister and I felt about Lego Friends and why the Frozen Yogurt Shop was our last set. I was obsessed with LEGO Friends. I used to draw the characters all the time. I owe it to them for inspiring me with my art. But they uprooted all of the lore and edited their personalities. It's hard for me to even walk in the lego friends section at stores now lol
These movies are so precious, still a comfort watch for me, and Operetta still has a place on my bookcase. The only shame of it is while they encourage you to be yourself, there's still only one body type for girls. As long as you're skinny you can be anything else. It would be cool if the live-action addressed that.
@@Rayne_Storms How...did you even come to that first conclusion in the first place 😅😅 the boys also have the same body type for the same reason so they could exchange clothes with each other.
@@KomaedasOneTrueHope you might want to watch the movies again, the guys have a few different body types (buff, skinny, etc) but the girls only have one.
@@lennogamesyt8876 I think RainbowPie is talking about the upcoming movie/tv series reboot and you are talking about the dolls reboot. Considering Nick is apparently rebooting the movie/tv series and the track record for reboots and live action reboots in general, I would be cautious at best
I remember when I was 4-5 me and my sister were OBSESSED with monster high and I wanted the dolls so bad. So for my birthday my mum bought us Abbey Bominable and someone else I can’t remember who, and that’s where our monster high doll collecting phase started. This video gave me so much nostalgia
From what I remember the books didn't really correlate with anything in the movies/dolls. It felt like another MH universe and it felt like they were aimed for middle and highschoolers. I don't exactly remember when I stopped collecting but I was there since the beginnin. I rememeber going into walmart with my grandma and picking up Frankie, the next time we went I got draculaura. I had nearly all of wave 1 minus Clawdeen
The face change caught me completely by surprise when I first heard about it, apparently the OG face mold was too scary for kids according to some parents - the newer faces were made to look softer and more cutesy. Which, in my opinion, is such a downgrade.
The haunt couture line is cute but the $75 price is a joke… i just hope the new mainline playline dolls have enough quality to compete with the current playline dolls at the market. I mean rainbow high dolls are $27.99 and have 3x the quality of a Haunt Couture doll… so Mattel has a challenge. The new mh dolls need to be amazing in order to survive amazing quality dolls like LOL OMG and Rainbow High that has even higher quality than mh ever had.
@Kenzie00 exactly! I fear for them, mattel will need to make the best dolls they’ve made in a decade and thats not even a joke. The current market demands a level of quality im afraid they can’t really meet. Look at barbie…
I remember I used to watch Monster High all the time. I agree, it was so nostalgic. I used to watch the same exact Monster High movies everyday without getting bored. It was such a good phase.
I was just looking for the new Boo-Original Creeproduction dolls. I was never able to get a Clawdeen doll (back then I couldn't afford them so I only got Abbey) and I'm hoping this new collection gets shipped to Europe so I can finally accomplish my 7 year old child dream ;;;
Same here. I did have many dolls because they were often gifted to me which was awesome but i was forced to get rid of them at age 9 so i miss them a lot :( i really want the original draculaura as that is my all time favorite doll! I do really hope they get to stores in europe i just really want to see them on shelves again :)
@@0909agnes that would be a dream come true honestly ;; sorry about your dolls though, that's so unfair! I know you'll get Draculaura eventually ^^ I remember at 14 my mother was pressuring me to give away my favorite toys to my niece, but I managed to keep a few favorites (MLP, LPs). Now at the age of 19 I have my Abbey sitting on my PC lmao.
My first doll was Ghoulia Wave 1 and my collection exploded from that point on. I have almost 300 and still missing a good amount and ready to pull out the rest to display. I only have 1 of every doll displayed with HC and anything else I’ve been buying. I’m extremely happy about a comeback but hoping that it doesn’t end up like the 1st reboot or even worse.
My first doll was Dawn of the Dance - Frankie. I got it for a friends birthday and then another girl told me not to give it to the birthday kid cause of her, religion-? even though we both had the same one (Atheist now). So I took her home and gave the child like £20. Anyway that incident made me get into this fandom :)
24:58 She is the daughter of Davy Jones. The species of monster he is varies from tale to tale. I think he is called the sailor's devil of the seas. And they should have done more with her and should have made her outfit something that the daughter of the davy jones would wear.
I told my mom abt this rn and she said she was gonna get me the full collection but at the time Monster High scared me and I didn’t like the design so she only got me 3 dolls 😭 I could have gotten the full collection-
Original Ghoulia and Draculaura Killer Style were my first 2 Monster High dolls. I have 37 of them now. Oh, in case you didn't know, they are coming out with reproduction dolls of the original ghouls next month. edit: I have the hydration station.
this is my new comfort video. I love how you are unapologetically exited about these tv shows that ppl think are just for "kids". I never got over my monster high, ever after high, descendants, miraculous phase and I love that you created a space to talk about that!
I remember when I was younger I had this Lagoona doll that I absolutely ADORED. I loved her so much. But then one day I went to a sleepover at a friend’s house and she LOST HER HAND. I was so devastated 😭 Idk what happened but shortly after that she just kinda disappeared ;-;
i remember having the home ick classroom set, i always lost the food in the vending machine. ALSO, i had the catacombs, i’m not that far in the video yet so idk if it shows up, but it was the best. the best. it was so fun to play with 😆 edit: i had so many of these, very proud of my younger self and my younger parents. also very upset since my parents sold them a few years ago 😞
I was literally so traumatized by most of the newer dolls as well as the welcome to Monster high movie as Clawdeens family was completely rewritten so I'm out.
I got really into Monster High a little bit before the reboot but I didn't know about the reboot happening until late 2018. Unfortunately I never got any of the dolls except for a second hand Nefra who had two left hands and one of the reboot Draculauras. That really sucks since I just recently got back into it and as far as I'm aware they don't make the old dolls anymore so the only way to buy them is four really expensive on eBay. ( I tried buying 1 doll and it was like 40 bucks ). The only good thing about their reboot was that Draculaura's dad was a DILF.
I remember being Franky for Halloween once 😂 I had a monster high back pack, monster high shirt, monster high dolls and we can't forget the monster high doll house 😂 but I was like 7 at the time. I'm 13 now 😂
The no bendable arms is because Disney pulled from Mattel so they no longer has money to make the really good dolls. Disney pulled because they didn't like that ever after high was competition for descendants. Which is why ever after high died. Because Mattel didn't have money to focus on multiple dolls brands and considering the non bendy arms was what they had left, they were really close to going under.
you are like awakening all of my childhood memories with my cousin- we were obsessed with monster high and eah we had loads of shared dolls from this (I have like a few left I think somewhere) and the nostalgia i am getting right now is- wow.
i think i entered the fandom and left around the same times you did because eah SLAPPED I watched the first reboot movie and said NOPE NOT THE DISRESPECT and left for good until i found your channel and omg i would snatch those horror/newer dolls you do be single handedly dragging me back into the monster/ever after high fandoms
I remember my favourite characters being Draculaura and Abbey Bominable, I don't remember much of what I watched but I remember loving Ghouls Rule and Sweet 1600- which I'm fairly certain I wrote a fanfic for for a school project and got very told off for some reason.
I was absolutely obsessed with monster high when I was in elementary school! I remember when it was just the website, with short videos to watch. I made scripts out of the videos and my friends and I acted them out 😂😂
I remember watching the webisodes and playing games on the website before any specials or movies came out back in 2010. I remember the first special but not it’s name, the one that was werewolves vs vampires that had the original animation. I watched practically all the movies until the 2 new reboot ones cuz they made me rage lol. It’s sad that the website doesn’t even exist anymore, and many people don’t even know about the original webisodes that started the whole phenomena. Hope they do the line justice in the future.
I had -Original Frankie Stein -Wave 2 Abbey Bominable -Dance class Lagoona Blue -Dot dead gorgeous Spectra Vondergeist -Skultimate Roller Maze Clawdeen Wolf -Spectra Vondergeist’s “floating” bed and -Power Ghouls Spectra Vondergeist as Polterghoul I don’t have them anymore. I think years ago I either gave them away or threw them away bc I was cleaning out my closet
I was into Monster high in 2015. I had the Catty Noir doll, and then I had Gigi, Lorna McNessie, and Marisol Coxi. Then in 2016 I think, I got the Hissters Peri & Pearl Serpentine doll and remember seeing the Kala Mer’ri doll. And maybe I had a Venus doll?? Be my cousins had like the whole thing with like a cabinet full of dolls and I wanted them so bad! But they got donated
I love MH been here since 2010,never left and seeing alll this happening in real time really hurted sOOOOO NOW! Im incredibly ready for whats next, it looks promising so far and really hope the animated show is good. Idk what to think about the live action since there's been a lot of controversy about it. Ps. The horror movie dolls are skullector ones, meaning theyre intended for collectors ,an older audience ,not for kids really !
I had Dance Class Lagoona and Dead Tried Draculara, but my friend had SO many Monster High dolls and sets that I recognized a lot of these from the list. I was super jealous of her collection but I'm happy I had two of my own. The memories are real!
Ghoul spirit wasn’t a target release but Slomo was hard to find. I remember this because I walked into family dollar, saw the boxes and ran, because they were budget dolls my mom let me get 2, I wanted slomo but they only had Venus and spectra but I loved them so I was happy. Next day I come home from school and my cousin who was the same age as me and she was throwing it in the air and before I got her to stop spectra hit the ceiling and and her leg broke and I cried and my mom told me I needed to grow up because what baby cries about a doll
I get interested in Monster High is quite late. The first movie I watch was Haunted and that time boo york was released. I don't have much desire to buy their dolls which I'm so so much regret. I see Honey Swamp is on Amazon. Also, my deadly finger wrongly canceled Skelita doll on the list and just a second I clicked it back, she sold out. I could buy her if my finger didn't shake that exciting 😫
dude I was soooooooo obsessed with Monster High!! I created a fan club at my school and we all cosplayed as one character. I was Clawdeen cuz she’s the BEST and the first doll I’ve ever had is Clawdeen Sweet 1600 and it’s the only one I’ve kept because she brings me so many good memories 🥲❤️
I have like core memories of playing with wave two og abbey in my garage for hours at a time, she’s literally my childhood and my main icon. I think she got thrown out a long time ago and I can barely find any listings for herrrrrr
Dude. DUDE. I just had to comment because the moment I saw the Hydration Station I had a huge wave of nostalgia. (EDIT: AND THE FLOATATION STATION. THAT WAS BALLER. I FREAKING LOVED THAT THING. It literally had the doll floating when turned on, and it was seriously mmMMMMM- I was so obsessed with that doll) This was one of the best phases ever. I literally loved that container thing, and I played with it all the time. Thank you for bringing back such nice memories.
I don’t know if people know this but ever after high and monster high are connected in universe canonically the character “Cupid” is in both shows as well as a book called “The Legend of Shadow High”
I was into Monster High from the start to the peak, and then in and out of Monster High when Ever After High came out and the dolls, storyline and books just took my attention away from Monster High. I had the extra deluxe High School, which is probably the most I spent on Monster High. But I bet I spent more money on Ever After High than I spent on both Barbie and Monster high combined. I watched all MH movies, read all the books and had most of the dolls. Though the 2016 movies did scar me, however, Boo York Boo York makes up for those films.
The dolls inspired off horror movies are collector dolls. I’m kinda late the fandom. Also there’s reproductions of the first dolls. And my first doll is the original Venus
Marisol Coxi is my absolute FAVE!! She’s the daughter of the big foot and she’s Abbey’s cousin who lives in peru! She attends an exchange program at monster high. This was when they started to add more “diversity” in terms of including more “folklore” monsters. Brand-boo students was the continuation of Monster Exchange: Batsy is from Costa Rica, Isi Dawndancer is native american, and Kjersti (pronounced kyersti) is from Noreway!
i vaguely remember reading i think 2 of the mh books. idk if there were more but the ones i read had like rochelle rebecca and venus as the main characters, can't remember if it was only 1 pov but i enjoyed them. definitely read them more than once so they must have been decent. anyway you are fuelling my old fixations rn thanks for bringing me back to them :D
Also I feel like no one brings up Boo York, Boo York. I know the movie came out later then the other movies so I guess it wasn’t so popular, but let me tell you, I loved that movie to death. I knew all the songs and I remember everything that happened in the movie. My sister and I would sing all the songs everyday while playing with our toys. It was fun.
Would love to see more of your thoughts on this! It was very wholesome to watch the waves of nostalgia go over you, lol. Midway through, I went and watched the last 20 minutes of Freaky Fusion, and literally cried. It just brought back so many memories, so thx for that ig!
I didn’t have many. I had the OG favorites Clawdeen, Haunted Draculora, Creepateria Draculora and Howleen as well as the purple MH convertible. My friend had like 30 of the dolls. I just remember me bringing all my stuff over and playing with all hers.
7:15 I'm on the same fence with if I had Toralei. I'm pretty sure I did but at the same time that could've been a lalaloopsy and my head's just connecting the similar colors. Also I think the fandom after Great Scarier Reef. I had ladies to look at over at Ever After.
My bff (that I don't really talk to that much anymore) had a HUGE BIN of monster high dolls and items. She let me have 1 and I loved it so much, I wish I knew where it went
I remember I had the Shriek Wrecked Draculaura (I asked my parents for the Ghoul to Bat one, and little me was devastated I didn't get it) and one of the Jane Boolittle ones and that's it. I didn't actually know who Jane was, I just got it for my birthday once and I loved her with all my heart, the design of the doll is got was just gorgeous- AND HER SHOES. I COULD ABOUT HER SHOES FOREVER. I only really watched 13 Wishes, and whichever one was the Halloween one- and I remember I had one of those dress up apps. That was basically all the interaction I had with the fandom 😅 Twyla, Clawdeen and Lagoona were my favourites though
I want the 2021 dolls. I absolutely love those two movies. They're the best childhood nightmare fuel! Also, I love that the gremlin doll comes with a mogwi (or however you spell it-)
There was going to be a shriekwrecked movie but they cancelled it. Dayna Treasura Jones is suppose to be the daughter of Davey Jones. There is ALSO an OFFICIAL movie that was supposed to connect EAH and MH that’s on the MH RU-vid channel. It seemed like it was gonna be really good too!!!
currently regretting not getting the dolls when I could…shout-out to the one and only Clawdeen I got and lost. Also I was with u until the horses turned up, like I vividly remember completely stopping everything related to mh bc of that…and I swear those three new students were like in those random webisodes and weren’t acc apart of the show bc I never saw them again
oh my God dayna treasura brought back so many memories i literally had her!!! you could flip her skirt to make it look different and i thought it was so cool
11:52 this was an exclusive all over the world if i remember well cause i got frankie in an italian easter egg valled ''pasqualone''! i love her sm and i literally keep the doll like an ancient artifact