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When G1 officially ended.Up until it's last hurrah with Ghoul Rockers, I didn't have a huge problem with the dolls. Sure some were a bit less expensive, but they were still clever (Ghoul Fitness).
Quote from: Morieris on April 16, 2018, 11:05:28 AMWhen G1 officially ended.Up until it's last hurrah with Ghoul Rockers, I didn't have a huge problem with the dolls. Sure some were a bit less expensive, but they were still clever (Ghoul Fitness).Same pretty much. I don't like every pre-reboot doll granted, but I can count the reboot dolls that appeal to me on one hand.
G1 ended when G2 came along. I agree with Carrehz, the new faces ruined it. But not just that, the themes are all "little girl" focused....insects, fairies (or wings), the ice scream (?) pack, new family members...to me these are all playline Barbie type themes. The molded on items did (and don't) do anything for me. The toned down brightly colored clothes and accessories didn't work either. And the overall "cheapening out" of the whole line was the final straw. I was afraid this would backfire on them, and it looks like I was right, sadly.
The biggest glaring problem for me is that characters like Ghoulia are missing bc she's too scary (or so I've heard). Spectra is missing but they replaced her with Ari, so I'm not sure why that move was made.
I apologize about that. I was thinking that some girls might be into bugs, but now I realize maybe that's more for boys? I really don't know.
Quote from: Wuvmykitties on April 18, 2018, 03:37:51 PM The biggest glaring problem for me is that characters like Ghoulia are missing bc she's too scary (or so I've heard). Spectra is missing but they replaced her with Ari, so I'm not sure why that move was made.I think the reasons for removing those characters are even sadder than that. DX Ghoulia was widely criticized by soccer moms... They interpreted her as a negative stereotype about “smart girls”—awkward, bad posture, speech impediment, “ugly”... Yeah, she moans and has bad posture... she’s a ZOMBIE. DUH. (Maybe those moms will feel better about Disney Channel’s new singing, dancing “Zombies”, lol.)As for Spectra, she was criticized for being a gossip, and thus setting a bad example for all the little angels of the world.Wow, remember the stuff The Misfits used to get up to on Jem and the Holograms? I seem to recall them sabotaging the brakes on Jem’s car and almost sending her off a cliff, once. And yet no one demanded the Misfits dolls be changed or removed from production. We sure live in a more policed/censored world these days.
Quote from: Wuvmykitties on April 18, 2018, 03:37:51 PMI apologize about that. I was thinking that some girls might be into bugs, but now I realize maybe that's more for boys? I really don't know.I don't know. When I was a little girl I loved bugs. I used to spend hours watching earwigs crawl across my grandmother's patio. And my daughter loves bugs as well. We've caught her playing with wood lice, crickets, carpenter ants, and even an Oriental cockroach. On the flip-side of that: neither my husband nor my brother liked bugs when they were kids. In fact, my husband had anxiety over insects when he was a little boy. To this day he hates bugs, arachnids, rodents, and all reptiles.So yeah, I'd be willing to venture that there are just as many little girls who like bugs as there are little boys, and just as many little boys who are afraid of bugs as there are little girls.
I can agree with the dislike of Spectra's gossiping which is why I liked Haunted so much. She sees what her nosiness did to others. My biggest beef in regrards to characters was the violent background of many of the main characters. I actually researched every character for my then 6 yr old who has always been drawn to the darker stuff of the world, so I did not allow many of the main characters to come home; Lagoona was probably the one of the original ghouls that I okayed. As she got older we bought dolls like Clawdeen and Ghoulia. As a collector I liked the dolls. Some lines were cheesy but still cute. The Line went downhill once they changed the face molds and articulation. Then instead of talking about school conflicts they went to babysitting and pet setting. Those are Barbie lines, Monster High was for OLDER girls the Tween market. Heaven Forbid a 10yr old puts down her iPhone long enough to play with dolls. Same with the sister line Ever After High. Once they changed the face molds, bodies, and articulation that line just isn't what it used to be.