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Remember when MH dominated half of the doll section? Now there’s just a messy stack of $5 budget dolls, crammed into a small section of the bottom shelf at Walmart.Bleh. Can’t say I love what’s happened to the toy industry in the last few years. :/ It feels like everything on the current market is aimed at 4-7 year olds...
Quote from: Nemesis on May 26, 2018, 04:52:39 PMRemember when MH dominated half of the doll section? Now there’s just a messy stack of $5 budget dolls, crammed into a small section of the bottom shelf at Walmart.Bleh. Can’t say I love what’s happened to the toy industry in the last few years. :/ It feels like everything on the current market is aimed at 4-7 year olds...It's true... but (and maybe I'm completely wrong) I feel that we can thank Monster High for all the new articulation we're seeing in dolls. I remember when it was just the five points and maybe a bend-and-snap knee. Now we're getting elbows and proper knees, and even ankles and wrists that move. How many dolls have jumped on that just because of Monster High? It may be pretty much over, but it won't be forgotten.And you never know- it's summer, so maybe some Mattel interns will be getting in there and bringing some new ideas.
Quote from: FangedPisces on May 27, 2018, 05:09:49 PMQuote from: Nemesis on May 26, 2018, 04:52:39 PMRemember when MH dominated half of the doll section? Now there’s just a messy stack of $5 budget dolls, crammed into a small section of the bottom shelf at Walmart.Bleh. Can’t say I love what’s happened to the toy industry in the last few years. :/ It feels like everything on the current market is aimed at 4-7 year olds...It's true... but (and maybe I'm completely wrong) I feel that we can thank Monster High for all the new articulation we're seeing in dolls. I remember when it was just the five points and maybe a bend-and-snap knee. Now we're getting elbows and proper knees, and even ankles and wrists that move. How many dolls have jumped on that just because of Monster High? It may be pretty much over, but it won't be forgotten.And you never know- it's summer, so maybe some Mattel interns will be getting in there and bringing some new ideas.I believe you’re right on that point—playline dolls with articulation were quite rare before MH arrived on the scene. Sadly, I feel like we’re even seeing less and less of THAT these days, with lines like Forces of Destiny, Enchantimals, Shoppies, and the like taking up a substantial chunk of the present market. Don’t get me wrong, I LIKE those lines... but MH quality they are not. I feel like toy manufacturers keep regressing further and further on articulation, QC, and just overall design quality. If that’s what’s selling and turning a profit, who can blame them?The current trend in the toy industry seems to be “cheap and disposable”. I really hope you’re right, and MH’s legacy lives on in the form of quality and articulation... but right now, the doll aisle is looking pretty bleak. I’ve honestly lost interest in nearly everything on the current playline market, whereas during MH’s reign, I was overwhelmed by my options (MH, EAH, Bratzillaz, Novi Stars, Liv, Mystixx, Winx, etc., etc.).
They're pretty much gone in my neck of the woods. ASDA and Tesco don't sell them at all, TRU is gone, and Smyths Toys just has a bunch of BYBY girls on clearance, some Treesas and the odd other thing i.e. Dracula/Draculaura set, the spa bus.. thing. Haven't seen any EAH for a long time.edit: Oh, B&M has them too.