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Monster High from The Dollie Dungeon
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What seems like almost a lifetime ago... back in 2012... when Monster High was new and fresh and exciting, I came upon the idea of turning my MH ghouls in to "fortune tellers" or "genies" or... yes, the term has since fallen out of favor: gypsies. I had learned about a discontinued Bratz line called "Genie Magic," and I set about collecting "Genie Magic" sets to repurpose in to Monster High costumes.

In retrospect, from a financial standpoint I would have been better off collecting and saving the mint-in-box "Genie Magic" sets, as they have since become somewhat ex-pensive on the secondary market. At the time, however, most "Genie Magic" sets were reasonably priced, and I had quite a lot of fun tracking down the versions and creating costumes for Monster High figures and characters.

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Skull Shores Frankie Stein

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Monster High Cleo in Bratz Genie Magic Cloe outfit
(See how that works?  yay)

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Draculaura wears the relatively hard to find Sasha outfit

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Spectra adapted particularly well to the mystic fortune teller fashions

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My personal favorite: Lagoona Blue! 

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Later, Mattel introduced the 13 Wishes line of fortune teller / genie inspired Monster High figures. At the time, Mattel and MGA were blatantly copying one another (MGA introduced Bratzillaz in response to the popularity of Monster High), so I suspect 13 Wishes was a response to Genie Magic. While the 13 Wishes line was fun, I have always preferred my MH-Bratz mash-ups.

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They're not dolls, they're action figures!
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Monster High from The Dollie Dungeon - by davidd - 05-29-2020, 03:07 AM
RE: Monster High Genie Magic - by Aichan - 05-29-2020, 05:31 AM
RE: Monster High Genie Magic - by davidd - 05-29-2020, 12:41 PM
RE: Monster High Genie Magic - by Aichan - 05-29-2020, 11:30 PM
RE: Monster High Genie Magic - by Alliecat - 05-29-2020, 01:22 PM
RE: Monster High Genie Magic - by neon_jellyfish - 05-29-2020, 05:43 PM
RE: Monster High Genie Magic - by *NatTheCat* - 07-11-2020, 09:23 AM

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