davidd's A Doll A Day 2018

[davidd]

Oh well. It was a ride and I'm glad I was there from the very start!

It was a gloriously exciting ride! I, too, am very happy to have been in on the Monster High craze... apparently it was a craze or fad... from the beginning. I'm glad I bought and read the original novels. I had a lot of fun photographing the original figures. It was exciting seeing some of my photos picked up by bloggers and by major media outlets to illustrate stories on the growing popularity of Monster High. I loved the excitement of monster-themed dolls and toys with pun-filled packaging and back-stories that made me feel like I was nine years old again and reading the old Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. I loved the references that were so obscure that sometimes I wondered if I was the only person who caught them.

And speaking of Monster High:

16 August – Monster High "Power Ghouls" Spectra Vondergeist

I should have left my Power Ghouls figures in their boxes. The packaging was dramatically kitschy with a comic book flair. Once removed from the box, the figures are fairly bland.

Most of the Power Ghouls are still available for less than $20 USD on Amazon... which is less than the original retail price, so I suppose I could still buy boxed versions if I really wanted to.

A better buy was the desk lamp seen here. I found it at Walmart yesterday for six bucks. I bought two of them. I wasn't sure if they would work well as photo lights, but they are going to be ideal. They are LED lights so they don't get hot. The plastic diffuser casts an even, non-reflective, white light over a fairly contained area. As soon as I scrape together a few more bucks I'm gonna stock up on several more of these lamps.

Of course, it's Walmart, so who knows if they'll still have them in stock the next time I'm there. Walmart is almost turning in to a "clearance lots" type store. Just because they have something in stock once doesn't mean they will ever have it again.