Werepuppy's A Doll A Day Challenge 2020

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Nefera is a great doll - not an interesting character really, but the gold & teal are a great colour combo.

Operetta is also an under appreciated character, I like this one with the touches of purple.

Nefera's character is grest for creating drama but they never did get around to rounding her out. Granted, she could have just been shallow as a puddle but who knows?

It feels like there were a lot of Operetta releases, but I could be wrong...

Yes, that's the Picture Day release.

I wasn't interested in Oppie for the longest time, her character is great, but the photos I saw on internet didn't make her look like a doll I must own, plus she's got a lot of red going on. But when I was doing my first ADAD in 2018, one of the MHA members who also joined for a bit was posting a lot of awesome Oppie pics and totally enabled me to get one, my Killer Style. While I generally love red hair (although I really prefer more natural shades), for some reason, I don't like it on Operetta. I think it's the combination of that particular shade of red with that particular shade of lilac. But other than that, she's gorgeous and I'm glad I have her. Might reroot her at some point.

The collector MH dolls were supposed to be SDCC releases of MH version of Pennywise from It and the Grady twins from The Shining. At first it seemed like a hoax, and then they got completely cancelled shortly after being confirmed as genuine (it happened around the same time as SDCC cancellation), so I didn't even post about it here, because it's just sad. When Mattel previously decided not to feature MH at SDCC, they turned the SDCC exclusives into Mattel Shop exclusives (that was the fabulous Origins 2pack), so I thought they'd do the same with these dolls. But there may have been additional issues with production, due to the whole pandemic mess.

I admit, Operetta probably appealed to me purely on my enjoyment of Gothic media and wanting to see how MH would have adapted the daughter of the Phantom of the Opera... I'm still a little annoyed she never got a cape for purposes of adding drama to her poses, but she's still a stunning doll. This particular shade of red is not my favourite, but I do like the shade of lilac she is. Plus that molding for her scar... Brilliant.

Oh. I am now curious as to whether anyone has seen concept art sketches or not. As much as I would prefer no Pennywise, it does bring it back to the idea of the line being kids of movie monsters, so there's a level of curiosity about it all. If this new collector line gets revived and it is based more on kids of movie monsters that aren't in the public domain? I want a kid of Beetlejuice. 

The bright red hair with the black streak is dramatically awesome! And her letterman style jacket is a fun retro high school element of Operetta's wardrobe, coordinating nicely with the 1950s style skirt.

I know they said Operetta's style was rockabilly, but I see her more as psychobilly - stuff like The Horrorpops. It was still a pretty unqiue vibe for her in the cast of MH though.

Both have cool colour schemes.  Ah, I never get that lucky at thrift stores.  (OK, wait, Victor who is sprawled on the back of the couch is grumbling in my ear, nevermind...  )

Victor is a pretty amazing find! I think thrift stores are honestly about timing. At times of years people seem to be doing clear outs, you get more decent things. 

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Did actually sleep last night! Meds switch on Thursday, so we'll see what happens then

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147. P is for Pinkie



The most ex.perienced of the JET SET spies, Pinkie prefers a 60s vibe to her every day clothing. Learning the fashion styles of each country is important for someone who does a lot of undercover work. They're still trying to work out who R.T. is...