Thursday, December 4, 2014

All sorts of doll news!

You guys are all used to my random little updates, right? Well, here's some more news!

The following Monster High toy lines have gone live on Amazon and Mattel.com: Haunted, Monster Exchange Program, Gloom 'n Bloom, and Freaky Field Trip. Some of them seem to be going in and out of stock, so if you see one going for more than, say, $25 from a third party seller, wait until Amazon gets them back in stock. They should retail anywhere from $17-$25. Mattel also announced that they will be creating additional dolls for the Monster Exchange Program and Geek Shriek lines. The Exchange dolls will be new characters, while Geek Shriek will offer existing characters (Catty, Gigi, Ghoulia). No pictures yet, though.

The following Ever After High toy lines have also gone live at the same retailers: Mirror Beach (the first budget line), Into the Woods, and Spring Unsprung (which seems to be the new deluxe line). Same as before about prices and stock. Kitty Cheshire's Spring Unsprung doll will be a Walmart exclusive, but no news on a release date yet, although we did get a leaked picture of her. Still no news about the release dates for Kitty, Duchess, and Ginger (and still no official pictures of Duchess!), nor any further info about Darling Charming and Rosabella Beauty. The latter does have an Amazon listing with a description of her doll's outfit, though. So who knows?

(Allow me a little rant here: why oh why is Monster High spewing out dolls like there's no tomorrow, and Ever After High struggles to release the characters' basic dolls? It seems so ridiculous, compared to Monster High's release schedule. Also, weren't the aforementioned dolls supposed to be a "holiday 2014" release? We're about three weeks away from Christmas, not not even an Amazon listing. C'mon Mattel, get your act together.)

Good Old Games has launched their Winter sale (didn't they *just* have a sale?) that will run until the 15th. Steam's just ended, so we might not see another Steam sale until closer to the new year.

In defiance of my painstaking attempts to predict the start of their Christmas sale, Right Stuf launched it December 1st, and will be unveiling new items until the 12th. The sale will end after Christmas. (I personally have yet to see anything that I really want on sale. Come on, Right Stuf!)

Okay, that's it for now. Miss Scarlett is le sleepy and needs to go to bed. Signing off!