#doll rant

Disney Store Belle was right idea, poor execution. They tried to make it look like her and I assume some details just didn’t transfer over like they thought it would

But then you have Hasbro’s Aladdin dolls

How did someone look at Dalia and come up with this?

Pretty sure repro dolls aren’t made with new molds because the old ones wore out.  They’re probably made with new molds because, once production stopped on the old ones, the manufacturer destroyed them (and re-used the metal) because WHY WOULD THEY SPEND MONEY TO STORE SOMETHING THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER OR NOT THEY MIGHT WANT TO RE-USE IN A FEW DECADES IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO FINANCIAL SENSE FOR COMPANIES TO  HANG ONTO ALL OF THE PRODUCTION ASSETS FOR EVERY TOY EVER MADE JUST IN CASE THERE’S DEMAND FOR THEM AGAIN IN THE UNKNOWABLE FUTURE.

Furthermore, any time there’s a change in the details or size of a sculpt in current production, IT’S NOT BECAUSE THE MOLDS ARE WEARING OUT DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT ‘WEARING OUT’ MEANS IT IS IRREGULAR AND UNPREDICTABLE AND DOES NOT HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY SO ONE WORN-OUT MOLD MIGHT HAVE LOADS OF FLASH WHILE ANOTHER MIGHT LOSE DETAIL IN ONE SPOT THAT IS A DIFFERENT SPOT FROM ANOTHER WORN-OUT MOLD.  If a particular doll head sculpt appears to have less detail than it used to, that’s more likely because it was intentionally engineered that way so that there would be fewer heads failing QC for mis-molds and unacceptably-mis-aligned paint

And while toy company QC is a different rant, I will point out that the terrible quality of things seen in dollar stores is much more likely to be the result of molds/dies wearing out than, say, a Barbie head sculpt having fewer sharp details than it used to, because, again, wear is irregular.

Also.  “Retooling” is not “fixing the wear on existing molds,” nor is it “change the existing molds to create a prominent new feature” it is “slightly altering existing molds to make new, but exceedingly similar, items” and honestly is more likely to be done to things like “where the sprue are” and “this window frame needed larger weep holes so we changed that on the existing molds instead of creating entirely new molds” or, with dolls, “the eyewells are too defined, let’s glop some stuff into the corners of the eyes in the molds so the cast head will have flatter eyes--ooh, yeah, that looks bad, but it’ll be covered by paint so it’s fine”

I've been back on Instagram lately and I've noticed like every single post about Monster High or G3 Monster High content is just bombarded with hate and complaining from G1 fans. Like??? I adore all the generations and it's obnoxious to see all the G1 fans/people who can't accept change always crapping on G3 or G2 for the slightest difference. I honestly don't think G2 was that bad aside from the lack of articulation and cheaper materials it was cute to see glimpses of the ghouls lives outside of school and their families and the dolls with articulation had sturdier thicker limbs unlike G1. So when I see G3 I can tell they've taken elements from G2 and G1 and combined them in a fresh way like I really enjoy the G3 dolls over G1 because I think they are much sturdier and I love the new body types and I'm excited to see what they do with Monster High in 2023 so I don't understand all the hate? I love G1 one with all my heart but it's embarrassing how these toxic fans from G1 are acting when Monster High's whole brand is accepting differences. 🤷‍♀️