Hello, hello, hello! This is Poppy typing and today I have decided to have a New York accent today as I write this post. (Please note: I will NOT be writing in the pronunciation. You will just have to use your imagination). This accent perfectly fits this post as today I will be reviewing the Boo York, Boo York Gala Ghoulfriends Elle Eedee doll.
This is Elle Eedee. Say hello Elle!
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| Hello! |
Elle Eedee is one of the three Gala Ghoulfriends dolls from the Monster High movie, Boo York, Boo York. Seh haas two editions currently nad is featured in a three pack with the same dolls included in the Gala ghouldfriend line. (Luna Mothews, herself, and Mousecedes King)
Thsi version of Elle comes with the doll, her accesories, a stand, diary, and a hairbrush which I currently cant find her now. Mmph. I saved the back of the box. I think its perfect for photo shoots and for some odd reason I have a real problem wiith throwing away cardboard. Weird.
Anyway..............
LEts begin to look at Elle's accesories. She comes with a basic Monster high stand that clips around the waist.
THE satnd has the monster high logo imprinted on the base and some rock/crystal/comet detailing around the sides.
IT seems to be leaning at a weird angle in this picture but I think that's just my camera.
She comes with a diary which has lots of comet/crystal drawings on the front.
Teh inside of her diary tells about the events leading up to what happened in the movie and a little bit afterward too. The print is all about the same height which makes it a little hard to read, but its legible so not that big of a concern.
The back of trhe diary takes on more of a Boo York night-scape theme.
I saved the back of the box which was designed to look like Boo York city at nighttime. I think it will make a great backdrop fro photography though the shine on the carboard might prove to be troublesome.
THE other side of the saved cardboard has a colorful picture of the Boo York city scape at the top and goes on to tell a little bit about Elle.
NOW ONTO THE DOLL!!!!
Elle comes with a puple and polka dots shimmery dress wuth cape, a silver cage-like thing (still havent really figured out what it is) that goes around her waist, a pair of tranluscent blue heels, a set of comet/crystal earrings, and a hair accessory.
Her body is a light gray color with a hint of blue sparkle. (Sorry you cant see the sparkle in the photo, but it looks awesome on the doll!)
Her face is the same light grey but with a much finer sparkle to it. (Again, sorry you cant see the sparkle, it really adds a lot to this doll) This same type of sparkly face is used on the new Ever After High Crystal Winter doll.
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| (I like Elle's sparkle and overall look a WHOLE lot better. This doll just looks MEAN and overly fluffy! What do you think?) |
Love Ever After High and all, but I think a normal skin-tone and a kinder expression would be MUCH better for this doll. And a different hairstyle. And a different hair color. And a different dress. And a different accessory. And different eyebrow color. Mattel may have struck out on this one. Of course the blue and the sparkle will appeal to all the Frozen lovers out there but I cant help but think that this doll is just plain ugly!!! Oh and I just know noticed how awful her crown looked. love the jewels but their a little too dark for her look and the crown's plastic is just a little too white. The only nice thing about this doll is the skirt!
Whoops, just realized I wasn't reviewing this doll. That's awkward.
Anyway...............
Elle has camera shutter-like eyes with a purple center and a lilac outer. She is wearing one layer of sea foam blue eye shadow and has simple mascara and purple lipstick. She has purple eyebrows and lines running down her face form where she was put together and a power button in the middle of her forehead. (Sorry you cant see the lines better. They are really faint)
Her ears are shaped like speakers with a headphone jack hole for her earrings. It is also interesting to note that her chin is very angled and juts out quite a way. (I've found this makes her head rather hard to angle downwards)
Her earrings are a pretty slightly metallic purple with what looks like a crystallized comet hanging down. (Mattel is really taking the comet crystal theme seriously!)
On top of her ponytail she has a rather large hair clip. IT seems to be a couple of speakers with crystal decorations.
Underneath, the accessory has a small hinge to allow it to pivot center...
left....
and right for easier styling.
Now lets take a look at her gore-geous hair. Her hair is pulled up in a high pony tail with two smaller strands wrapping around it.
The hair is beuatifully colored with black, purple, magenta, and turquoise. Im not really sure what type of hair it is, though Im pretty sure sure its not saran. As IVe heard that monster high dolls are only rooted with saran or kanekalon, I'd say it would be safe to guess that her hair was kanekalon.
(Now for my favorite part!) Lets see what her hair looks like down!
I gave her hair a quick brush with another one of my doll combs (Still cant find hers *grunt*) and This is how it turned out. The top of her hair still has a bit of volume on it due to the fact it was in a ponytail and I haven't brushed out the top curls yet.
Her hair goes back up into its original style very easily.
Onto the shoes! Her shoes look like a transparent blue metal building square with (guess what!) comet/crystal decorations.
Top View
Side View
SUPER CUTE!
Elle has a silver metallic "cage" thingy on top of her dress. I call it her roll cage. I do not know this fro a fact, but several of the people who reviewed this doll on amazon said that her roll cage looked like a programming tree. Now I have have absolutely no interest in the inner workings of a computer so I have no idea if this is true. If it was however, it would really add to her theme of being a robot. I'm not really sure if I like it as an accessory though. It seems as if I handle it too harshly it'll snap in half.
Thankfully the thing comes off. It is made of rigid plastic which makes it impossible for the doll to sit down while wearing it.
Underneath the roll cage Elle is wearing a purple and polka dot mod dress made of a slightly stretchy material.
THE dress is sorta off the shoulders but stays on very well.
The cape is attached to the back of the dress (Arghhh) with a small hole for dressing. As with the roll cage, the cape is said to have a design that is somewhat reminiscent of programming stuff. It looks awesome either way except for the tiny snag at the bottom where it was attached to the back of the box.
Now lets take a look at the doll herself. She has the basic monster high 11 points of articulation.
This is the widest split I've seen her do so far. I do not know if this is normal for monster high dolls, but when i extend one of Elle's legs out to the side it makes this clicking noise. ???????? I do not think it is a defect, but it almost makes me think I'm gonna snap her leg off! But enough of my fears.
I want to quickly compare Elle to an Ever after High doll.
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| Flynn!!!! |
This is Flynn, my 4th custom I've done. She was originally the hat-tastic Cerise Hood doll and thus is a little taller than most dolls. (PLEASE NOTE: Yes I know Flynn is a guy's name, but the name fit her so perfectly that I figured it wouldn't be that weird.) More on Flynn later.
As I explained in the paragraph above, Flynn is a bit taller than most dolls in these two brands. I did not notice this earlier but Flynn seems to have a much wider face than Elle.
Elle has a much more severe case of scoliosis than Flynn.
You can see here that she is also much skinnier in the waist than my other doll. (Which really stinks because they cant share clothes!)
Okey Doke. Im finished ranting so now Im just going to show you a couple of pictures I took with this doll.
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| The Scientist |
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| The Country girl |
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| IN the city |
Overall, I love this doll. She has a beautiful design and theme and I cant seem to get over the colors in her hair. It was impossible to show this in pictures but, the shimmery quality of her skin and intricate molding makes her by far one of the coolest dolls I've ever seen. On the downside, her leg does the funny click thing and she had quite a bit of dandruff. These really aren't that big of a deal to me as I will be playing with her anyway. (I just hope her leg doesn't fall off!) She is an awesome doll and I will shortly be posting some crafts to make with her. THis rather long review is finished now so this is Poppy signing off. Remember, God made you special and he loves you very much.
P.S. Forgot to mention that this doll totally creeped my parents out! My dad said he thought it was some kind of ghoul (no pun intended I think) and my mom's exact words were "I LET YOU BUY THAT?!?!"
