I always loved the friendship between Cleo and Ghoulia. I truly hope they don’t change the core things about her. The fact that she was “non verbal” and yet all her friends made the effort to understand her and accept her meant everything to me as a kid who struggled to speak and lost friends due to the fact I couldn’t always articulate what I wanted to say.
I'm really glad Ghoulia is back :) As an autistic person who is semi-verbal, she was one of my favorites as a kid. She was the only non-verbal representation I had at the time. I felt so connected to her and accepted.
She was also the only positive representation of someone with scoliosis. I nearly had tears when I saw they were bringing her back this time around! They got rid of her scoliosis, but oh well. At least she is still neurodivergant.
I'm so happy that you and others have the representation that you deserve my sister is autistic as well and while the Ghoulia is not her favorite character she's still really likes her and normalizing representation for autistic people is always a great thing as long as it's not negative representation of course I'm so happy for you and everyone else sorry this was long by the way
I think Ghoulia being a gamer is influenced by the episode where Kjersti Trollsønn is introduced , it was literally llike at the end of G1 so its interesting they brought that back for this generation, makes sense with her being geek. Her being a skater is probably influenced by the fact she had a scooter in the original run as well, now instead of a scooter its a skaterboard.
I like that went with the geek route instead of the nerd route. Cause it's still nerdy. But now Frankie can also be nerdy kind of like in G2, but Ghoulia and Frankie are nerdy in different ways
Hopefully the original ghoulia that’s coming is a boo-rignal creeproduction!! I’m really starting to get scared that the reproduction concept was abandoned considering it’s taking so long to get more (or even a restock of the first 4 lol) I really hope the next ones we get it’ll are Cleo + Deuce Ghoulia and hopefully Holt because I’m sick of Frankie Drac clawdeen and Lagoona over and over again.
Hi Melissa! I just rewatched your live stream on your other channel on the one year anniversary of my uncle’s death where you saw my raw grief and pain and you decided to help me without ever even knowing me and I just wanted to say thank you and let you know that I’m in a much better headspace now!❤ sending so much love and prayers for you and your mom during this time!
Ghoulia looks okay, but I am still mixed on her having green skin. I like the little Deadfast references in her accessories and I like how she is a gamer in Gen 3. I have a photography idea where I would like to photograph her playing Genshin Impact on her Nintendo Switch equivalent gaming device while using Sucrose (a nerdy, socially anxious, Alchemist character voiced by Gen 3 Lagoona's voice actress) as her main. And I also hope that Ghoulia is still Neurodiverse or Autistic in some way, because that really made her more relatable to me. I am really excited to try to find Cleo, Toreli, and Ghoulia once I go doll hunting as well.
Monster High has always meant so much to me! And the fact that they brought back Ghoulia, who has always been tied with Abbey as my favorite ghoul, makes me so happy! I’m almost 22, and my mom has always been so encouraging with my love of dolls, and she even went hunting for Ghoulia with me yesterday! I was so happy to find her and I love her, and I’m so happy that you were able to find her too! I watched the OG channel with you and your son and you two have always been inspirations for me!
There are definitely some outfit pieces Mattel should release in adult sizes! I absolutely love ghoulia’s brains jacket and Draculaura’s backpack is super cute!
It feels like the new reboot has only happened exclusively in America. I’m watching from Europe, and seeing everyone else have fun with this reboot feels like we’ve been left in the dark lol
there hard to find here too right now you have too really look so it may take a little longer but i'm sure they will still come just maybe take a little longer at least i hope.
I watched your IG and really appreciate your statement. My stores get product in WAY late so I did have some fomo but I am very excited to see everyone being able to get the dolls! And I completely understand trying to figure out my own emotions! I’m so glad you found Ghoulia (and I really really hope they do a Creeproduction of her as I’ve wanted G1 Ghoulia for a long time!) “it’s all going to be okay” Thank you, Melissa! ❤
Idk how i feel about her but im so glad she's back! on the excitement/anxiety thing I have really, really bad anxiety and when I get excited I get panic attacks. it's like my anxiety can't tell between excitement and DOOM.
thank you for telling us ghoulia is a target exclusive im gonna look for her! I flippin love Ghoulia and g3 is honestly really cute?? i'm absolutely hopping onto your G3= highschool and G1= adults headcanon, especially since so many teen dolls do look older lol
i am so so so so sooooo happy that ghoulia is back 💕 and that Mattel listened to the fans who asked for her return. i think there's some awesome things about this new doll. I LOVE the dead fast skateboard - it is SUCH an improvement over the scooter. And it just fits with the entire story of Ghoulia as we know it (that she's always helping out in all sorts of places very fast, while being zombie "slow"). Also love the gamer accessories, because i have always related to Ghoulia the most and now she has both the skateboard and the switch-like device, so... she's like... me 😮. The jacket is AMAZING. Love the black+white and I like the tiny bits of green+pink, because they're like the secondary accent colors of the OG doll. Same for the brain shirt... it is SO perfect. love that it's black, that there's a brain on it (for zombies, for being smart, for being neuro-diverse) and it being shiney-neon to give a gamer vibe. I think this is my most favorite Ghoulia shirt ever. I WISH there was less pink on the doll overall, like... especially the skirt (but also the make-up) is very gender-stereotypical pink. And I do miss the OG red, which was different from most dolls back then, because red is actually more common of a color in boys' toys like cars and such. So, yeah, and I wish she had pants, because there's not enough girl dolls out there wearing pants. But overall, Mattel did a good job with this doll 👍 Thank you so so so much for this review! Can't wait for more! 💕
I’m glad you talk about anxiety and excitement. I feel that mix of emotions all the time during these crazy doll releases/hunts. I was also surprised Ghoulia was a target exclusive. She was the first one I got through target app for pickup by mere luck lol
I got her today at my TARGET !! I chose to do a pickup Order instead of looking for her on the shelf because I was scared she would sell out fast , but she came perfect and her hair isn’t poly I’m really good with defining the hair types & it’s Saran !!! Melissa surprisingly I thought she would come with horrible poly hair but its Saran nice and soft I really love this new style for Ghoulia I’m so happy they have brought her back !!!
Hi growing up i would always watch you and your son an people always teased me for being a guy who liked dolls but now i identify as non binary and i still enjoy monster high and i still enjoy watching you beacuse i didnt care what people thought beacuse i enjoyed watching you and i still collect monster highs even tho i have 1 at the moment cause i donated the rest and i hope u keep posting such great content :)
I was so excited to see Ghoulia come back. She is my favorite MH as well and I just love her. I too feel the same way and wish her skirt was red and maybe her glasses, but I am hopeful we will see more dolls coming out of her. 😀❤ congrats on finding her...I was so excited for you.
Omg I just saw you find her on Instagram 🎉 lightening fast review 😂😉🤗🖤💙❤️ I ordered on Amazon, Walmart and in store at Target & Walmart oh and reel drama Lagoona I did on Target so happy my kid will have tons of MH to open on her 9th bday 10/15 ❤️❤️❤️
@@MyWorldMelissa yes she’s been wanting these dolls since like 2017 I’d estimate cause she was only 3 in 2016 and we started doll collecting with Shoppies, happy places lil Shoppies, Barbie fashionista, Disney dolls, lol surprise tots, etc 😉🤗
Would like to see G3 Monster High feature parodies of these popular superheroes as well for a comic convention episode: The Avengers X-Men Superman Batman Wonder Woman Green Lantern Aquaman Shazam Teen Titans Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Power Rangers/Super Sentai Kamen Rider Ultraman
I grabbed Ghoulia, Cleo, and Laguna this weekend. I had to ask employees to go into the back to get the dolls for me because they were in the Target app but not on the shelves yet. Thank goodness for kind store employees. My Daughter bought me Toralei last week when we found her randomly at walmart a week ago. I wasn't collecting when Monster High first came out but I loved the dolls. I actually like the new dolls better though...i know, unpopular opinion but they're so cute! Anyway, daughter and I had a whole conversation yesterday about how the og dolls look like adults and the new ones look much more like high school kids.
Ive been loving all the G3 dolls so far(except toralei sadly😥) but I've been seeing the G3 as freshmens and G1 as seniors in high school,like I looked back to when I was 14 and it was cringy at times but most things that I were into I still was when I graduated, but yea that's been my headcanon. Keep being clawsome!!🥰
Love your review and I hope I can find her at my Target! I was hoping the glasses only had the film over the glasses to keep them from getting scratched. 🤷♀️
I really hope Ghoulia comes to Canada soon!! the reseller and scalpers are already going wild with the prices, hopefully she's a toy r us or walmart exclusive here in Canada D:
Personally I think G3 looks more like younger siblings more than the G1 characters! Over all I’m excited to get them! And I’m trying to keep open minded about these dolls! Love your videos so much!!!!!
i absolutely love the new look. they found a way mix the original feel with a cutesy look. i love that the G1 dolls will still remain. they nailed the new generation.
Glad that she’s still a DeadFast fan! Now I would like to see Monster High parodies of these superheroes as well in-universe (probably for a comic con episode): The Avengers X-Men Superman Batman Wonder Woman Green Lantern Aquaman Shazam Teen Titans Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Power Rangers/Super Sentai Kamen Rider Ultraman
I’m glad that Ghoulia is back in G3, and that she seems to have many character similarities with the original. I totally skipped G2 dolls, because no Ghoulia. Perhaps I’ll get this one.
Watching Mommy's Monster High reviews again like i was about 12 years ago ❣️🥺 I love Ghoulia deeply and i'm so sad she's a target exclusive!! I'm Spanish so i probably won't be able to get her signature doll at all 😭😭 hopefully they will make more budget line dolls and i'll be able to get her 🥺
Wow, thanks for what you said in the beginning; it was very helpful. :) Iii'm getting started in the 14/16/18 inch doll stuff right now and trying to also look out for some 4/6/12 inch ones like these...I'm starting to like some of these monster high ones a bit more.
RIP people outside US because we're not getting any doll for months...no reel drama, no gen 3 or else. At least here in Europe. So I actually understand the feeling of nerve and anxiety while you see people getting dolls while you can't get them in any way...plus they're supposed to be priced about 34/39 dollars so they're not even that cheap that we can get all of them like you guys are doing. And we don't even know how the exclusive thing is going to work...are we going to have toralei and ghoulia? Who knows😮💨
I'm so excited for these dolls! Frankie and Ghoulia were first choices but I ended up getting Clawdeen. My Walmart didn't have Frankie and the closest Toys R Us (I'm in Canada) is in another city, so I'll probably order Ghoulia online. I literally freaked out when I saw them stocking the dolls two days ago! My Walmart is usually months behind. I'm excited to hear that Mattel is doing something with our ghoul Ghoulia! She deserves so much love! I was hoping for a wave two of Haunt Couture but I'll take anything at this point lol.
Thanks to your videos and your MH excitement, I went on my first MH hunt the other day. I went to Target and got the core 5. Ghoulia was nowhere to be found. I was able to get Deuce on Amazon, then I was able to finally order Ghoulia on Target online. Haven't found Toralei yet. Please say it isn't so that Haunt Couture is over. I have all of them so far and was hoping for an Abbie, Ghoulia and a Deuce Haunt Couture. Again Thanks for your videos they really brighten up my days.
I like that went more of a geek route instead of the typical nerd route. The geekyness suites her really well. And if they again go for Frankie being all about science like in G2 then this ghoulia is different enough from them too.
I can't think of her name right now but I am looking forward to seeing the remake of the cyclops character. She was super cute. It's hard to get ahold of her. But I just loved how unique she was and that just made her super cool.
Thanks I needed the slow down and breath cuz in Australia the dolls are no where to be seen and they probably will take a while to come out in our shops I’ve been so anxious/Excited and disappointed. Love to see more monster high
I am so THRILLED about G3 they are so adorable and kids are going to love them (okay, even I love them) MH G1 ALWAYS holds a dear special place in my heart because the ghouls helped me overcome SO MANY THINGS in my life. And I feel like the G3 ghouls will help the new generation of kids overcome things too. And I LOVE that. I went doll hunting yesterday and today. The Walmart near me has zero MH dolls in store. I was wanting to feel that same feeling I remember from 2010 when I saw my very first MH doll, this time being 22 instead of 9. So I had to buy Draculaura, Cleo, Clawdeen, and Frankie on Amazon 😔. But .... MH IS STILL BACK AND IM SO EXCITED TO BE GETTING THE DOLLS (again!) 🥰😍😍😍😍😍 I love you channel Melissa, you are so awesome. ❤
Cries as someone who doesn't have target in my country 😭 she looks soooo cute, as someone who is autistic and goes non verbal when I have meltdowns ghoulia was always everything to me as a kid and I'm so excited to see her in the reboot and the tv show and to see what new dolls we get of her! (also I'm gonna be using that highschool - adult comparison in my head now, thats my new head cannon)
(not a doll related comment but..) I'm the same as you, I struggle to differentiate between anxiety and excitement. I've physically had to leave places before because I think I'm going to have a panic attack and it's really just excitement. Anxiety has literally ruined my life because I just don't feel like I ever get excited anymore when really I do but I just don't know that I am.
I didn't get to grab all of the monster high dolls when they came out. The toyrus in chico California closed and I didn't know it was closing until I came for some doll hunting. Then, when I found out that toyrus closed I was heart broken and devastated the store closed forever.
I just wanted to come back to this video and let everyone know that while I was out doll hunting today, I asked an employee at both Walmart and Target about their monster high dolls. At Walmart they have been getting shipments in late, and at Target some of the dolls are still in steel pallets in the back, so maybe keep checking throughout the week! Hope this helps!
Being AutiHD, it's Ghoulia who got me into Monster High. I was too old when Gen1 came out and I got into toys only a few years ago. But seeing someone so clearly autistic-coded who was fun, a bit sassy, stylish and loved by many, it really warmed my heart! We are different kinds of autistic, but seeing her is just special to me. I love her new design as well, I just hope they don't erase too much of the autistic coding by changing her personality this much. I also love enby Frankie who is so important as a disability rep as well! I've definitely unlocked a new special interest thanks to these two 💚💙🥰
Im happy to saw I didnt go to Target looking for Monster High dolls until yesterday 10/12 and found not only Ghoulia but Frankie, Lagoona, Clawdeen, Cleo and the and the coffin bean set as well. I didnt have money to get the 6 pack that recently released but i have hope that that will be back in stock eventually. I only picked up Ghoulia, Frankie and Lagoona but i love them already.
I went hunting to Target but they DIDN'T have them on the shelf yet. In fact, the employee I spoke to (who is also a MH fan) said they were on a pallette somewhere in the back, wrapped up, and unreachable because of all the Christmas stuff blocking the stock room. Argh! I DID hit up Walmart next and got a FRANKIE! (which as a nonbinary person makes me so, so happy) But now I'd love to have Ghoulia since I am Autistic and love the representaiton in the MH line.
I live in Australia, so it may be different for you, but in the past the exclusives have been exclusive to a different store! For example, I've seen Walmart exclusives at a popular store in Australia called Kmart! :)
I love a lot of individual pieces but the overall looks of gen 3 are very juvenile compared to gen 1. I’ll miss Ghoulia’s original style and personality so much😢
I know you like Ghoulia... how do you feel that she is excluded ? There is just ONE doll off her and it's exclusive in US and Canada... :( I live in sweden and my heart hurts
I’ve been waiting for this video! Ghoulia does talk in the movie- I saw a clip of her showing Clawdeen to her room and she was talking and did a crazy laugh to try and scare Clawdeen as a “freshman prank”
Since she can talk, would like to see her use made-up words (autistic people tend to make up words to make things more convenient for their conversations).
OMGHOUL, I MH doll hunted yesterday and found the Draculaura Gore-geous set, Frankie, and Torelei. Glad I did, but won’t lie…ordered the others online via Amazon. The hunt is great but holy…. Target was awful but Walmart was great!
I went to my local Walmart yesterday and there was nothing!, literally NOTHING no dolls no display setup no spot on the shelves nor did workers there know what I was talking about or if they would come in and even 2 workers that straight out refused to look and find anything out for me when the evening before I was told they would be on a truck and to come back in the morning… ugh 😢it was a lot of running around and stress for nothing😮 today I found the main ghouls core dolls and playset on target app and I ordered one for MonsterHigh The Movie watch day.😊❤ Ghoulia was sold out, so I decided to get Lagoona. I’m still not sure about her but the other monsters are going to be coming home soon especially Ghoulia! I love your videos. I would love to see the return of some of the old MonsterHigh segments and comedy bits please
Started off being indifferent towards g3, telling myself, I already have my plate full hunting RH and SH, then now i find myself at Walmart buying all of them like a freak of nature lol. I love them all! Yet to find Ghoulia though
I found it super funny when you talked about how a bunch of people who watched you and your son as kids grew up to also be trans men or trans mac because i grew up to be a trans man as well and i’m neurodivergent too Lol you guys always made my day as a kid and still do so thank you both for that! 🫶🏼
I got my Ghoulia at the target closest to my house today!! Although I did cheat a little cause I bought online for in store pickup which i was a little worried about, but mine's perfect!
I was waiting to see your reaction because I knew Ghoulia was your favorite character!!I’m super happy she’s back I like her new doll. can’t wait to find her at Target. also is her name supposed to be a pun of the name Julia? because I know monster high does puns all the time it’s just something I wondered.
I never had a monster high doll until i bought them from a thrift store. My first doll was a basic draculaura. I sold them with isi dawndancer and amanita nightshade. I went back for the rest of the other dolls but they were too expensive. I really wanted caty noir but not for the price. The only one i haven't resold is a naked venus mcflytrap with missing hands.
I love Ghoulia, and all her accessories are so cute! I don't mind the cutesy look to her, but changing her skin was not it for me. The combination of cutesy and green skin just makes her so different. She's basically unrecognisable. I would have really loved if they kept her grey.
I'm so glad you found her! Unfortunately I haven't been able to get any dolls recently mainly cuz of money, where I live, and that every time I tried to get a new Monster High doll they automatically sell out or are too expensive I wasn't able to get the reproductions, real drama and so far I haven't been able to get G3 but that's enough of my complaining I'm really sorry I don't mean to sound self-absorbed and I know this isn't the worst problem but I just kind of feel like I needed to rant again I'm really sorry though I'm so happy you found her and for everyone else who found G3 I'm so happy for you I'm also sorry this is really long thank you for reading and I hope you all have a great day/night :-)
The rainbow heart brain is giving me ASD. My daughter is autistic and immediately when I saw this I thought of her. She’s definitely in love with rainbow high and now monster high!
They need better fashion designers for G3. I don't like how they are being so literal with their motifs, like plastering a brain on everything to make it come across that shes a zombie. Theres no creativity in that. In G1 they took care that their fashion more reflected their personalities, with touches of motifs relating to their creature type. Like Ghoulia had pretty much nothing relating to her being a zombie in her fashion, it was more in her gaunt face and skin tone that they got that across. Also I hate "market research" as a means of finding out what consumers (especially kids) want. Because people don't know what they want. Thats why all movies today are the same and its rare to have unique concepts, corporations are too scared to take risks, so they lazily rely on focus groups. Its not a good way of finding out what people want because people can't imagine liking something more than something they are already familiar with. So of course a child is going to say they like bright colorful fashion, because they havn't been exposed to something in their targeted demographic that is anything else, or done in a way that is executed well enough to appeal to them. Like kids love dark themed things, does no one remember the Disney cartoon Gargoyles?? I LOVED that show as a kid, and I was 4 years old. So I think its so weird that adults have this notion that kids only want bright colorful happy things. Children are multidimensional beings too, and I don't get why corporations these days feel the need to cutesify , cheapen, and dumb down everything they market to children. Its pretty disrespectful to the intelligence and mind that kids have.
Ghoulia's hair is saran. To my knowledge, Clawdeen has Polypropylene but I don't know who else does. Polypropylene hair is a lot more rough and coarse than saran, it doesn't do silky very well.
I have been watching your channel since you and Kayden started doing equestria girls reviews and beyond. Your videos have always been so special to me. I am a cis woman but I had a lot of gender identity issues as a kid where sometimes my femininity was denied and I did not get the chance to fully enjoy playtime with my dolls because of misogynistic comments I would get saying that "dolls are for little girls" etc. But your videos helped me realize that toys do not have gender! I was able to enjoy playing with my dolls and looking up to strong female-presenting characters even when I was a bit more tomboyish because just because I liked guitars and cars, it did not mean that I didn't like fashion dolls and dresses. Thank you for making these videos. I hope you, Kayden, and your whole family are doing well.
The face on the doll is cute and the accessories are too but the colour combination just seems so random compared to what she was originally wearing where the colours actually compliments each other more.
I'm 63 and have collected many MH dolls I now have all the g3 dolls but I don't compare them because each generation was a different time and different age group. I see nothing wrong with any of them because of the age set for these dolls, 4 year olds are not going to care about much as long as they got something to play with and for me who collects them I can accept the difference. 12 years ago I had teeth but now times have changed, I don't have a teeth in my head but still loved as if I do. Lol
ghoulia has always been cool and i liked that all the other gouls expexed her for who she was, i love her and draculara and think i can be ok with the new dolls of them
I always loved the friendship between Cleo and Ghoulia. I truly hope they don’t change the core things about her. The fact that she was “non verbal” and yet all her friends made the effort to understand her and accept her meant everything to me as a kid who struggled to speak and lost friends due to the fact I couldn’t always articulate what I wanted to say.
They already broke up Cleo and Deuce, so he could date Clawdeen. I wouldn’t be surprised if they made Ghoulia besties with Frankie now or something.
I'm really glad Ghoulia is back :) As an autistic person who is semi-verbal, she was one of my favorites as a kid. She was the only non-verbal representation I had at the time. I felt so connected to her and accepted.
She was also the only positive representation of someone with scoliosis. I nearly had tears when I saw they were bringing her back this time around! They got rid of her scoliosis, but oh well. At least she is still neurodivergant.
I'm so happy that you and others have the representation that you deserve my sister is autistic as well and while the Ghoulia is not her favorite character she's still really likes her and normalizing representation for autistic people is always a great thing as long as it's not negative representation of course I'm so happy for you and everyone else sorry this was long by the way
Yet they destroyed this good representation by making her verbal
she was never non verbal she just spoke zombie
@@skeetulrich6988 that was just a way that they could interpret non-verbalism in a way that seemed " natural "
I think Ghoulia being a gamer is influenced by the episode where Kjersti Trollsønn is introduced , it was literally llike at the end of G1 so its interesting they brought that back for this generation, makes sense with her being geek. Her being a skater is probably influenced by the fact she had a scooter in the original run as well, now instead of a scooter its a skaterboard.
in boo york she was actually saving the world but everyone thought ghoulia was playing a video game. though that was also the end of gen 1 too
I like that went with the geek route instead of the nerd route. Cause it's still nerdy. But now Frankie can also be nerdy kind of like in G2, but Ghoulia and Frankie are nerdy in different ways
Agreed
Hopefully the original ghoulia that’s coming is a boo-rignal creeproduction!! I’m really starting to get scared that the reproduction concept was abandoned considering it’s taking so long to get more (or even a restock of the first 4 lol) I really hope the next ones we get it’ll are Cleo + Deuce Ghoulia and hopefully Holt because I’m sick of Frankie Drac clawdeen and Lagoona over and over again.
And abbey!!
Hi Melissa! I just rewatched your live stream on your other channel on the one year anniversary of my uncle’s death where you saw my raw grief and pain and you decided to help me without ever even knowing me and I just wanted to say thank you and let you know that I’m in a much better headspace now!❤ sending so much love and prayers for you and your mom during this time!
Awwww sending hugs Lauren ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you and I’m sending hugs right back! I’m here if you ever want or need to talk!❤
Im so glad ghoulia is returning 😭💚💚💚💚
Ghoulia looks okay, but I am still mixed on her having green skin. I like the little Deadfast references in her accessories and I like how she is a gamer in Gen 3. I have a photography idea where I would like to photograph her playing Genshin Impact on her Nintendo Switch equivalent gaming device while using Sucrose (a nerdy, socially anxious, Alchemist character voiced by Gen 3 Lagoona's voice actress) as her main. And I also hope that Ghoulia is still Neurodiverse or Autistic in some way, because that really made her more relatable to me. I am really excited to try to find Cleo, Toreli, and Ghoulia once I go doll hunting as well.
Yeah, I'm not here for the green skin, I feel like it clashes with her hair. Or the thick brown brows.
Her being autistic is head canon.
@@spookshow green and blue do not clash. Like what?? Yellow and BLUE makes green…
she was also a gamer in G1
@@thefragranceapothecary7281 Plus, what colors are often associated with the Earth? Green and blue!
Monster High has always meant so much to me! And the fact that they brought back Ghoulia, who has always been tied with Abbey as my favorite ghoul, makes me so happy! I’m almost 22, and my mom has always been so encouraging with my love of dolls, and she even went hunting for Ghoulia with me yesterday! I was so happy to find her and I love her, and I’m so happy that you were able to find her too! I watched the OG channel with you and your son and you two have always been inspirations for me!
There are definitely some outfit pieces Mattel should release in adult sizes! I absolutely love ghoulia’s brains jacket and Draculaura’s backpack is super cute!
It feels like the new reboot has only happened exclusively in America. I’m watching from Europe, and seeing everyone else have fun with this reboot feels like we’ve been left in the dark lol
there hard to find here too right now you have too really look so it may take a little longer but i'm sure they will still come just maybe take a little longer at least i hope.
Ikr!! And a target exclusive? Literally only available in America. I’m in Canada and I can only get ghoulia if I pay $70+ on Amazon
I watched your IG and really appreciate your statement. My stores get product in WAY late so I did have some fomo but I am very excited to see everyone being able to get the dolls! And I completely understand trying to figure out my own emotions! I’m so glad you found Ghoulia (and I really really hope they do a Creeproduction of her as I’ve wanted G1 Ghoulia for a long time!) “it’s all going to be okay” Thank you, Melissa! ❤
Idk how i feel about her but im so glad she's back! on the excitement/anxiety thing I have really, really bad anxiety and when I get excited I get panic attacks. it's like my anxiety can't tell between excitement and DOOM.
thank you for telling us ghoulia is a target exclusive im gonna look for her! I flippin love Ghoulia and g3 is honestly really cute?? i'm absolutely hopping onto your G3= highschool and G1= adults headcanon, especially since so many teen dolls do look older lol
I’m just glad Ghoulia was included in this reboot. Ghoulia’s hair is not poly it’s definitely Saran. So far only Clawdeen has poly hair.
i am so so so so sooooo happy that ghoulia is back 💕 and that Mattel listened to the fans who asked for her return.
i think there's some awesome things about this new doll. I LOVE the dead fast skateboard - it is SUCH an improvement over the scooter. And it just fits with the entire story of Ghoulia as we know it (that she's always helping out in all sorts of places very fast, while being zombie "slow"). Also love the gamer accessories, because i have always related to Ghoulia the most and now she has both the skateboard and the switch-like device, so... she's like... me 😮.
The jacket is AMAZING. Love the black+white and I like the tiny bits of green+pink, because they're like the secondary accent colors of the OG doll. Same for the brain shirt... it is SO perfect. love that it's black, that there's a brain on it (for zombies, for being smart, for being neuro-diverse) and it being shiney-neon to give a gamer vibe. I think this is my most favorite Ghoulia shirt ever.
I WISH there was less pink on the doll overall, like... especially the skirt (but also the make-up) is very gender-stereotypical pink. And I do miss the OG red, which was different from most dolls back then, because red is actually more common of a color in boys' toys like cars and such. So, yeah, and I wish she had pants, because there's not enough girl dolls out there wearing pants. But overall, Mattel did a good job with this doll 👍
Thank you so so so much for this review! Can't wait for more! 💕
I’m glad you talk about anxiety and excitement. I feel that mix of emotions all the time during these crazy doll releases/hunts. I was also surprised Ghoulia was a target exclusive. She was the first one I got through target app for pickup by mere luck lol
I got her today at my TARGET !! I chose to do a pickup Order instead of looking for her on the shelf because I was scared she would sell out fast , but she came perfect and her hair isn’t poly I’m really good with defining the hair types & it’s Saran !!! Melissa surprisingly I thought she would come with horrible poly hair but its Saran nice and soft I really love this new style for Ghoulia I’m so happy they have brought her back !!!
1:56 we love the transparency! This is definitely something I could relate to.
I'm in Europe, so I'm waiting. Great video! ❤️ your channel ❤️
Me too!
Hi growing up i would always watch you and your son an people always teased me for being a guy who liked dolls but now i identify as non binary and i still enjoy monster high and i still enjoy watching you beacuse i didnt care what people thought beacuse i enjoyed watching you and i still collect monster highs even tho i have 1 at the moment cause i donated the rest and i hope u keep posting such great content :)
❤️❤️❤️❤️. Thank you so much for sharing this. Makes us so happy ❤️❤️❤️
I was so excited to see Ghoulia come back. She is my favorite MH as well and I just love her. I too feel the same way and wish her skirt was red and maybe her glasses, but I am hopeful we will see more dolls coming out of her. 😀❤ congrats on finding her...I was so excited for you.
Omg I just saw you find her on Instagram 🎉 lightening fast review 😂😉🤗🖤💙❤️ I ordered on Amazon, Walmart and in store at Target & Walmart oh and reel drama Lagoona I did on Target so happy my kid will have tons of MH to open on her 9th bday 10/15 ❤️❤️❤️
It feels like old times!!! Great birthday for your kiddo!
@@MyWorldMelissa yes she’s been wanting these dolls since like 2017 I’d estimate cause she was only 3 in 2016 and we started doll collecting with Shoppies, happy places lil Shoppies, Barbie fashionista, Disney dolls, lol surprise tots, etc 😉🤗
When will you be dropping all the juicy details you got at the MH convention?💗
I love that they also brought back Deadfast!!! I can't wait to see more of Ghoulia's personality!💕
Would like to see G3 Monster High feature parodies of these popular superheroes as well for a comic convention episode:
The Avengers
X-Men
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
Aquaman
Shazam
Teen Titans
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Power Rangers/Super Sentai
Kamen Rider
Ultraman
I grabbed Ghoulia, Cleo, and Laguna this weekend. I had to ask employees to go into the back to get the dolls for me because they were in the Target app but not on the shelves yet. Thank goodness for kind store employees. My Daughter bought me Toralei last week when we found her randomly at walmart a week ago.
I wasn't collecting when Monster High first came out but I loved the dolls. I actually like the new dolls better though...i know, unpopular opinion but they're so cute! Anyway, daughter and I had a whole conversation yesterday about how the og dolls look like adults and the new ones look much more like high school kids.
Ive been loving all the G3 dolls so far(except toralei sadly😥) but I've been seeing the G3 as freshmens and G1 as seniors in high school,like I looked back to when I was 14 and it was cringy at times but most things that I were into I still was when I graduated, but yea that's been my headcanon. Keep being clawsome!!🥰
Love your review and I hope I can find her at my Target! I was hoping the glasses only had the film over the glasses to keep them from getting scratched. 🤷♀️
I really hope Ghoulia comes to Canada soon!! the reseller and scalpers are already going wild with the prices, hopefully she's a toy r us or walmart exclusive here in Canada D:
Personally I think G3 looks more like younger siblings more than the G1 characters! Over all I’m excited to get them! And I’m trying to keep open minded about these dolls! Love your videos so much!!!!!
The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love your decisions. ♡
i absolutely love the new look. they found a way mix the original feel with a cutesy look. i love that the G1 dolls will still remain. they nailed the new generation.
Glad that she’s still a DeadFast fan! Now I would like to see Monster High parodies of these superheroes as well in-universe (probably for a comic con episode):
The Avengers
X-Men
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
Aquaman
Shazam
Teen Titans
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Power Rangers/Super Sentai
Kamen Rider
Ultraman
I’m glad that Ghoulia is back in G3, and that she seems to have many character similarities with the original. I totally skipped G2 dolls, because no Ghoulia. Perhaps I’ll get this one.
Watching Mommy's Monster High reviews again like i was about 12 years ago ❣️🥺
I love Ghoulia deeply and i'm so sad she's a target exclusive!! I'm Spanish so i probably won't be able to get her signature doll at all 😭😭 hopefully they will make more budget line dolls and i'll be able to get her 🥺
Wow, thanks for what you said in the beginning; it was very helpful. :) Iii'm getting started in the 14/16/18 inch doll stuff right now and trying to also look out for some 4/6/12 inch ones like these...I'm starting to like some of these monster high ones a bit more.
RIP people outside US because we're not getting any doll for months...no reel drama, no gen 3 or else. At least here in Europe. So I actually understand the feeling of nerve and anxiety while you see people getting dolls while you can't get them in any way...plus they're supposed to be priced about 34/39 dollars so they're not even that cheap that we can get all of them like you guys are doing. And we don't even know how the exclusive thing is going to work...are we going to have toralei and ghoulia? Who knows😮💨
We can import it from the US and it’s basically the same price… but I rather wait.
@@chickpea actually not because there are tons of fees and the shipping costs as much as the doll itself so. At least in my country
I'm so excited for these dolls! Frankie and Ghoulia were first choices but I ended up getting Clawdeen. My Walmart didn't have Frankie and the closest Toys R Us (I'm in Canada) is in another city, so I'll probably order Ghoulia online. I literally freaked out when I saw them stocking the dolls two days ago! My Walmart is usually months behind.
I'm excited to hear that Mattel is doing something with our ghoul Ghoulia! She deserves so much love! I was hoping for a wave two of Haunt Couture but I'll take anything at this point lol.
Thanks to your videos and your MH excitement, I went on my first MH hunt the other day. I went to Target and got the core 5. Ghoulia was nowhere to be found. I was able to get Deuce on Amazon, then I was able to finally order Ghoulia on Target online. Haven't found Toralei yet. Please say it isn't so that Haunt Couture is over. I have all of them so far and was hoping for an Abbie, Ghoulia and a Deuce Haunt Couture. Again Thanks for your videos they really brighten up my days.
They didn't have them at my Target or Walmart yesterday, so I went ahead and ordered Draculaura online. She will be my first MH doll! I'm so excited!
Your first ever???!!! Thats so exciting!!
I heard that she does speak in the movie, so I expect she will in the series as well.
I like that went more of a geek route instead of the typical nerd route. The geekyness suites her really well. And if they again go for Frankie being all about science like in G2 then this ghoulia is different enough from them too.
I can't think of her name right now but I am looking forward to seeing the remake of the cyclops character. She was super cute. It's hard to get ahold of her. But I just loved how unique she was and that just made her super cool.
Thanks I needed the slow down and breath cuz in Australia the dolls are no where to be seen and they probably will take a while to come out in our shops I’ve been so anxious/Excited and disappointed. Love to see more monster high
Welcome back ghoula and WELCOME BACK TO MH!!!
I am so THRILLED about G3 they are so adorable and kids are going to love them (okay, even I love them) MH G1 ALWAYS holds a dear special place in my heart because the ghouls helped me overcome SO MANY THINGS in my life. And I feel like the G3 ghouls will help the new generation of kids overcome things too. And I LOVE that.
I went doll hunting yesterday and today. The Walmart near me has zero MH dolls in store. I was wanting to feel that same feeling I remember from 2010 when I saw my very first MH doll, this time being 22 instead of 9. So I had to buy Draculaura, Cleo, Clawdeen, and Frankie on Amazon 😔.
But .... MH IS STILL BACK AND IM SO EXCITED TO BE GETTING THE DOLLS (again!) 🥰😍😍😍😍😍
I love you channel Melissa, you are so awesome. ❤
I agree with you she's my favorite character! She brings joy to me! Now I just need to find her lol
Cries as someone who doesn't have target in my country 😭 she looks soooo cute, as someone who is autistic and goes non verbal when I have meltdowns ghoulia was always everything to me as a kid and I'm so excited to see her in the reboot and the tv show and to see what new dolls we get of her! (also I'm gonna be using that highschool - adult comparison in my head now, thats my new head cannon)
I went hunting today and I found only one Draculra doll and that was it . Thanks for posting this video . I didn’t know ghoulia was a target exclusive
(not a doll related comment but..) I'm the same as you, I struggle to differentiate between anxiety and excitement. I've physically had to leave places before because I think I'm going to have a panic attack and it's really just excitement. Anxiety has literally ruined my life because I just don't feel like I ever get excited anymore when really I do but I just don't know that I am.
I'm happy that Mattel gave the dolls articulation again.
I was hunting all weekend with my bestie it was super fun and we got all the g3 dolls I really really wanted can’t wait to find more they are so cute
Ghoulia was always my favorite so I'm really happy and excited to see her back!!
I didn't get to grab all of the monster high dolls when they came out.
The toyrus in chico California closed and I didn't know it was closing until I came for some doll hunting.
Then, when I found out that toyrus closed I was heart broken and devastated the store closed forever.
I just wanted to come back to this video and let everyone know that while I was out doll hunting today, I asked an employee at both Walmart and Target about their monster high dolls. At Walmart they have been getting shipments in late, and at Target some of the dolls are still in steel pallets in the back, so maybe keep checking throughout the week! Hope this helps!
Being AutiHD, it's Ghoulia who got me into Monster High. I was too old when Gen1 came out and I got into toys only a few years ago. But seeing someone so clearly autistic-coded who was fun, a bit sassy, stylish and loved by many, it really warmed my heart! We are different kinds of autistic, but seeing her is just special to me. I love her new design as well, I just hope they don't erase too much of the autistic coding by changing her personality this much. I also love enby Frankie who is so important as a disability rep as well! I've definitely unlocked a new special interest thanks to these two 💚💙🥰
Im happy to saw I didnt go to Target looking for Monster High dolls until yesterday 10/12 and found not only Ghoulia but Frankie, Lagoona, Clawdeen, Cleo and the and the coffin bean set as well. I didnt have money to get the 6 pack that recently released but i have hope that that will be back in stock eventually. I only picked up Ghoulia, Frankie and Lagoona but i love them already.
I went hunting to Target but they DIDN'T have them on the shelf yet. In fact, the employee I spoke to (who is also a MH fan) said they were on a pallette somewhere in the back, wrapped up, and unreachable because of all the Christmas stuff blocking the stock room. Argh! I DID hit up Walmart next and got a FRANKIE! (which as a nonbinary person makes me so, so happy) But now I'd love to have Ghoulia since I am Autistic and love the representaiton in the MH line.
I live in EU and we don't have monster high yet, and I really want a Ghoulia and we don't have Target..
This is so unfair 😭😭😭😭
I live in Australia, so it may be different for you, but in the past the exclusives have been exclusive to a different store! For example, I've seen Walmart exclusives at a popular store in Australia called Kmart! :)
her shirt looks evocative of that religious image ive also seen used in fashion where its a heart with rays of light emitting from it.
I love a lot of individual pieces but the overall looks of gen 3 are very juvenile compared to gen 1. I’ll miss Ghoulia’s original style and personality so much😢
Ordered online for pickup. Was also happy to see Ghoulia.
I know you like Ghoulia... how do you feel that she is excluded ? There is just ONE doll off her and it's exclusive in US and Canada... :( I live in sweden and my heart hurts
I’ve been waiting for this video! Ghoulia does talk in the movie- I saw a clip of her showing Clawdeen to her room and she was talking and did a crazy laugh to try and scare Clawdeen as a “freshman prank”
Since she can talk, would like to see her use made-up words (autistic people tend to make up words to make things more convenient for their conversations).
Ghoulia looks like a skater girl now, go ghoulia!
I managed to find Draculara, Cleo and Clawdeen out in the wild. Picked up Draculara and she is sooo great! I think I will prioritize Frankie next 🥰
OMGHOUL, I MH doll hunted yesterday and found the Draculaura Gore-geous set, Frankie, and Torelei. Glad I did, but won’t lie…ordered the others online via Amazon. The hunt is great but holy….
Target was awful but Walmart was great!
Sad thing is when dolls are target exclusive they don’t come to my country usually AT ALL. I am so upset! 😢
Yeah they rarely think about the over seas fans at all, it's frustrating...
@@a_me_1 Yeah! It is! Like i heard toralei might be also like target exclusive.
@@nallukka2002 that's a shame, I think they might come elsewhere eventually, in the UK there hasn't been a thing at all since the last reboot.
@@a_me_1 same here in Finland. Its quite sad since i really want these dolls but i have to wait for a Very long time until even one appears here
I like the idea of the darker glasses being for sensory defense!!
I absolutely LOVE the doll (and the whole line)!!
I went to my local Walmart yesterday and there was nothing!, literally NOTHING no dolls no display setup no spot on the shelves nor did workers there know what I was talking about or if they would come in and even 2 workers that straight out refused to look and find anything out for me when the evening before I was told they would be on a truck and to come back in the morning… ugh 😢it was a lot of running around and stress for nothing😮 today I found the main ghouls core dolls and playset on target app and I ordered one for MonsterHigh The Movie watch day.😊❤ Ghoulia was sold out, so I decided to get Lagoona. I’m still not sure about her but the other monsters are going to be coming home soon especially Ghoulia! I love your videos. I would love to see the return of some of the old MonsterHigh segments and comedy bits please
I like the rounder, bigger faces, it definitely gives them more of a youthful look whereas the ogs had more of an angular almost skeletal design
I love your channel Soo much I'm glad your posting I love you so much
Mattel hates pants and clear glasses.
That being said... Ghoulia is my favorite character.
Started off being indifferent towards g3, telling myself, I already have my plate full hunting RH and SH, then now i find myself at Walmart buying all of them like a freak of nature lol. I love them all! Yet to find Ghoulia though
got ghoulia today and I love her, I was lucky to get one before they all sold out in my area. I have dracuaura coming soon and I cant wait
excited that GHOULEA is back but I don't know why she doesn't convince me ☹️
I found it super funny when you talked about how a bunch of people who watched you and your son as kids grew up to also be trans men or trans mac because i grew up to be a trans man as well and i’m neurodivergent too Lol you guys always made my day as a kid and still do so thank you both for that! 🫶🏼
I got my Ghoulia at the target closest to my house today!! Although I did cheat a little cause I bought online for in store pickup which i was a little worried about, but mine's perfect!
I was waiting to see your reaction because I knew Ghoulia was your favorite character!!I’m super happy she’s back I like her new doll. can’t wait to find her at Target. also is her name supposed to be a pun of the name Julia? because I know monster high does puns all the time it’s just something I wondered.
I never had a monster high doll until i bought them from a thrift store. My first doll was a basic draculaura. I sold them with isi dawndancer and amanita nightshade. I went back for the rest of the other dolls but they were too expensive. I really wanted caty noir but not for the price. The only one i haven't resold is a naked venus mcflytrap with missing hands.
TBH Ghoulia is one of my faves and I like the green tbh. It makes her stand out more.
I have autism so I love that there is a character like Ghoulia!!
I love Ghoulia, and all her accessories are so cute! I don't mind the cutesy look to her, but changing her skin was not it for me. The combination of cutesy and green skin just makes her so different. She's basically unrecognisable. I would have really loved if they kept her grey.
I'm so glad you found her! Unfortunately I haven't been able to get any dolls recently mainly cuz of money, where I live, and that every time I tried to get a new Monster High doll they automatically sell out or are too expensive I wasn't able to get the reproductions, real drama and so far I haven't been able to get G3 but that's enough of my complaining I'm really sorry I don't mean to sound self-absorbed and I know this isn't the worst problem but I just kind of feel like I needed to rant again I'm really sorry though I'm so happy you found her and for everyone else who found G3 I'm so happy for you I'm also sorry this is really long thank you for reading and I hope you all have a great day/night :-)
I love that new Ghoulia!!!
The rainbow heart brain is giving me ASD. My daughter is autistic and immediately when I saw this I thought of her. She’s definitely in love with rainbow high and now monster high!
They need better fashion designers for G3. I don't like how they are being so literal with their motifs, like plastering a brain on everything to make it come across that shes a zombie. Theres no creativity in that. In G1 they took care that their fashion more reflected their personalities, with touches of motifs relating to their creature type. Like Ghoulia had pretty much nothing relating to her being a zombie in her fashion, it was more in her gaunt face and skin tone that they got that across.
Also I hate "market research" as a means of finding out what consumers (especially kids) want. Because people don't know what they want. Thats why all movies today are the same and its rare to have unique concepts, corporations are too scared to take risks, so they lazily rely on focus groups. Its not a good way of finding out what people want because people can't imagine liking something more than something they are already familiar with. So of course a child is going to say they like bright colorful fashion, because they havn't been exposed to something in their targeted demographic that is anything else, or done in a way that is executed well enough to appeal to them. Like kids love dark themed things, does no one remember the Disney cartoon Gargoyles?? I LOVED that show as a kid, and I was 4 years old. So I think its so weird that adults have this notion that kids only want bright colorful happy things. Children are multidimensional beings too, and I don't get why corporations these days feel the need to cutesify , cheapen, and dumb down everything they market to children. Its pretty disrespectful to the intelligence and mind that kids have.
I’m glad I am not the only one that thinks G1 looks like 20 something clubbers!!
Ghoulia's hair is saran. To my knowledge, Clawdeen has Polypropylene but I don't know who else does. Polypropylene hair is a lot more rough and coarse than saran, it doesn't do silky very well.
I have been watching your channel since you and Kayden started doing equestria girls reviews and beyond. Your videos have always been so special to me. I am a cis woman but I had a lot of gender identity issues as a kid where sometimes my femininity was denied and I did not get the chance to fully enjoy playtime with my dolls because of misogynistic comments I would get saying that "dolls are for little girls" etc. But your videos helped me realize that toys do not have gender! I was able to enjoy playing with my dolls and looking up to strong female-presenting characters even when I was a bit more tomboyish because just because I liked guitars and cars, it did not mean that I didn't like fashion dolls and dresses. Thank you for making these videos. I hope you, Kayden, and your whole family are doing well.
Very surprised the beanie is not plastic like they’ve been doing with the barbies
I think OG Ghoulia is going to be part of the holiday line? There are pics of OG Draculaura going around from that future line.
Noo she be Reel Drama
I’m gonna miss the old Ghoulia, but I love her new human voice and she is so cute so I might get her doll and give her a show accurate hair
I haven't gone out yet to look for these, I guess there's hope. ✌ 😎
Wait Omg yes I can’t wait to see what mh has for the og ghoulia
The face on the doll is cute and the accessories are too but the colour combination just seems so random compared to what she was originally wearing where the colours actually compliments each other more.
Me: watches my world
My dog: chews up pillows in my room
Also me: continues watching my world
I have gone to 1000 stores! I haven’t found any except for the two pack of Frankie and deuce which I don’t want to buy full price.
I'm 63 and have collected many MH dolls I now have all the g3 dolls but I don't compare them because each generation was a different time and different age group. I see nothing wrong with any of them because of the age set for these dolls, 4 year olds are not going to care about much as long as they got something to play with and for me who collects them I can accept the difference. 12 years ago I had teeth but now times have changed, I don't have a teeth in my head but still loved as if I do. Lol
ghoulia has always been cool and i liked that all the other gouls expexed her for who she was, i love her and draculara and think i can be ok with the new dolls of them