My CA Cupid bangs wants to part like Moses parted the sea. I’ve had to use hair gel and got it flat with a bobby pin just to it to look decent and it still splits Debating on using straight up glue but I know it isn’t a good idea
@@xCanadensis oh my God please tell you a story that made me angry so basically we have a thrift store near us and they have a bunch of nice and box dolls for like $25. I found one Barbie doll in the box. She had a beautiful outfit for nine dollars and she was the collector of 1998/50 anniversary she was beautiful but I don’t know why they do this. Her box was like so wonky. I had to use that is eye-catching and it makes me so angry because the right half box and the side middle part are not attached to the box so you can literally stick your finger through it and it makes me so angry because now it blocks half of the box
the bodies are fragile and werent made to last. the new ones feel much sturdier in comparison but ig time will tell if they will stay in better condition than the g1s did. i think they will though..
The elastic hips used to break right I don’t think it was a monster high of mine that broke but I remember one of my dolls was an amputee because of her elastic hips
Little tip for yellow hair: (I tried it on my Frankie doll and it worked) wash their hair with purple shampoo it does wonders. It helps whiten their hair and restore it to its original colour it usually takes two washes but even with just one you can already see the difference
As a kid I has issues with the hands getting loose over time and not staying in place. I lost the hands at a playground of one of my oldest dolls and was really upset
they’re also SO delicate. it’s near impossible not to lose their limbs. my first monster high doll was cleo, and I lost her arm almost instantly. they pop off wayyy too easily. even the creeproductions seem to have this problem :/
Literally, whikst I do prefer gen 1, the elastic on the hips is a pain to redo yourself, I claude doll to use to customise and im dreading having to redo his hips 😭
Dang, this was actual contructive criticisms about the manufacturing! Not that I don’t have faith in Brooke, I’m just really jaded by the fanbase’s depressing lack of monster knowledge and creepy refusal to accept characters’ backgrounds ‘cause they all have fantasy skin/hair colors.
The Slip dress makes it easier to put on and off on the dolls and you don't use much fabric. Considering that many of these dolls were considered playline, it does make sense. BUT it's annoying to have so many in a doll line that is considered a FASHION doll line. BUT now we have a different problem- MERMAID DRESS, IDK why they keep pushing this dress cut(that is a longer Slip dress with ruffles) and it's annoying because they are using on expensive dolls. Another problem that I have with old MH dolls are loose joints, it's so easy to lose a hand or a full on arm.
I remember the arms being super fragile when I tried to remove the hands and lower arm. One wrong move and the peg snapped off and you’re suck with a handless or armless doll 😭
I remember when I was a kid, I had i think a cleo with elastic hips and I sobbed my eyes out because her leg got stuck in a weird position and I thought I broke her
My gen1 dolls i had as a kid their hairs are absolute messes. I think the glue just makes it so hard to fix up. I feel these dolls were made for display and not with kids in mind. Especially with the fact mine have missing hands lol.
They were absolutely made for kids, more of a tween demographic intended though. The issues that make them terrible to play with also makes them terrible for display though. The glue leeches out even if they’re NIB
Body Yellowing! I see NOBODY talking about some dolls going yellow. I have a Picture Day Abbey who despite having been rerooted and not in sunlight, her body has gone YELLOW Some Frankies also have gone yellow-ey for me too.
Huh. I looked closely at the dolls with eye wonk, and I can only really see it with that first Cleo you showed. Of course, you look at them more often and would know better than me.
I didn’t used to notice it when I was younger but I would favor certain dolls, even the exact same doll as mine but at the store or in someone else’s photo. Then I realized their eyes were just misplaced and that made mine look bizarre. Once you learn how to spot it, everything becomes a lot clearer.
Wash their hair with hydrogen peroxide like a really high percent, and let it sit for a while in the hair, wash with a good soap and conditioner and it makes it better i swear, do it a couple times for really good results
Yes,yes,yes OMG! Thank you for finally saying it. The imperfections in gen 1 are crazy that's probably why they were clearanced out at most stores all the time.
WD-40 is a little too toxic and has components that I don’t super want to put on my dolls 😅 I know how to fix glue seepage, I’ve done it plenty. It’s just inevitable and I’m very picky with my original dolls I had as a teenager since they’re irreplaceable to me. I use oxi-clean and it’s the only method I feel comfortable recommending to most people
They don’t really get dusty unless it’s been multiple years and even then it takes very little time to dust things in general. Idk what “touch them all” means
Most dolls don’t use glue at all or burn/weave the hair in place. Mattel decided to use glue for like ten years for seemingly no reason as it benefited nothing. Fabri tac is a consumer glue brand that is not known to seep and it not what they use
@@xCanadensis Oh wow, thank you for replying! 🙂 That's so illogical of Mattel imo 🙈 It'd have made more sense for them to either stick to the glue free, other methods of keeping doll's hair in place OR they should've used a glue that doesn't seep 😩 Surely they have the funds to use quality products 🫠😅 Oh dear, Mattel 🤷🏻♀️ Anyhoo, I really like your videos! Hope you're having a lovely day 😊
I have dolls from the 1960’s that have aged better and many of these issues are not aging related AND if these issues appear after like… a year like some of them do then that’s just terrible design 😭
I still prefer the older ones even with the issues they have because the G3 dolls break so easily specifically the hands they keep coming off constantly, and the plus sized dolls joints break so easily. They feel like they were made for display only and not for playing with and that sucks.
It’s interesting to see how many have issues. I’ve owned mine for many years and only a handful have these issues out of the 400 so I own. I think it can come down to how you care for the dolls, I used to play with mine all the time but, they are all in great condition. I have at max 4 that have light glue seepage that isn’t awful, elastics that are only loose on 1 doll and idk how many eye wonks maybe 10 at most. I think if a doll is 2nd hand u are more likely to run into these issues but being able to pick them in stores at the time or carefully choosing 2nd hand to get MIB or from a collector loose can really benefit the collection.
Mmm… no! I have NIB dolls that I personally kept from 2013 that have glue seepage. Look closely on eBay and you’ll see the same issue. Mine are in great condition, they just are made out of terrible materials and have stupid things like the glue. You probably live in a climate that doesn’t exasperate it if it’s not that you simply don’t notice. I have 4000 dolls (or more, haven’t really counted) and all of them were either bought and unboxed personally by me or thrifted. NONE have been as problematic and poor quality as generation 1 of monster high - including dolls from the 1960’s (all of which were thrifted). About half of my MH collection was purchased direct from the store when I was a teenager and I did not play with them in any unreasonable way. They’re just not made of good materials. It’s really just luck with MH and EAH because some just didn’t have the glue while others did. I remember being confused by the loose elastics vividly when I got my signature operetta for my thirteenth birthday. These were my favorite for years and the reason I started collecting dolls… but they truly are not good quality and it sucks. Terrible materials, boring, lazy silhouettes, eye wonk far too common, bad paint quality across the board, disgusting goop coming out of their heads and ruining their packaging, clothing and vinyl… just foul. Love them a lot but I’m not gonna sit here and pretend they are perfect
@@xCanadensis got a couple from some used lots, for some reason it's almost always loose hip joints, rarely shoulders. Always a shame because idk how to fix it permanently :(
It's basically like restringing a bjd from what i've seen? Doll Spa from ZombiexCorn featured that fix, as well as Spectra redesign by Etellan @@faith4disney
@@Frankiefinexx I haven’t seen as many examples and due to the machines being generally newer I think they may have fixed. Ironically I find g3 lips are more of an issue due to the more variety
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ugh finally someone talks about the bangs, i usually use hair gel bc i dont know any other way to keep em in place 😭
It’s TERRIBLE 😭😭😭 why did they do it like that!!
My CA Cupid bangs wants to part like Moses parted the sea.
I’ve had to use hair gel and got it flat with a bobby pin just to it to look decent and it still splits
Debating on using straight up glue but I know it isn’t a good idea
I think the bangs parting like that is super cute but it should of been intentional
@@xCanadensis oh my God please tell you a story that made me angry so basically we have a thrift store near us and they have a bunch of nice and box dolls for like $25. I found one Barbie doll in the box. She had a beautiful outfit for nine dollars and she was the collector of 1998/50 anniversary she was beautiful but I don’t know why they do this. Her box was like so wonky. I had to use that is eye-catching and it makes me so angry because the right half box and the side middle part are not attached to the box so you can literally stick your finger through it and it makes me so angry because now it blocks half of the box
The way I've never seen a G1 Cleo that wasn't wonky af 😂😂😂
Mine always has good screenings
the bodies are fragile and werent made to last. the new ones feel much sturdier in comparison but ig time will tell if they will stay in better condition than the g1s did. i think they will though..
It kinda depends, because plastic tends to age badly and becomes brittle :(
It’s nice to see someone talk about G1 Monster High without the rose tinted glasses
yeah! what also annoys me is people complaining about stuff in g3 that was also present in g1
The glue makes me want to rip all the hair out and start over, but luckily goo gone exists…
Goo gone never works for me 😭 I can only get the oxi clean to work
@@xCanadensisreally?? I’ve used the zombiexcorn method (he shows it in one of his videos) it always works on my 2000’s Barbie’s
I’m glad it works!! Ive heard it works for a lot of people. I’ve tried it a bunch and never get a good result :(
@@xCanadensisahhh that sucks I’m so sorry, attests the oxi clean works!
Where can u buy goo gone ? What does it do exactly?
OMG IT'S AWAYS THE SLIP DRESS THAT KINDA LOOKS LIKE A LONG T-SHIRT WITH THE CAPRI LEGGINGS LOL
I agree with all of this. But, I think the glue seepage is the worst.
Oh absolutely. It is so disgusting and terrible :(
I think a lot of people are clouded by nostalgia for g1 and I get it but they ignore that g1 had a lot of issues
It’s not fans’ fault older dolls had construction issues, which they’ve obviously fixed for later dolls.
The elastic hips used to break right I don’t think it was a monster high of mine that broke but I remember one of my dolls was an amputee because of her elastic hips
OMG ALL OF THIS! YES!
I feel like so many collectors are afraid to speak out on these issues, but the way you hit the nail on the head? Way overdue! 💯
Shoutout to how many broken MH dolls you find because the limbs and hands snap off
Yep , monster high didn’t age well , they are falling apart in quality. Although it has been 10 years
It’s such a shame :( they’re such cool dolls but even keeping them in box doesn’t keep them safe!!
Little tip for yellow hair: (I tried it on my Frankie doll and it worked) wash their hair with purple shampoo it does wonders. It helps whiten their hair and restore it to its original colour it usually takes two washes but even with just one you can already see the difference
I had to learn how to restring the elastic in their hips
On the plus side everyone has those same problems, so you know it's not YOUR bad purchase 🤷🏻♂️
Having criticisms doesn’t mean I dislike them or consider them bad. It’s healthy and normal to have critiques of things you like
As a kid I has issues with the hands getting loose over time and not staying in place. I lost the hands at a playground of one of my oldest dolls and was really upset
Omg I'm never going to be able to unsee the slip dresses now 😭
they’re also SO delicate. it’s near impossible not to lose their limbs. my first monster high doll was cleo, and I lost her arm almost instantly. they pop off wayyy too easily. even the creeproductions seem to have this problem :/
Literally, whikst I do prefer gen 1, the elastic on the hips is a pain to redo yourself, I claude doll to use to customise and im dreading having to redo his hips 😭
I found a way to help with the yellowing hair I recommend using purple shampoo
Dang, this was actual contructive criticisms about the manufacturing! Not that I don’t have faith in Brooke, I’m just really jaded by the fanbase’s depressing lack of monster knowledge and creepy refusal to accept characters’ backgrounds ‘cause they all have fantasy skin/hair colors.
The elastic hips were ditched for a reason
Almost all my childhood MH dolls have glue seepage i have had to deal with lol😭love them sm but damn its annoying
The Slip dress makes it easier to put on and off on the dolls and you don't use much fabric.
Considering that many of these dolls were considered playline, it does make sense.
BUT it's annoying to have so many in a doll line that is considered a FASHION doll line.
BUT now we have a different problem- MERMAID DRESS, IDK why they keep pushing this dress cut(that is a longer Slip dress with ruffles) and it's annoying because they are using on expensive dolls.
Another problem that I have with old MH dolls are loose joints, it's so easy to lose a hand or a full on arm.
I remember the arms being super fragile when I tried to remove the hands and lower arm. One wrong move and the peg snapped off and you’re suck with a handless or armless doll 😭
I remember when I was a kid, I had i think a cleo with elastic hips and I sobbed my eyes out because her leg got stuck in a weird position and I thought I broke her
For me it was that they look like their starving
the hair yellowing !! all my frankies from the early 2010s are blondes atp.
I don't see many who leave their dolls as is.
This is one of the few times i see monster high dolls and not be a repaint or redress 😂
The majority of people definitely leave them alone or just change their clothes occasionally
the slip dress is so true! thats why i in many way prefer g3
This was why I never collected Monster High dolls made in the 2010s.
My gen1 dolls i had as a kid their hairs are absolute messes. I think the glue just makes it so hard to fix up. I feel these dolls were made for display and not with kids in mind. Especially with the fact mine have missing hands lol.
They were absolutely made for kids, more of a tween demographic intended though. The issues that make them terrible to play with also makes them terrible for display though. The glue leeches out even if they’re NIB
Every time u said glue seepage I heard 'glue seep bitch' in a sassy voice 😂
We are excited for the new dolls to drop soon 😄
Body Yellowing! I see NOBODY talking about some dolls going yellow. I have a Picture Day Abbey who despite having been rerooted and not in sunlight, her body has gone YELLOW
Some Frankies also have gone yellow-ey for me too.
Thank you!! Finally someone is speaking my language!!!
Agreed
So many have that cami dress and i just dont get whyyyy
Also broken articulation inside the box. Getting broken dolls in g1 was super easy it seems
and people still act like g1 had the best dolls 😂
Yep the hair yellowing and eye wink I definitely see on my Classic Frankie xD but I love her too much to switch out ger head
Plastic yellowing! So many of my lighter G1 dolls have yellow knees and joints.
I think it was dead tired had the elastic
Hips and it was so annoying!!! (Sorry if I got the name wrong)
Huh. I looked closely at the dolls with eye wonk, and I can only really see it with that first Cleo you showed. Of course, you look at them more often and would know better than me.
I didn’t used to notice it when I was younger but I would favor certain dolls, even the exact same doll as mine but at the store or in someone else’s photo. Then I realized their eyes were just misplaced and that made mine look bizarre. Once you learn how to spot it, everything becomes a lot clearer.
The wonky eyes are apparently still a problem 😭 i seen like 2 or 3 pictures with g3s wonky eyes lol
Useful information
Wash their hair with hydrogen peroxide like a really high percent, and let it sit for a while in the hair, wash with a good soap and conditioner and it makes it better i swear, do it a couple times for really good results
Idk how but non of my monster high dolls have glue problems and I live in AZ maybe I was just lucky
The glue is the worst for me.
Much love ❤❤
Yes,yes,yes OMG! Thank you for finally saying it. The imperfections in gen 1 are crazy that's probably why they were clearanced out at most stores all the time.
Wd-40 i repeat wd-40 works like magic for glue seeping :3❤❤❤❤
WD-40 is a little too toxic and has components that I don’t super want to put on my dolls 😅 I know how to fix glue seepage, I’ve done it plenty. It’s just inevitable and I’m very picky with my original dolls I had as a teenager since they’re irreplaceable to me. I use oxi-clean and it’s the only method I feel comfortable recommending to most people
Barbies made in the early 2000’s have the same issue
Oooooohhhhhhhhhu brothherrrrrrrrrrtr
How do you have time to just touch them all and dust them off?
They don’t really get dusty unless it’s been multiple years and even then it takes very little time to dust things in general. Idk what “touch them all” means
The glue seepage is interesting 🤔 What glue do they use, is it not fabri tac?
Most dolls don’t use glue at all or burn/weave the hair in place. Mattel decided to use glue for like ten years for seemingly no reason as it benefited nothing. Fabri tac is a consumer glue brand that is not known to seep and it not what they use
@@xCanadensis Oh wow, thank you for replying! 🙂
That's so illogical of Mattel imo 🙈 It'd have made more sense for them to either stick to the glue free, other methods of keeping doll's hair in place OR they should've used a glue that doesn't seep 😩 Surely they have the funds to use quality products 🫠😅
Oh dear, Mattel 🤷🏻♀️ Anyhoo, I really like your videos! Hope you're having a lovely day 😊
lol so mostly aging problems which I understand.
I have dolls from the 1960’s that have aged better and many of these issues are not aging related AND if these issues appear after like… a year like some of them do then that’s just terrible design 😭
Huh 🤔
I still prefer the older ones even with the issues they have because the G3 dolls break so easily specifically the hands they keep coming off constantly, and the plus sized dolls joints break so easily. They feel like they were made for display only and not for playing with and that sucks.
Ever after high is awful with the slip dress’ too and cheap cheap clothes.
My problem with G2 of MH: it exists
G2 bangs
It’s interesting to see how many have issues. I’ve owned mine for many years and only a handful have these issues out of the 400 so I own.
I think it can come down to how you care for the dolls, I used to play with mine all the time but, they are all in great condition.
I have at max 4 that have light glue seepage that isn’t awful, elastics that are only loose on 1 doll and idk how many eye wonks maybe 10 at most.
I think if a doll is 2nd hand u are more likely to run into these issues but being able to pick them in stores at the time or carefully choosing 2nd hand to get MIB or from a collector loose can really benefit the collection.
Mmm… no! I have NIB dolls that I personally kept from 2013 that have glue seepage. Look closely on eBay and you’ll see the same issue. Mine are in great condition, they just are made out of terrible materials and have stupid things like the glue. You probably live in a climate that doesn’t exasperate it if it’s not that you simply don’t notice.
I have 4000 dolls (or more, haven’t really counted) and all of them were either bought and unboxed personally by me or thrifted. NONE have been as problematic and poor quality as generation 1 of monster high - including dolls from the 1960’s (all of which were thrifted).
About half of my MH collection was purchased direct from the store when I was a teenager and I did not play with them in any unreasonable way. They’re just not made of good materials. It’s really just luck with MH and EAH because some just didn’t have the glue while others did. I remember being confused by the loose elastics vividly when I got my signature operetta for my thirteenth birthday. These were my favorite for years and the reason I started collecting dolls… but they truly are not good quality and it sucks. Terrible materials, boring, lazy silhouettes, eye wonk far too common, bad paint quality across the board, disgusting goop coming out of their heads and ruining their packaging, clothing and vinyl… just foul. Love them a lot but I’m not gonna sit here and pretend they are perfect
Elastic might be bad, but i am not sure plastic joint that gets thin and lose over time is much better, since at least you can replace the elastic...
I’ve never encountered the plastic joints wearing on any dolls in my entire collection o_o
How do you replace the elastics?
@@xCanadensis got a couple from some used lots, for some reason it's almost always loose hip joints, rarely shoulders. Always a shame because idk how to fix it permanently :(
It's basically like restringing a bjd from what i've seen? Doll Spa from ZombiexCorn featured that fix, as well as Spectra redesign by Etellan @@faith4disney
Yes g1 eyes are miss placed often but so is g3 😂
Not as much imo
@@12toro they are lol
@@Frankiefinexx I haven’t seen as many examples and due to the machines being generally newer I think they may have fixed. Ironically I find g3 lips are more of an issue due to the more variety
Barely EVER. Plus she literally said at the start she has problems w g3 too so
Wonky eyes are not my problem, as long as it is not to bad. Real people are not symmetric either.
I have an actual lazy eye so I feel I have the authority here to say I wish it wasn’t so prevalent in the doll line
Mh dolls are mediocre no matter witch g