Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Monster High Rochelle Goyle by Mattel

Monster High is a cartoon based doll. Many of the different styles of these doll characters refer back to an episode or special. (There is a TV special coming out this month called 13 Wishes! Monsters and Halloween! How perfect!) The Rochelle Goyle I got at BJs Wholesale for $15.99, when I bought my Lagoona, is from the "Scaris: City of Frights" assortment.

The story is that the students of Monster High get to enter an international fashion competition in Scaris. This is the city that Rochelle is from, so she shows the other "ghouls" around! (It is a little silly, but, I admit, I do love the play on words running through all of this!)

Again, a beautiful presentation in the box.


Thew graphics are really great and you can read about the story enough to know what is going on, even if you have never seen an episode of the cartoon! (Like me!!!)



And...open sesame, snip, snip.....




And gorgeous Rochelle is ready to play! She comes a suitcase and a neat booklet that tells more of the story! And she come with wings!!!






Her hair is super long but, 
one turn to the side, 
and it is obvious how to attach the wings!

It's too bad her thick hair obscures the wings. They are probably her best accessory! I think Rochelle should have had a short, cute bob style haircut to show off the adorable little wings! The wings really couldn't have been bigger or she would have fallen over! But the hair could have been shorter.

The spaghetti straps are helpful!
But the cut is low in the back also,
to accommodate the wing placement

If you can't figure it out though, there is a handy, dandy how-to sheet!!!


A short haircut would have made her jaunty hat much cuter too!


She is darling in her Eiffel Terror dress!


Her skin is really neat! It has flecks of black and grey to make it look like stone! Her curled bangs are really crunchy with product, like Lagoona's, but I think a couple of brushings would soften them up! If they weren't curled they'd be awful long! They pink offsets the grey beautifully!


Her hair is super duper thick! Not like Lagoona's hair at all! Rochelle's hair is very thickly rooted! My only complaint was that one side was smooth and wavy and the other side was frizzy.



Her outfit is absolutely adorable!


Again, very well made and well sewn.



Stunning high heels with marvelous detail! 


They have a large slit in the back for getting on and off easily but grip the doll's feet very nicely, staying on tight. They are even easy to put on over the nylons!


And, I must say, I was nervous about these nylons. I am nervous about any doll in nylons, quite frankly! I put a run in my own hose about 5 min into the wearing of them!!! I am quite thrilled to report that these are quite stiff and strong! They even stand up by themselves!


The one drawback that I saw was that they don't quite come up high enough so poor Rochelle has permanent crotch sag!


It doesn't show with the dress on but I am sure it is uncomfortable for her!

But she has fantastic hair!


And she's a GARGOYLE! Love those wings!!!


These dolls are just so great at posing and supporting their own weight! Even Barbie rolls over more often than not when you just try to sit her in a simple sitting position on a smooth surface! These girls can do so much! They can even kneel!




Here's that bowed back that these girls are famous for! It is quite solid and easy to grip between your thumb and forefinger when brushing their hair! Despite their thin arms and legs, these dolls are relatively heavy! The weighting seems to allow them to hold poses well!


The travel bag she comes with is nicely detailed, with a retractable handle.



It doesn't snap shut but it does hold all of Rochelle's accessories, along wit all of Lagoona's!


This doll came with a brush and a stand also. The brush is useless but I am very glad to have a stand for her, even though she stands well on her own. Here are both Monster High ghouls next to Tinker Belle. It is amazing to me that Tink cost only $3 less that either Lagoona or Rochelle. They are worth so much more, being better quality and more poseable!


All in all, I am very impressed with Monster High dolls. The quality and flexibility and creativity! Being able to put bracelets on by removing the hands is brilliant! Plus, if I wanted to, I could mix and match their parts! Maybe Lagoona will turn to stone slowly if she doesn't get to water.......

Endless possibilities! I love dolls that foster creativity and these dolls, even with their written bios, do that in spades! I still think that Rochelle would be better with shorter hair, to show off those great wings! Who knows! Perhaps there is a haircut in her future! I am getting creative now too!


UPDATE! I did give Rochelle a great hair cut! I am recording the crafts that are inspired by the dolls I review on a new blog called Christina's Crafty Dollhouse! I want to keep this blog just for reviews but I really, really, really love to craft so I will post tutorials and pictures of my work on the Crafty Dollhouse! Come visit soon and see what I'm up to.......

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