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squarepeg s misc musings skip to main skip to sidebar squarepeg s misc musings i love dolls i love to collect them play with them re style them create dioramas for them and design and make new fashions for them what can i say i love dolls friday february 22 2013 too much of a good thing almost 3 years ago i was bitten by the monster high bug i had read articles prior to the dolls release and could wait to get one in my hot little hands previous posts explain my frustrations in purchasing those first dolls but once i got them i was smitten they had almost everything i look for in a doll uniqueness articulation small size and a storyline it wasn t long before they had a line of cool accessories and i thought i must have them cleo s bunk beds lagoona s hydration chamber coffin bean playset i was quite happy with my first dolls cleo de nile clawdeen wolf and frankie stein but soon new characters started cropping up faster than i could keep up i would see pics posted on line then run out to local walmarts targets and tru in search of them many times in vain websites showed the dolls sold out and the only place they could be found was ebay at triple the retail price or more whenever i would find a new character locally i would buy it whether i liked it or not i felt like i could use them as bargaining chips to get the dolls i really wanted then came the create a monster sets that allowed you to build your own monster fashions more characters and a bunch of other stuff i couldn t keep up it wasn t long before monster high dolls and stuff had all but taken over my doll room my dioramas and other dolls became hidden by mh boxes it got so bad i no longer wanted to go in there to play there was just no room it got so bad that the only time i opened the door was to put in another mh box and quickly shut it before my inner voice asked the inevitable question what are you going to do with all of this sh t a few months ago i came to my senses sort of and came to the conclusion that it was time to part with some of it the thought of me ever being the subject of an episode of hoarders surrounded by mounds of monster high stuff and peeing in a bucket was more than i could bear and enough to get my behind in gear i took a deep breath went into the mh i mean doll room and started sorting i listed many of the dolls i had duplicates of not exact duplicates but duplicates of the same characters i had lagoona in the hydration set so why would i need another these items were sold on ebay for a nice piece of change and i was happy sort of though i did reduce the mh stash considerably i still couldn t play in the doll room at any rate the holidays were upon me and i had other things to think about i would figure out the mh problem later well we are now 2 months past the holidays and the time has come yet i still don t know what to do in going through what s left i realize a couple of things 1 i ve spent way too much money on this madness 2 i can t decide what to keep i want mh to occupy but 1 2 x4 space in the room with no boxes taking up space today i am tempted to just list everything still nrfb on ebay if you are a mh fan would you buy it would it be more prudent to list things individually i need help posted by squarepeg78 at 3 01 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday september 17 2012 how do you collect part 1 as i continue to go through my doll collection and separate the keepers from the must find another homers i can t help but notice what makes keepers keepers they are all dolls that i love whether purchased 25 years ago or just last week whether the price was exorbitant or found at a yard sale for a quarter i love them conversely the dolls looking for new homes were either gifts prizes emotional purchases or frenzied purchases the frenzied purchases are of greatest concern this is when a company creates a frenzy for their product mga did this with their moxie teenz dolls by delaying the release and limiting the number of bijou dolls people were furiously hunting for her and when some found her they bought up as many as they could to sell on the secondary market all this bijou buying lasted until someone finally de boxed one discovered her poor articulation and posted their findings on the internet by the time i actually de boxed one i had already purchased 2 bijous an arizona and a tristen all but one of them will be looking for a new home another frenzy that i fell for and only beginning to recover from is that of monster high mattel started to cast their spell in 2009 with articles and blogs all over the internet about this new franchise of dolls books videos etc which were on the horizon for the coming year i saw pictures of the dolls and fell in love almost immediately i confess to being a bit on the odd side and these dolls made being odd cool my first mistake was to pre order 2 of the dolls from an online store whose name shall remain nameless but their initials are ad i paid my money and waited soon i start to see posts in online forums about people having found the dolls in their local stores and the prices were much lower than i had paid at ad my patience flew out of the window i made a mad dash to my local target walmart and tru stores found them at target for 5 less than ad and i did not have to pay shipping because i knew i could not get a full refund from ad if i cancelled my order i just purchased one doll clawdeen wolf at target a few days later i found a draculara at walmart for a few dollars cheaper than the target price my ad dolls arrived several weeks later but i still wasn t through people kept posting pictures of new characters that i just had to have then there were new waves these were just the same characters in new clothes on and on it went until at last count 19 monster high dolls were living here this does not include the 5 create a monster sets a few clothing packs lagoona s hydration station clawdeen s bunk beds or the coffee bean play sets in my own defense i was going through trying times with my family and confess that these were stress induced purchases about half of the monster high madness is or soon will be looking for new homes i have now committed myself to no more frenzy buying methinks a bottle of wine shared with friends is a better way of combating stress cheaper and takes up less space than new dolls posted by squarepeg78 at 3 17 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday september 11 2012 sewing again yeah it has been too long since i did any serious sewing for my dolls i tried but the stress of caring for my mother home renovations and grieving my mother s passing made it all but impossible to do anything remotely creative well it s been about 5 months and the fog is finally starting to clear last weekend i actually made a couple of outfits that i am proud of and finished a few that had languished too long in the ufo unfinished object box http www ebay com itm tea party pretty for 14 betsy mccall and hearts for hearts dolls 271057562406 pt lh_defaultdomain_0 hash item3f1c4a2b26 i made this one for hearts for hearts dolls but it surprisingly fits 14 betsy mccall and dru perfectly i have it listed on ebay but am having second thoughts about selling it posted by squarepeg78 at 5 16 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels betsy mccall doll fashions dru hearts for hearts dolls heirloom doll dress time to purge i saw a show on the syfy channel today called collection intervention they showcased a woman who was a passionate barbie collector the woman was not a hoarder but she did have more dolls and accessories than she could enjoy much was stored in her sons closets and her husband s workshop though my doll collection doesn t even come close to hers there is a common factor i have more than i can display and enjoy as i am determined not to become like my late mother who was a serious hoarder and i do so want to enjoy my dolls i have come to the realization that it is time to purge i am starting with monster high dolls i started collecting them after my father passed away and while watching my mother s health steadily decline over the following 2 and a half years i bought more i have way too many duplicates same character in different outfit so these will be the first to go if you collect monster high dolls or know someone who does please direct them to my listings http www ebay com sch allthegoodgone m html item 271057424228 _trksid p2047675 l2562 sspagename strk meselx it rt nc thanks posted by squarepeg78 at 4 49 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels clawdeen wolf cleo de nile dolls doll collection ghoulia yelps monster high sunday july 29 2012 squarepeg s misc musings why i won t purchase another mga bratz product squarepeg s misc musings why i won t purchase another mga bratz product it is a fact that i have never been a bratz fan i was not one of those who thought the dolls were trampy or anything they just did not re posted by squarepeg78 at 5 05 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest why i won t purchase another mga bratz product it is a fact that i have never been a bratz fan i was not one of those who thought the dolls were trampy or anything they just did not really appeal to me i did however purchase quite a few after they lost their first court battle with mattel i had read that the dolls were ordered off store shelves and thought i should get a couple in the unlikely even that they increased in value needless to say that didn t happen at any rate as the court battles went on mga launched a couple of new doll lines moxie girlz and moxie teenz the former bore an uncanny resemblance to 4ever best friends dolls 2004 2005 which bore a striking resemblance to mattel s wee three friends line of dolls which were launched several months earlier and the latter resembled liv dolls today i see an ad for bald bratz mga supposedly launched these dolls to support children undergoing cancer treatments according to their website 1 from the sale of each doll which retails for 19 99 will be donated to the starlight children s foundation so why do i have a problem with this this comes along only after mattel announced they would be producing bald barbie dolls mattel chose not to sell their dolls but donated them to children s hospitals around the country in essence i think mga stinks i gave them the benefit of the doubt with that whole carter bryant who is the legal owner of brats yadda yadda yadda thing but not any more after looking at their entire body of work it appears that mga has created a business from other people s ideas businesses why not continue to mimic mattel and donate the dolls to the children they are supposed to help no only do i believe mga to be copy catting thugs but also exploiters of sick children they re like the folks who sell pirated dvds in front of the grocery stores i don t buy those bootleg movies and i will no longer spend money on any mga products posted by squarepeg78 at 5 02 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 4ever best friend dolls bald barbie bald bratz barbie bratz fashion doll mattel mga wee three friends dolls saturday july 28 2012 tim gunn styles barbie be still my beating heart according to instyle magazine barbie is getting a tim gunn makeover barbie is and may always be my favorite doll and for the past 8 years project runway has been one of my favorite television shows these 2 go together like peas and carrots the 30 dolls and 25 accessory packs are supposed to hit barbiecollector com and target stores on august 1st i can only assume that these dolls will replace the now discontinued barbie basics dolls i can hardly contain my excitement posted by squarepeg78 at 8 51 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x 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