Adult Collector Draculaura Dolls came in the mail today. I would say "twinzies!", but they are clearly posed slightly different. Their hair is boxed different and their arms at different amounts of angle, but all in all they are both amazing! She just arrived today, the 16th of July, and I was so surprised to see her so soon. This blog will be about you can expect upon receiving your Draculaura! I did not completely remove her from her display box yet, because let's be honest, I just can't afford to. Do I want to really badly? Yes! Will I probably do it eventually anyway? More than likely.
For those of you who don't know, The Draculaura Adult Collector is available for purchase on Amazon only for the time being at 49.99 and is available for free prime shipping for members. And I promise you that she's worth it. I'm sure she'll be available for quite a while, but if you really want her I'd order her sometime soon unless you're waiting for a sale on her of some sort.
For those of you who don't know, The Draculaura Adult Collector is available for purchase on Amazon only for the time being at 49.99 and is available for free prime shipping for members. And I promise you that she's worth it. I'm sure she'll be available for quite a while, but if you really want her I'd order her sometime soon unless you're waiting for a sale on her of some sort.
| She will arrive in a box as shown to left, and when you open that box she will be wrapped neatly and professionally in tissue paper, you will notice her box is shaped like a coffin, super cool. The second thing I noticed is that her box is literally a box.. as in you take the lid off and then put it back on! The lid is sealed by only 2 pieces of tape on the top and bottom. I highly recommend that you DO NOT rip the tape off. |
I tried to very carefully and still ripped the box a bit. Use a knife, key, or scissors of some sort and just slit the tape at the crease, especially if you want your box in excellent condition. Before taking my lid off, I took some time to admire her box, it's amazing, the only thing that would have made it better would have been if they had made it out of tin or some sort of solid material with textured sides, but this is by far the best MH box I've ever seen. they made it look faded or "old" like a vintage antique which is super great. Even the MH symbol is given this effect. It's even got cool drawn on handles on the side that a coffin would actually have, but again how cool would this have been if it were a solid box with real handles? They even put an adorable bat on the top of her coffin.
And of course best for last, her box art. It's on the back of the box and it's designed sort of like a pendant with her portrait. The artist of this piece deserves some love. Draculaura looks like a stunning womanly vampire in this portrayal. I will keep this box forever. No lie. Thank you Mattel/Monster High for this super great collector doll and I am praying for me super amazing collector dolls down the line... PLEASE!
Now after I cut the tape from the box and lifted the lid magic happened! Not exactly but it was super exciting!
And of course best for last, her box art. It's on the back of the box and it's designed sort of like a pendant with her portrait. The artist of this piece deserves some love. Draculaura looks like a stunning womanly vampire in this portrayal. I will keep this box forever. No lie. Thank you Mattel/Monster High for this super great collector doll and I am praying for me super amazing collector dolls down the line... PLEASE!
Now after I cut the tape from the box and lifted the lid magic happened! Not exactly but it was super exciting!
It's clear to see that the construction and design of this doll are freakishly fabulous. Draculaura is slightly taller than the other MH dolls and also seems to have a smaller head to make her more proportionally accurate in my opinion. Her style is unmatched by any doll made for Monster High by far. If I could have this outfit I would wear it for no reason! Her eyes are so cool, purple, with a pink streak in them with long soft eyelashes.. she has pointy-like ears which I adore. She truly embodies the daughter of Dracula. I felt her hair and it seems almost hairsprayed into place which I don't mind at all. If I ever take her out completely I'd want to re-do her hair a little better, no matter what you do, when you box a doll it's going to get it's hair ruined. Can't get around it, the hair spray or whatever they used really did a good job keeping that adorable bang curl of hers in place.
| Now to get to Draculaura's cool diary, you just have to lift the tab on the box that says "pull" Very simple, the piece that Draculaura is attached to is not connected in any way to the bottom of the coffin box therefore making this pretty easy! Her diary is so cute, it almost looks like a little comic book. There are entries that I did not take pictures of because my camera didn't want to focus on the font in it, but there are adorable pictures, and doll photography that I really enjoyed looking at. You can see that they really didn't use much to tie Draculaura into her coffin, which I love because I'm not the biggest fan of over-packaging. Again I didn't remove her from her backing, but I wanted to show you guys what you should be getting right now in the MH world! |
I hope this review/almost unboxing was useful and fun for some of you. I hope you all go out and get yourself this doll because even if you don't collect Monster High dolls, and just love them, she is a true joy to have. Here's hoping for more Adult Collectors! Buy this one so they know how great of an idea it is to make more collector dolls! You know you want to!