Ghoul of the Week.

[leene_chan]

"Hi, everybody!", a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

Here's Day at the Maul Frankie Stein!

She was found at my local Super Stop'N Shop, of all places. :D...

She's a variation of Gloom Beach Frankie, with a different outfit and hairstyle. I love her makeup! She unfortunately isn't perfect; her lip paint has a little ding in it that I didn't notice at first. Oh well. At least all her body parts are in working order!

For some reason this doll only turns up at grocery stories.

Comments

[zalem.livejournal.com]

She's adorable. At least the lip thing isn't really noticeable. :)

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love her a lot. She was actually the first Monster High doll I was attracted to. Amazon uses the picture of this doll for their listing for Classroom Frankie but unfortunately that actual doll looks completely different!

I wasn't sure if I'd be able to find this doll at all. I've only seen one or two on eBay. Everyone who's found her seems to have found her at a grocery store or Kohl's, not TRU, Wal-mart or Target. How odd...

I'm glad that the lip flaw doesn't show up much in photos. It isn't really a big deal. I guess one just has to accept that none of these dolls are going to be perfect.

[twotone]

I forget the Toy Business Term, but there's a specific term for toys that are specifically aimed at non-traditional toy outlets like grocery stores, drug stores, etc. I've seen the "Gloom Beach Frankie/Draculaura in Day at the Maul fashion" dolls at clearance outlets like Big Lots/Job Lot as well.

It can be frustrating, especially when we have to comb stores like Family Dollar for something that they're not even guaranteed to carry. :/

[leene-chan.livejournal.com]

That's very interesting! I guess there's more to it than mere coincidence!

You can't even find those two dolls at Amazon. I was lucky that the grocery store I found Frankie at was only a few minutes from my house. But really, how odd!

It's not like she was any cheaper than the other dolls...