My eldest sister and I were thinking of starting an Etsy together to sell doll dresses, miniature food, and whatever else. My sister was never into Monster High. She grew out of playing with dolls sooner than me and our other sisters. But recently, she revealed to me that she wished she had some sort of hobby so I offered to teach her some of my own. I have many, but most revolve around dolls and she seemed most interested in making mini food out of polymer clay.
I bought her Lagoona Blue from the Ghoul's Night Out line because:
1. She didn't have any dolls of her own and I felt she would need her own doll for size comparison to the food.
2. When we watched the webisodes together she told me that Lagoona was her favourite.
3. This Lagoona was on sale for $12.95 on Amazon.
Actually, there were a few Lagoona dolls on sale at the time I bought this one. It was a tough choice between Ghoul's Night Out and Picture Day Lagoona. Eventually I chose this one (obviously, lol) because I liked her hair better. I didn't ask my sister which one she wanted because it was a surprise. She's now seen the doll though and she said she likes her. Yay! (:
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| Front of the box. |
This is a doll from an older line so it comes in one of the old boxes. Seeing it again now and comparing it to the newer boxes, I like the smaller new boxes a lot better. Lagoona has too much empty space in this one.
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| Back of the box. |
On the back of the box you see two other dolls from the same line, Spectra and Rochelle. My younger sister owns Spectra and I own Rochelle. The Rochelle from this line is my favourite Rochelle that's ever been released so far, but I'm possibly giving her away to my
other older sister (I have a lot of sisters! haha) since I'm planning to buy the Garrott and Rochelle 2pk and I don't need two Rochelle dolls.
I'll miss you Rochelle... ;____;
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| Ghoul's Night Out Lagoona Blue; Daughter of The Sea Monster |
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| Lagoona in box. |
Lagoona looks so fun and happy in her artwork but her doll is serious looking. Not that it's a bad thing! I prefer the doll's look, it's probably just not the kind of look one would have when going out to your favourite pop singer's concert.
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| Stand and brush. |
This doll does comes with a black stand and black brush to match, but as usual I'll be using my own stand in this review. I'm not throwing this stand out because my sister might want it. I will be throwing out the brush though since I kept most of the colourful brushes from back when they used to be different colours. I have a blue brush that matches this doll. (:
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| Lagoona front. |
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| Lagoona back. |
I like the bright colours of her outfit, but my sister said it might be too "retro" for her.
What I love most about this doll is her hair! Specifically the two loosely curled tendrils she has hanging in front.
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| Gore-geous! |
It's a little hard to see but her eye make-up is sparkly. I like the bright pink lips on this doll and was another reason I chose this one over the light pink lips of Picture Day Lagoona. This doll appears more lively.
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| What is that? |
I can't figure out what her necklace is supposed to be. Is it just rocks? I was also thinking shark teeth because this Lagoona is very shark-themed, but it doesn't look like a shark tooth...
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| Shark earrings and fin ears. |
This Lagoona's earrings are amazing! I didn't know she was shark-themed before I bought her. And even when I had the box in my hands I didn't notice all the shark details. I thought her earrings were dolphins! I'm pleasantly surprised. It turned what I thought was a sweet and fun-looking Lagoona into a very edgy and bad-butt version of her.
But then, Lagoona has always been this way. I just never noticed. I totally forgot that her diary said her favourite food was "sushi". She's the predator. She's fierce!
Lagoona is cool. o___o
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| Her outfit. |
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| More shark details. |
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| The jacket material looks a bit like scales. |
I wish the tie in front of her jacket was permanent and the jacket would close with velcro in the back. Sadly this isn't the case.
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| Wrist-warmers. |
If you've never owned a Lagoona before, all Lagoona dolls have fins and their forearms and webbed fingers. She also has fins on her calves that can be removed.
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| Scaly shark belt. |
Besides her jacket, the only other problem I have with her outfit is I would like her dress to be a bit longer or that she had leggings. I liked Picture Day Lagoona's pink leggings.
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| Her shoes. |
The jagged heels remind me of shark teeth.
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| All the accessories she came with. |
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| iCoffin front. |
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| iCoffin back. |
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| Make-up compact (open). |
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| Make-up compact (closed) |
This is really cute. It's supposed to look like a shark head. It has little eyes that are a bit difficult to see from this photo.
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| Shark perfume. |
I wonder if it makes you smell like a shark... lol.
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| Purse. |
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| Bubble details. |
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| It opens! |
The purse can fit all the other accessories inside.
I almost don't want to give her up! But I must.
Other things you might want to know about this Lagoona is that she was made in Indonesia and she has a really hard head; probably from being filled with glue. She also came with a booklet that I forgot to take pictures of, but in my opinion it wasn't all that interesting anyway. It was filled with photos of Lagoona and her friends at a Catty Noir concert and had short notes for each pictures.
