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First, let me explain I am an adult collector. I used to collect as many as I could get my hands on but lately due to finances I have to be very particular as to what I add to my collection. Having been a collector of monster high (and I take them out of the box to examine the quality and details) I have a good idea of comparison to what has come before these sets. I actually have a BIG issues with the new cam sets.
First I loved the idea of the harpy as I always remember the harpy from the old movie "Jason and the Argonauts" (the stop motion harpies were awesome to me), but I hate the fact that her limb colors differ so much. Her legs are a lavender color where her arms and hands are a very dark purple. If you are like me and like to try and match a torso as closely to the add on pack as possible, this screws things up royally. In addition to that, the wings are so heavy they limit posing. You can't lift the arms up as they force the arm to fall back down to the sides On top of the heavy issue, the position the wings are permanently molded into limits poses that don't look broken. By that I mean when the wings don't block the face in a pose, the anatomical position of the arms (unless they are at her sides) look like she has taken a long fall off a building and broken her arms at the elbows. It doesn't look right. I have a hard time getting her to have a "wave" without it looking morbid. So at the moment her arms just hang down at her sides looking lifeless.
When it came to the Siren I was even more disappointed to the point I sold her straight off. The one cool thing I will say is that they made the fin so that it will work with the boy cam sets (if you look at the directions that's what the blue belt is for). But my torsos were so loose in the fin it was ridiculous. None of the female torsos would really and securely fit in the fin. I feel bad for any child playing with this set as it fell apart in my hands easily when just trying to get a good pose. The torso ends up rocking back and forth in the fin and it is ANNOYING. When it comes to the sirens arms, I am really disappointed they went the paint route. After inserting them into the torso gently, the paint already started to chip away (not a great choice for a toy that you are supposed to pull apart again and again).
The wigs are just bad again. The clear wig band is annoying as all heck. The sirens wig was ratty (not curly) right out of the package, though I was surprised at the softness on the harpy wig. I have never had any issues getting the wigs to sit low enough on the heads like others (you just have to press at the top of the wig till it sits nice and low in its peg hole). I still end up using LIV wigs as they are much better in quality and fit (I use my knife to gently scrape the CAM wig hole and make it big enough for the LIV Wig. It takes less than a min)
I do love the harpy face design though and think its the best cam face design since the three eyed ghoul, whereas the siren is very bland and generic in its sculpt. Ultimately these sets had a lot of potential that were ruined by bad design choices.
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Please note: This is an add-on accessory pack and you will need Create-A-Monster Starter Set to have all the pieces necessary for a complete doll (torso, upper arms and thighs).I think the harpy girl is one of the most interesting and unique of the CAM packs, certainly my current favorite. This bird girl has bright purple and black winged forearms (very detailed!), purple clawed hands, and scaled bird legs with a three toed claw foot. She has light lavender skin, slightly pointed ears, green eyes and fuchsia lipstick. Her wig is black with dark magenta streaks. She is wearing an asymmetrical mini dress that has a purple, black, white and coral feather print. Her shoes are some of the coolest Monster High shoes I have seen, they are purple and covered with feathers.
Her coloring in a little strange, her legs and head are completely different shades of purple from the forearms and hands. The torso from the "Mystical" CAM pack matches her head and calves perfectly!
She is very easy to put together. Her forearms are a little heavy, so her poses are limited.
I was able to purchase this CAM at a retail store for $14.99 she should be more widely available soon.
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My granddaughter got a Create-A-Monster kit and add on kits for her birthday. The monster created was a frustrated child, not a doll. The parts will not stay on and so the doll is dropping body parts all over the place. It was also not apparent that the add on kits do not contain a torso. I can only guess that after multiple parts changing, the problem will only get worse.Honest reviews on Monster High Create-A-Monster Add-On Harpy Accessory Parts
This item is only fun if you already have bodies (and thighs and upper arms)Must purchase body, thighs and upper arms separately IF you can find them
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Awesome Create A Monster acccessory pack character! Like all previous CAM Add-On Packs, it is missing the upper arms, legs & torso which is bad on Mattel's part because you want to have the torso & limbs match the rest of the doll. Hopefully one day they will catch on and start including these parts instead of selling them separtely at a later time like they did for the last series.
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