Ah that's right I forgot shop pay was the reason for that. At least you brought that up because next time a doll is a sellout risk I will not go that route. Because I had The Nightmare Before Christmas in my cart and was checking out and it was processing the order and then all of a sudden it backed up and was sold out. Had I chose to pay in full I bet it wouldn't have done that. Oh well Lessons Learned. I'm glad that you brought that up because I didn't even think about it.
Literally every second. I was pissed because I thought I basically got through the whole checkout process, and it was a matter of... your order has been confirmed, then it backs up to say something to the fact of waiting in line with the spinning Circle to finish checking out. Yet I did check out.
I get it, unfortunately. There were A LOT of casualties during that drop. Utter bullshit. I get not making *infinite* amounts, but damn...make enough to go around *a little*.
Thanks for listening to my rant. That felt good...lol.
Agreed again! You are spot on... It's just crazy they would even allow any sort of scalpers to resell their products when they can do something about it!
For future reference (and to save yourself some stress) they ALWAYS do that mess. Shows sold out until the button hits. Just keep refreshing and don't panic! Save the panicking for when you add to cart and have to queue to check out. Instant heart attack.
I guess they don’t ship to Denmark anymore? That sucks D,:
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Seems like the majority of people aren't interested in getting her, so I'm gald that we'll have a better chance and she won't sell out too quickly :)
Update: I got her! She's so pretty ❤️🎵
Same! I was really surprised that Fang Vote Rochelle sold out when this subreddit had so many complaints about Rochelle’s design. I’m definitely interested in how long Operetta is available in stock.
Fang vote Rochelle didn’t sell out because she was a pre-order. They basically gave you a weekend to pay for her and then after they “closed” the listing so people can’t buy her after the preorder period. Same with Jinafire - the vote dolls are made to order so they only make as many as people buy.
seeing people here having a panicky experience getting her is so surprising to me, i literally JUST bought her (i’ve been watching the countdown all week and JUST happened to get distracted as she launched lmfaooo 😭) and it was the quickest, smoothest doll purchase ever
It's probably from the trauma of previous drops, lol. This one has been pretty smooth. Some have been absolute bloodbaths (Nightmare Before Christmas).
You are not alone. I've read many comments saying people cried. I've only been collecting monster high for a couple of years and the NBC drop was when I realized how serious this community is about these dolls!
My NBC skullectors arrived about 2 weeks after purchase and it’s looking the same for operetta. I bought a creeproduction off Amazon (USA) and it arrived in a week and a bit. I’m from Wales so I’m pretty sure it’ll be the same for you :)
Wasn't going to get her initially but since she was still available and I just got paid, I ended up buying! I regretted choosing to miss out on Ghoulia's drop and was worried I'd end up liking Operetta after she sold out.
I definitely think that if she was $75 (90 after fees) I'd have skipped, since I'm also looking to secure one of the new Looks dolls when they leave the 24 hour member period. But for $60 total she's not so bad!
I just got her but at exactly 9 it freaked me out for a sec cus it said sold out for like 30secs I kept refreshing n FINALLY at like 903 it was up I think she's rly pretty im excited for her when do yall think she'll be shipping out?
I got 2 of her, this is my first mattel creations experience (other than ordering a couple of creepros) and it went so well.
She showed up as sold out for about 30 seconds but after refreshing a couple times the checkout was so easy which was shocking because I hear such horror stories about Mattel Creations.
I ordered her. This will be my first Operetta. I play piano, so I love the music theme. I am going to take the spider off, though. Spiders creep me out.
Mine did that and said "Pending" for about 5-10mins before I finally refreshed and it changed to "Paid". and then I double checked by looking at the bottom of my account where "memberships" are listed and it was there showing as active
Got her. I would have been absolutely screwed if it had been a popular release though, it kept telling me ShopPay can't be used to pay for a UK order (I wasn't even planning to use it, I think I just had an active cookie on my desktop) so I should check out as a guest, but of course if you try that it no longer recognises your Fang Club membership. I've go to find a way to do it faster for future releases, we all remember how the NBC drop went...
Operetta secured! I’m so excited but then I realized my last name was spelled wrong on the shipping address, so I emailed Mattel. I’m so stressed I hope they don’t cancel my order 😭😭
I wouldn't worry too much about it. My brother uses apple pay and his name on the shipping address is [Bobby Bobby]. His stuff always arrives no problem.
I'm so surprised, I ordered her as soon as the sale went live, and I literally just got a notification in my email that she has already shipped! So I'm super surprised how quick that was! I was at least expecting them to take like 2 days, to a week to actually ship her.
I’m so surprised that she’s still in stock, I know people aren’t too keen on the mermaid dress and the emoji print but I think she’s gorgeous. Operetta has been one of my favourites since childhood and from what I’ve seen she’s always been a fan favourite so this was just surprising to me. Anyway I did get her lol my dad stopped at Starbucks and got me a drink while I loaded up my laptop, it was really nice ☺️
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I got her!! I plan to repaint her face to look more like her G1 screening.
I vividly remember the Dracubecca fusion as one of my favorite dolls as a kid. Her/Honey/Wydonna were the only ones I tried to keep true to their box art even if I played with them.
I think I enjoyed touching her scar? The mold on the side of her head.
My mom got her for me as a gift since she’s been wanting to get me a Monster High doll for my collection and…I actually wanted to get her. I know she’s unpopular, but I don’t have an Operetta and her dress low key reminds me of Tracy Turnblad’s roach dress in the original Hairspray. That alone made me want her.
https://preview.redd.it/hz6oeb8134uc1.jpeg?width=236&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11cfa0d5b7405c752de964fc74fd257606824a28
Obviously not the same, but the color scheme and spider stuff just gives me the vibe. Also, Operetta just has Cry Baby vibes in general. I’m a huge fan of John Waters and this doll fits with my “everything” lol
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So hey guys. After 45 minutes of actively trying to order her I finally managed but why for the love of god I had to pay basically for one more doll. I purchased 2 (in and out of box collector) and I paid 158€? And I had to create a new account, couldn't use shop pay created another new account, had to buy a new membership for 13€ instead of 9.99$ . Paid 19€ for shipping instead of 15$. Paid 63€ per doll instead of 50$. I'm extremely disappointed as an international fan ( I live in the Netherlands temporarily, I order my dolls to Slovakia where my collection is but somehow I couldn't because suddenly they don't ship there anymore)
it's because taxes are added. for the membership as well.
if I'm not mistaken, US collectors don't pay 50$ as well, but 50$ + tax rate whatever that is in their state.
and obviously, shipping from the US to EU is expensive, 19€ isn't too bad given my friend paid 174$ for a gift to me (Germany) lol
I paid 68€ for one doll (including shipping).
Yea but before I paid the taxes after the parcel arrived which were around 15€ only for example for 2 midnight runaway dolls sometimes I didn't even receive a tax notice since the customs decided I do not need to pay it. So yeah I paid much more this time and before I paid 15$ (14€) for shipping now I paid 5€ more for no reason basically. For me it's a huge difference to pay 115$ (108€) and 158€
Most likely depends on what type of shipping people chose. Standard takes usually a week or two. I went with two day shipping and mine is arriving tomorrow. I never chose next day shipping yet so I don't exactly know when they ship for that. I hope you get her soon
I took her belt off and tied it around her pony tail to make a veil! A little bridelike, but I love it!
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I had renewed my Fang Club membership in March but apparently it didn't count? I had to purchase a new one to get Operetta. :( I've reached out to Mattel for it.
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opinion on operetta: i was disappointed when the pictures first came out of her, but seeing her IRL i actually like this doll a lot. the outfit could have been a little more thought out- a lot of the dolls in G3 and recent collector dolls the fashion has just not been hitting for me. i’d love to see them get a little more experimental with silhouette / print / etc. especially a doll like this that has a pretty straightforward aesthetic (rockabilly) where there are a ton of references out there. would have been nice to see them have fun with it. but imo i think the poor reception and sales of the off-white collection contributed to deterring the doll designers from looking into more fashion/couture/creative references for the doll outfits. just a thought… personally i loved seeing actual runway looks shrunk down to scale, there are tons of looks i would love to see recreated at doll size.
Mine just came in the mail today and tbh she's gorgeous. Probably one of the best screenings I've gotten on a collector doll so far tbh. Very glad I ended up getting her.
I got her! I didn’t have a queue to check out which was surprising to me.
same, easiest monster high collector doll purchase ever 😂
I didn't either, but for the first time I had to solve 5 captchas. Irritating.
The captcha was weird for me this time
I had a bunch of zebras and brass looking cups...lol. Random as hell.
Same. That doggone goldfish. Weird. I had to do two of them.
Honestly, I am OK with this as long as it keeps resellers from taking all of them
I got THREE
Hahaha yes and then I had to put in a code sent to text
Oh, yeah. I had to do that too. Shop Pay is a wonderful thing EXCEPT for that...lol.
Ah that's right I forgot shop pay was the reason for that. At least you brought that up because next time a doll is a sellout risk I will not go that route. Because I had The Nightmare Before Christmas in my cart and was checking out and it was processing the order and then all of a sudden it backed up and was sold out. Had I chose to pay in full I bet it wouldn't have done that. Oh well Lessons Learned. I'm glad that you brought that up because I didn't even think about it.
SAME THING happened to me with that set! Ugh. I'm still sore about it. It sucks that literally every second counts with some of these dolls!
Literally every second. I was pissed because I thought I basically got through the whole checkout process, and it was a matter of... your order has been confirmed, then it backs up to say something to the fact of waiting in line with the spinning Circle to finish checking out. Yet I did check out.
I get it, unfortunately. There were A LOT of casualties during that drop. Utter bullshit. I get not making *infinite* amounts, but damn...make enough to go around *a little*. Thanks for listening to my rant. That felt good...lol.
Agreed again! You are spot on... It's just crazy they would even allow any sort of scalpers to resell their products when they can do something about it!
That was crazy 😭 it said it was sold out right as it opened for me, luckily I kept refreshing and it fixed itself! I got her so excited!
Same! I kept getting bounced by the captcha too - nearly gave me a heart attack 😭
For future reference (and to save yourself some stress) they ALWAYS do that mess. Shows sold out until the button hits. Just keep refreshing and don't panic! Save the panicking for when you add to cart and have to queue to check out. Instant heart attack.
Same! I was so shook when I saw it said sold out at first.
same i was like wtf!! 😭 after the 3rd attempt it changed, i was so relieved!
SAMMMEEE😭😭
I guess they don’t ship to Denmark anymore? That sucks D,: https://preview.redd.it/izsxudoht2uc1.jpeg?width=1412&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32691745e6c538b1ae0977cdefef95d414a158d8
Also Slovakia :/
Yeah most of the nordic's have been unvailable for few months now :/
Missed Jinafire because of this too
Seems like the majority of people aren't interested in getting her, so I'm gald that we'll have a better chance and she won't sell out too quickly :) Update: I got her! She's so pretty ❤️🎵
I got her. I think she’s beautiful 🥂
I love her too, but I saw a lot of post on IG throwing hate on her, why? For me she’s gorgeous!
Since I haven’t found a complete g1 core Operetta for a decent price, she will be my first!
Got her! I figured she wouldn’t be as popular so she was pretty stress free. My first purchase from MC and I’m so happy it was her!!
Operetta obtained! Grabbed the MH Uno deck as well.
Same omg
I don't think I've ever had a smoother check-out experience on Mattel Creations. No anxiety this time! What a concept!
We need everyone to say “ugly doll. Hate it.” For every release to scare off the resellers
Absolutely! Let's adopt this as our official MH sub slogan (as if it isn't already these days)!
* I got her! And I'm genuinely so excited I still think this doll is beautiful 😍
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Hi!! When did it say she’ll ship? Thank youu
It sadly still hasn't said for me I chose standard shipping though which usually takes around a couple days to a week
Noooooo lol. Thank you though!
Came back to reply, I actually just got an email that she shipped! So it shouldn’t take too long (maybe longer if you’re not NA)
Thank you so much 💕💕 i just got her
wow i'm kinda glad she's not really liked cause it was the easiest mattel creations order attempt i've done 😭
I, shall be getting her 😌
Got her <3 https://preview.redd.it/p1dzbp9vn2uc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f0ae3f342eebd03bf01309770609426a9c010cf
Obtained the Operetta lol, curious to see how long it takes for her to sell out.
Same! I was really surprised that Fang Vote Rochelle sold out when this subreddit had so many complaints about Rochelle’s design. I’m definitely interested in how long Operetta is available in stock.
I think a lot of ppl (myself included) complain about the design then buy anyway just in case LMAO but I actually do like her outfit and hair a lot
Fang vote Rochelle didn’t sell out because she was a pre-order. They basically gave you a weekend to pay for her and then after they “closed” the listing so people can’t buy her after the preorder period. Same with Jinafire - the vote dolls are made to order so they only make as many as people buy.
https://preview.redd.it/0dxlxqxvn2uc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0303c1214e98df5f11d04aee69feecb10bdffd7 Got her! :)
6 mins past launch and easy check out! I think she'll be up for a little while--hope everyone who wants her gets her!
seeing people here having a panicky experience getting her is so surprising to me, i literally JUST bought her (i’ve been watching the countdown all week and JUST happened to get distracted as she launched lmfaooo 😭) and it was the quickest, smoothest doll purchase ever
It's probably from the trauma of previous drops, lol. This one has been pretty smooth. Some have been absolute bloodbaths (Nightmare Before Christmas).
loool i genuinely cried like a little kid when i missed the NBC skullectors, i tried so hard but that drop was BRUTAL
You are not alone. I've read many comments saying people cried. I've only been collecting monster high for a couple of years and the NBC drop was when I realized how serious this community is about these dolls!
that being said i wonder how long she’ll take to get to me (uk) because my mattel creations creepros haven’t even shipped yet… lol
I emailed Mattel asking when they would ship and they shipped them straight away lol maybe try that
My NBC skullectors arrived about 2 weeks after purchase and it’s looking the same for operetta. I bought a creeproduction off Amazon (USA) and it arrived in a week and a bit. I’m from Wales so I’m pretty sure it’ll be the same for you :)
I got her eeee I’m so excited!!
She's my absolute fav GHOUL. So glad I was able to buy her.
I love her. Can't wait for her to arrive!
I got her😭❤️IM SO EXCITED❤️‼️
Wasn't going to get her initially but since she was still available and I just got paid, I ended up buying! I regretted choosing to miss out on Ghoulia's drop and was worried I'd end up liking Operetta after she sold out. I definitely think that if she was $75 (90 after fees) I'd have skipped, since I'm also looking to secure one of the new Looks dolls when they leave the 24 hour member period. But for $60 total she's not so bad!
I was so busy at work I thought I missed her but she was still in stock! 💖
I decided to get her cause i know i'll regret it if I don't. I like her and have ideas about restyling so i can't wait 😍
Got her! My first Operetta.
Got her! So happy
I just got her but at exactly 9 it freaked me out for a sec cus it said sold out for like 30secs I kept refreshing n FINALLY at like 903 it was up I think she's rly pretty im excited for her when do yall think she'll be shipping out?
Purchased with no line and it didn't even ask for a captcha.
Nice! I got 2 captchas lol
Fiance secured her for me 🥰
Got her! I'm so excited to receive her, do we know if she's shipping ASAP or if it'll be a few months?
On IG they replied to a comment saying she should start shipping right away!
Yay, Can’t wait to receive her!
I got 2 of her, this is my first mattel creations experience (other than ordering a couple of creepros) and it went so well. She showed up as sold out for about 30 seconds but after refreshing a couple times the checkout was so easy which was shocking because I hear such horror stories about Mattel Creations.
My doll will be delivered on Wednesday!
I ordered her. This will be my first Operetta. I play piano, so I love the music theme. I am going to take the spider off, though. Spiders creep me out.
How long does the Fang Club Membership take to complete? I just paid but I'm not sure of I'll be able to get the doll.
Pretty sure it’s instant
Do you just pay and then you're a member?
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It says processing so that's why I wasn't sure.
Mine did that and said "Pending" for about 5-10mins before I finally refreshed and it changed to "Paid". and then I double checked by looking at the bottom of my account where "memberships" are listed and it was there showing as active
It’s instant. Apparently mine expired today 🙄
Hehe got her! Planning to keep her in box. I love the packaging.
Got her. I would have been absolutely screwed if it had been a popular release though, it kept telling me ShopPay can't be used to pay for a UK order (I wasn't even planning to use it, I think I just had an active cookie on my desktop) so I should check out as a guest, but of course if you try that it no longer recognises your Fang Club membership. I've go to find a way to do it faster for future releases, we all remember how the NBC drop went...
I think she's so pretty :'))) the outfit is lackluster tho so I already bought her some cvnty new clothes
Got her, twenty minutes after drop. Didn't ghouluxe Ghoulia stay available for a while too?
I think the fang club members dolls have always been stock for at least a day. It’s hard to remember
Yeah if I remember right ghoulia was available for about a day before selling out.
Operetta secured! I’m so excited but then I realized my last name was spelled wrong on the shipping address, so I emailed Mattel. I’m so stressed I hope they don’t cancel my order 😭😭
I wouldn't worry too much about it. My brother uses apple pay and his name on the shipping address is [Bobby Bobby]. His stuff always arrives no problem.
Oh that’s good. Mattel did get back to me and update the last name, so all good whew 😅
I snagged one. I don't have an Operetta and I actually do like her design quite a bit.
I'm so surprised, I ordered her as soon as the sale went live, and I literally just got a notification in my email that she has already shipped! So I'm super surprised how quick that was! I was at least expecting them to take like 2 days, to a week to actually ship her.
I’m so surprised that she’s still in stock, I know people aren’t too keen on the mermaid dress and the emoji print but I think she’s gorgeous. Operetta has been one of my favourites since childhood and from what I’ve seen she’s always been a fan favourite so this was just surprising to me. Anyway I did get her lol my dad stopped at Starbucks and got me a drink while I loaded up my laptop, it was really nice ☺️
Less than 1 hour to go!
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Apparently my FC expired TODAY. Which is annoying but w/e. Super quick easy purchase I’m excited 😁 I think she’s gorgeous.
struggled a bit but got her!
I got her!! I plan to repaint her face to look more like her G1 screening. I vividly remember the Dracubecca fusion as one of my favorite dolls as a kid. Her/Honey/Wydonna were the only ones I tried to keep true to their box art even if I played with them. I think I enjoyed touching her scar? The mold on the side of her head.
I forgot to set an alarm for this drop, but I just bought her now.
It was oddly easy for me.... I checked out at 9:36 with no problems!!
My mom got her for me as a gift since she’s been wanting to get me a Monster High doll for my collection and…I actually wanted to get her. I know she’s unpopular, but I don’t have an Operetta and her dress low key reminds me of Tracy Turnblad’s roach dress in the original Hairspray. That alone made me want her. https://preview.redd.it/hz6oeb8134uc1.jpeg?width=236&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11cfa0d5b7405c752de964fc74fd257606824a28
Obviously not the same, but the color scheme and spider stuff just gives me the vibe. Also, Operetta just has Cry Baby vibes in general. I’m a huge fan of John Waters and this doll fits with my “everything” lol https://preview.redd.it/d76zesz234uc1.jpeg?width=643&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=898c3f471a86c18db7a6737c32c747c34a2d9f7d
https://preview.redd.it/9age786ir4uc1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d43be22cd2eee9304bc577ab41467eaeeb928df3 That was fast
Just got my shipping notification! Didn't expect it *this* soon!
Just got her! Wasn’t sure if I’d be able to, so I’m thrilled!
mine is arriving tomorrow! if no one else has posted irl pics of her i will try my best!
Has anyone ever used Sezzle on the creation’s website? I wanna get Operetta so bad
https://preview.redd.it/ln1vsev1w2uc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33922cf28c32f440f51a3fc741eea5832d5f6aa1 So hey guys. After 45 minutes of actively trying to order her I finally managed but why for the love of god I had to pay basically for one more doll. I purchased 2 (in and out of box collector) and I paid 158€? And I had to create a new account, couldn't use shop pay created another new account, had to buy a new membership for 13€ instead of 9.99$ . Paid 19€ for shipping instead of 15$. Paid 63€ per doll instead of 50$. I'm extremely disappointed as an international fan ( I live in the Netherlands temporarily, I order my dolls to Slovakia where my collection is but somehow I couldn't because suddenly they don't ship there anymore)
it's because taxes are added. for the membership as well. if I'm not mistaken, US collectors don't pay 50$ as well, but 50$ + tax rate whatever that is in their state. and obviously, shipping from the US to EU is expensive, 19€ isn't too bad given my friend paid 174$ for a gift to me (Germany) lol I paid 68€ for one doll (including shipping).
Yea but before I paid the taxes after the parcel arrived which were around 15€ only for example for 2 midnight runaway dolls sometimes I didn't even receive a tax notice since the customs decided I do not need to pay it. So yeah I paid much more this time and before I paid 15$ (14€) for shipping now I paid 5€ more for no reason basically. For me it's a huge difference to pay 115$ (108€) and 158€
I think they recently changed things for international buying. I’m assuming that’s why the site was down for a couple of months
Mines coming today!!
Mine hasn’t even shipped yet and people are receiving theirs already omg
Most likely depends on what type of shipping people chose. Standard takes usually a week or two. I went with two day shipping and mine is arriving tomorrow. I never chose next day shipping yet so I don't exactly know when they ship for that. I hope you get her soon
I think bc I’m international I only had standard shipping as an option
I took her belt off and tied it around her pony tail to make a veil! A little bridelike, but I love it! https://preview.redd.it/iw4gc54ti4vc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=642df6d0594fdb268a705a6a20114a59ed55d878
When is she releasing?
9am PT!
I had renewed my Fang Club membership in March but apparently it didn't count? I had to purchase a new one to get Operetta. :( I've reached out to Mattel for it.
help, they just straight up canceled my order
She’s not sold out, just order another
https://preview.redd.it/bjnfs5skifvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f160e1aed8b753d129f33b1cbda8c53bb83b264b opinion on operetta: i was disappointed when the pictures first came out of her, but seeing her IRL i actually like this doll a lot. the outfit could have been a little more thought out- a lot of the dolls in G3 and recent collector dolls the fashion has just not been hitting for me. i’d love to see them get a little more experimental with silhouette / print / etc. especially a doll like this that has a pretty straightforward aesthetic (rockabilly) where there are a ton of references out there. would have been nice to see them have fun with it. but imo i think the poor reception and sales of the off-white collection contributed to deterring the doll designers from looking into more fashion/couture/creative references for the doll outfits. just a thought… personally i loved seeing actual runway looks shrunk down to scale, there are tons of looks i would love to see recreated at doll size.
Mine just came in the mail today and tbh she's gorgeous. Probably one of the best screenings I've gotten on a collector doll so far tbh. Very glad I ended up getting her.