Those people who are selling the rainbow high dolls are gonna regret it in the future because we ain t getting another line with the amount of details these doll came with
I totally agreed. I collected Bratz back in 2001. It spoke to me…same with LOL OMG dolls. It took me about three months with RH because I wasn’t fan with knee articulation, but the quality of clothes is there similar as Bratz and LOL OMG. I have these lines in my collection- they are not up for sale.
I agree, the people selling their RH collections are the ones that only purchased them because it was popular and exciting at that time. Now they are over it, and moving on to something else. I don't feel that this is what doll collecting should be about. I have been a doll collector for many years. I only buy what I like and want to keep, because of this, I usually hang on to what I collect.
Exactly. I’m not selling my dolls. I still love them and am kinda happy that the line is coming to the next chapter and a safe stopping place for my collection bug haha.
Exactly! Like the beanie babies craze back then. I don’t feel that way either with my dolls.i am completist, but soon I will choose what I like. I have slowed down this time because I am focusing more on Bratz because that the doll line I first started back in 2001. It never dies.
I think some people are in a bind. With inflation, some are really struggling to make ends meet. Personally as a doll collector my collections cycle. With limited space, impulse buys end up on the chopping block to make room for others.
This happened with MH with G2. Prices for second hand dolls drop but have slowly skyrocketed with the success of G3. I'm keeping my collection , plus, the RH Dorm is the nicest dollhouse I've ever owned 🎉🎉🎉
It's a shame people bought these dolls as a trend and then when RH got less popular they abandoned ship, wasting money for a temporary dopamine hit from having the hottest new doll. I hear too many collectors say they don't like a doll, yet they buy it anyway because it was new and they wanted to post about it or because they have all the other ones. I'm so glad I'm not a completionist. They like the idea of having everything, but don't even like all the things they have.
I get anxious that I will buy a doll that I don’t like. That's why I always wait for hype to be over before I buy a doll that and hopefully by then it’s on sale.
It's honestly insane that people are willing to sell their RH collections that easily, because I would never have the heart to sell my SH/RH collection! Shadow High is a HUGE comfort doll line for me because the Storm Twins are my personal comfort dolls/characters, and I have been collecting RH since 2020. I now have 86 SH/RH dolls including 5 sets of Storm Twins, a complete Shadow High collection, a decent Rainbow High collection, and even a custom doll car of the Storm Twins' Jeep that I customized myself. I do not like the RH Rebrand, but even though I'm not buying the Rebrand dolls, I still buy any original SH/RH dolls I can find secondhand or that I need for a good deal and I am constantly trying to fill in the gaps in my incomplete RH collection.🖤💜
I love that you have a storm twins army and I've never thought about customizing the rainbow high car but I guess I'll have to go see if there is a video or people customizing the RH car because that sounds so fun because technically it’s a blank canvas.❤️
@ectpeb8417 I used a Barbie SUV as the base car for my custom Storm Twins' Jeep. I found one that was a good size, and it turned out absolutely amazing!🖤💜
When monster high discontinued the first time people were selling there collections and those same people bought everything back when g3 came out and wasted more money. I always keep all my dolls I don't care if people like them anymore
This is such a interesting topic! I don’t collect RH but I’ve collected many other things over the years. I own a lot of MH G1 dolls, when I fell out of collecting them years ago I stored them away before I thought of selling them. I’m glad that I’ve kept them all these years later, my collection is worth A LOT. I have collected other things that I have sold though. Here are my reasons. - I want to fund a different collection. - Product only comes out at certain times that becomes overwhelming and can’t keep up. - I still appreciate the product but, know someone loves it more than me and will enjoy it way more. I think for other people they do have other reasons. Some things are - Nothing new is happening with the brand people get bored and see money sitting on their shelf to use elsewhere. - Because it’s trendy - In need of money to pay for bills and other necessities. As awful as it sounds I’m waiting for this to happen to MH. G1,G2, or G3 I know people will start selling stuff once it’s nearing the end and a few years after. It won’t be in as much as a demand and prices will get cheaper. It’s sad to see people lose interest but, it’s opportunity for collectors who still want to buy get these items. I do have a feeling maybe some series will come back later and people will regret selling their collections. That demand will then make them skyrocket back up in price. It’s good to buy while the hype is dead.
I have a lot of RH dolls, i think around 30-40. I will be keeping my collection, as they're actually the first dolls i started to collect! I have only been collecting dolls for a couple years, but i assume people might be getting rid of theirs because RH seems to be.. kind of fading out? at least in quality, i feel its been dropping a lot. more and more budget lines with less articulation, i havent been interested in the new dolls that rely heavily on gimmicks like slime/coloring/sparkly legs or whatever either.. Also RH dolls can be kind of large imo, so maybe its also a space reason. Still kind of interesting, though. Makes me curious about their future. I'm still happy to have the dolls i have though, my favorites are still the S1 of shadow high which is the ones i started collecting :)
I will start selling them because they started to get foggy eyes.. that is a big problem for rainbow high dolls in the future.. their eyes will be damaged and lose their color sooner or later.. that a big deal for me
Oh no! I hope not. I have older dolls from MGA with inset eyes, Moxie Teenz and Project MC2. Their eyes are fine. I hope Rainbow High will follow the same path.
I have seen one RH doll with bad foggy eyes in a car boot sale. I thought something specific happened to the doll but... after reading this comment, I have checked Reddit... it does not look promising. After glue seepage for G1 MH, here we are with foggy eyes for RH!! Not great! So far my RH are fine. People are mentioning different reasons for the fogging (too hot, too cold, acetone too near the eyes etc...). I just have the feeling nobody really has a clue.
I sold my Rainbow High collection in favor of exclusively collecting the recent 2021-now Bratz releases, which I had started doing before even getting into RH. I went into phases where I only wanted LOLs and OMGs, and then RH, and now Bratz; which is the brand I’ve collected throughout all my life in various stages. The reason why I sold my collection (which I had invested a whole lot into in 2022 and 2023) was because I couldn’t keep up with simultaneously getting the new releases and the catching up with the older ones. It became frustrating to me and wasn’t enjoyable anymore. By the time 90% of my collection had sold, they had the rebooted the brand with the latest dolls, which I don’t fully hate but don’t represent any of the reasons why I bought them in the first place.
I have about 35 or 6? RH dolls now. I've been collecting for over 2 years now. I still love rainbow high even tho the reboot kinda soured it with no wrists. But people selling their entire collections is so wild to me. I still love most of my dolls. I did get rid of Series 1 jade and poppy because I have other versions of them that are better. But I could never sell all of them. Especially since some like Delilah and Daphne were hard to find second hand. And the reboot doesn't sour my opinion of previous dolls. In fact it makes me appreciate them more since the glory days are over.
Personally I kinda go back and forth with collections so I will just let go of things I don’t love I personally really like the majority of rainbow high dolls so I’m hanging on to mine and just planning on displaying my favourites
I wouldn't part with mine, I collect because I love my Dolls, it isn't a fad for me. I do thin out my collection over the years , sometimes to make room or if I have multiples and need too make some money to buy something new. I have my Barbies, Sindys, Dawns, Bratzillaz, Monster Highs and everything in between so it would break my spirit to give them up, some I just could not replace. But for some people it may be they are in a financial pinch which I understand, so I can't judge, to each their own. It certainly isn't a cheap hobby, even if you count every penny you spend.
The same thing happened with G1 MH when G2 came out and after MH had been discontinued. Many people were selling their collection. MH were not popular anymore. Never sell anything you love because of the dying hype. Look at G1 now, they had their revenge! I think with RH space might be a factor too. The dolls are a bit bulky to fit in small spaces. There were too many releases too fast and people ended up overwhelmed and running out of space. I will have to downsize due to terrible space issues and complicated circumstances. I am not planning to downsize my RH/SH, omgs, G1 MH etc but I am not buying any new dolls at the moment even thrifting and it will be for a while. Channels with videos of people buying dolls constantly are quite disturbing in a way and people can be carried away watching all these channels.
Agreed I will hold onto the dolls i love for as long as I can. And also sometimes you watch youtube and I don’t know how they have the money or space for all the dolls they buy.❤️
I think when a doll line starts to go in a direction you don’t care for, you can lose interest in the line all together. I’m not a Rainbow High collector (just the clothes), but my interest in Monster High G3 is plummeting because I’m really not vibing with all the dolls suddenly having black lipstick or their new fashions. I’m not selling all my dolls, but I’m definitely thinking about heavily downsizing. I know that the Rainbow High slime dolls and the glitter leg dolls haven’t been received well by some fans, so they might see it as the beginning of the end of Rainbow High (and want to sell while they can sell high).
I think it’s sad that people are selling their Rainbow High collections. The dolls are so detailed and I really like them. I am definitely not a Completionist, though. Since I cannot see them, I buy dolls based off of their voice or personality if they have a cartoon. Most of my Rainbow High dolls are from when Rainbow Vision was coming out, since I love music. I love the mean girl personalities and voices of The Devious Twins, and that they had a whole song, so they instantly became my favorites set of twins in the show and I have their dolls.
To me as a very new collector I'm not currently collecting because some of the ones I want are hard to find for under $150 and I'm not even willing to pay $80 for a play line doll. It's easier to collect now that Rainbow High is sort of dead because I'm not gonna buy the new stuff. I'll get Jett and Kia someday they are definitely reasonably priced but not being able to get some of the series 3 girls I want made me take a break. I don't care for Bratz or OMG so you're safe, I'm not competing with you. I'm into Monster High G3 these days but again, I'm too late so there's 2 Draculauras I can't get.
I agree!! I still love series 1. Series 2 is my least favorite. Everyone just started hating on series 1 once they saw the newer dolls. I sometimes watch old reviews from like 2020-2021 to see peoples initual positive thoughts on the dolls.
I collected some Rainbow High but not a lot. Im considering selling most of my collection except the few i really care about or have already started cusomizing. I was always more into monster high. The rainbow high clothes always called to me though.
I love when people customize their rainbow high dolls and I do love a lot of rainbow high pieces. I've seen a lot of doll collectors buy the dolls just for their clothes.
I just stopped liking them, I don’t know why. I had 78 and donated them all. They were purchased brand new over 9 months. One day I looked at them and just didn’t get it. I had all the most wanted, none of that made a difference. I just got very bored with them. I was newer to LOL OMG, but donated those too. I think MGA and the way the designer treated that young girl by doxxing her made me lose respect for the company. That really bothered me. I also believe they work too hard at making some of the dolls look more like street walkers than cute teens. Just my feelings. Everyone has the right to enjoy whatever dolls they like.
I have occasionally bought some dolls and then a bit later sold them because they are no longer what I wanted. I was never a Rainbow High collector, I almost started on Shadow High but living in the UK the dolls aren't as available as they are in the US and Canada. So I never bothered, I have many Pedigree Sindy dolls, Monster High, Wild Hearts Crew, Harry Potter, DC Super Hero Girls and Ever After High. My collections don't take over the whole house though, they are in our bedroom and I'm cool with that. Most of the dolls I have bought though, I still have, including quite a few porcelain dolls.
I bought almost all dolls before the reboot and I'm not selling them! I slowly want to finish my collection, buy some doubles to have them in box, and I can finally be at peace. RH/SH dolls are few of rare lines I genuinely like & want almost all of them. I feel like a child when I buy them AND they are modern (I get tired of buying online vintage things). After I finish my collection, my main focus would be vintage Barbies, but my RH are for a long run with me (I hope nothing happens with me/them/etc).
Personally, I decided to downsize my RH collection because I only wanted to keep my absolute favorite dolls. Now I feel like I can appreciate my collection more now that there are fewer dolls in it. Plus, I'm trying to make room for more Monster High creeproductions.
I started collecting in 2022 during the shadow high release. I think people got caught up in the hype and once the monster high reboot came they jumped ship (which is weird cause G3V is when the dolls started getting good and when I started my collection lolol.
I think it was mainly due to their quality and the community,but it's not like they are proper characters that you can get really attached to unlike MH or Bratz 😅
I was never into rainbow high their eyes freaked me out. Bratz dolls have an ugly face screening to me. OMG are cute. I've definitely always been a barbie girl.
I feel like that's a popular opinion. I have trouble disliking dolls but I've seen a lot of people who aren't a fan of a lot of MGA/Big head dolls. And Barbie is a good choice.
I was really hyped with Shadow High and their upcoming Twin Sisters Car. But they cancelled that and the Wave 3 or 4 of Shadow high didn't appeal to me anymore. I collected other Rainbow High dolls but I saw how MGA moved their target to a younger audience. They release dolls with less articulation and accessories which is a shame. They were stunning dolls and a real competitor for mattel. But since they did the reboot, I don't wanna collect anymore. I'll keep 2-3 Dolls but the rest can go. I simply lost interest.
I wonder how well the rainbow high rebrand is doing for the company. And if they are still competition for other brands. Also I am shocked I had no clue there were plans to make a Twins car.
I stopped collecting them because the newer ones really suck. I actually got them because they were easy to get really cheap and nice quality clothes. Also, they take up a lot more space because of their huge heads.
Rainbow high clothing is better quality then a lot of brands and I love seeing people style other dolls with rainbow high clothing. Also that is how I got most of my rainbow high dolls because they were clearance and or on sale.
I'm not *really* a doll collector mainly for money and physical space limitations... I have too many books that don't fit onto shelves to get into dolls, LOL, but I do have a few Barbie and Bratz and other miscellaneous girlies in my life, and obviously since I found your video, I do watch a lot of doll collector content in order to scratch that itch, so idk how my thoughts relate to the average RH collector, because honestly I never really was all that tempted by them? This might be a hot take but it is my honest opinion: I think the shocking amount of quality for what was originally a good price (until it kept on rising and rising) is what really blew people away, moreso than the overall dolls. There was nothing else that looked or felt quite like a Rainbow High doll for a good handful of years there. I was never really a fan of their aesthetic; their faces never really worked for me and most of the designer fashion that the brand went for just did not represent my interests at all, and I'm not a fan of monochrome themes which was obviously the whole point. BUT they had all the bells and whistles that the mature doll collecting community wanted, tons of articulation and diverse clothing pieces and materials. I was honestly impressed with how they continued to up their game with what they could execute on a doll. That embroidered jacket on Rosie Redwood in SH series 2 was the closest I ever came to breaking LMAO. So I could see why people went nuts even though they weren't my thing. But I almost think they were kinda too unique to last, and MGA quickly oversaturated the brand while they could make the most bank on it, but it wasn't a sustainable investment long-term which is why they recently dropped some of that too-good-to-be-true quality and pivoted harder once again to a child audience. Now that the phenomenon is decidedly over and not coming back, I think some people are realizing they kinda got played by the doll hype train. RH is certainly gonna have a very unique place in doll history but I also think a lot of the individual dolls are gonna be very dated soon, if they aren't already. To say that a lot of people might've over-bought... well, it happens to the best of us, LOL.
First of all I totally relate to not having space for a collection. Also I hadn’t thought about the price rising being an issue for people losing interest but i completely agree. And I definitely think people over bought the dolls watching some yourtubers who got doubles and triples of the same doll. ❤️
@@ectpeb8417 Right!! I remember when RH was still rising in popularity and people were like, stanning MGA hard for it and being like "Look at all this in a $30 playline doll! Barbie could never!" so they just kept upping the quality but also, obviously, the price. Just because MGA can do more than Mattel with a budget doesn't mean they have infinite resources-like of course at some point the dolls have to be profitable. If RH were always as expensive the later lines ended up being, they probably wouldn't have taken off in the first place, and we wouldn't have been as impressed. Because 1) of course an expensive doll should be high quality and 2) a high-quality collector-oriented doll line won't sell as much as play-line dolls; they aren't supposed to. Adult doll collectors with disposable income aren't as big a market to latch onto, compared to a general audience buying fun colorful dolls for the children in their lives. MGA is not trying to be a struggling respectable artist; just like Mattel, they're a corporation and they're trying to make money first and foremost.
i've got a huge collection and im starting to not like them. im more interested currently with Myscene. rainbow high has gone downhill since about last year to the end of 2022. the quality is terrible and those slime dolls are embarrasing. even the last waves of rainbow high and shadow high were bad. many designs are boring or ugly. i think they have just run out of ideas. the other thing i don't like about rainbow high / shadow high is that many big lines, like the rockers, sleep over dolls, halloween / masqurade party ones were all limited to the US. many europeon collectors like myself have to pay at least £100+ just for one of those dolls. and the other factor is that they are just too expensive. the 'limited edition' collector dolls were WAY to expensive.
I definitely can see price and quality as a huge factor on why people no longer like the rainbow high brand. Also so excited for the possible new my scene dolls.
There's a few specific dolls I want and at least 1 other special Sunny (cause she's my favorite), but I only own (still in box) the set of the main girls that my mom got me for Christmas. 😅
Those people who are selling the rainbow high dolls are gonna regret it in the future because we ain t getting another line with the amount of details these doll came with
I totally agreed. I collected Bratz back in 2001. It spoke to me…same with LOL OMG dolls. It took me about three months with RH because I wasn’t fan with knee articulation, but the quality of clothes is there similar as Bratz and LOL OMG. I have these lines in my collection- they are not up for sale.
I agree, the people selling their RH collections are the ones that only purchased them because it was popular and exciting at that time. Now they are over it, and moving on to something else. I don't feel that this is what doll collecting should be about. I have been a doll collector for many years. I only buy what I like and want to keep, because of this, I usually hang on to what I collect.
Exactly. I’m not selling my dolls. I still love them and am kinda happy that the line is coming to the next chapter and a safe stopping place for my collection bug haha.
Exactly! Like the beanie babies craze back then. I don’t feel that way either with my dolls.i am completist, but soon I will choose what I like. I have slowed down this time because I am focusing more on Bratz because that the doll line I first started back in 2001. It never dies.
I think some people are in a bind. With inflation, some are really struggling to make ends meet. Personally as a doll collector my collections cycle. With limited space, impulse buys end up on the chopping block to make room for others.
This happened with MH with G2. Prices for second hand dolls drop but have slowly skyrocketed with the success of G3. I'm keeping my collection , plus, the RH Dorm is the nicest dollhouse I've ever owned 🎉🎉🎉
It's a shame people bought these dolls as a trend and then when RH got less popular they abandoned ship, wasting money for a temporary dopamine hit from having the hottest new doll. I hear too many collectors say they don't like a doll, yet they buy it anyway because it was new and they wanted to post about it or because they have all the other ones. I'm so glad I'm not a completionist. They like the idea of having everything, but don't even like all the things they have.
I get anxious that I will buy a doll that I don’t like. That's why I always wait for hype to be over before I buy a doll that and hopefully by then it’s on sale.
It's honestly insane that people are willing to sell their RH collections that easily, because I would never have the heart to sell my SH/RH collection! Shadow High is a HUGE comfort doll line for me because the Storm Twins are my personal comfort dolls/characters, and I have been collecting RH since 2020. I now have 86 SH/RH dolls including 5 sets of Storm Twins, a complete Shadow High collection, a decent Rainbow High collection, and even a custom doll car of the Storm Twins' Jeep that I customized myself. I do not like the RH Rebrand, but even though I'm not buying the Rebrand dolls, I still buy any original SH/RH dolls I can find secondhand or that I need for a good deal and I am constantly trying to fill in the gaps in my incomplete RH collection.🖤💜
I found two rainbow high original dolls at ROSS!. Just this past week
I love that you have a storm twins army and I've never thought about customizing the rainbow high car but I guess I'll have to go see if there is a video or people customizing the RH car because that sounds so fun because technically it’s a blank canvas.❤️
@ectpeb8417 I used a Barbie SUV as the base car for my custom Storm Twins' Jeep. I found one that was a good size, and it turned out absolutely amazing!🖤💜
When monster high discontinued the first time people were selling there collections and those same people bought everything back when g3 came out and wasted more money. I always keep all my dolls I don't care if people like them anymore
This is such a interesting topic!
I don’t collect RH but I’ve collected many other things over the years.
I own a lot of MH G1 dolls, when I fell out of collecting them years ago I stored them away before I thought of selling them. I’m glad that I’ve kept them all these years later, my collection is worth A LOT.
I have collected other things that I have sold though. Here are my reasons.
- I want to fund a different collection.
- Product only comes out at certain times that becomes overwhelming and can’t keep up.
- I still appreciate the product but, know someone loves it more than me and will enjoy it way more.
I think for other people they do have other reasons. Some things are
- Nothing new is happening with the brand people get bored and see money sitting on their shelf to use elsewhere.
- Because it’s trendy
- In need of money to pay for bills and other necessities.
As awful as it sounds I’m waiting for this to happen to MH. G1,G2, or G3 I know people will start selling stuff once it’s nearing the end and a few years after.
It won’t be in as much as a demand and prices will get cheaper. It’s sad to see people lose interest but, it’s opportunity for collectors who still want to buy get these items.
I do have a feeling maybe some series will come back later and people will regret selling their collections. That demand will then make them skyrocket back up in price. It’s good to buy while the hype is dead.
I have a lot of RH dolls, i think around 30-40. I will be keeping my collection, as they're actually the first dolls i started to collect! I have only been collecting dolls for a couple years, but i assume people might be getting rid of theirs because RH seems to be.. kind of fading out? at least in quality, i feel its been dropping a lot. more and more budget lines with less articulation, i havent been interested in the new dolls that rely heavily on gimmicks like slime/coloring/sparkly legs or whatever either.. Also RH dolls can be kind of large imo, so maybe its also a space reason. Still kind of interesting, though. Makes me curious about their future. I'm still happy to have the dolls i have though, my favorites are still the S1 of shadow high which is the ones i started collecting :)
I will start selling them because they started to get foggy eyes.. that is a big problem for rainbow high dolls in the future.. their eyes will be damaged and lose their color sooner or later.. that a big deal for me
Oh no! I hope not. I have older dolls from MGA with inset eyes, Moxie Teenz and Project MC2. Their eyes are fine. I hope Rainbow High will follow the same path.
Anything you can do to prevent it? I’ve never heard of that
I have seen one RH doll with bad foggy eyes in a car boot sale. I thought something specific happened to the doll but... after reading this comment, I have checked Reddit... it does not look promising. After glue seepage for G1 MH, here we are with foggy eyes for RH!! Not great! So far my RH are fine. People are mentioning different reasons for the fogging (too hot, too cold, acetone too near the eyes etc...). I just have the feeling nobody really has a clue.
I sold my Rainbow High collection in favor of exclusively collecting the recent 2021-now Bratz releases, which I had started doing before even getting into RH.
I went into phases where I only wanted LOLs and OMGs, and then RH, and now Bratz; which is the brand I’ve collected throughout all my life in various stages.
The reason why I sold my collection (which I had invested a whole lot into in 2022 and 2023) was because I couldn’t keep up with simultaneously getting the new releases and the catching up with the older ones. It became frustrating to me and wasn’t enjoyable anymore. By the time 90% of my collection had sold, they had the rebooted the brand with the latest dolls, which I don’t fully hate but don’t represent any of the reasons why I bought them in the first place.
I have about 35 or 6? RH dolls now. I've been collecting for over 2 years now. I still love rainbow high even tho the reboot kinda soured it with no wrists.
But people selling their entire collections is so wild to me. I still love most of my dolls. I did get rid of Series 1 jade and poppy because I have other versions of them that are better.
But I could never sell all of them. Especially since some like Delilah and Daphne were hard to find second hand. And the reboot doesn't sour my opinion of previous dolls. In fact it makes me appreciate them more since the glory days are over.
Personally I kinda go back and forth with collections so I will just let go of things I don’t love I personally really like the majority of rainbow high dolls so I’m hanging on to mine and just planning on displaying my favourites
I wouldn't part with mine, I collect because I love my Dolls, it isn't a fad for me. I do thin out my collection over the years , sometimes to make room or if I have multiples and need too make some money to buy something new. I have my Barbies, Sindys, Dawns, Bratzillaz, Monster Highs and everything in between so it would break my spirit to give them up, some I just could not replace. But for some people it may be they are in a financial pinch which I understand, so I can't judge, to each their own. It certainly isn't a cheap hobby, even if you count every penny you spend.
People are weird! Im keeping mine
Best answer ever 😂🎉
Agreed❤️
The same thing happened with G1 MH when G2 came out and after MH had been discontinued. Many people were selling their collection. MH were not popular anymore. Never sell anything you love because of the dying hype. Look at G1 now, they had their revenge!
I think with RH space might be a factor too. The dolls are a bit bulky to fit in small spaces. There were too many releases too fast and people ended up overwhelmed and running out of space. I will have to downsize due to terrible space issues and complicated circumstances. I am not planning to downsize my RH/SH, omgs, G1 MH etc but I am not buying any new dolls at the moment even thrifting and it will be for a while. Channels with videos of people buying dolls constantly are quite disturbing in a way and people can be carried away watching all these channels.
Agreed I will hold onto the dolls i love for as long as I can. And also sometimes you watch youtube and I don’t know how they have the money or space for all the dolls they buy.❤️
I think when a doll line starts to go in a direction you don’t care for, you can lose interest in the line all together. I’m not a Rainbow High collector (just the clothes), but my interest in Monster High G3 is plummeting because I’m really not vibing with all the dolls suddenly having black lipstick or their new fashions. I’m not selling all my dolls, but I’m definitely thinking about heavily downsizing. I know that the Rainbow High slime dolls and the glitter leg dolls haven’t been received well by some fans, so they might see it as the beginning of the end of Rainbow High (and want to sell while they can sell high).
I think it’s sad that people are selling their Rainbow High collections. The dolls are so detailed and I really like them. I am definitely not a Completionist, though. Since I cannot see them, I buy dolls based off of their voice or personality if they have a cartoon. Most of my Rainbow High dolls are from when Rainbow Vision was coming out, since I love music. I love the mean girl personalities and voices of The Devious Twins, and that they had a whole song, so they instantly became my favorites set of twins in the show and I have their dolls.
To me as a very new collector I'm not currently collecting because some of the ones I want are hard to find for under $150 and I'm not even willing to pay $80 for a play line doll. It's easier to collect now that Rainbow High is sort of dead because I'm not gonna buy the new stuff. I'll get Jett and Kia someday they are definitely reasonably priced but not being able to get some of the series 3 girls I want made me take a break. I don't care for Bratz or OMG so you're safe, I'm not competing with you. I'm into Monster High G3 these days but again, I'm too late so there's 2 Draculauras I can't get.
It's always better to collect what you like.
I agree!! I still love series 1. Series 2 is my least favorite. Everyone just started hating on series 1 once they saw the newer dolls. I sometimes watch old reviews from like 2020-2021 to see peoples initual positive thoughts on the dolls.
love your views..i hope i never loss interest in my collection
Im clinging onto my shadow high collection, I love how they look!!!
I only have a couple. I admittedly only bought them for clothes and for oak. I still love my ruby tho.
I collected some Rainbow High but not a lot. Im considering selling most of my collection except the few i really care about or have already started cusomizing. I was always more into monster high. The rainbow high clothes always called to me though.
I love when people customize their rainbow high dolls and I do love a lot of rainbow high pieces. I've seen a lot of doll collectors buy the dolls just for their clothes.
I just stopped liking them, I don’t know why. I had 78 and donated them all. They were purchased brand new over 9 months. One day I looked at them and just didn’t get it. I had all the most wanted, none of that made a difference. I just got very bored with them. I was newer to LOL OMG, but donated those too. I think MGA and the way the designer treated that young girl by doxxing her made me lose respect for the company. That really bothered me. I also believe they work too hard at making some of the dolls look more like street walkers than cute teens. Just my feelings. Everyone has the right to enjoy whatever dolls they like.
I have occasionally bought some dolls and then a bit later sold them because they are no longer what I wanted. I was never a Rainbow High collector, I almost started on Shadow High but living in the UK the dolls aren't as available as they are in the US and Canada. So I never bothered, I have many Pedigree Sindy dolls, Monster High, Wild Hearts Crew, Harry Potter, DC Super Hero Girls and Ever After High. My collections don't take over the whole house though, they are in our bedroom and I'm cool with that. Most of the dolls I have bought though, I still have, including quite a few porcelain dolls.
I bought almost all dolls before the reboot and I'm not selling them! I slowly want to finish my collection, buy some doubles to have them in box, and I can finally be at peace. RH/SH dolls are few of rare lines I genuinely like & want almost all of them. I feel like a child when I buy them AND they are modern (I get tired of buying online vintage things). After I finish my collection, my main focus would be vintage Barbies, but my RH are for a long run with me (I hope nothing happens with me/them/etc).
Personally, I decided to downsize my RH collection because I only wanted to keep my absolute favorite dolls. Now I feel like I can appreciate my collection more now that there are fewer dolls in it. Plus, I'm trying to make room for more Monster High creeproductions.
I started collecting in 2022 during the shadow high release. I think people got caught up in the hype and once the monster high reboot came they jumped ship (which is weird cause G3V is when the dolls started getting good and when I started my collection lolol.
I can not disagree with that the Rainbow high later releases are the best.
I think it was mainly due to their quality and the community,but it's not like they are proper characters that you can get really attached to unlike MH or Bratz 😅
Agreed even with the rainbow high show I really only liked sunny if anything it made me dislike Violet.
I was never into rainbow high their eyes freaked me out. Bratz dolls have an ugly face screening to me. OMG are cute. I've definitely always been a barbie girl.
I feel like that's a popular opinion. I have trouble disliking dolls but I've seen a lot of people who aren't a fan of a lot of MGA/Big head dolls. And Barbie is a good choice.
I was really hyped with Shadow High and their upcoming Twin Sisters Car. But they cancelled that and the Wave 3 or 4 of Shadow high didn't appeal to me anymore. I collected other Rainbow High dolls but I saw how MGA moved their target to a younger audience. They release dolls with less articulation and accessories which is a shame. They were stunning dolls and a real competitor for mattel. But since they did the reboot, I don't wanna collect anymore. I'll keep 2-3 Dolls but the rest can go. I simply lost interest.
I wonder how well the rainbow high rebrand is doing for the company. And if they are still competition for other brands. Also I am shocked I had no clue there were plans to make a Twins car.
I also have that fear that one day i wont love rainbow high anymore. Ive been trying to cut back on buying dolls NIB.
Yeah I definitely feel that I should cut back on buying new in box dolls but they just keep releasing things I want.
I stopped collecting them because the newer ones really suck. I actually got them because they were easy to get really cheap and nice quality clothes. Also, they take up a lot more space because of their huge heads.
Rainbow high clothing is better quality then a lot of brands and I love seeing people style other dolls with rainbow high clothing. Also that is how I got most of my rainbow high dolls because they were clearance and or on sale.
I'm not *really* a doll collector mainly for money and physical space limitations... I have too many books that don't fit onto shelves to get into dolls, LOL, but I do have a few Barbie and Bratz and other miscellaneous girlies in my life, and obviously since I found your video, I do watch a lot of doll collector content in order to scratch that itch, so idk how my thoughts relate to the average RH collector, because honestly I never really was all that tempted by them? This might be a hot take but it is my honest opinion: I think the shocking amount of quality for what was originally a good price (until it kept on rising and rising) is what really blew people away, moreso than the overall dolls. There was nothing else that looked or felt quite like a Rainbow High doll for a good handful of years there.
I was never really a fan of their aesthetic; their faces never really worked for me and most of the designer fashion that the brand went for just did not represent my interests at all, and I'm not a fan of monochrome themes which was obviously the whole point. BUT they had all the bells and whistles that the mature doll collecting community wanted, tons of articulation and diverse clothing pieces and materials. I was honestly impressed with how they continued to up their game with what they could execute on a doll. That embroidered jacket on Rosie Redwood in SH series 2 was the closest I ever came to breaking LMAO. So I could see why people went nuts even though they weren't my thing. But I almost think they were kinda too unique to last, and MGA quickly oversaturated the brand while they could make the most bank on it, but it wasn't a sustainable investment long-term which is why they recently dropped some of that too-good-to-be-true quality and pivoted harder once again to a child audience. Now that the phenomenon is decidedly over and not coming back, I think some people are realizing they kinda got played by the doll hype train. RH is certainly gonna have a very unique place in doll history but I also think a lot of the individual dolls are gonna be very dated soon, if they aren't already. To say that a lot of people might've over-bought... well, it happens to the best of us, LOL.
First of all I totally relate to not having space for a collection. Also I hadn’t thought about the price rising being an issue for people losing interest but i completely agree. And I definitely think people over bought the dolls watching some yourtubers who got doubles and triples of the same doll. ❤️
@@ectpeb8417 Right!! I remember when RH was still rising in popularity and people were like, stanning MGA hard for it and being like "Look at all this in a $30 playline doll! Barbie could never!" so they just kept upping the quality but also, obviously, the price. Just because MGA can do more than Mattel with a budget doesn't mean they have infinite resources-like of course at some point the dolls have to be profitable. If RH were always as expensive the later lines ended up being, they probably wouldn't have taken off in the first place, and we wouldn't have been as impressed. Because 1) of course an expensive doll should be high quality and 2) a high-quality collector-oriented doll line won't sell as much as play-line dolls; they aren't supposed to. Adult doll collectors with disposable income aren't as big a market to latch onto, compared to a general audience buying fun colorful dolls for the children in their lives. MGA is not trying to be a struggling respectable artist; just like Mattel, they're a corporation and they're trying to make money first and foremost.
i've got a huge collection and im starting to not like them. im more interested currently with Myscene. rainbow high has gone downhill since about last year to the end of 2022. the quality is terrible and those slime dolls are embarrasing. even the last waves of rainbow high and shadow high were bad. many designs are boring or ugly. i think they have just run out of ideas. the other thing i don't like about rainbow high / shadow high is that many big lines, like the rockers, sleep over dolls, halloween / masqurade party ones were all limited to the US. many europeon collectors like myself have to pay at least £100+ just for one of those dolls. and the other factor is that they are just too expensive. the 'limited edition' collector dolls were WAY to expensive.
I definitely can see price and quality as a huge factor on why people no longer like the rainbow high brand. Also so excited for the possible new my scene dolls.
I think that people are selling their Rainbow High dolls, because there style seems to be a bit cringe as opposed to being trendy.
I also feel that sometimes the clothing feels repetitive like Short dresses, mini skirts, and t- shirts.
Have you got Ace and Pearla yet from LOL OMG?
Sadly no I am going to give in soon though and buy them for full price.
Their, not there!
Where can Rainbow high dolls
Ooh which dolls are the ones behind you in the frilly pink and yellow dresses? ❤
Those dolls are mermaid dolls I got off of Temu.
There's a few specific dolls I want and at least 1 other special Sunny (cause she's my favorite), but I only own (still in box) the set of the main girls that my mom got me for Christmas. 😅
... their Rainbow High Collections ... their is a possessive pronoun. There you go ... there is a demonstrative pronoun. Thank you.