#creeproduction

[rosiewalks]

LBM '26: 24 "Glass"

Taking this prompt as an opportunity to reshare one of my favorite photoshoots: the glass coffins! I know they're not the most visually exciting photos, but it took a lot of learning and messing around to get them well-lit, with no weird reflections in the glass.

These are the creeproduction and reel drama ghouls, plus enid and wednesday.

@look-back-month-challenge

[dollsorwhatever]

Tutorial: MH Creepro neck and Arm fix

Posting this here because I keep getting questions about how I've been fixing my MH Creeproduction bodies to look a little less janky! Most people already have these techniques in their arsenal (and can definitely do a better job than me) but I keep getting questions on Twitter about how I manage to fix mine so I figure I'd just post a tut on Tumblr that I can link to lol This is an add-on to my previous post about the neck issue with both waves of Monster High Creeproductions in addition to another issue where the Creepro arms cannot lay flat against the sides of the body. Tutorial below!

Supplies Needed:

-Shitty creepro body

-Some sandpaper, I've been using 320 grit

-Boiling water We're going to start with the neck since that one is pretty quick.

This is the neck peg to start with, compared to an original G1 neck peg- the section we're concerned with is the circular peg right above the neck hole:

(Creepro on the left, original on the right) the Creeproduction peg is significantly thicker, which is causing the head to sit lower on the neck and cause the vinyl to deform. We're going to fix that by sanding the underside of the neck peg until it's much thinner, but not quite as thin as the originals (since original g1 dolls frequently have loose necks lol)

First you'll want to cut out a rectangle of sandpaper and fold it in half; this is both to make the sandpaper less flimsy and also because the folded edge is good for sanding nooks and crannies.

Now you're going to sand all around underside of the circular neck peg shown here, until that whole circular peg is thinner:

Make sure not to use the folded edge of the sandpaper for this part of the tutorial, we don't want to accidentally carve into the "stem" of the neck peg and cause it to snap. I like to sand off a bit, try the head on and then sand off a bit more if it's still not sitting as high as an original MH neck would. Make sure you're heating the heads prior to removal or you might break the neck peg. And also chop off that stupid hook on the top of the circular peg, it does nothing but cause misery lol This is typically what it looks like when I've sanded it as much as I need to for most dolls:

(after on the left, before on the right) Some characters have heads that sit much higher on the neck originally (like Spectra) so I'll sand off a lot more for them, but ymmv.

Now onto the body!

So, this is the Creeproduction body as-is:

This is the flattest I can get her arms to her sides. Some creepros can get them flatter, but not by much. Original G1 body arms already tend not to lay flat enough in my experience, but Creeproduction bodies are even worse lol We're going to fix that with sandpaper and boiling water! Provided below is an illustration of the general places that we are going to sand:

The notch under the ball joint of the arm, the area directly below the armpit and a tiny bit of the round area on the underside of the upper arm. We're going to sand a little off of each section.

For the notch in the arm, you're going to use the folded edge of the sandpaper to carve out the notch until it's a bit deeper than previously.

No, it's not pretty! Thank you for noticing lol

Next we're going to sand the armpit area, using the other edges of the sandpaper because we don't want to dig into the arm at all accidentally:

As well as this rounded area of the arm , not too much but enough to make it just a little flatter:

I left it raw to better show exactly where I'm sanding; most of the visible sand marks will disappear after washing but you can clean it up more with a finer sandpaper when you're done if you want. I'm just too lazy to do that lol

After all of that, your arm should sit more or less like the arm on the right (left unsanded for comparison)

Much better, but not quite there yet!

Modern G1 bodies have vinyl upper arms that are easy to manipulate with heat, so in order to get them as flat as possible we're doing to boil and reshape them. I like to boil my water in the microwave, and then dip the entire upper torso into the water until the arms are super pliable. At this point I will pull them out, pinch the arms right up against the body with my thumb and forefinger and then run them under the tap until they set. Your final result should look something like this:

And that's it! Hope that helps lol

Some shoddy before and after photos lol:

(Spectra was also rerooted lol)

[saliosis]

even though you act so vile

[dollsdreams]

Hey um just a warning for anyone who wants to redress their creepro lagoona. Called mattel and they don't have any more in stock, not even arms to replace these. I'm absolutely devastated. They're sending me a refund, but im still absolutely devastated. Be careful please my fellow doll collectors! <3

(For anyone that cannot tell, the ball-peg material should NOT stretch and look like that. Now her arms don't sit as tightly and I'm afraid they will fall off)

[ghoulish-skullects]

Monster high creeproductions coming April 1st!!

Ghoulia, Spectra and Abbey are $25 USD

Cleo+ Deuce 2 pack is $50 USD

there was a limited preoder time early this morning for Amazon US but if you missed that, they WILL be available on Mattel Creations on April 1st :))

love them and need them all!!…well deuce’s new face is a lil questionable

comparisons to G1 originals

[fartjokeenjoyer]

FRANKIE IS HERE ! ! ! ! !

ohhhh my lord... creepro frankie is honestly a grail doll for me!! i was never super into monster high as a kid but i had a couple frankie dolls that i absolutely ADORED... she's easily the most nostalgic g1 ghoul for me and im so happy to have her back in my collection!!!!

pic with g3 frankie because i love them dearly as well.... they r both very gore-geous to me!!

[glittergarf]

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[kryptokat96]

Creeproduction wave 2 is finally here! Getting them was easier this round but still difficult with all the scalpers/resellers out there.