Ghoul Sports Spectra Vondergeist and Toralei

I had a lovely surprise the other night when I went to my local Wal-Mart and turned down the doll aisle. I was all set to complain that it was a mess because the same box of One Direction Oreos had been sitting in the same spot for three days (don't ask why i was at Wal-Mart three days in a row...) when I saw something out of the corner of my eye that looked like bubblegum. I moved juts a bit quicker, and sure enough, what I'd seen was Ghoul Sports Clawdeen's bubble, and behind her was the rest of the line! Ironically, I ended up leaving behind Clawdeen, but both Spectra and Toralei came home with me.

Spectra grabbed my attention as soon as we saw the prototypes from Toy Fair, but Toralei snuck up on me a bit! I'm not generally the biggest Toralei fan, but this doll is GORGEOUS.

Click through to see more photos, and an unboxing video!

It's just a jump to the left...My first custom doll!

I've got something a bit different for everyone today! Remember way back when I bought Ghoul Spirit Spectra and screwed up her hair? Well, for awhile after that she sat in my doll storage bins as I thought about what I wanted to do with her, and then one day, it came to me!

My favourite movie of all time is The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and my favourite character is Magenta. Attending Rocky is an essential part of my Halloween every year, and about 10 years ago, my husband and I even went to a Rocky Horror convention in NYC, and of course, I dressed as Magenta.

This is me, with one of the actors from the movie, Stephen Calcutt!

Once I decided to turn Spectra into Magenta, it all happened pretty fast! I ordered hair, I bought fabric and paint, and I just went for it. Click through to see how she turned out, and for details on what I did!

Ghoul Spirit Spectra Vondergeist

Gather round boys and girls and let me tell you a story. The sad, sad story of Ghoul Spirit Spectra.

The Ghoul Spirit line hadn't really been grabbing my attention. I'm desperate to get my hands on a Slo Mo, but that has nothing to do with the line, and everything to do with my Ghoulia's needing their man! The girls in the line are simply designed, which is fine, but just not my bag. However, Spectra's hair is kind of awesome, with the addition of the black streaks, and then I started seeing people who'd curled her hair and it looked amazing...and I was won over.

Now, because I said this is a sad, sad story, I'm sure you can figure out that things went awry at some point...and you'd be right. However, let's start at the beginning, when things were still rosy.

Does she look worried to you? She should maybe be worried...